Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-09-28
MISSISSIPPI,
GENERAL B%REYITIES.

erS IN the United States.
THERE are 60 known varieties of ovs-
tiers throughout the world.
A CITIZEN of Lyons scratched a
match; . piece Of phosphorus got under
the nail and caused death.
A LONDON 7jEss advertisement
lost, aSet of artificial teeth; supposed
to have been dropped in the ncighbor-
hood of Hanover square,
SWITZERLAND does not impose capt.
tai punishment for murder, and the or
binary penalty for that crime is from
five to six years Imprisonment.
Two conductors of the London,
Chatham and Dover Railway are to be
tried for m~anSlaughter in causing the
recent fatal disaster at Sittingbourne.
A YOUNG man in London lately OBJ
tanned a verdict for 10 sbillings against
4 mar who sat down on his hat. This
furnishes a valuable precedent.
A GIRL says that when she dies she
desires to have tobacco planted over her
grave, that the weed nourished by her
dust may be chewed by her bereaved
lovers. There is poetry in the idea.
AN inmate of the Robertson County
(ky.) Poor. house, Mrs. Sally Maybrier,
claims to be ll5 years old. She SAYS
curing inc hg'9iHtlonary WA she fire.
faci'Ig hloIUeu pUiIetS Tor the soldiers
Of the Continental Army.
EN-GoV. ENGLISH, Of Connecticut,
was VISITED by a tramp, the other day,
why pcgSeU lor an o!d par OF shoes,
"iT' "i.el RECEIVING lhem' returned in
to mU"t VI .W0 ana asked ior ~ cents
P"9 'U' Se''I'S Ihein mohded'
AS IISht us a cork or ''to float
IKE Il cork Will not do as SMILES any
oaSe'' Deer $ mar is only one-htth as
mnl 10 oo!H' anu experiment has
ttnr,,I fa 3. ,L" Nou suPelioI'Iy as Il ma
s soI,,, i'' '"0 CONSTRUCTION OF Ille-pre-
'',,e'S'
II'.hApELPIilAS Permanent EXhibi-
y'oi Is sun open, occupying the main
ou'lulng OF the international Exhibition
OF 1870. Concerts and balls are the
r"'C' ",rL"g1Io'S' ana inc receipts for a
lf"i navy i'''Hc" "l'hl" ABOUT SIo,VVo
=" CNPen''S
IllE IoSt-oIuee department has ruled
Vn"I i husband mas no control over the
correspondence OF ms wife. If she re-
quests inc POSTMASTER not to place her
ie',erN III her husbands box, It's his du,
iy to comply with her request.
NJ EMILIA MoNTAIENTI, the d.
ieC,Ti o' INC ihuuSlrial Sehool for Girls
IN Milan, Ilay, has sent samples of the
ar'is1ic work OF her pupils to the Paris
Exposition. They consist of laces, en-
brolderles and paintings on enamel.
LEWIS WEBB, of Buena Vista. Ga
mas oeeh paraIyHed amt destitute of
lcclInS N MS legs ana feet for eight
Ju"Is' ne t"n hoI 1eel u not lron when
uPP'IVl' 10 MS Icel' out II Il cat touches
Inel'' lit iINIlcui'lely has Il prick SEN
S"'loh'
AN interesting and worthy young la.
dy in London was addicted to the habit
Jic '', W. f i. 1o ar ~ ,"o ISnt o1 a can
ynmrc I"Jr "o o,',a puo'iG MENTION Oh l.3t
= yor7int - 'pp ~: ,i '~9liJcVIoH win
NV = onronnr's ,f i',r, "'"'n rendered
T,,n s," J0!5. ~ -,
LIZ IF5J WeGPIng-WiIIow in England
4, a.. r" P 10 "'Ie peel painted by AIeXan-
G.I l pc; nc received a present of figs
t tio'I ,IlN'l' aliu' observing a twig in
From his Stock MI the miijiodPs ii IN NV W.
land and Amcriro aro boiio,'aI ~ -
sprung. ''' ~ ""'o
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An,o,inan o 0noN naS no IgIfoTS lor the
tnn F tI,'", ,'' SJ Washing
roody omHiioa 3i,', Sa5S til'V lhete are al.
postyn "PP,.. at Wn, loi Vnc PoSitlonS Of
recently maJ Il yacaIt 5r an" tbo 95a pem
the former incumbents, ~
EAST Ilypppnot on.
and iigbtnd by ~ o va ,,n 0Tao' Is warmed
CAS- aiTrs ~ g55n'o t tbot s"s wells d
]eelectr,c ijgb, in br ti'fo Utmost iiGaIS the
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