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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
PERSONAL AND lMPERSoNAL.

Captain j. m. Storey, OF Green's
boro. n. c., was struck twenty times
by bullets in the late war, and is alive
yet.
DR. Edwin B. Webb, after pas.
torate of twenty-five years, retired
from the pulpit of Shawinut Congre-
gational church of Boston recently.
Old names for girls, such as
Gladys, Elfrida, Wilfreda, Enid, Ethel
Clarice, Rosabcl, Christabel and Clari-
bel are again becoming fashionable
Chicago Herald.
An investigator of names says
after long search for it he has been
unable to find any person who ever
bore that of Printer. He has found
Painter, Stainer, Shoemaker, Tanner
Tinker, Carpenter and many others
derived from trades or occupations,
but no Printer.-N T. Tribune
The paper on which the historic
Bancroft writes is singular combina-
ton of yellow and green. he says
that with ordinary white paper pciofo
him the composition of single sem
tence is the work of fifteen or twenty
minutes His thoughts will only now
when this peculiar paper is used.
,Baroness Burdett-Coutts has the
satisfaction Of knowing that her young
American born husband beat the Mar
anis Of Lorne for q seat in the house
Of Commons. The Marquis is the
Oueen'- son-in-law. and it was her
| Majesty who snubbed the Baroness
/ because she married a young man
Chicago TINS.
DR. Archibald Dodds, young
Pittsburgh physician who removed 70
Syria some years ago and VINO recently
came home to bring his little boy to-
live with relatives, was drowned from
the Cunard steamer Sidon while near
the coast of Spain. The Sidon had
struck a rock. DR.. Dodds had twice
secured e-preserver, but gave II up
tos lady each time.-PiHsburgh Pos9'
There are two well-knovn house
decorators in New York City who are
brothers. of the same height, weight,
complexion. and build, wearing clothe
of the same color and style. and lunch.
ing together. without speaking woro
to each other, every day at Delmonico >
The ordinary mortal can not tell ttrem
apart, and one never knows which o.
the two he is talking to,-N T. Ma"
Charles Schneider, Of Cincinnati
several years ago married the daughter
of John Grossions, his employer
against the fathers wishes The young
wife was after time persuaded tt
, leave her husband and return home
Her husband tried TO reclaim her, anc
, failing, shot at her. For this he wa
: sent to the penitentiary. and his wif'
q secured divorce. Since then he
:. father died and left her valuable prop
ertv. and recently the young husband
who had served his term in the peni
. Tertiary went to see his children foun'
: his wife still loved him, and they wer
again married. Cincinnati Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
Aims of Socialists.

Cnh AGO, December gS..-The Congrega.
tional ministers of the city, at meeting
to-day, listered to the views of August
Spies, the editor Of Socialistic paper,
upon the aims Of the Socialists. He said
there were ha a million Socialists in the
Unit d States who believed in anarcliy and
a resort to force TO accomplish their level
ing process. He said marriage, as prac,
ticed to-day, was simply concuh.nage, and
ihat when the Socialistic revolution oe-
cured, free love would prevail.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

Cnlc.GO December "a case OF trichi-
nosis has been developed in Wilmotte, SUI
burb, in the persons of Frank NJ. Wester-
field and wife. \ few daysago they par
took of some pork which was not sufficient
" we'll cooked Both soon commenced 10
snffcr excruciating pain and were compell-
cd to take Ia their beds Mr. Westerfield's
attack was more severe and il was
thought would end fatally, but a slight i'm
provemoni Is noticed by the attending
pfysiciaus Mrs. WcSterfield is able to he
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
A MANIAC MOTHER.


ST. 0gIs, Mo, December 2a.--About 5
O'Clock last evening Mrs. Emma Tickens,
res ding on Camelia street. attempted to
throw herself and two children into a well
which conilin ID four feet of water. One
Of the children was a girl, six wears old,
and the other boy, four years old.
The ,crear.ing OF the little ones attract
Cd the attention Of the father, VIM. Tick
ems who rushed to the well in time to
prevent The mother and girl from falling
III. The little boy, however, slipped from
his mothers grasp and dropped into the
water, but the father secured a ladder and
rescued him. The woman ca me out of the
insane s> lun only few weeks ago, and
it w fit of insanity that she mad
thet pt at mul der and suicide last
tIgh wil be sent back to the asylum
10 dag.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
Killed nv an Elevator.

