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The. Age of Man.

If the claims of old descent were a
iustifable source of pride, says an
English paper, the human race will
feel elated on being assured by the
wise men OF the British Association
that authentic proof has been discov-
cred in some Welsh caves that men,
sufficiently developed from the ape to
manufacture flint implements, existed
on this planet 100000 years ago. TO
us it is 4 melancholy reflection that
we should have taken so prodigious u
time to attain so small n result. Even
when the duration of the race is linn
tied to the 5000 years OF history, tho
outcome can hardly be considered as
satisfactory, and there is something
profoundly depressing in the sudden
addition OF a series Of ancestoIs who
spent $4,000 years In marking time,
Indeed, but In making no other mark
pa lhs world, - fHrSfida tHiss
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-The slaughter of the
2,2OJ quaiantired distillery cattle began to.
day in small way, Twelve cows and two
bulls were killed at the Stype q Bishop
slaughterhouse on the North Side. The an.
imals were from the Shufeldt Chicago and
Phoenix distilleries large number OF
cattle owners and several well known
packers were present, The State Neteri.
narans conducted post-mortem examina.
tion in each case. Only one infected ami
NAL was found. The meat of the others
was pronounced superb. 1t is understood
that all of the meat, except that of the ami
NAL condemned was disposed of this after
noon TO local butcher shops, and brought
good prices,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
a DUCK STORY.
Wyoming Hunter DiscdIcrS a Hugo
Cavern Which Contains Three Lakcs.

wyoming Hunter Discovers a Hugo
Cavern Which Contains Three Lakes.
A singular story comes from the
head of Panther creek. stream Of
Northeastern Colorado, with its course
not many miles from the Nebraska
line. One of the sources Of the creek
is shallow, sedgy pond, from which
the water pours oyera miniature preci-
pice some ten feet in height and five 0,
six in width.
The pond is the resort, in their sea-
son, of great many wild ducks, who
feed on the sedgy plants growing On
its margins and its shallow bottom.
Last year neighboring ranchman no.
tccd that on disturbing these water
fowl, in place Of flying to a distance,
they circled about few moments and
then dashed through the veil Of water
formed by the falls coming from the
pond.
Though a good deal astonished the
ranchman had then no time for in
ycstigation of the singular circum-
stanse, and not until short time ago
did he follow the tracks of the ducks
through the falling waters. Bcvond
a slight ducking he experienced
no inconvenience in passing be-
hind the falls. Once there and
the way was clear. Opening before
him was passage three feet in width,
and of sufficient height to allow man
topass upright. The wallsof the suJtcr-
ranean way were dripping with water,
and undoubtedly passed beneath the
pond. He had not gone many yards
before the sound of a great quacking
fell upon his ears fastening his pace
he soon came upon large cavern, in
the center of which was lake The
surface Of this lake was thick with
ducks. The water fowl were mostly
mallard and teal, though several other
varieties were represented.
On the approach of the intruder the
ducks arose in an immense cloud and
disappeared through an opening be-
vond the lake. Our adycnturcr fol.
lowed them and found another and
similar lake covered with wild ducks.
Again the fowl arose. and with fright.
ened and clamorOuS quacks throngcd
through another passage-wav Here
the pursuer found the largest lake Of
all and the end of the subtcrraneal
water chain. The ducks now took the
back track, and he could hear the fusl
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Scared Into a Fatal Leap Overheard.

Usage CRY, Mo-, Oct l,-1his morning
about o'clock, while the Steamer Black
Diamond was coming up the Missouri
river to this place, she blew out her steam
chest packing at lsbell, Mo-, about twelve
miles east of here, caus ng such a confus-
ion that three colored roustabouts-Gen.
Price, Charles Briggs and Ed fitzpatrick
jumped overheard into the river and were
drowned Two others were severely
scalded about the body. None of the bodies
have been recovered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
GERMAN SOLDIERS.
Retirement of the Veterans of konisgIatz,
sedan and Paris

