Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-03
CURRENT TOPICS.

p,rv reports 929, 426 pending claims
nv ~ Gov nension and half for more pen
SION , ,o,;, ,;.,
.rotous eyes upon the Sandwich Isl
.nds . IT, H.,
.,t heen married to \ full-blooded IN
dian. ~
.,,nt 10 600 bales. The hop lo,se is t.
nrp conner output thisyea fell short
.,,ho usual amount by more than l0O,'
900 tons -.
W. Tur fruit output Of California in
creased fully thirty fold during the past
ten years
4 GIANT hog is being exhibited ir
Grand Rapids that is said to weigh
l,jOS pounds.
LADy TEyNYsoN is a collector OF old
pipes, but they were all smoked by hei
husband, the poet
FIELD of wheat near Huron, S. d.,
Welded ffty-three bushels and twenty
pounds to the acre.
The greatest long distance bicycle
riding record is 745 miles in fifty-four
md one-half hours,
AyTINoYy is found extensively in
Portugal, the largest beds being siti'
ated near Braganza.
C. H. BULLOCK, of Northfield, Mimi,
has obtained 1,12O bushels of potatoes
from one acre Of land.
IN Bali an island in the Indian
Archipelago east of Java, the burning
Of widows still goes on.
A TYPOGRAPHICAL blunder in a west.
ern paper recently referred to the kaiser
IS the German kisser."
Mr. C. C. WooD has contributed
sn5OOO to the Young Woman's Chris
tan Association of Brooklyn.
Mrs WM. C. WHlrNEY's diamonds are
valued at 100000, and one of her soli-
taires is as large as hazelnut
Az albino catfish nine inches long
bod weighing over pound has been
on exhibition at Lancaster, Pa.
Az electric flying machine was re-.
tenty made to rise to a height of sew
tnty feet and fly about 400 yards
THE near future promises to witness
% Unprecedented amount of railroad
building into the heart Of Africa.
DWARF trees in Japan only two feet
bigh are exact reproductions in minia-
lure Of sycamore, oak cedar and apple
trees
A LADIES regatta at Stockholm the
F!her day comprised nine boats, all
|oNed by young women in pretty
ffeSseS
By the use Of the camera, with pow
Frful telescopes, a new and very large
Fater has been shown upon the moons
|rface
THERE are still fourteen different
aceS on the globe where canniba,4sm
practiced, but the custom is grad
(ally dying out
lnE new insect which has attacked
be beets grown for the sugar industry
s seriously affected that industry on
N Pacific coast
MILWAUKEE maintains as part of its
EOic school system cooking-school
an Expense of 81, 400 a year, Miss
nrey is its head.
W. A. KEITH, of Buchanan, Ga, has
1nd hard flint stone in the heart of
solid pine tree How the stone got
Ef'e is a mystery.
lnE value of the farm products OF
United States this year is several
inbred millions of dollars more than
ever before reached.
JAY COOKE says his father built the
~ railroad in the United States. Pres
Fl' Harrison, the first, was present
'he opening of the line.
BESIDES the large planets which re-
We about the sun, over $50 others
Se Oeen discovered and catalogued,
aScence is daily adding to this list.
oLD liuTcH," the eccentric wheat
anger has brought his bed to New
wa from Chicago, II is n sofa about
ieet long upholstered with carpet
sAAc CODY, the father of Buffalo
was the first man to shed his
WI IN Kansas for the cause of hui
~ hoerty in the troublous days of
i" :, ~ SAID that there are five citizens
Aawanda Falls, Pa, each bearing
same name John A. Libson. They
'Aol related in the remostest way, as
'% they know.
'VNAhANl, the name of the Ha-
."au queen who is said to be grow
unpopular, means lily of the sky,
M pronounced as though written
inewoke.a-la1ny.
aVNlQyE necktie was worn by n re-
s,S'or s,, to Macon, Ga. 1t was made of
.VS'akes skin, the rattles serving
r"' The wearer killed the reptile
years ago in Florida.
vatS eoons, rabbits and wood.
.IN breeding on abandoned farms.
M; ecome so numerous in the towns
"a u raalus of ten miles of Birming-
t, w. that they are eating up all
,as l, French law makes a husband re.
s,,' 0' lor the support of his wife's
aS ss, For information concerning
,,,0,. Y'.emeht of the law inquire of
,n,s ,@sI'S of any Yankee girl who has
P,s,s Pv Oecomc French countess.
lsss, slS, with population of nearly
% NAV souls, has less than 100 Ne.
sltb0 "ala NJ, is limits. Statisticans say
s,p,0 ny whole of France can not mustev
Syn~population exceeding 500.
,,e0s AN" YORK hotel-keeper is exhibit.
NJ a h9., o' Twenty-Five cigars which
lke, u'n NJ u sent to him by Havana
Nalsss u sample of what the prince
A,s o lo. smokes. They are seven
al,o''' v"g' and cost 81 500 thousand.
npi, =, lake, a sheet of water in
tsn Sa' oa Utmost fifteen miles in length,
aot ssos%pletely s.s dry, leaving thou.
Als 1ri T,, and inert alligators on the
hAat ms ms is the second time since
Wv ~, .''lS Phenomenon has occurred
sps,n'y s ,aay of Clinton, Mo-, brought
N G. C'S' the Missouri Pacific Rail
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