Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-08
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Memphis 100 divorce suits,
Memphis is raising $4,000 by private
subscription to clean the streets.
The A. and NJ. college, to be built At
Meridian, Mss, this summer, will cost Sl50.
90, '''''
And now they say cattle are DYING
about CulIman, Ala, with something like
yellow fever.
The Legislature of Alabama has appro.
priated money to buy legs Tor all her cii,
zens who lost them for the lost cause.
A Texas paper estimates that there
were at least three hundred persons mur-
dered in that state last year, Twelve men
were executed,
The Alabama legislature took a recess
in December, and, with the exception Of two
members, all charged the state mileages, the
total being over $4,000.
Nearly every legislature in the south
has wrangled over the Mohet register and
whipping post bills, but Virginia continues
to have monopoly Of both.
A Georgia darkey, when,ho was told
that dollar was only worth eighty cents.
remarked, "This is wusser'n cotton. Must
have been Dustin crap Of money made last
year"
The bodies Of Mrs, Gray and her three
children, all firmly tied together, were
found IN the river near Fort Worth, Texas,
Il few days ago. She drowned herself and
three children last June.
The poor farm established near Dallas,
Texas, for the purpose of taking care Of
paupers and working tramps, has cost in
twenty months $4,000 more than its receipts.
Beef alone, cheap as it is in Texas cost
$l2lO.
The farmers of South Carolina have
lost their heads in the heat of the fight with
fertilizer companies and at one Of their
meetings discussed the question OF forcibv
resisting the shipment Of phosphates out OF
the state.
Eddie LawhOm, aged twelve, when
convicted OF horse.stealing and sentenced to
Imprisonment for five years in the Texas
penitentiary, laughingly said Five years
amt long. Why, | can stand on my head
most Of the time"
A young msn who has tried everya
thing else and failed, writes The Vieksburg
| Herald to inquire the republics for good
reporter and gets for answer: IA bottle OF
whi'ky, a lead pencil, cast-iron consttu-
ton and rhinoceros hide"
An Atlanta manufacturer says to a
| Constitution reporter that the factories Of
that city must purchase coal for two dollars
ton or close up. They pay now from four
to five dollars, while in Chattanooga it can
| be purchased for from one dollar fifty cents
to two dollars.
In North Carolina last year three
million nine hundred and two thousand four
hundred young shad eightynine thousand
California salmon, and over fifteen thousand
| landlOcked salmon were distributed, under
| the management OF the fish hatchers at
Ayoca and Swaunanoa gaps.
According to Adjutant General Jones'
| report, the aggregate strength OF the state
guard ofNorth Carolina is 1894. More tran
| fifty thousand dollIrs' worth OF ordnance il
row in the hands OF the troops. Most of the
rifles are Of the very latest improved breech
loading patterns, worth eighteen dollars
apiece.
Richmond (Va.) State The Rev,
Jasper delivered his sermon "The San DO
MSve,' last night for the instruction and
delight Of the members Of the legislature
1t is highly proper Brother Jasper" or
somebody else should tIy to convince them
that the earth, or the sun, or the moon, or
something, does really move.
The Atlanta cotton actoty has lain
idle two years. Certain subscribers refused
to pay because Kimball, the originator and
presids snt, had subscribed S60000 when he
had 40 property. The courts have decided
in favor Of the nonpayng subscribers. The
Lowell machine shop has enioined further
proceeding, and the immense establishment
lies idle.
Another appeal is sent forth by Profes.
sor Venable, OF the university of Virginia,
under instructions rom the society OF the
aluMni, to the alumni and others, TO raise
the amount necessary sG0,O0O or at least,
| $4,000, for the erection of an observatory,
that the gift of the telescope by Mr.. MoCOr>
mick may be speedily utilized and the OBJ,
servor's chair endowed.
Charleston News and Courier: A
company of enterprsing northern men are
engaged on the Edisto river in the business
OF catching sturgeon, the flesh of which is
sent north and converted into canned sal>
mon, while the spawn is sent to the same
place, and, after being prepared and canned,
comes back to us with foreign trade mark,
and is sold as Russian caYiare.
Columbus Times: We have heard OF q
good deal of meanHess Of late years, among
other things stealing the presidency, stealing
| from "Uncle Slm'" treasury, salary grabs,
stealing Stewards remains, and stealing
generally OF all sorts and descriptions, but
| the meanest steal we have ever heard OF, was
that of a white man (so,called), lately in
Russell county, Ala, stealing from negro
his lawful wife,
Several important bills have been
passed by the general assembly OF Florida,
extending the benefits OF the internal i'm.
provement act to numerous canals and rail.
roads. The appropriations for the purpose
will exhaust pretty much all OF the public
lands controlled by the state. They are
generally valueless in their present condi'
ton, and the only hope Tor ever rendering
them profitable is to bring them into the
market by running thoroughlares through
them.
Knoxville Tribune: Mr. Swany, who
lost leg during the war, was crossing the
railroad track at Blue Springs, three miles
from Greenvlle. As he stepped upon the
track he saw the train coming through The
cut about fifteen feet distant. He turned to
escape, but there being rocks about the
track and he a cripple, he iell on the track
and was run over. He lost one arm and
toe, and received a severe confusion on the
head. At the first trial Swany was awarded
damages at s250O, the second $3.50, and the
third $4,000.
Savannah News Tallahassee letter
The tomp OF Charles Louis Napoleon Achillt
Murat, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and
son OF Joachim Murat OK king ofNeples and
the greatest cavalry general the world has
ever seen, stands in the city cemetery. lie
owned for many years a large plantation IL
this county. He is said to have been very
eccentric in his habits and many laughablt
II anecdotes are related of his peculiarities
The remains Of his wife, a Virginia lady o
great excellence Of character, are deposited
in the same inclosure,