Retirement of the Veterans of koniggiatz,
sedan and Paris.
German newspapers are drawing at
tcn,ion 10 the interesting fact that the
present year, 1886. marks the outset of
new era in which the men who fought
in the great wars of 1866 and 1870 will
have entirely retired from service.
Hereafter the conscriptS who are an
nually levied to renew the active army
will be men who were not bonn when
the last of many quarrels between
Austria and Prussia ripened toward
| the final settlement at Sadowa. These
| coming recruits were but children four
years old when the leaguers of Metz
and Paris We're begun, and they can
have no recollcctions of the suspense,
the trials and the triumphs Of that
period Nor, with the exception OF
some officers, is there any one now left
in the active army or even in the Land
wehr, or reserve, who can recount as
an eyewitness the sOul-stirring cam
paigns of Bohemia or France. and per-
petuatc in his young comrades the
passions which formerly intamel the
Prussian soldier against his Austrian
and Bavarian compatrot as well us
against his traditional French enemy.
Only in the Lands,urm, or home guard,
linger some veterans of the Seven
Weeks war, and the grass has long
been green over the graves of their
brethren who perishcd in fratricdal
conflict at koniggratz and Kissingcn.
OF the soldiers who will henceforth DO
called upon to fight for the German
Empire in any probable contingency.
not one can recollect time when
North German and South German
were not brothers in arms. nor would
any of the new generation look with
the old fear and rancor on their neigh.
hors across the Rhine II Frenehnien
upon their part would but cease talk.
Ing Of revenge AZ ! ssa,
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FIVE MEN KILLED


LINCOLN, NEB,, Oct. IA construction
train on the Nebraska q Colorado Division
of the Burlington q Missouri River Rail
road was thrown from the track nine miles
southwest of Fairfield this afternoon. The
whole train was precipitated down an en-
bankment twenty-five feet and six cars
were totally wrecked. Five men were
killed outright and nine more or less seri-
ously injured. John Fitzgerald, President
ofthe Irish Land League the contractor in
charge of the work, was slightly injured.
But one of the injured is dangerously hurt,
The wreck was caused by the engine rum
ming over bull.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
War Next Spring,

LONDON Oct. 17.-Offlcial circles in Lon
don and at all the continental capitals ac-
cept aS an absolute certainty that war
in the East will open in the spring. In a
recent circular to the Powers, Lord Iddes-
leigh expresses hopes that there will be n
normal and peaceful issue to the crisis.
He also proposes a united expression of
sympathy for the Bulgarian Governments S
efforts to vindicate its dependency and
maintain order. To this none of the Pow
ers have yet replied. Prince Bismarck
will do his utmost to avert war.
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4 WOMAN'S BIBLE,


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vorv ,ew noonIo know of ro,,,o,I.
~ NV PooI'V N''o' VI " I''iiui ~
"o'o enterprise 'l"' Is oeihE under
taken IN New jersey IN the shape Of Il
female revision of the Bible. The
work is being carried ON in this man.
nor. In q ricb1v fo,ni.bod dr,n.;,c
roan, aLo,, In,aa ,,lI. =. ,'"" 1--WE. ,,-
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

ERIE, PA, Oct. lj.--The gale which struck
Eric last evening prostrated the wires and
Erie was isolated until this morning. The
water rose in the bay TO the hight of five
feet and destroyed a number Of fishermen's
houses and large amount of property.
The only lives lost were those of Samuel
Oxer and Clayton Roger, who, during the
first gale, drove in front of train and
were killed outright. The storm was the
worst known in twenty years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
STORM AT BUFFALO.
Great Destruction to Property and
Numerous Deaths.
For Time the Wind Reached "A y.,oc,t,
oil Seventy Miles An Hour.

BUFFALO, N, Y, Oct. Ii, The gale which
visited Buffalo last night did a vast amount
OF damage For a time the wind reacbed
velocity OF seventy miles an hour On the
lake front in the vicinity of what is known
as the sea-wall, forty small houses were
totally destroyed by wind and water. and
their occupants had to fly for their lives
Several persons are known to have per.
lshed among them sailor
named Charles Mitchell and an old
man named John Edmunds. The bodies Of
two children were recovered this morning
and also two bodies, which are unknown nj
present on the Hamburg turnpike near the
city. Twenty or thirty families have been
rendered destitute, and an appeal for aid
has been issued. Throughout the city
many buildings were damaged The
most serious damage was sustained by
the splendid new Music Hall, in course
OF construction. A large section of the
rear wall, which was nearly ready for the
roof, was blown down, with a terrible
crash, shaking houses in the vicinity like
an earthquake. The damage to the build
ing is estimated at $1,000 Work on the
structure will be greatly delayed. Mrs
Roberts saloon and boarding house. on
the turnpike road, was carried about five
hundred feet, and the family we're res
cued from the building by the police Tho
ofiicers also found family named Quinn
up in tree. Their house had been demol
ished. Their hired man, named John Ed
mundS, who could not climb the tree, was
drowned Another house on the turnpike
was carried away, and the family are miss
ing. The scenes on the beech this morning,
from the foot of Ganson street. for half q
mile or so to.the east, bafiled description
People were passing in crowds over heaps
of wrecked houses and along the beach,
near the sea wall, where the houses had
stood on spieS, OF the forty or more
houses that stood on that part Of the island
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Treatment of Emigrants,

