Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-08-01
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Linz TO rlde cdl' '"'
|r"9pr "T are families living in Bar Har-
!. cot.qrcs who spend Ss5,o oOJ in u
|Son -, a..
=, .'t Gifted amateur pianists IN the
|wby e,,o
,nJ. s46l every minute of the night
4 day. 49,,
Tar interior of Labrador Is said Ia
1c largest uncxplored atea on the
Etnent
\ ,su,yeroN is the only city of its
IN the United States which has no
|tory girls
TIN THOUSAND dollar monument to
|am Hugo is to be erected in jackson
h, Chicago
N Birmingham, Ala, there is an old
| that kills sparrows. She coeXas
ln up with bait.
IursfA. ia. THINKS of Aadnta's ex-
|rle, and is putting the cigarette
|psc to 5000 a year,
|, Kansas a farmer, whose land has
l. sold by a sheriff to satisfy n mort
|r is called "a whereas,
PAIR of deaf mutcs were married
other day at Topeka One of the
sents was an alarm clock.
|yE of the train dispatchers in the
Eis of the Georgia Southern railroad
woman, Mrs Willie Coley.
ORD SALlsBuRY's advocacy of wom-
suffrage meets strong opposition
|ug the English conservatives
|HE immense apple crop OF Pennsyl-
la has caused the erection of large
hber of apple. jack distilleries,
|N NEAL Dow is still living in the
|se he built for himself in 1920. He
YER eighty-scvcn years of age.
PREHsroRlC cemetery recently I'M
|het in Mexico contained the sllele.
Of men with distinctly developed
|nE grindstone quarrics at Grind
be City, Mich, employ over 800 men.
b carloads of grindstoue are ship
daily,
RAND RArlDs' dog catcher, in at
|pting TO catch "A big bulldog the
u day, nearly had his wrist
|awed off.
Ss KLuFFKUFFsKYA is before a
h in Brooklyn on the charge of
hating the affections of another
safianced 5
AyyBAL IlAMLlX's grandfather had
|Pnteen sous the eldest of whom bore
dnental names-Europe, Asia, AT.
and America
b. HAZARD, of Allegheny City, Pn,
organized a league for the EXTERN.
ion Of the sparrow. Each member
|tkill fifty birds.
|NslOw. the famous Boston forger,
resides in Buenos Ayres under the
eofD W Law, and publishes the
Fpaper in the city,
|AsTEUR claims that of l,5l0 cases
ted for hydrophobia at his institute
i've have died, and these were put
frh his charge too late.
HELEN, Cal, enjoys book agen,
has passed his ninety-second year
pie patroni1c his gray hairs who
nothing for his wares.
|iSIEY is reported to have made
,@1 from his An crican tour. One
Of tins sum came from his book anG
other half from his lectures
U most complete failure on record |
mat Of a dry goods store in Car
r Mo. The sheriff found Just ,
cents in the money drawer.
has been calculated that the actual !
lnl OF salt contained in the ocean |
cover an area of 5000, QUO square
I with a layer one mile thick.
g AsENATu rmTporT, of Canes
leSn has hair ten feet seven inches |
This growth is since 1884, when
mead was shaved after brain fever. |
|N ClEyELANp preserves a volum.
Nraphook filled to the covers
notices of her husband clipped
The columns of the daily newspa.
FOoELYN physicians are being swim
Vgarogun who calls in their alb
and pays fictitious bills with
ScOecks, receiving the change in
koldeSt living cx-member of the
|N0 Is James Campbell, of Philadel-
owaS one of President Picrce's
[afles' lie is lively old man of
~
"erman emperor was so pleased
us reception in England that he
invited the prince and princess of
~ n%Vislt Germany in full state in
= Oaoltual fishermen of Boston
|NMy that the recent naval COM
~ ,nere caused all the fish to strike
ueep water, and that they are
About returning.
Els RUSSELL SAGE has shaved off
AS whlskers for the first time in
years and although he is sew
'.N a,e years old, his face is round
without wrinkle.
is ~ requires every vehicle travers-
streets at night, II only a
arrow to carry a lighted lamp.
secured, and the avenues gilt
swarming with giant fire.
0''AND or more acres OF wheat,
N. aOn bottom lands in Carroll coun.
|S " sui III the fields and will not
T. 'es'ed as it is now ruined. The
s'a ,anS prevented its being cut at
|s'Er s'p time it being impossible to
II 'uueN In the mud.
|,,nas h ",e Insurance carried by John
"A .r '% amounts to $1,000, 900,
n, ,sulS'ributed in twenty.nine diff.
. ,ol' Ilt'apanies' The premiums on
! ruvles ,. amount to $4,000 a year.
|uo,. .Vent storm in North Dakota
Au 80, ., such extraordinary size
t''eslaen's t',0 J, ., sought refuge in eel.
kp,sS VI The hailstones, it is said,
' Twelve inches In circumfer.
N 'vds, " !, Of LontioA, says the ac-
h w., the failure of the Russian
|s,h,, .p y are exaggerated, and esti-
kl~"shI ', Russia will ship a little more