MIRA, n. Y, Decembcr9S.-Peter How
el,, supervising Architect at the keiorm''
tory was killed this afternoon while riding
ON the freigh. elevator. He had reached
the top floor, and attempted ID, step of
before the elevator stopped, when he was
caught between the floor and the carriage
His body was cut almost in two and drop
ped forty feet. Mr. Howell was widely
known as an architect and builder
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
SINGULAR A,c,CSnT.
A arre Christi stree ,,in the Pres. !
ence OF y raj " Persons
With seri, =


CHICAGO, December :, .stmas res,iv-
it. a me Coui ~ He , veie marred
b. sensational ough OF very serious
accident. An ,moth Christmas tree had
been erected II he center of the clinical
anphtheater al the rear Of the hospital
proper This tree was the largest set up
in the city and it was loaded with decora-
tio rs, ornaments and gifts with hundreds
Of little wax candles on its many branches
The amphitheater seats six hundred people,
ahd by four O'Clock every seat was filled
v lth the parents and visitors.
The children who were unable
to come on foot were carried up
to the room, Ten of these little beds were
there altogether. In one Of them WIS
pair of twins, and various others contained
little suffers that were helpless. The chill
dren sang couple of hymns and the can
les were lighted, when one of the candles
4et fire to some Of the decorations, and at
tndants with iong poles, upon which were
ii wet Spotges, Uried to put out the in
t'az., No one paid much atten-
] " this as old Santa Claus was card
ulHS tut SIAN All eltS NtIo
., ned that wa +, looling n to the top Of
the amphitheater. IN a few seconds,
however the building was all ablaze.
1 there was panic The greatest con-
| ion e. sred Six hundred persons,
rcled 'geth, 50 tightly they could
hardly move, were panicstricken. The
/ Lhrstmae tree Wit is furnishings was a
nf nd ul,f +.
ing The hildren IN their cots and the
IL c s.rt sging 70 reach the door rent the
! il VII. their scream The clothing of q
! number of persons standing next to the
re- caught fire, and the flames reached
/ licked up the evergreen decorations
| along the walls and ceiling. When
perhaps half of those present had got
out of the room, and while the rest ST the
crowd was being tramnled under foot or
struggling franticaliy to reach he door,
some attaches of the '1ti n appeared
with an extinguisher an b ought Il fine
under control The cots of sev of q o
children had been overtrr ed i'll tic par d, +,
and Sol of the bedclothing I'd been q, yr
them. All this tim, Warden McGarglc
was working like Trojan to q let the
crowd and extlH those who had been
trodden upon auu er.lered helpless. IN,
excitement was 50 great thet for time ID
was impossible to tel how NAM lad been
burnt or otherwis. -. uro !, jrhOw severely
1t seemed that hardly anJ one had escaped
without sustaining b uis' of some kind,
and the Tu nber of those those injuries are
really ere are not far short Of one nun
! dred, Guiding a number Of the Visitors,
! All viii recover
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

NEwAI.,, Y. j., December 29-Five doc.
tors ton ght performed an operation on the
bodies Of two mGd-dogs at the house of Dr..
Runge The dogs were killed to-day. A
needle wn, inserted in the mouth, brain
and spinal column and the matter trans
feIred to vial, containing japanese sea-
weed where it will be allowed to germi-
nate aud propagate itself. Awhile rabbit
was inocuutei with the virus in the BRAIN
aud will he kept for experiment, Four
cats bitten by one of the dogs are pre-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

Drs MolXrs, lows, December .i-Wil-
liam West. Chief Distributing Clerk i'll the
Des Moines office, was arrested here to-day,
Early in November two registered letters
containing large sums of money wre rifled
and their contents distracted 1t was sup
posed that the theft was committed by one
of the Postal Clerks ON the Rock isiand
Railroad, or else by one of two of the Des
Moines force. Yesterday 1t was believed
that West had hand nit and he was tested
with several decoys, two of which he
opcned. The money was found on his per
son and a full confession followed, West
belongs to an excellent family.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
HE FOUND OUT.
How an fnqulsitive Traveller Had His Cur
osity Satisfied.

