Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Lake Superior and Mlssls-
sippi Railway Company entered
upon their 999 years lease of the
Minneapolis and st. Louis Railway
Yesterday. On the 10th Of NoVem-
ber, 287i, this lease will expire, and
it is then the intention Of the own
ers of the road to run it themselves.
The Washington Chronicle de-
MES that Gen. Grant was ever a
defaulter to the Government, and
declares that just before the late
war Gen. Grant repeatedly offered
to pay the IS 600 standing against
him on the books of the War De-
partment.
A mousein Belfast, Maine, was
found the other day frozen stiff
upon q hammer. Investigation
showed that in picking up some
thing that lay on the iron head o.
the hammer, the tongue of the
mouse had rozen to it, and being
unable to get away it died.
Hon. Mr.. Board, of England, in
forms the Evans Journal that after
full information from all parts Of
the country, Colorado has been fixed
on as offering the most favorable
inducements for new settlers, and
that the English emigration of the
coming season will mainly come to
this Territory.
Water, such as is fit to drink,
commands a price in Madrid, as
high as soda water in this country;
as a summer beverage it is more
sought after than wine, and people
like it better for having to pay for it
than if it cost nothing. Ice is also
scarce there, liquifying snow from
the mountain tops being about the
best to be had.
A writer in the British Journal
Of Photography predicts that ow-
ing to the perfection Of micro.pho-
topraphy brought about by the ne
cessities Of the Partisan seige, we
will soon have our daily paper
handed to us the size Of a postage
stamp, and carry our favorite poets
in our vest buttons. We will see "a
new edition Of Macauley complete
in three shirt studs" or "the tiny
edition Of Dickens" complete il
, two sleeve buttons. Every one will
! then carry = microscope as we nov
do penknife.
e The National Prohibition party
r is to hold a national convention o.
e Columbus, Ohio, on the 22d Of Feb
t ruary, to nominate o candidate 10,
s the Presidency. In order to NEE
!; the demands Of the occasion, tn
n saloon keepers OF Columbus hav
: telegraphed the Kentucky distil
e leries to wet down an extra quan
le tity Of corn.
! In Constantinople there are som
- fifty Greek merchants who are th
n n richest in the city, and whose con
~ N bined fortunes are put down {
:. $10O,000,000 The principle trade
a the Turkish metropolis is entire
~ in their hands, and has been for Sc
H. eral years.
Washington Territory has cause
le herself to be represented at Il
be clearinghouse Of Jay Cooke & Cc
IN in New York, by a fine collection
re the products of her soil. 1t il
cd cludes apples Of two pounds weigt
n with enlarged secimens Of our be
in known varieties; pears nearly
ng large and very good; turnips weig
h. ing thirty-four pounds each, wi
be beets, parsnips, &C., to match, al
lrs a wondrous show of wheat, bari
ng and corn.
he Thare are about one thousal
es- Young Mems Christian Associstio
JUS in the United States and in t
we British Provinces, with a memb
er' ship of one hundred and fifty the
oS sand, composed Of the active, libe
nus working element in the church
leu without reference to denominatoI
en- distinctions.
en- m ,.,
sus The Swedish Government
9th preparing to colonize Spitzberg
YES It was discovered in 1868, and
in never been inhabited save by
to crews of vessels, who, being clio
,7O, in by the ice, have been forced
lem pass there the dreary arctic win
ond The cold is severe, and during Il
$40 months of the year there is con
inly ued night.
lme The House Committee on Sch
for and Colleges of the Virginia LIE
. all lature, has appointed Messrs.
per man, of Richmond, Douglas,
d in Richmond county, and Poague
one Rockbridge, a subcommittee
irth, prepare a memorial to the Cong
!, to OF the United States for o dons
ined Of land in aid Of the public sci
'ign- Of Virginia. Many of the new S
alton Ehave received large grants in al
. in their school systems, and it is I
We hoped that Virginia, who, in
7 the days of her prosperity, CAV
cent prodigal Of her territory to the
cor eral Union, will now be the r,
These ent Of the donation she is abo1
they ask.
rsons ~
for NJ. Bertillon lately read |
nine the Academy Of Medicine q
I the on the relative influence of
cend- riage and ceibacy, based on