Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-10-20
ODD OCCURRENCES:

AN old lady dying in Peru, ma ASA'
that her heart be semitic France .
HORNET toad Travelled three thousan
miles safely in the mail from California
oxr watermelon doctored with half an
ounce Of s~trychnine killed two thousand
rabbits on q ranch at TraGer, Cal.
A SAN FRAyo1sco couple who desired 70
Get married chartered a tug and had the
ceremonies performed while the @at was
in the open sea.
AMAY who slept with his false teeth IN
place swallowed them, and his throat was
cut In order to get them out. Hc died in
consequence.
A BRISTOL (Conn.) rat, fighting with o
cot, Jumped into the latter's mouth and 81,
most strangled it TO death before II could
cough the rat up.
AN ightoen- pound pike, having a ballast
Of q silver watch, three spoons, a pair OF
silver spsctacles and a porcelain door'knos
was lately captured at Kingston, Ont.
CONSIDERABLY amusement was ocoasioned
about the ticket-sellor's stand at the circus
at Augusta, Me, the other day, by an over
grown youth who brought along the family
Bible to prove that he was entitled to half
fare.
A BALL tosser at Beatrice, Neb,, dreamed
| that he was stealing second base, and when
the captain yelled "slide,' Dallis slid. lie
landed in the street, having jumped from
| TIE second-story window OF the Grand Cen
trail Hotel.
A CALIFORNIA paper says that a party
| who assembled Mount Lassen recently be-
| came electrified, tho hair Of their heads
standing straight out and sparkS OF cleo
tricity flying from the ends of their noses
and fingers. The phenomenon was occa-
stoned by an electric storm.
A WATERBURY Comm girl had a cat Of
which she was extremely fond and which
showed great affection for her. Tho girl
died and the cat got into the room whore
the body lay, and as soon as 1t saw the face
Of its dead mistress fell dead with a groan.
This story is said TO be well authenticated.
A GENTLEMAN and lady stopping at Bar
Hsrbor hotel have had a queer experience.
They met on the Atlantic ocean, he proposed
in Sweden, was accepted in Russia, asked
her fathers permission in England, the
marriage settlements were drawn up in the
United States, they were married in Al.
siers and are now spending their honey
moon in Bar Harbor.
BEFORE Edward E. Munich, of Buffalo,
diea, he directed that his body be cremated
IN the Fresh Pond Crematorium, and his
ashes scattered over one Of the flower beds
on the lawn In front Of the retort house.
Mrs. Munch faithfully carried out the direo-
tons of her husband, and for weeks after
ward his light gray ashes wero plainly visi-
bic on the flowers and plants whore they
had fallen.
TEE will Of wealthy lady recently do
ceased at Halifax leaves to a relative a sum
of money, which, as written, may be read
either 5000 or $4,000, The lawyer who
drafted the will has forgotten the amount,
and can not read his own writing. The
opinions of experts arc about evenly divided
as to which amount is indicated. As no set
Element can be reached among the heirs,
the case is to be carried into court.
At a camp meeting in Douglas, Mass, the
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n recently escaped convict from the Rhode
Island State prison, that he had determined
to lead a better life, and that as a beginning
he should 90 back to the prison and serve
the remainder Of his term. The prison chap
lain was present and heard him, and
knowing something of human nature,
helped the convict in his good resolution by
te%lephoning for officers and capturing him
before he weakened.
The discovery of the pool of Bethesda is
announced. Nothing was known Of the pool
until quite recently, when certain works
carried on by the Algerian monks laid bare
q large tank or cistern cut in the rock to a
depth OF thirty feet. The cistern is fifty.
five feet long from east to west, twelve and
one-half feet in breadth, and lies under n
church A sister pool lying sixty feet long
adjoins the first.