osity Satisneus
When the train comes to stop on q
siding between the stations somethii Z
has got to be done, The veteran raj
road traveller either pulls out new 3
paper or settles down for cat-na).
and the responsibility of finding why
the train is standing here instead OF
laundering along twenty miles away
dcvolves upon Farmer Davis. Mr..
Davis got on two stations below, and
is going three stations beyond. lie
was at the depot just an hour ans a
half before train time, and he spent the
long interval in reading railroad ady.r-
tisements and walking up and down
tue platform. He didn't ask the sta
ton master if the train was on time
over twenty times, which was letting
him down very easy.
Now that the train has come t. a
standstill without inst cause or pro :
cation something snould be done. ..
deed, something shall be done, and Mr..
Davis is the man to do it. He thr, ws
up his window, crawls out as far as he
can, and looks up and down the train.
He sees nothing to alarm, and nothing
to indicate the cause Of delay.
"Mighty singular, isn't it2' he
queries of the man behind him as he
draws in his head.
Yes
Ever known train to stop this way
before?'
Never"
"Some one ought to find out the cau:f
of it, hadn't they?"
"Some one certainly had
well, III 90 out nd look around q
little. If they've Pc to q 10. q
purpose to let some r train run into
lis | want to know it.
The farmer goes cut and walks down
to the rear Of the Il, Ii. bat nothing i
| in sight. Then he mead about for th'
locomotive. When he reaches it h
finds the fireman oiling ,p and the en-
gineer smoking He can't see tina
there is a single wheel mi,.ing-not
one. The cow-catcher is in its accu9
toned position--moke stack. cab an
tender are seemingly all right, an
Farmer Davis begig-s to feel indignant
Whats the Ii. ter?' hs demands
as he looks the 81. .neor square in til
eve.
The engineer look, down upor hi
as calm and placid as June morn ne
but has no reply,
Anything give out2'
No rc ply.
The fireman is next appealed to, bt
if Mr.. Davis was .en thousand mile
away that fireman could not have bee
more obliyiouS Of his existence.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
ThRREp AND FEATHERED.
The Punishment off High-school Teacher
Tor Rfdtal'y Assaulting Pupil,

HAI TFoRc, Conn, december State
last aight re vd of fifty or more people
aocombled 'front.' # the little school
house IL - . village ol Prospe t. not far
from here. ihey put white cloths with
eye-holes in .hem over their .aces and
marched silently to the house where Rich
ard n Hotchkiss, the teacher of the
High s IT, toatis, sn1 quietly sur
use the dem nded chat
an le out. He | r t come, and
# party t.ace th. nouiders
ls front doc q, ed il IN
hiss was fourd eEc'todly .jacng the
i It n his bedroom, clad in 1gle gar
rent. One of the party "a. We'll,
ve won't have 20 undress YOU aad seized
I'M about the waist. Hotchkiss was
a. I'd bodily down stats, across the
yard and down the Iocd to the
vla,e green. There. large pot Of
boiling tar had been prepared for him, and
Y l. ide were two big feather mat
tress ;, coat G. tar was quickly applied
to Ho,chkiss with the remark; There's a
Christmas present f m the tovn that you
will remember" He was defily rolled,
kicking aud yelling, back and tor't in the
feather o, IS, which had been slitbper. He
uen teated to a ride md down the
IL IN kaer edged rail 4 left about a
N rom his )arding place 20 get home
ls ! the cot d. Last Friday afternoon
H)tchkiss whipped pupil named Adel-
bert Chandler, son OF wealthy Pros
pect fa" .er A''ar flogging him be-
fore tL school, 4 1chkiss jumped upon
young Chandlei ,-veral times, and then
re- SEA % allow i IN to go home when he
con laired o injuries Blood flowed from
the injny, aJy's ears, mouth and nose.
Chandler life ", despaired of. Hotch-
kiss vas vest, y Hrrestcl for assault with
intent to kill, AID vas bound over 20 the
Superop Jourt of Sew Haven County un.
der q 1900 bond Young Chandler and a
son of Hotchkiss, 'tten1ing the same
school, mad had Q fight in which the latter
was wa ped,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
GENERAL GRANT.
His Course at the Crisis of the Battle Of
Fort Donelson,

Fort Donelson.
| saw the men standing in knots,
talking in the most excited manner.
No officer seemed to be giving any d.
reetions. The soldiers had their mus
kets, but no ammunition, while there
were tons of it close at hand. | heard
some Of the men say that the enemy
had come out with knaps cks and
haversacks filed with ratioL>. They
seemed TO think this indicated deter
minatiou on his part to stay out and
fight ju>. a. long as the provisions held
ont. | turned to Colonel j. D. Web
ster, of my staff who was with me,
and said "Some of our men are
pretty badly dcmoralized, but the
enemy must be more so, for he has at
tempted to force hi, way out, but has
fallen back; the one who attacks first
now will be victorious. and the enemy
will have to be in a hurry if he gets
ahead of me- determined to make
the assault at once on our left. Ii was
clear to my mind that the enemy had
started to march out with his entire
force, except few pickets, and ii our
attack could be made on the left before
the enemy could redistribute his forces
along the line. we would find but little
opposition except from the intervening
abltis. | directed Colonel Webster 10
ride with me and call our to the men as
we passed, "fill you" cartridge boxes,
quick. and get into line; the enemy is
trying 40 escape, and he must not be
permitted to do so, This acted like
4 charm The men wanted some one
TO give them q command.-GtncrdI
Grants Memoirs.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

