Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-08-05
GRAssHorpERs have appeared in vns,

hgalh accept the democratic nomina-
tion, contrary to previous assertions
that he would not.
THE Obermann Brewing Co., of Mil
waukee has assigned.
COMMISSIONER ST. CLAIR, of West Vir.
ginia, had fight with gatemen and
guards at the worlds fair.
Mrs LEONARD FRITsCuE was assos.
sinated at an early hour in her home at
Burlington, la.
TwENTY-oNE worlds fair excursion.
lists were injured in a wreck on the
Pittsburgh 4 Western railway, at Mon
roe Falls, O.
A PREACHER named Jones, near Bed
ford. Ia, has been arrested for draw
ing a pension belonging to another
Jones.
The Is. & o. road Is back of a West
Virginia coal syndicate that is trying
to crowd all other coke out of the west
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ACLEvER swindler is said to have de-
frauded Chicago banks out of 100000.
FIRES were raging along the lines of
the Green Bay & Chicago and Milwau-
kee & st. Paul in Wood county, Wis,
where large cranberry marshes are To-
Gated The loss was estimated in the
thousands.
DAME ARRATA, an Italian, was taken
from the Jail and hanged by mob in
Denver.
The Avery stamping works at Cleve-
land, O., has passed into Il receivers
hands to avoid meeting an assignment
The assets are estimated at s4OO, 600 and
the liabilities at about $500, 600.
CLARENCE M. OvERMAN, late presi-
dent and director of the Citizens ma
tional bank, of llillsboro, O., has been
arrested for embezzling s50,000.
WESTERN passenger association lines
have boycotted the Tennessee Mid.
land
Two banks failed at Helena, Mont,
on tie 9th, causing run on the others.
GENERAL MANAGER w, s. MELLEN, Of
the Northern Pacific, died on the Pa
cific coast recently.
TRsINMEN and a marsha's posse at
Princeton, Ind, had hard fight with
about thirty tramps who had boarded
| n train.
THE two huge boilers of the Belle
vile Distillcry Co. at Belleville H.,
exploded with terrific force, tearing
the boiler house to fragments and bad
" wrecking part of the main building
THE clearing house committee Of
Chicag@, has decided to issue clearing
house certificates.
A SERIOUS state of affairs existed ri
Denver, Col, owing to the vast mum
bcrs OF unemployed, who were holding
meetings and threatening to loot The
city National banks requested The
protection OF the United States mill
tary, which they were able to do, being
national repositories
| CASHIER OvERT0N S. PRICE Of The
Citizens national bank, Of Hillsboro
O., is under arrest.
THERE was a bitter wrangle on abou
arbitrary freight rates between thu
jobbers of Omaha and Council Bluffs.
THE First national bank Of Grea
Falls, Mont, suspended, owing to TIN
Helena bank suspensions. 1t was be
licved it would soon resume.
THE worlds fair management is agail
undecided about Sunday opening.
THREE harvest excursions for point
In the west and south. at worlds fni
rates, have been arranged by the West
ern Passenger association.
The Roby clearinghouse at Decatur
H., has been set on fire four time
within thirty-eight days.
NlNETY-sIx business houses were de
stroyed and sixteen families were mad
homeless by fire at Fifield, Wis.
THE Standard Oil Co, is again in com
plete control of Colorado. Its rival, tn
Rocky Mountain Oil Co, is no more
and the big petroleum monopoly ha
the field to itself once more.
THERE were runs at Chippewa Falls
Wis, caused by the failure OF sey
mour's private bank.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL NIX has i
his possession about fifty head OF cattl
which he confscated from the gang c
horse and cattle thieves who wer
captured in the Cherokee strip.
THE SOUTH.
REV. THOMAS FRANK GAILoR ha
been copsecrated as assistant Eplscopi
bishop OF Tennessee.
THREE more bank failures occurre
at Louisville, Ky, on the s5th.
ONE cowboy and number OF catt
were killed by soldiers during bait
on the north fork of the Arkans'
: river.
! THE residence of Il. Z. Chase, TO
merly Of St. Louis, at Fort Worth, IeS
was destroyed by fire. Loss, sll9'ooo'
In consequence of gross carelessne
ON the part of the local authorize
} which nearly caused an epidemic
, yellow fever, the Marine hospital ser
ice has assumed control of the quaral
tine service at Brunswick, Ga
TwENTY-sEvEN persons were my
: teriously poisoned at Louisville ny
I supposed by tyrotoxicon from NH
The older victims Jared worse than II
children.
J Four tramps and n brakeman we
, killed bv n collision on the Norfolk
, Western, near Welch, w. Va.
S MAGGIE TAYLOR, Lulu Johnso
Marian Smith and Nellie Patrick,
Young women, were drowned near Pa
ricks landing, on the Wicomico rive
: Md, by the capsizing of sailboat
GEN GEORGE w. MORGAN, who W
: the only surviving general OF the Me
/, lean war, died recently at fortre
n Monroe, Va, where he had gone 1ro
Q his home in Mount Vernon,'o', Tor
9 health.
THE NJ, K. & T. has been temporari
j headed off in the Galveston termin
|, matter by new Interpretation OF u
b Injunction proceedings which Iav
J. equally the International and TIRE
u Northern roads.
d A NEGRO is reported to have oe
thrown into a threshing machine ~
u killed by whites at Wingo, KY
GENERAL.
HANLAN was defeated by Gaudaur
the recent boat race at Ontario
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