Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-05-12

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Detroit 4A Ho largest alligator ever seen in that
or a TIsnls ton of Georgia about Macon was killed
-''''2 small lnke last week. and measured
t. FoT F"'1,,..' gGa Il feet in length
',2'1Ng he last cotton crop of Texas was
va .m,y IG @ ry 100000 bales and within one or two
eis e at furthest it will he 10000 0, mostly
-,,-n,-- ivated by white Labor.
,,,.1,. Sa@ggn he cost of the production of cotton
-, he south is greatest in Mississippi and
your S isiana, while ii is least in Texas, South
- w. . .,s oina and Georgia.
|nI of Ta,hN,.
Pst rec Gtshe last eight crops of cotton in the
ii raised by freedmen were greater BY
moGib B 10000 bales than that produced the last
,,,Tt1a' ~ itgears Of slavery,
ars Of The nocl stock company has been organized
n' na V Cfpopka, Florida, to cut canal from lake
Nt LuuiS v,pka to lake Dora, SO that steamer
r. AndSy run from one to the other.
ao- "taF 'r't Died Of consumption starvation and
t. New Y@, lect," Is the brief cxplcr verdict of
r% Stg 1ner's jury on the body OF woman who
. aOs. in Happy Hollow which is in Memphis
nessee.
d sNltoDum-
las, fmrr firm has left Griffin, Texas, with
tT tr%Ssg.O head Of cattle Of which 200 cows 60
u St. C1G Fort Slll Another firm has . 900 on hand,
'rF'idenL viii have 5000 more in few days to
n rc,rdri. , "1V on drive.
~ 'g''g2 field of com that was planted in
r oec,or X county, Florida, last December, passed
pee ng. Warmed through the winter, and is now
,o,,y, lost in roasting ears. Fine rye is also
TGrocr0 led in that community,
\ AMhES MNt Is said that ton Of pig.iron can be
lie anywhere along the line Of the Cincin.
pauy n KILL Southern, Knoxville and Ohio, and
ar,a aGor hville and Chattanooga railroads at
ggd 3I g. ut whatthe ore costs per ton in Plttsburg.
ssssEsasIhe husband of Mrs Shaw, at Nil.
fr el, gevlile, Ga, who was killed about week
7 ,z, has been arrested on the charge OF
der. Two negroes had been previously
aES n5l S. stedior the crime, but the little daugh
3r}S rit,da, ti, h1- % said Father killed mother"
b R2g' Esg p s, he Paducah and Memphis railroad
~ Nal'1@ hundred and sixty.eight miles long with
RINGS 'pital stoyb Of sa"ooooo and bonded
rs, ar.ofrt tef $1,5l0,0O0, was sold by agreement
r. anu S the creditors to y W. Smithers, john
otter o W. almonds ana Charles j. Canada, trustees,
',-.'-. $lO5OOO.
afP phe hog cropof Georgia is perceptibly
n, i,2 e, @ Tn, reasing, and the demand for chufas,
neimh, pnd nuts, COOLERS, artichokes, etc, is
3nTYi I6yely Increased, as the hogs of that state
r@s1 s"s fedalmOs exclusively on these products
.2.%! .s..;!i Neither with green rye and barley, mp
fT's t9a.. gvithin short time of slaughtering.
"A Canadian firm are cndcavoring to
<=Sf1T A An order filled in Charleston, W, Va. for
ksA.s ,Q00 feet OF sawed lumber, to be used
= .a's'.--s4iO lock gates of the Welland canal The
'' er was sent south on account Of the great
a'o1 tensions Of some OF the pieces, there
r lHaL, ag no trees sufficiently large for the pur-
Nv elm Canada
Y Wade Hampton has been married
E-sA- ee, and is a widower. lie had three chill.
i4- 81 a--two sons and daughter. His eldest
h StaESsu& E Preston Hampton was killed at Gettys
= 81 and the second, Wade, r lives in
tshington county, Miss. His daughter
IorrUn NJ EgAket Is the wife of Colonel John Has,
ct South Carolina
Ii v bphe census OF the state OF Tennessee
LIME "a 11S" sa. "si nsas %ns 1nss1S's ooy %
"a other states have come in their places,
-, wing clear loss of 1872, 600. The commits
nd icato1 ueF Of agriculture, statistics and mines is
HHr' HHrr, n opinion that if the state economy Is not
Iumon ,g 1djusted so as to give profitable employ
symptom nt to the population that a serious flow OF
n. or lr tgraton will continue To the deriment Of
|oi '''"' state
.--,n.t I'd At Stafford, near Fredericksburg, Va,
80 Aur'a mes Finch, aged eleven years, took pc.
ADVERn.on on the roadside with shotgun, and
{ ne ""sS' hout word or cause Of provocation
--~ateyer on the part of the lad, deliberately
and killed Paul Newton, aged nine
rs. The father of the deceased had or.
ed Finch to keep away from his house
n Ehe was prolame youth, and this enraged
JMF E'teo he avowed his intention of killing
innocent lad, which he did and then
the woods and escaped
IL. The agricultural department of Geor.
Mo,, has issued circular 10 the people of that
OIL n''' To setting forth reasons why more corn
less cotton should be raised. One rea
L go listhat the impending foreign war will
piO' rease the demand for corn and decrease
sdeMand for cotton. The circular took
x1t eject upon the planters and large
f. moers Of letters have been sent in to the
| from h'" pafiment stating that the suggestions o
Bbrlay sI'sssI 3 s.n are we'll received and will be
|rrcmum' Capt Eads has succeeded in getting {
~innel from twenty-five to seventy fee
.,tr,. sp through the ettics at the South Pas
the Mississippi river. Capt. Douglas
- S lton, Of the royal engineers of England
erla thorough examination of the worl
n.,, ;ently, said that if some deposit woulc
'"' '' Ee placeat the mouth, it would be Ions
lillo before a necessity would occur 70
. S% SS shing The iettes further into the gulf be
s6o& ascot the great depth OF the water and he
SSS@5'S use The prevailing winds at the mouth o
7G9& sriver are from east to west creating
779IiI,6 lady elrrent of water across the mouth
| 6Iglb@, South Pass, thus preventing any seriou
SSSSG,a cumulatlon of mud.
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| 5Mn X FOREIGN.
,T!GN Y.., F
5,6;gs The Turks are already drawing on th
adle and the grave. All :Mussulmel
tween the ages OF sixty and sixteen il