Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-05-03

pnates and the materials for sulnhr.;
,.S n,ansr =, ammonia and potash. These can
prepared, and a superior fertiIiser msSa vaa ~
Aore -" use win capital Of 100000. =
mus opens a long editorial in IN
q yw Wv Vnesns Times, under the bsad =
van AZ the risk OF becoming monotS
aous az wen as disagreeable, we take ieav
W return to the subject OF concealed wea !
ons. we may add that we shall continue !,
e,'n ,aurn ana return and RETURN until IN,
.seiapie and disastrous habit becomes !,
onPopuIar tnat at least the gentlemen Of IN,
ounlty oou.y VIII be ashamed to be known n
|"adoa soas , VINO habitually go about the street,
knuckles ' "nu oiass
Dallas (rexas) Herald: At last tbs
iong needed and much prayed Tor rain hs.
a'en. Sunday morning about eight o,clocL
sne SLY was filled with dark clouds. and al
m,ne q nne rain began to fall, which con,
s,nueu lor about one hour. Though il was
LII LII "s neaVy here as in other places, vet Il
s, MI 10 vast amount Of good generally.
a,enougn It came too late to do the wheat
sioP a' large much good, 1t will greatly
uensnl corn and cotton, and bring out the
suens ana grass. The fall seems to have
covered the whole Of north Texas, extend.
. ns l9u henson to Corsicana, and from
Point. 'o"arus Wills
a lou OF prisoners sentenced to hard
iaoor IN Alabama were knocked down to
sne highest bidder at the following ipu,es.
sn ma,tha jackson, negro woman, went off Al
20 ~ per month, Emma Parker. a negro
woman, w % an old negro man, William
Moei'on, "a 20; Sarah Moulton, his wife.
az % San Malone, a negro man, went to
% sam was likely fellow and the bid.
alng was quite lively. Jim Graham. a negro
ooy, brought $6 so; John Fleming, a negro
man, was knocked off at So so; James Odi.
olne, wnite man, brought only twenty-five
Seh.s month, while another white man,
oy tne name of Mann, went for the small
sum OF hve cents. A number of negroes
were among the bidders, and one said he
never expected to live to see the day when a
Niger would be worth more than a white
man.
The Galveston News thus sets forth
the current expense problem In Texas The
various sources of revenue the ensuing fiscal
year VIII yield, by the most careful estimate,
= ,ooOOOO In cash. This sum is reduced by
the appropriation for deficiencies at the
very hrst $6O0,OQO, leaving $l,050, ,000 Next
one,iourth OF the whole amount goes to
oublic schools out OF the first collections
Ihis reduces the sum available to say s65o..,
BOO. Then interest amounting to $46O. .0OO Is
set apart to the exclusion Of every other
1emand, reducing the available revenue to
S250,0O0. The requirements for the Judi.
,iary about $260,0C0; for the asylums about
blO0,00O; for frontier defense, 100000; for
ne. land office, comptroller's, treasurer's,
governors and secretary
u states offices, $250000 and over; for
quarantine, $4,000; for pensions, $4,000;
or penltentiary, $4,000, and for sinking
und, 100000; altogether 1920 900, are to
'e met by this residue of S25O,000.
The Augusta News says 1t now seems
rs if Georgia is to add another wonder to its
'lready lengthy and attractive list of natural
'uriosities. Not content with being the
mother OF the greatest mountain rock on
'arth, not stopping at the many springs
"hlch IN variety and attractiyeness are
counted all over the state, nor hesitatiup
tlil TO act as the roadbed for the most beau
llul ial OF water on this continent, and even
'oastlng OF some special attraction on every
Icre OF Its soil, from the lofty peak of Ball |
mountain to the sandy beach Of Tybee, the
mpire State now comes forward with what |
oay be called natural wonder that has |
hitherto been confined to the sandy soil of |
arkansas or warmed the frozen zone OF Ice. |
and. Some excitement has been caused in |
PIPER Georgia by the discovery, near the
Ilr-line road, the neighborhood Of the great
alls, of stresm of boiling water jutting
ut OF solid rock and ascending fifty.tyo
eet in the air. A report of this new discov.
ry comes from Athens, and 1t proves cor,
ect in every particular. Georgia can cer-
'lnly claim great curiosity, and North
eorgia be more than usually popular this
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