Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-17

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The manufacturers of slot machines
in Indiana have decided to make a le-
gal test of the effort to eradicate the
devices on the ground that they come
within the restrictions of the gambling
laws.
ALDERMAN MARTIN b. LoMAsNEY. of
Boston, was shot in the leg, on the 7th,
just outside the aldermanic chamber in
the city hall, by crank named James
Doonan, who fred five shots at the al
derman from Il 3S-caliberrevolver, only
one Of which, however, took effect,
FIRE in Detroit (Mich.) lodging
house, early on the morning of the Sth,
compelled the occupants to jump for
their lives from the windows. One
man was probably fatally and another
seriously injured
TIE barn on the farm of Charles
Pierce, located near Coldwater, Mich,
was destroyed by fire. on the 18th, to-
gether with forty sheep and many
horses and cattle. Miles Nixon, the
tenant on the farm, was burned to
death while trying to save the stock.
The Patrons OF Industry of North
America finished their work in fifth
annual convention at Toledo, o., on the
9TH, and the delegates departed for
their homes
ALL of the cart drivers employed by
the street cleaning department of New
York city went on strike on the sth.
Squads of police were sent to the dis
trict as trouble was apprehended
In the police court at Columbus, O.,
on the sth, Judge Martin discharged
DIR. A. j. Parke, who was charged with
stealing n diamond from IA corpse
which he had viewed as coroner, and
held Grant Wilson, the undertalier's
hostler, who made the affidavit against
the doctor, for the theft.
THE Netherlands parliament amend
ed the principal clause of the reform
bill, on the 9th, so as to destroy the
principle of the measure, whcreupon
the bill was withdrawn by the minis
ter of the interior, DR.. TAX Won Poort-
Welt. 1t was expected that the minis
try would resign in consequence of the
action Of parliament.
THE imports of dry goods at the port
of New York for the week ended on
the 9th were s2,S67,054, and the
amount marketed S., 435,l51. For the
corresponding week of 1893 the i'm
ports were S4,S42, 1874, and the amount
marketed s4.267,179.
A NEW and fatal disease has made its
appearance among the hogs in the
vicinity of Wooster, o. 1t attacks the
muscles of the hind legs, which become
rigid and then gradually fall away till
death ensues.
In the Pollard d-Breckinridge case in
Washington, on the 9th, Mrs. Luke
blackburn and Maj. Moore, chief OF
police of Washington, testified to prom
ise of marriage being made by Breck'
inridgc to Miss Pollard in their pres
ence, and gave considerable collateral
evidence tending to show the engage
ment of the parties to marry.
THE prince of Wales started from
Cannes, France, on the 9th, to pay a
visit to Emperor Francis Joseph. al
Mentone, where the Austrian ruler
was sojourning.
A STATEMENT has been prepared
by the immigration bureau of the
treasury department showing the mum
ber of immigrants which arrived al
the ports of New York, Philadelphia
Boston and Baltimore from foreign
ports during the calendar year 1S9S
| The whole number is shown to have
been 3l,7l2, and these, it is said, rep
resent at least four-fifths of the whole
number which arrived at all American
ports.
The decrease in the number OF claims
received daily at the pension bureau il
shown in statement prepared by the
department. The number Of pension
crs on the rolls is now approximately
96e, 900, against $4,000 for the CORE
spending week of last year. The mum
ber of applications has however
steadily diminished since September l.
Mr.. AND Mrs. GLADSTONE have re-
ceived autograph letters from Queer
Victoria, both messages being couched
in language of high appreciation of the
services rendered to the country by Mr.
Gladstone.
THE boiler at Foley 4 k'aller's ma
chine shops in Pittsburgh, Pa, ex
ploded on the 9th, killing Otto Kelle
her, the engineer, and probably fatally
injured Frank Faller, q member Of thu
asm.