Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-02
NE VS. AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

gious insanity.
A DISPATCH received In London, o
the s3d, stated that King Lobengul;
of Matabeleland had been captured b
the troops of the South Africa Co.
IT has been computed that durin
the recent storm the Yarmouth fEn
gland fishing industry suffered dam
age to the extent of $1,000
IT was reported, on the 23d that th
Yaqui Indians of the northern portion
of chihuahua had Joined the Mexica,
rebels.
GEO. HARRISON. scab barber, wa
found guilty by a jury at Leavenworth
kas., on the 23d of shaving a man OF
Sunday. The fine and costs are owe
500. This is the result Of a puritani
sentimenttQ stop all Sssutiar bnsincss
The BARRIERS union are the instigators
and much bad feeling prevails.
WILLIAM X. VASDERBILT's beautifu
yacht, the Valiant, left New York. or
the 23d, on her trip around the world
Before she sailed Mr.. Vanderbilt held
n reception, and many of the million
aires Of the metropolis were present tc
say =. farewell to the distinguished
owner Of the floating palace.
AFIRE that started in James NJ. Rit.
tiers planning mill at Allentown, Pa.
on the 23d, destroyed that building,
including much stock, and also half a
dozen houses. The loss will be be.
tween $3.50, 600 and $500, 900.
The Egyptian budget for 1894 shows
a surplus of 100000 Egyptian pounds.
II is proposed to further reduce the
tax by 10000 Egyptian pounds.
As A result of house to house invcs.
tigation in Scranton, Pa, the police,
on the ed, reported to the mayor that
they had found ll0 families on the
south side on the verge of starvation.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE IY-
TERIoR SIMS has rendered a decision
holding that the surplus lands in the
Shoshone or Wind River reservation in
Wyoming can be leased for grazing pur.
poses, and that the leases should be
made for five years, or three years at
the minimum.
BURGLARS swooped down upon the
town of Stockwell, Ind, on the night
Of the 23d, and raided dozen stores
and res 'dcnces. The local police at
tempted to capture the men, but after
\ vigorous chase, in which number of
shots were fired, the burglars escaped
with a large amount of booty.
JAMES EARLY, a well-known charac-
ter at Lafayette, Ind, was discovered
in the act of robbing Monon freight
car on the 23d. Officer Canaday gave
chase, and after running several blocks
fired at the fleeing man to frighten
him. The shot took effect in Early's
lack, producing a dangerous wound.
Hermann FRIcKE, well to-do cigar
manufacturer of st. Louis, took the
river route TO reach the end of his life
on the e3d. lie had been suffering
from running sore On i,io oh,et f"-
nearly year, and the belief that his
ease was hopeless prompted his suicide.
WHILE temporarily insane, on the
sd. Wm Leidy, of Andrew county,
Mo-, jumped from n train at Fort
Wayne. Ind, and received injuries that
may result in his death. lie is 69
years old, and was accompanying his
daughter, Mrs. Weiland, to her home
in Philadelphia.
IT is estimated that the coal output
for Colorado for 1895 will reach slO,-
900, 900. for Wyoming s5,OOO,OoO, New
Mexico 81, 100000
THE health commissioner of Chicago,
on the I'D, declared that smallpox was
epidemic in the city. There were
eighteen eases of the disease in the
city pesthouse.
LorIs KossuTH, the Hungarian pa
triot, was reported seriously Ill at
Turin, Italy, on the 23d.
Ir is reported in London that the
marquis of Dufferin will succeed SIR
Julian Pauncefote as am bassador to the
United States.
FRANK ELLISON, the New York club
man who was sentenced to five years
recently for assault IN
the second degree upon Broker William
was taken to Sing sing on
the sd.
CoITMBus, O., was visited by $1,000
900 fire on the evening of the a4th' lhe
Henrietta and Park theaters, in when
performances were going on, and the
Chittendcn hotel and Auditorium we're
reduced to ashes. Both the guests OF
the hotel and the audiences in tne
theaters escaped with loss of nearly
all their personal property, but An
drew Armstrong, a stage hano' per-
ished in the flames.
A FATAL accident occurred at the
Burnhope colliery, Durham England
on the Gath. While a number OF miners
were being hoistcd to the surface the
rope by which the cage is lifted broke
and the men fell to the bottom OF lne
shaft. Four of them were instantly
killed. y,
Ex- GOV. JoHN !. JACOB, OF Wheel-
ing, W. Va, fell dead on the street. On
the a4th, while on his way to holo
with his attorneys iew
squares from his home. Heart iaii"re
was the cause. -
TnE great cotton mill at 'Pollendori'
20 miles south of Vienna, the largest
of its kind in Austria, giving employ
ment to 900 operatives, was burned 10
the GROUND on the night OF the "o"
THE Bulgarian sobranje has resolved
that the monument to Alexander Oh
berg shall be erected IN Alex
ander square in Sofia
DIR. A. DE CLArARDE, Swiss minister
TO the United States, has been appo'n,
cd minister to Austria, to succeed NJ
A. o. Aepli. ..,od n
l.. A. Hu,IIARp, who embezlieo "
large sum of money from the Ch'eago
Tribune, while acting as cashier ior
that paper, was sentenced on 'ne -''"'
to four wears in the penitentiary'
CONGRESSMAN CHARLES ONEILL' 'ne
"Father of the House of Representa-
tives," he having been member Oh @ .ne
lower house of congress from the , see
and district of Pennsylvapia since lsos,
with the exception of the forty.secoha
died at his home IN fh''a"e'
phia on the 25th. =. ,...;, hos
n .sured King Humbert that Germany
ond Austria would not object to italy
rsducinr her army by two corps, as
thew prefer an ally with less military
il the difference VIII reso,. n.,;a II
a-..,oS IN n more SOilu