Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-09-21

MACON,
MISSISSIPPI
GENERAL BREVITIES.

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Lhh ia,SeSt pen III use Is Ut MOSCOW
~, "o's''s i'''''- Po'''''!s'
ldE inventor OF St''ISh'S was Il
F'en'h'l'n l'''iieo iAnlpPi Le pom
IT was a law among IhessaIians that
women should not drink wise.
RUSSIAN ladies have q passion for
wearing many bracelets ut "a time.
A PATRIOTIC writer wants to make it
a criminal otlense to shoot IN American
eagle.
MANY swampy fields could be turned
into profitable fsh-ponds at little eN-
pCuSe.
In is proposed to imnort and domcs-
ticate the lyre birds of Australia to take
the place Of the English sparrow.
AN application was recently made to
a li~fe-insurapce company in New York
City for an annuity for = nprson %
Years old.
Tim vonj,,yr do In lt,.,u, sor, that
there is a linden tree near Cbatesm
Salins which vas planted in 1152 At
the base it measures moro Than - foot
in circumference.
An onicor Of tho T,o,, IN v, CL,i,
tion Ton1naro,oo ,ss"o5i IH o,,I :,
nerossarT " ~ ,hi in3,'t tEo"a JoU na II
that he is not the man of tbe same name
who was fined for drunkenness,
A Mrprprx Conn wotcbmoLor bos
made = steam H]nginn yoi%binm "nI, TX
Grains Tbn yoTl,g oro i71tor7 on Uji tIb,.ao
drons Of water are enon%h TO k en" t tbtro
in mo,ia, S0 n]inHtos " N0oP '"oi'
Tur dr,gci,ts Of An, Arb,r NIiob
confess 70 s]G7Iing immnnso an+itias -
oninm OTTO IN 1oonIo nh I"L;tnanr
rsa II 90 ~ stin,,, fir"tPi' TIrD,. ' "a 15
of the Irnr orn fonnd ~ thot oitr
a.. 49,, - "'y '''9
wv p!9n9!' u ViIo' HaI " narrow
Confodoroto y62o.,ns Of ,1ontntta tLa
other doy Dnr;n@ lbo sh,,n 6att,a " y
stray bni,ot strlaE him hrt aIarooJ onI
slir6tIv ,ynnnLod ono rs lis Soids
UrHpy VIII. If i stotod in tbo
cCurse of hi, rrion bangpd NO fownr
than 1900 robbers, thieves and vaca-
VoH"S; III 'He I"''ei Iays OF EIlIaDeth,
four hundred criminals being executed
on the gallows.
a. tCrp1cIry i moLi,r o;or+ s,,;do,
in lis race for spnrrmary over gos Al
ready the LEADING London no9o,s aro
confidently nrediGtin% that ft5po EVAN
will in orotbor dooaJo ha ~
= tbino of tEa most os tbo oil
Iamn is now
81 ,orsoo+ ,,o,.o ,ho a..
manufacture Of nerfnmas' tbat Soma ~, of
their ancient ointment, nrescryod in m
aIabaster vase in fbe Museum ot AIn'
wick. still retains a varv nnr,orfni oJnr
ibou6h Il must he batyoooin y a onJ -
lu0 Years oil ~
tr,nun,rr. ~
aaiaoa , ao Eo ~. lGulS "oHlal
,''., va = ioo' u"'IIS Voc 'ui-
'I -" W. III Wy " Ihe
of tLo onno,oao,fan aoo,
, W. ~" oo oo~n7'gEo"o ION "iei me rest
E "v'o o 3vI, va, S ns5 s.Ir 1toou Ia heL SUM
per- anu was ashamed enough when she
. tmoA' u Ie'''1'nS sense oi mel posi-
Dan FRANCISCO IS stu troubled with
Il wholesome lear OF leprosy, which
seems 10 nave gained atoothoId through
Ihe Chihese, ana q separate hospital for
lenerS mas Just been provided for. The
tainted Cinnamon are shipped back
nome as lost as detected, but it is be-
lle''a ina me eases are not yet all fer
reted out II IS known that at least
one Whlte man has died in the city from
inns loalhSome disease
IT is a curious fact, but nevertheless
'nS, many uWeIIlhgs once the
nv l', a,,a ~ Poor9, naIo peei PuDilc houses
"ito 1iHI0 VI "iOtHeI' bVIIlS UaJlNc