Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-05-07
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miles.
worlds largest starch factory is
a ut Oswego, N. Y.
isconsin there are sevcnty-seven
ices kept in saloons.
er are 81, 900 cases on the docket
limited States court of claims.
GEORGE w. CHILDs is about to
on a ten-thousand mile journey.
ARApE, participated in by $4,000
sts, may be sight at the Worlds
he last year 1,sO0 girls were
ated from the Boston cooking
SpY of Savannah was married on
Monday, 1891, and buried Easter
" of this year
RE are about 5000 varieties of
fe stamps now used by the differ
tions of the world.
uTTE CITY (Wyo.) woman found
diamonds in the craw OF a chicken
4 from local butcher.
DEW underground railroad, four
IN length, is to be constructed in
n at'e cost Of 9l, 900, 900.
TE fad among womankind is a
Ind ring for the thumb of the left
1t is of Grecian origin.
ATIoNAL convention of the Ne
of the United States has been
for Cincinnati, July and 5.
IRON SToCKBRlDGE, of Michigan,
avily built man of medium stat.
great lover of good horsehcsh.
|IousAND people per day pay to
thc Worlds fair grounds and
the construction of the buildings.
uueen of Greece is the best royal
woman in Europe; she cuts out
kkes most of her own under-cloth.
ATH trucknan, who owns two
has named one McGinty and the
Innie Rooney, both being chest
men fought in the courts of Kan.
Kan, over the possession of a
|rth sl.50, until the costs amount
BOO.
fIoNEERs' fees in England and in
itcd States are paid by the seller.
Rnce and Holland the purchaser
hem.
ant Is said to have the largest
in proportion to the size of its
of all animals, and the elephant
Aallcst.
BUCK farm man processes to have
Erred that a turnip seed increases
h weight fifteen times in a minute
growing.
IA lsADoRA C0UsINo, Of Chill, is
b be worth 5000, 900, 900, making
e richest woman if not the richest
in the world
MOODY, daughter of the we'll
b evangelist, is travelling in the
I. She writes wildly of the scenes
cenery of Egypt.
b farm at Palmyra, Me-, is a tree
Fly devoid of bark. It's trunk j.
th and of a light buff color, anc
be tlourishes finely.
is strange, though true, that in
md Africa, where grass will moi
1zthe most beautiful flowers ant
~ flourish to perfection.
IGE PEABODY left a fund of $3.50,
n ith which to build tenemcnts fo
bor. 1t is now more than S., 200, 900
ply thirty years have passed
ERAL additions have recently Deel
to the appropriations made b.
ates and territories to the World
Fhich now aggregate 50, $50, 900.
(N John Chinaman has his trouble
trusted cashiers. The comprador
Hong Kong and Shanghai banl
kipped, leaving u 5000, 1000 deficit
the cave of Smelin, near Viborg
pd, a stone thrown down certain
makes "A reverberating echo whicl
like the diving wall of some vii,
b.
nre to keep in mind the fact tina
pt exposed to strong winds an
air requires much more waite
1T would if in a sheltered place
be greenhouse.
se who have observed the Prime
les say that one of the peculiar
lat stick to him is that of rcdder
bout the cheeks and forehca
suddenly vexed.
average number of letters writ
p head of the population is: Eng
md Wales, 40: Scotland, 80; Ire
8; United States, 81; France, II
lny, IL, and Italy, Z.
bPY of Audubon's "Birds Of Amer
las sold in London recently fo
s1,700-as much as, II not NOR,
the combined annual income {
bon's two daughters.
loNGEp borings have failed to di
any rock under the site for tn
ublic library in Chicago, and thel
I've doubt whether q foundatio
K constructed which will uphol
opposed building.
various life insurance companit
United States annually disburs
1000 in claims. Their premium
same time amout to $3.50, 900, 90
he interest on their investment
gates sS5, 900, 900 II year.
ANNIE RoUsH, an old woman {
Virginia, who has just died at I'll
1O6 years, is said to have been IL
of the largest family in the worl,
g had at least 1000 descendant
grandchildren numbered 1876 an
Ireat-grand-children 500.
Gulf of Georgia is reported TO
st choked with large schools
hg. The Washington and Britt.
nbia fishermen are catching Il
by the ton with no trouble wha
and are making good money |
ing them for shipment east.
u city of Paris has s7,855 trees
Freets. and each tree represents
to the city of 175 francs. Th
es in round numbers $4,000
II of trees in the streets.
ISIS LALLA HARRISON, of Leesbur
don county, has been selected
most beautiful woman in Virgini
prcscnt that commonwealth as OF
nc thirteen original states at d
Ids fair
EwFouNDIAND exhibits much ori
nty in its stamp designs. II has :
GUS issues seal, a Goldfish, a Me-
pdland dogs head, her majesty in
WSf"N, the prince of Wales in III
n, li.,. Il whaler in full sail.
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