Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-10-27
OIIHCELLANEOUN,

Cincinnati consumed fitty-two thou
sand barrels Of beer during August,
1t is announced that the order of
Orangemen in the United States has mem.
bership.
Russia has G50000 hereditary mobiles
and 80 900 who are not hereditary, and
thousands of both classes are very poor,
Some forty persons were poisoned in
Camden, Maine, though not seriously, from
drinking milk which had been standing in
new jars with porcelain Innings.
Texas might be cut up into five states
as large as Illinois, each containing over
1900 square miles, and an early movement
toward this end is now predicted,
If one saw how macaroni was made by
dirty ltalians, in filthy shambes in south
Fifth avenue. nobody would eat it, saws Il
New York paper,
Land owners along the Sacramento
river have, in convention, resolved not to
employ Cinnamon, and to induce others to
cease giving them employment and selling
them land.
The nation is great creditor as well
as debtor. The six Pacific railroads Union,
Central, Southern, Kansas, Sioux City and
Western-owe it $92 ,63675t, which pays no
interest until maturity in 1897.
One steamer is ready to sail from New
Haven, Connecticut, for COnstantinOple, with
twenty.one hundred and fifty tons of ammu>
milton, valued at two millions of dollars.
Another steamer is preparing to load,
Inc special session Is not likely to
prove especially short one There is n dis
position manifested among the members now
on hand to take advantage OF the cool fall
weather and plunge into general legislation.
The saloon men and the Mexican
population OF Colorado voted sOlidly against
woman suffrage at the late election. The
whisky men naturally Y believe that the women
of Colorado, with ballots, would vote law
through for the suppression Of their traffic
ana the Me8ieahS were "lrala 'hey "onI1
run ufY'
From various portions of the northwest
there are evidences of steady stream of
immigration to the southern and south.
western states, and indications that this cur.
rent will become stronger and wider during
the present fall and winter season. The Chi.
caco Journal reportS that MANY families are
leaving that city daily for Texas and Florida
and the number of inouirers and seekers
after information is steadily on the increase,
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The expectations OF cattle and beet to
England, which started up so suddenly a few
months ago and expanded so rapidly, is
already on the decline. The large firm Of
SamueIs Brothers, in New York, who made
the first shipments OF i've caltIe, laileu the
other day, and they declare that the business
is losing one, owing TO the inevitable losses
OF stock on the voyage fresh peel laTeS Dut
little better than llVe STOCK, owing 10 'he I'M
mense difficulty experienced in Keeping it
fresh and sweet while on the water. Another
finn, however, in the same city, claims to
have done fairly well at the trade.
For the first time in five years cargo
of coal has arrived in Boston from Newcastle
and been sold at a profit, and more is on the
way The Gas company is the only purchaser
as vet but there will soon be large market
for English coal in Massachusetts,, unless the
price OF Pennsylvania coal is reduced. The
reason of this trade phenomenon is plainly
set forth in the American Gas Light Journal,
which lays the blame upon the railroad
companies and their stud:ous interference
with ;he coal companies. The freight agents
nnw dictate the pTIpp at which coal is sold,