RI0ONVGTON, III, December 29.--Thc
iuhahiirnl> Of this city were alarmed last
nightly shock r earthquake, the noise
accompanving (which resemhled closely
that made Toy tht firing of artillery No
damage was done to property, although
the force of the shock was distinctly felt
in several large buildings.
HARTroRp, CoNS. December 99,-Several
sharp shocks Gf earthquakes were felt in
this city this morning between 4 20 and
B 30 O'Clock
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
A HORRIBLE LYNCHlNG. =

A segro Murderer Chained to Tree In
Alabama and slowly Burned to Death.
NOZZLE, ALA, December 2s.--i esterday
Afternoon at Gainestown, Clark County,
Ala Alexander Reid, negro, who,b'r'ta'-
ly lurdered Miss Carrie Boyer at that
place on the 18th inst, was chained to u
tree at the spot where the crime was conf
mitted and slowly burned to death by a
crowd of indignant whites and blacks.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

PrTsBrRoH, Pa, December 27.-Mrs Bar.
bara Meyers and her two-yearold child
died today from injuries received last
night by the explosion of lamp, which the
little one, who asplaying about the ROOM
accidentally upset. Almost instantly there
was an explosion, which scattered the burn
ing fluid over the room the flames envel
oping the mother and child. In her fright
Mrs Meyers jumped from sccond-stor'
window, and, besides being terribly burned
received injuries which resulted in hen
death this morning, The baby, who was
burned almost to a crisp, died during the
night, and both were buried this afternoon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
APACHE Z ES.

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

PARIS, December 2s.-M. Francois Jules
p. Grevy was reelected President of the
French Republic to-day in the joint vote OF
the Senate and Chamber OF Deputies act
ing as National Assembly, The ballot
ing was carried on pnid great exeitem
Only five members ,hc Right cast ballots.
II. Crews majority vas 49,.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
A Patient for Pastcur.

LowfLl, MASS, December 9s.-Charles
Jacobs, OF Groton, Mass, has sailed for
Paris to receive treatment from NJ. Pasteur'
His arm was lacerated short time ago by
the teeth Of horse to which he was ad-
ministering medicine. The horse had been
bitten by dog that showed signs OF
hydrophobia.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
TIE 40 FEELING IN I.tLAkr
4 Pitched BATH. Between Factions, in
Which Twenty Were Dangerous


Der ., L ,c4p,pei !, Evid ,cn MOI
thaut. lirl,y bad feelir e tie
local factions III 1ni .haTa o! .bl''
shown Il CIR 7ei ,.D .lv NJ 90. inue &c
give the r'uaciIa polic utu riuie,
very great con, err. An oxaml''
of the inc easing ir ia ion mani
tested itself yesterday, Naen a
house in CIeogh Lane, Iir' 'ic' occupiSn
by a man named Blake, was pesI, ged by +
poll cal oppont is. TIE assault seems to
ave ben evpoctelS Il the trerds Of
Blake wa'e not slow in rallying to his de
fensc. They Immediately engaged in
desperate conflict 18th the bcsiegiDgs
party We neu, as Vel as men, took sides
in e.batuls arfstcks, stones, guns ana
pistols We handled with savage
earnestness. II was fully two hours
before the police, who were called upon to
dispene the crowds and arrest the rioters,
succeeded l.. restoring order. The latest
accounts record nt least twenty persons,
including several women, dangerously
.rndcd in the battle. The police, who
not at first able. TO command the
peace were reinforced as soon as that fact
~ evident and with this augmented
-trongth succeeded in making large num-
nd, of arrests
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

WAY CRos,, GA., December @-Edward
Brown. in Clinch County, danced himself
to death Christmas night Beginning al 5
o'clockin the evening, he danced in every
set until o'clock the next morning. when
he was carried off the floorin a debiitated
condition He died from the efte,t yeSter-
day
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
"A farmer of Washington Territory