New EORk, Oct. lS.--Father Prachewskv,
for eighteen years past Chaplain to the
Emigrant Refuge Hospital and Asylum on
Wards Island, will publicaly tomorrow
make charges of corruption against the
Commissioners of Emigration He will
also say that under the present Medical
Supervisor the death rate has increased
9Oo per cent. The President of the Com
missioners, until the other day, had not set
foot on the island for ten years.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
A wealthy merchant of London

A wealthy merchant Of London has
recently celebrated novel Kind of
golden-wcdding, Having been a faith.
fu reader of two or three London
newspapers for Il period of fifty years,
he invited the proprietorS to a mag
nilicent banquet. The host stated that
the perusal of newspapers for fifty
years had been the most agreeable dis
traction of his long life. This rccogni-
ton of the press is without prcce-
dent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Champion Base Ball Games.

CHICAGO, Oct ls.-The first game of a
series of seven, between the ChicagoS,
champions of the League Association, and
the Browns, of st, Louis, champions of the
American Association, for the champion
ship of the world, $1,000 and all the gate
money, was played here this afternoon.
Following is the score; Chicagos, q; st.
Louis, O. There were between four thou
sand and five thousand people present at
the commencement of the game
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
MirhipnuderS Poisoned.

ADRIAN, MIcu., Oct. E-S. II. Finkell'
Charles Houghty and family and a man
poisoned yesterday. Prompt medical aid
saved their lives, though few of them are
still very low. 1t is thought to have re-
suited from drinking sweet cider contain
ing arsenic. An examination is being
made
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

DR. Marier, of Rome. has dscov-
cred in many of the skulls in the diff
fercnt Roman and Eiruscan tombs, as
well as those deposited in various mu-
seums, interesting specimens of ancient
dentistry and artificial teeth. These
latter are in most eases carved out of
the teeth of some large animal. In many
instances these teeth are fastened to
the natural ones by bands OF gold. No
cases of stopped teeth have been dis
onynrnI
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

New IoHK, Oct ia company is be
ing formed in this city to build railroad
from the Lake Nicaragua to the river Is.
coudido. The EScondido flows into the At
lantc and is nav gable for deep draught
vessels up TO the point where the rail
road will touch it, There is already rail-
road from Cornto Ncaraguan port on
the Pacific, to the lake, and the new road
will complete the inter oceanic system The
Government of Nicaragua has given Senor
Il. Ramirez valuable and extensive CON
cessions for the road, and he is now in this
city arranging to build it, 1t is proposed
TO establish steamship lines from this
country and Europe to connect with the
rOal
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COURAGEOUS.
Young Mans Daring Entry Into n Burn
ing Building and Rescue of an Aged
Woman.

NEW York, Oct, IA tenement on On,
Hundred and Seventh street, occupied by
twenty families, numbering over one hun.
dred persons, gnited tonight and the
flames. Spreading with greatrapdity, drove
them out through every available open.
ing. When all were supposed to have es
capped the crowd which had gathered wers
horriiied to see an old woman in the second
story Of the house yainlv en-.
deavoring TO open the windows
George Nesor, Of an adjoining tenement,
climbed the front door-iamb, raised the
window from the outside and entered the
room. Nothing was seen Of him for some
time, and the spectators had made up their
minds that he had fallen victim to the
flames, when he was seen staggering down
the stoop with the old woman in his arms
Tie had covered her head with n blanket
and, at the risk of his own life, carried her
down stairs through the binding and st
fling smoke, Three iiremen who went into
the building were carried out senseless
from smoke and heat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

PIERRE, OAK, Oct l5.-Judge McCann,
one of the most prominent men of Sully
County, has suddenly disappeared, and il is
reported that he has fled to Canada. The
Judge has appropriated considerable
amount of money belonging to other par
ties, ntrustcd TO his care. The Mccormick
Reaper Company and others are Interested
McCann's office was declared vacant yes
terday, and another appointment made.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
The War Scare is Over.

