Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-07-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE latest project for monument in
which the people of Washington are to
be interested is in memory of John
Brown, of Harpers Ferry fame. The
monument is not to be in Washington,
but on the site of the old John Brown
fort at llarper's Ferry. A committee
has been appointed, of which Fred
Douglass is one of the members, to So
licit subscriptions.
The populists of Michigan, in con-
vention at Lansing, on the 4th, NOM
mated A. W. Nichols, of Greenville, for
governor
The mother of the late Gen. Boulan-
ger died in Paris, on the Sd, aged %.
FORTY dwelling houses We're de-
stroyed with their contents at Hudson,
Mass, on the 4th. The tiremen worked
with n will, but their efforts were in
vain, and it was finally found neces-
sary to blow up a number of houses to
save the town from destruction. The
loss is estimated at between S750,O0O
and Sl,000,O00 mostly insured.
EXGov. EDWARD B. WINANs died at
his home in Hamburg, Mich, on the
4th, of heart disease. While he had
not been in good health for several
months, the attack which proved fatal
was sudden and of short duration.
FRANK BENADAUM, convicted of the
murderof Lamanuel Bailey, at Muncic,
Ind, was refused new trial by Judge
Monks, and Judgment passed on him.
He will go to the state prison north to
spend term of fifteen years at hard
labor
On the 5th MAJ. j.-Gen. Schofeld au-
thorized Mai.-Gen. Miles to send six
companies OF regular infantry from
Fort Leavenworth. Kas., and two
companies of regular infantry from
Fort Brady, Mich, to Chicago
BY the assistance of United States
marshals, the Chicago & Alton road
got 1000 blockaded passengers out of
Bloomington, Ill, on the night of the
4th.
THE packing of hogs, according to the
Cincinnati Price Current for the week
ended on the 4th, amounted to 100000,
against 100000 for the corresponding
week of last year.
THE Santa Fe railroad raised the
blockade in Colorado, on the 5th, on
both freight and passenger trains.
ADvIcEs from Hayti, of the 5th, state
that revolution in that country is
imminent
JACK LEACH, a Pueblo Coli bar
tender. refused drinks to a United
States marshal, on the 5th, and stepped
out on the sidewalk to talk. Il, E..
Taylor, deputy, fearing violence,
shot Leach in. the left eye, the man
dying in an hour.
THE ways and means committee of
the st. Louis school board estimates
the cost of maintaining the schools the
coming year at $3.50, 1l3.4o and the
income at 81, 600, 47s.25 leaving an esti-
mated balance of $40, ,364s5.
THE lumber yards of ]. j.. Worden,
at Cedar Springs, Mich, caught fire on
the 9th, and were completely destroyed.
Two million feet of lumber were
burned. The loss is covered by insur-
| ance.
DEALERS at Galveston, Tex, wired
their congressman, on the 9th, asking
him to secure some consideration for
wool in the tariff bill from the con
| ference committee.
The keeper and guard at the st.
Joseph (Mo.) workhouse were indicted
on the 7th, for falsifying the pay rolls
The Louisiana legislature passed a
bill, on the 18th, authorizing sheriffs
| to maintain and use bloodhounds in
tracking criminals.
PRESIDENT DEBs of the American
Railway union, in proclamation tc
the strikers, on the 9th, said: Let il
be borne in mind that if the railroad
companies can secure men to handle
their trains, they have that right. Oul
men have the right to quit, but theil
right ends there. Other men have the
right to take their places, whatever tn,
opinion Of the propriety of so doing
may be. Keep away from railroad
yards or rights-of-way."
The notorious Eva Mann has beer
induced to withdraw all claim to tn,
estate Of Robert Ray Hamilton in con
sideration Of $40, 900, paid to her by tn,
lawful heirs who wish to put an end t,
the litigation.
Ten dead men was the record mad,
by the great strike on the 9th. Mn,
were shot and one killed in wreck
The number Of wounded was large
but the record was incomplete,