Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-11-10

EMPLOYEES of the Central railroad at Ma
Ca, are a good deal disturbed over
b ghost of an immense Newfoundland
g that roams around in the rear of the
lion depot.
eANuEL j. TiLDEN's magnificent bequest
5000, 900 for public library will
Pnd. The Tllden library will be the
6eatest monument that could be erected
bis memory.
lHE California State Board Of Health
EOmmends the killing of cattle having
Fxas fever or anthrax and burning both
|elr car casses and the feed on the ranges
here they have run.
NRs, U. S. GRANTS new home, in West
hd avenue, New York, is picturesque
ructure of brick and graystone. When
ply furnished its cost, it is stated, will be
far from 100000.
The excess Of births over deaths in
rance in 1887 was only 56536, or little
lore than half Of the excess in 1881. The
pmber of marriages in 1887 was = per
nt less than in 1886
THE post Office at Hancock, Nd, enjoys
distinction which is different from any
her in the country. 1t has box-renters
Om three different States-W Virginia,
aFyand and Pennsylvania.
II has been found that n goose can stand
be weather until the thermometer goes to
degrees below zero. Then her feathers
ont save her. Wild ducks can go 10 de-
rees lower and come out on top.
iHE residents Of Hull, Ont, are greatly
armed over the withdrawal of all fire in
arance companies from that city. The
lace has three times within the past six
ears teen nearly destroyed by fire.
TWENTY young men in q Pennsylvania
own formed football club. In three
months fourteen of them had broken bones
afee were crippled for life, and one drug
Nsold them SIS worth of ointment.
MRS CRANE WASHINGTON, a colored wo
nan living near Charleston, s. G., has
gwen birth to five children during the pas
year. Last January she became tn,
mother of riplets and few days ago o
wins.
iNENTY-oNE apples picked by New
.'Uaahd, Pa, farmer completely filled ,
"a i'pushel measure. The smallest weigh
ue1actly one pound and five ounces. Tn
'"ure lot tipped the scales at twenty -fou
pounds.
a JERSEY CRY Sunday school superin
~nueht has organized n brass band ii
.Onnectlon with the services of his school
.uu II mas proved a drawing attraction I
"e'yoody wv excepting the citizens in tn
nelghborhood. ..~
NOVEL contest that will take plac
suor'ly in New York is a counting mate
S Ss'Seen two rapid money changers. On
as aa' uet the other 5000 that he can beat hir
svan'lng, .' piece by piece, $4,000 in sive
WI Oh oil denominations.
eVccI, the Italian faster, who claims I
possess an elixir which renders food un
sa''e'sary, has just finished fast of thirt
aN s'N AZ Barcelona, Spain. He walked
.. ."Vea and slept during his foodles
.aOn'h and retained his health an
strength.
oEoRGE THoRSBuRa, near Winfield
~'n'' and Armnta Miles, of Sumne
,.a s.' married ia by Judge Tansey few day
y" 49, The young lady was one day LEI
.s. ,,aa zen years old, but as she is an orphu
NJ. nsd no home the Judge issued Il
N.,e M'aSe without the usual consent bein
lAd. ~
ys.,. ~ 0ne Of the Italian quarters in Ne
c,.. shave can now be had for thr,
~ rS ana yet most Italians wear beard
r.rhRAM LAWS, who died recently
~. Na'as' was born near Louisville, KY.
muyear OF llS5, and was tho first color,
4. W. 70 cross the plains, Laws was mer
h,. u John G. Fremont's body. guard
u can. .,s. and famous trip across the plat
"a, an ingenious inventor has devised
No,' ''rew-half nail and half screw; I,
,os. ' oi the hammer, two turns Of
"ma,sw'arlver, "a, and It is In. Its holdi
Smss s. N white pine Is said to be
,s..a na', ', against gos pounds, the holdi