BERLIN, Oct. ls,-A more hopeful peace
feeling prevails i'll oiiici circles. There
wa' anmIts d buying on the Bourse to-day
and q reaction in favor of Russian securi-
ties TIL North. German gazette has bit
ter article assailing Prince Alexander as
the cause Of the present European or sis
The gazette says that Alexander during
his reign ignored treaties, forgot the Rus
sian rig of his position and was faith
less to his relations and to the Cars fam
lily, and that his return to Bulgaria is i'm,
pOSsib O.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Murder and Suicide.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. l7--Henry Ieig.
ler, of Cincinnati, followed his runaway
wife to this city, and after apparently
etrecting reconciliation suddenly declar-
cd his intention to kill her, and while the
woman was praying for mercy, shot her
twice, inilcting fatal wounds He then
.hni and killed himself.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Worse Than First Reported

BEAUMONT, TIN, Oct, l5.-Reports from
Sabine Pass state that the destruction of life
and property there by the recent deluge is
terrible. The list of missing is over one
hundred, ninety Of whom are known to be
drowned. The pecunary loss is estimated
at half a million. The town was wiped out
of existence
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

Nrw YoRK, Oct. l5-lt is stated now that
the Rev. Father Sherman, the ex-Catholic
priest, who married Tillic Mccoy, is not in n
Philadelphia Monastry, as reported early
this week, but is living happily with his
wife in Brooklyn, The former priest denies
the story that he was drugGed at the time
of his marriage and it was also intimated
that he will sever all connections with the
Catholic Church and Identify himself With
some other denomination hereafter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Jnnitor Tltus Found Guilty.

BEr.vtnERE, N. j., Oct, l5.,The Jury IN
the case of Jonitor Titus, Of the Hacketts'
town Seminary, charged with the murder rae.
of TilIic smith, u servant in the institution
while the latter was defending her honor,
this morning brought in verdict OF guilty
of murder in the first degree, AFTER an,
nouncing the verdict, Foreman Take, OF e tne
Jurors, burst into tears, and for some ''ie
sobbed aloud.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
LEONARD'S RIDE.
Two Days and Nights at the Mercy of the
Great Storm on the Lakes.


DETROIT, Mich, Oct. 19-Iast Thursday,
in one of the worst storms ever known on
Lake Erie, Richard Leonard, of Newport.
Mich, was blown out into the lake on
the small scow United States. She was
miserable affair of about ten tons,
and Leonard was at once given up as
lost Yesterday it was learned that
after passing two days and two nights
riding out the terrible gale from
beginning to end the scow reached at
Avon, o. She drifted from Monroe to Can
ada, then back to the American side, and
thence on to the Ohio shore. Leonard'S
experience was a most severe one. He
says he gave himself up from the first as
doomed, and was at times terrorized al
most into Inconsistencies by the violence of
the storm. When the scow went ashore
Leonard was asleep and was astonished to
awake high and dry in place of safety
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Canadian Politics.

OTTAWA, ONT, oct l9-The opinion pre-
walls in political circles in this city
that the Government contemplates a coup
d'etat in the interest Of the Tory party, and
that the House of Commons will be dis
solved and the Dominion general elections
held at once, \ Round Robin is being
signed by the members of the Quebec Legis,
laturc calling ON the Lieutenant-Goyernor
to authorize Mr.. Mercer, the leader of the
Liberal party to form Government.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Gynsies Denied Landing.

NEW YoRK, Oct. lS--Commissone OF
Emigration STAIRS to-day refused to allow
forty.threc Gypsies who arrived to-day on
the Netherlands steamship W. A. Schal-
ter, from Rotterdam, to land, and ordered
them sent back to the steamer The Schal.
ter will now have to board and keep them
until she returns to Rotterdam.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Investigating the Earthuuakcs

WASHINGTON, Oct 1S,-The systematic
study of the great mass of earthquake re
turns gathered by correspondents of the
Geological Survey from all portions of the
area affected by the recent convulsions is
about to be undertaken by officials of the
survey under the supervision of Captain
Dutton, of the Ordinance Corps.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
DOWN THE SHAFT.
One Man Killed and Three Injured in tho
New York Aqueduct.

