Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-16

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CIVILIZATION Is long way IRON per-
lection If the statement Of recent
statistician can be correct, that of the
entire human race only 800, 900 600 are
completely clothed. while 700, 900, 900
cover only parts of the body and 80
o00, 900 go habitually naked, There
are many people in our own part of the
world Just now who train with the sec
ond class above mentioned, and not a
few who are dangerously near the third
class--in zero weather, too.
The Lehigh Valley strike has been
settled. President Wilbur and other
officials OF the railroad company, on
the 9Th, met the state boards Of arbi-
tration Of New York and New Jersey.
Terms of virtual agreement were
reached, although they had to be ratl-
fed by the grievance committee. After
the conference the state boards sub
mitted the terms to the committee
me ntioned.
AT meeting of the senate finance
committee, on the 9Th, Senator Noor-
bees announced his intention of hand
ling the tariff bill in the senate. An
other important development was the
determination expressed by number
If the democratic members OF the COM
mittee to take up the tariff question i'm
| mediatcly.
THE funeral of Maj Pauline Cush-
man, the female Union spy, took place
at San Francisco on the 9th, under the
auspices of the Woman's Relief Corps
The Pennsylvania steel works at
Steelton. Pa, giving employment to
about $500 men. will close down from
Christmas until February, and perhaps
longer.
Mrs. LUTHER ORR, % years old, COM
mitted suicide at her home in Fort
Scott, Kas., on the 5th, by cutting her
throat with a razor She committed
the deed while standing in her parlor
holding her l.month-old baby in her
arms. When neighbors were attracted
by the infants screams her lifeless
body was found lying across the child
on the floor.
The Brazilian cruiser America, which
sailed from New York for Rio Novem
Der rs, for the purpose of fighting the
rebel Admiral Melo's war ships, is ly'
ing at Bridgetown, Barbados, so Sc
riously disabled by the act OF an un
known traitor among her crew that
she will probably be unable to con-
tinue her voyage for several weeks
THE Haskell & Barker Car Go, OF
Michigan City, Ind, which shut down
last August, resumed operations on the
18th. The company employs 5000 men,
Mbout half of whom were given work
The inquest upon the remains OF the
late Prof. Tyndall resulted in aver
dict that the professor died from an
VERBOSE of choral accidentally admin
istercd by his wife in mistake for sui
phate of magnesia.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OLNEy has ap
pointed w. M. j. Shaw special assist
ant to the United States attorney ioi
the district of Kentucky.
THE directors of the Manchester I'm
gland) ship canal made private IN
spection of the whole length OF tn
canal on the 18th. The formal opening
1T the canal will take place on Jan
uary 1, when the ship Sophie Wilhel
nina, from Nova Scotia, and two steam
ers from Galveston, Tex, laden WITT
cotton, will lead the procession OF snip
from Eastman to Manchester
NEARLY 500, 900 in gold was foun'
secreted in the bed room OF the lat
Joseph Deitch at Indianapolis, on tn
| fth. Deitch was Hebrew and CAV
largely to benevolent institutions. II
his will he provided that monumein
costing not less than $4,000 be erecte
in the Hebrew cemetery.
JUDGE HrNDMAN, in the district cour
at Fort Dodge, Ia, on the 5th, nne'
Juror A. Sperick $40 and discharge
him from the panel for drinking an OK
casional glass of beer while on duty
The Juror admitted drinking nv
glasses Of beer during the week :,
MRS. HARRY Cook, of Burlington A
j., had not, up to the 18th, eaten 10
forty.two days. She is suffering iroi
! la stomach trouble and can reta'
nothing except small quantity :
sweet cider. On this she has lived ei
! tirely.
Il Two ARMY officers ut Schroda' pro-
/ | incc Of. Poscn, Germany, recently CAV
, ofyense to civilian, were chaiienge
/ | and refused to give satisfaction IN
civilian met one of the officers on VI
sth, and after few words both are
rcyolvers and commenced firing cac
receiving serious II not fatal wounds IS,
n THE grand jury at Kitanning' "a
!. returned true bills, on the 9th, again,
i twenty potters. formerly employed
4 the wIeke bros. pottery, for riot'h
during the strike Inst September.