Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-08-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

pure white with gilt edge.
Montreal is to have a new maga.
zlne-" The British-America."
Old Bull is writing book entitled
"The Soul Of the Violin
Chicago boasts of i man who can
lift 300 lbs.
There are said TO be 1868 spoken
languages and dialects,
General Spinner is coming home
from Europe the beginning of next
month.
In London you can get a through
ticket round the word Tor Sl.250.
The female population of Edin-
burgh exceeds the male by nearly
1900. In Glasgow the excess is
10000.
Ireland has now less than twice the
population of the City Of London.
Mrs. Vallandigham is rapidly re-
covering from the prostration which
was caused by her husbands death.
The rcvolutionists now in arms in
Guatemala demand the expulsion Of
the Jcsuita from that country.
Punch thinks that dealing at slop-
shops is sure safeguard against fits.
Colorado announces the discovery
of new silver mines of great rich
ness.
a great scarcity of bcaux is COM
planned Of at most OF the watering
places.
A New England preacher recently
based his sermon on what he called
" the unhappy fate Of Mrs. Lot"
The Indian tomahlwk that is
plOwcd up every summer has this
season made its usual appearance in
Ohio.
The Boston religious papers COM
plain that summer has produced
there "thin clothes and thin congrc.
cations"
An agriculurist who has been re.
Gently travelling through southern
Illinois claiming that thal section OF
tho country beats the world Oh
wheat"
The manufactures at I'ittsburg
and Allegheny city are said TO en-
ploy 3j,G3j hands, who arc paid an
nually ST. 1896 wages
Mobile, Alabama, has found new
material for street paving, in cypress
shaying,. 1t is said this road-bcd
will icmain firm and solid from eight
to ten years.
Mr.. Nallandighaln's intimate per.
sonal and political friends are to
meet in Dayton, Ohio, about the Isl
Of August, TO take measures to raise
funds for monument to his mem.
ory
The editor Of tho London Spccta,
tor declares that no toll fatiguCs like
reading manuscript
Roast anaconda is said 10 be th,
Fashionable dclicacy among the Ia.
tivcs AT Arcq'npa, Peru
A storm in Texas travelled 30
miles in two bours. THIS beats Wcs
toms time by upwards of consid.ra
bic, and he should hand over tht
bell
It is said that ground acorns an,
horse chestnuts enter into the com
position of 4 large portion of thC
cheap naccaroni and vcrmicelli man
utacturcd in New York.
AlviM Adams, the founder of th,
express business in this country, vhC
was poor man % years ago. now
tcsidcs in Watcrtown, Mass, aad il
one of the wcalthicst men in New
England,
The Princes Joachim and Achil!c
sons OF Lucien Murat, who hav,
been released from imprisonment
have gore to Versailles and place,
themselves at the disposition of tn,
French Government.
The sun, shining through slight,
convex pane Of glass, ignitcd a bo;
of matches in house in Cauandsigua
n. y, a few afternoons since.
The English divincs engaged in re
vising the New Testament have hcl,
their eleventh session, and got as ia
in their work as the end of the 81.
chap er of ST, Marks Gospel
Lightning struck the gas pipe
in a church and exploded the stree
mains AL over Iowa City, the othc
day.
New England complains OF wan
of rain, ana cnvies the Middle State
their recent drenching showers.
DR.. Livingstone is the only tray
ellcr Ut rcnown who does not writ
letters, or make speeches.
PittSburg sold SSJl,S0O worth {
llostCttcr's Bittcrs last year, and yC
the smoky city isn't happy.
a balloouist, who, last week, mad
an ascension from OgdCnsbur.
| passed through several snow squall
and at ono time had two inches {
snow in the basket lie suirrrc
greatly from the c"ld.
Tho King Of Belgium is described ;
IA man 3j jor 81 years ofagC, over ic,
in cigat, and a very graceful foru
Ills complexion is fair, his Ccatur,
regular, and extremely gentle in c.
preston, Though firm enough TO il
dicatc character and to insure =
srect.
D., Medical authority says sumstrul
may be avoided by carrying ceru
things in the hat. Almost auythn
damp will do, but it should never
a brick.
The London Spectator lcclar
, that dislike of defined and GO
, spicuous position, is ono ot he INC
C. crvating OF the results OF mode
culture" ;"
, The population OF Utah has be,
+ nearly doubled since the first
, Januar. last, in cons qucncc Of /
r discovery and development, in 1t
Q t'icts adjacent TO Salt Lake, o.
: number Of vastly rich silver quaI
e veins.
!, Bene,actOrs Of the human race Il
!. disseminating the culture of tho CT
: tor hean in California, and that ST.
c will produce $4,000 gallons of the
> which doesn't either cheer or inch
" ate, this season.