"A farmer of Washington leffltoiy
loaned his dog to man on Snake Riv.
er to whom he had sold flock Of sheep
20 drive home, distance of thirty
miles. The drovcr found the dog so
useful that, instead Of sending him
home, he locked him up. The dog es.
capped, and, concluding the drover had
no more right to keep the sheep than
to lock him up, he collected all that
had belonged to his master and drove
them home again. Chicago Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

From 1874 to 1873 the consumption
Of wine in England was 92,636,S2s
gallons, while from 1879 to 1888 IL was
So. .l20,994. This decline Of over twelve
and half millions represents saving
Of over $50, ,000, 900 in expenditure. A
osreful estimate has il that the entire
"drink billp Of England for 1876 was
fli7 100000, while that Of 1884 was
less than fl27,000,0O0, q decline Of
600, ,oco. 900. or 800. .Ooo. 900.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
Runaway With Singular Feature.

Milton, Pa, December ga horse be-
longing to young man named Maxwell
ran away yesterday in the approach of a
train, and dashed upon narrow bridge
spanning the canal at this borough just as
an aged gentleman named Woolheater was
driving across. A violent collision oc-
CURED, and Mr. Woolheater was thrown
fr rom his carriage to the bottom of the
canal--a distance of thirty feet-and sus-
tanned injuries which will prove fatal
His horse and carriage were knocked from
the bridge, but were caught by protrud-
ing bean, were they remained directly sus-
pended over Mr. Woolheater's insensible
knd,,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
Rprpft of All Ms Family,

LerlsvuIr, December @.--While James
saunders was crossing the Kentucky River
in skiff, near Nicholasville, with his wife
AID nree children last night, the skiff was
upset saunders got ashore, but darkness
prevented him resruing any OF the Others,
Who were all drowned.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
1.-THE MONK"
An Ocean Clin Which Has Fallen Prey to
the Wash of the sea.


the Wash of the sea.
An official notification from the
Danish Ministry of Marine announces
that Denmark is poorer by the loss OF
an island and OF an interesting natural
object, South of the island of Sudaroe,
one of the Farce group, mighty cliff
rose sheer out of the sea I, height of
from eighty to one hundred feet.
Looked at sidewise from distance at
sea. il resemblcd great ship in full
sail; but seen from Suderoe il pre-
sented the appearance of q monk.
whence it received from the Faroese
the name OF Mrnken. III Monk was
not merely picturesque liect: it was
also valuable land mark for sailors,
warning them against dangerous
whirlpool which swept around its base.
but il is now only thing of the past.
Last year q portion of the cliff fell
down, and this year all that remained
was broken off Just below the water
line, leaving in its place dangerous
reef, which Is covered even at low
water. Fortunately il was uninhab-
tied. SO motives were lost. The occur
renee 70 noteworthy as proving that
the continuous wash d the sea aided
probably b the.y Inter by the aetiop Of
driving ice blocks, is able II saw
through }uau,epse masses r. fe0k con-
slsnngsV nsra 1asDlt,f ssiax sasua
clesni iscfC>s y the veer iger~N 7.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
'nted the Eight-HO Law.

QrlNC, Ill, December 2@.-The Gem
CITY Tobacco Works to-day changed its
system Of working 10 eight hours a day,
making no change in wages. The name of
ihe company hereafter will be the Eight
Hour Tobacco Company This i, claimed
to be tue first corporation to adopt the
eight hour system.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
The Irreprcssiblc Conflict in Europe.

LONDON, December 2S.-lt is stated here
that Russia and Austria are secretly arm
ing, and that both those countries have sent
orders to England for large quantities OF
stores for their respective armies
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

he probable origin of
shirt is to be found
me OF Gibbons Rise
'oman Empire The
u NJ ,hamet, Othman.
mated by one of thc
Moawya, who reigned
l. revengcd the death
Oon says (volumc 5,
sacred luty Of pur.
! of Othman was the
lse OF his ambition,
''r' Of t,,c martyr was
'osqne of Damaacus,"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02

LONDON, December a5.-King Milan is in
constant danger of assassination. IL Is
claimed that he was deceived as to the con-
dition and strength of his army by false
servants Galiber, French Minister of col
onies and marine, has resigned, The entire
Ministry will probably soon follow suit
pnlsc teeth come the front as the proba'
bic means Of .onvicting u French murderer,
one having been found in his garden aud
identified by d dentist as belonging to the
victim. A German man-of-wnr Is reported
10 have been sent to take part in conflict
he,vecn German and French sailors