Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-10-21
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7 An infant was born last FFlddy III
e Third avenue passenger car, New
r York city.
Baker county, California, want
somebody to match her So 900 golt
nugget.
Fifty million bushels was tn,
amount Of Pittsburgh's export Of Goa
last year.
They pasteshoB Y blllsover the cracks
in the jail at Hudson, N. ", to holC
it from falling to pieces. The boader'
threaten tOleave if it isn't made air
tight before November.
A tombstone in a cemetery at DuX.
bury, Mass, is inscribed "Chisel can
not help her any"
Nap1laon's sixteen horses sold fol
516Jo-au average of SiS9. The high
est price paid for single horse was
$50.
The amount Of United States cur
rency now outstanding is $397699,
G52.
There are seventeen street railway
companies in Philadelphia.
The internal revenue is collected in
Massachusetts at less cost than In any
other State.
a number Of young girls have start
ed paper at Brinton, Pa. They do
their own type-setting,
A young lady aged 20, Of Bristol,
! England, recently converted herself
into a grandmother by marrying a
gallant old officer Of the Indian army,
coiat 50 and over.
At Vienna, lamp Wicks which will
last year are made Of asbeston
wax.
The Canadian revenue for this year
| viii ieXceed SIS, 500OG0, which is slargely
in advance Of last year.
A single firm Of furniture manufac-
turers in Vienna employ over four
thousand worlimen, and produces an
Inualiy about 10000 pieces Of furni-
/ lure.
The eX-rebel Gen. Marmaduke has
entered the pacific pursuit of Journal
ist'c agriculture, having become the
editor Of a weekly in 81. Louis, Mo-,
devoted to the interests OF field, farm,
land garden.
A woman at 6 revival meeting in
/ Ohio, said she found her jewelry was
dragging her down to perdition, and
so gaze it all to younger sister.
A ,T.n,nbis bors.n,an woo h,r,od
rr, III, .pJ}, LoliII 90 et lt''tlt nv
49,, ,'r II, Ua Ironl.' e"ou'S r, irS' 'pVo
ra~c,i bis hoir ran1onntaJ DtlaJ anJ l|Ip' ,oJa
AWAY.
r-l pi.I-a44 q Ctaorni, ,1o,,4-. Lo-
,rst, i,;s s5,so, - ~ i 81 Pl'm,iil Ia
l,9 ,G't nrfhot S,3ta q Az 5oG so..s 'u.r "''y ~,
cort5H snd G5o 9rra. in yIoU corn "o'9n ond ~ IL
l. aetfrSqtad hat ba viii nIo5r etsa.
/ 030upon Ills cotton alone This il said
TO be the largest cotton croD planted in
/ the South. lie EMPLOYS nearly ZOO
hands. allof them negroes
Ir.rst,, rroy,sl no,ou o..on.,
-,gt o1n6s r5an4factrrol in H.. cottnn ~
m.us near tAat place are superior to
any Of the same grades made at the
North, and adds that immense quan-
titles OF these goods are shipped TO
| Northern markets, resold, and reship-
/ Ped to Texas.
The North Cafy1'atdn is Informed
! that the "NValter Raleigh vioe,n on
Roanoke Island, is nearly three hun
dIed years old; that it covers an acre
Of ground, and That from it last year
5000 worth OF wine was made. We
I don know which to admire most
the size Of the vine, or Of the story.
Rhode Island claims to have the old
est hell in the world. The ancient bell
on what used to be known as the "But-
teriiy Factory" in Smithfield, bears
date 1858. II was brought from Cuba
many years ago.
/ The Rev. G. w. Thomas has resign-
ed tito r.ct0rship Of st. Philip,s At
.ialsa. Ga. Itis proposed 10 erect a
cathedral on the Iot now ocrunied bv
st, Philips ct Atlanta, The cathedral
to cost $40, 900.
r,r,r5o,, a., ,orranoon,o,ti oo,,
rIltei ta ntiiile The coItants ,n' nf ~ tI t5oir
&c.. - ~ I,''~ A. aI,,a{rct @ h"n = oo,, ,nu,
..r,,ot@I ,hargbT WV t6e snD.orooe a,~S H ;s oo oor
,.,,.a5 ~, ems I, iS tLo ,,iain?t 40 .Un d
.,.@@osd ~, thn land SroT 49,, f,.r,, "no nra
,iir.,,I,,,i,,,- o,nr,,nr,I,' ~ ,'5 - ~ CIV,
which has long since been worn out
now yields the finest wheat.
A we'll informed writer saws thot
, more than 10000 acres of the best
tiulhpr In America are cut avprv vear