NEw YORK, Oct. l9.-The cage in which
the workmen in one of the shafts of tho
new aqueduct at Tenth avenue and One
Hundred and Seventy Sixth street are
borne to and from their work, fell this
morning as six men were ascending in il.
One, Thomas Burke, was killed and three
others badly injured, When near the
top of the shaft, the rope that held the
cage broke and it went down with u
crash, fifty feet below. Burke was taken
from the wreck manglcd and dead, and
the others were dragged forth terribly IN
jured. The injured were taken to the hos
pital
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Failures of Seven Days.

New York, Oct. l5.-The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country dur
ing the last seven days, as reported to X
G. Dun AZ Co. number for the United States
100 and for Canada 10 or total OF l'9
compared with total Of 100 last week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
U,;,, C;u,rmnkcrs' Labels,

BALTIMORE, Nh, Oct. l5.-ln the Circuit
Court to-day, in case Of the clgarmak-
ers' Union against an individual for coun'
terfeiting label paced ON union-made
cigars, Judge Phelps decided against the
defendant, stating that tho label is tne
property OF the Cigarmakers' Union,
though the body may not be Incorporated M,
case is new, and is almost without prece-
dent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
A Snake on the Rampace.

BosroN, Oct. 1S,-A python snake, thirty
feet long, while being transferred to a
cage in museum here to-day, escaped tc
the cellar of the building, He entered the
cold air box of the furnace and burst open
its sides, the bricks flying in all directions
Four men seized him, and, after a dcs
perate struggle, succeeded in cagng him
Daring the fight the snake wound himself
around two thick joists and snapped them
like pipestems, One man was bitten on
the wrist, and another nearly had the
breath squeezed out of him by being jam
med against the wall.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

BlTrLE CREEK, Mich, Oct, &c. Eu.
gene Howe, who edits the Augusta lIetky
Rtrtc,r, ten miles west of here, was rotten
egged and driven from the village last
evening for improper conduct He is a
married man with a family. To-day his
office was closed up by mortgage fore
closure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
HORRIBLE FATE.
An Aged Lady Dcvourcd by "A Drove oi
IIura,

Greenwell, widow aged seventy years,
left home on Tuesday afternoon between
three and fouro'c!ock to visit Mr.. McWil-
Iiams, distant about three quarters of a
mile. She did not return on Tuesday
night, Lut nothing strange was thought
of that; but anxiety came when
Wednesday morning did not bring her,
and search was made, and after u time the
bones and pieces of her bloody flesh were
found surrounded by drove of hogs, who
were fighting over her remains, which were
identified 10y scraps Of clothing as those OF
Mrs Greenwel. 1t is supposed that the old
lady tainted and that the hogs attacked
her before she regained consciousness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

New York, Oct. l9-Colonel Fred Grant
has again written to Chas. \, Dana, of the
New York san, inclosing check for the
amount of the disputed funeral bill, aud
Mr.. Dana has again declined to receive tho
money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Amcrican "Tourists" IN Canada.

OTTAWA, Oct 1.-THE enormous influx OF
American TOURISTS such as forgers, de-
fnulters and swindlers into Canada within
tho past few months, have alarmed the
authorities and they are urging upon the
British Government the necessity of ar
ranging an extradition treaty with the
United States which will include these
crimes
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23

East SAGINAW, MIcH, Oct, l9.-W. NJ II.
Cobegh, wealthy farmer aged seventy
three, was killed nine miles south of here,
on Friday afternoon, The wind blew a
heavy gate on him. He struggled desper-
ately, but died before help came toremoye
the gate He leaves a wife and two sons
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-10-23
Edmunds Returned 10 the Senate

MONTPELIER, VI, Oct. l9.-In the Ver>
mont Legislature to-day the Senate gave
George T. Edmunds % votes for L. $. Sen
ator and W. H. II. Bingham |. The vote
of the House stood; Edmunds, l99 Bing
ham 27. and W. &. Neazey 5.