Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-02-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Statistics show that 10000 en-
grants left Germany last yea
Dearly all for the United States.
: N. Matson d Co., jewelers., Ch
n cago, claim to carry stock wort
about half a million dollars.
ct The United States has 1900
l. miles Of telegraph lines; abou
10 equal to the number of miles i
70 England, France and Russia com
If bined.
y 1t has been estimated that th,
> freight transported by the railway
q of the country last year amounted
: in value to over twelve billion o.
9 dollars.
! Advertising receipts Of the New
: York Herald are represented al
81, 500 to $1,000 a day, according to
the changes in the busy season Of
the year.
The London Lancet thinks that
during the coming Spring, or early
in the Summer, cholera will reap
pear in Western Europe.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
announces the issue of an i'm mperial
decree subjecting all male citizens
OF Russia to military service.
!
The customs treaty recently nego-
tiated at Frankfort by the represen-
tatives of Germany and France has
been ratified by both countries.
A four-pound cannon ball was
recently found in lump of coal
taken from a depth of $50 feet be-
low the surface of the earth, at the
Acadia coal mine, Maccan, N. s.
There are signs of breaking up
in the ranks of the Republicans in
France. The Democracy Of Gam
beta is too mild to suit the extreme
tendencies of the day.
Eight hui dred sewing machines,
worth $50 piece, have been fur
nished to sewing girls at SIG by the
Relief Society of Chicago, the sew
ing machine company furnishing
them at very low figure, the 30
ciety giving a portion outright.
More miles of railroad were con-
structed in this country last year
than in any previous year, being
total of 6,983. The number of
miles Of railroads now in operation
in the United States is 1882.
The news from Mexico is con-
both sides claiming advan-
tages; but there is no doubt that
the revolution is making progress,
and that the cause of Juarez looks
rather more dubious than at our
last writing.
They tell of the Grand Duke that
when his train stopped at Bloom
.ngton, illinois, he appeared upon
'he PACK platform, and q strong
minded woman at once began to
interview" him upon female suf-
rage. The Duke beat hasty re-
,reat into the car, and remained
here until the train left the depot.
The Committee on Army Reor.
yanization in the French Assembly
las agreed to recommend the adop-
ion of the rule that soldiers unable
% read and write at the expiration
II their terms of service, shall re-
nain In the army until they can.
The new paper money which has
in Paris is printed in
'lue ink on fine tissue parchment,
nd is issued for small payments of
me two and five francs. 1t is we'll
eceived by the public, as small
hange has been extremely scarce
ince the war.
They have a new way ofgetting up
urprlse parties IN certian parts of
llinois A resident receives an an
nymous letter, stating that a sur
rise party will be with hin on q
ertain evening. He prepares for
!. Nobody comes, and the surprise
fthe party is complete.
An interesting literary relic is an
to be for sale among the
is collection of the late Sir Charles
oung, GarterI King at Arms. It's
liver Goldsmith's Political View
the Present War with Amreica
pom Great Britian, France, Prus-
a, Germany, and Holland"-an
rieinal autograph manuscript, 40
ages folio. belived to be unpublish.
Until the time of William the
onqueror the English people be-
in their year on the 25th of De-
'mber. That great ruler having
zen cronwed on the 1st ofJanuary
lie people began their year at that
me, to make it agree with what
icy then considered the most re-
period of their history.
The French Minister of Marin
's ordered that fencing shall be
Iught on board all the ships of the
epublic. Admiral Pothuau re-
'ntly ordered experiments to be
ade OF Cherbourg and Vineennes
ith new steel breeeh-loaders. and
ia report sent in to the Admiralty
'eak highly Of these pieces, which
e effective at distance of five
Ilometres.
1t is said Of commodore Farra-
1T, who was listening while his
'cretary read q letter from the
avy Department, thanking him
r the grand service he had render
his country by the capture of
.obile, and telling him that his
lme would go down to future