Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-06
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINoS.


ONE of the most curious facts ever head
of has lust come to light, On Waldens
Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tenn, walsh
Conner owns large slut crossed betweena
bull and shepherd dog. She mad SIX pups
which we're taken from her some weeks
ago when the thermometer stood at zero
That night his SOW, which had SIX pigs,
froze to death The next morning the httle
pigs were brought into the house by tne
fire, when the dog became familiar WIN
them, and the family were surprised 10 see
her lie down and suckle the pigs she con.
tinued to do this at least twice nay anu
the pigs to this day have bad no other /
means of substance. They are now several
weeks old and all Of them fat and nearly |
The dog guards them when any one ae-
tempts to take them away, and II one Oh
them soueals she hurries to its rescue
The Baltimore Maa,gacturerS' Recofa
published few days ago its annual fesie"
of the industrial growth Of the SCUM anu
the progress made in she development Oh
| the manufacturing and mining interests OF
| that section during 1850, notwithstanding
| the general depression in business through
| ont the country A noticeable feature IL
| the wide diversity of new enterprises which
includes almost every industry known III
the country The amount OF capital III
Guiding capital stock Of Incorporated com
panies organized during the year and IN
enlarging and rebuilding those destroyed
by fire, aggregates s6b,sl@"o oi-
vided among the fourteen Southern
State, as follows Alabama
1854 600: Arkansas. sl,22o,0W' Florida,
,2m9oo0; Georgia, $500, 100; Kentucky,
s1s 304 200: Louisiana, 81 1850; Maryland,
sg. tg,s. 500: Mississippi. SOL $50; North Car
olina, t8, 23o, 900; South Carolina, sso5,9oi )
Tennessee. s2,692, ,000; Texas, s3,232 900;
> Virginia. s3.3l4 600; West Virginia, sE,o9o''
t ON, Total, So $4,000. Summngup some
g statistics of the South's progress since lsSo so
;. ths Fcc0rd shows that since then ofo'
J. miles have been added to the Soutn $ ran,
!. road mileage, the building oi "h'Cn
d added to the investments III o'n
r roads and their improvements Iools ~
n s57l .0oa.0oa the actual cost of the railroads
i. of the South and their equipment, accoIn
ing to statistics being over sl25oV'V'Vo'
n xgain.f 500 900 in 1850 The assessed
Is value of property III the South has IN
)f creased nearly 81 900, ,000,O1J since 1873
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NJ iht solu oI''N s"lnui. .1.,,,. x.shvi,ia cit
30 zen, 10 the tune OF s7reD.
1n SEVERAL arrests have recently been mac
* at Austin, Tex, for completely 10 u
&C. Christmas murders The latest is Mi ta
rs. NN' ,',,.,,o,,a ~, ono Of the murder,
naa1 GOES vhe N'''''''
v,,ors family of negroe. were poison,
r nr ,t powth Station, on the Houston q Tex
'" ice Tan,r,1 halfway. six miles north OF Hem
he -tsad Tex, The family OF whom Morn
as "a" Jonnson is the head were poisoned ny e'
ne ns the flesh .ot a stoleh nos, "'lep y y.
~, been dOsed with stryehhlhe ~ i'r =
NJ .hi.rae Kin Harris and Henry Clay, t
w 'H'' ,t.r,;, 1,buso, and Jonnsul
2nss guests OF Moill 'onh'9n' ns sararaI
wn step-danghter nave uleu' ''a i,.;,.
of the family are III d cil'i'"i '0n''''0'
10 On MooRE, OF Canton, Ga while sto'
VS. ing in front Of his horse. few days d.
Mr.. ,be animal took square bite at his Hsl
lHs, .ha taa.b crushing through the win1p'l
col. us can not live.
,en. u..,,,,. ,,,5 sarkev closed their meeti
M |
i,L gu. ,-.,..iIto Tsrp sud have gone 10 CT
AIS
tenooga
, ,,,c,v,vv vopth Of eightt
; %. "a ,,on, .ro;p pesr Naryville, Tel
,ion JuH'tg - ~, en- bs,llv thai he will
1ont u iuSH'Ne Vac ~
nen. A COMPANY has been ofgaL'|eu ~ ~
n,ng Vile, Tenn, with capl'al Vi S40'or.
,irct manufacture stoves anu hah'e4s
lts sylvsnia capitalists are ''' se'S iA'e'
vent t.,-.tyi.. Cotton NH.
,iarv .n+, "a canirsl 100000, shows
tire. since September cotton has been maui
TX ,. o. ,rred az q handsome profit aud thst
In1ei, hFoh ness is better than for 'nFee Ses,
The CHARLES Howard, the watchman II
nd Marietta aud Northern Georgia rain
the shops at Marietta, Ga was ofulhny
pforo dared the other night while on duty IN
was shops. The reason for the murder l.
known, nor is there ye' any o'o" .,-''s "
10 Of lead to the arrest of the perpetrators
Tered foul crime excepting some tracks acr
ihat field near the scene ofthe tragedy Ate
om@e mas murder had been committed The asst
# the triad "a conceal the deed by setting fire t
'in'ss bodv or building. The clothes OF the
! mi. tim were fired aud burned off; his
MIRO. . l.lI,. b,,rna1 oue hand bang