Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-04-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


WHEN judges upon mere sentiment
.tay the execution Of cold-blooded as
hassins it is not to be wondered at
when particularly revolving murder
results in lynch law. If the courts
would but assist IN the rapid execution
If the law, instead of throwing OBJ
stacles in the way, the country would
not be disgraced by the frequent ses-
sions of Judge Lynchs court.
REPRESENTATIVE BoEN, of Mime
sofa. has introduced a bill for the re-
1uction of compensation of persons IN
the government service. The bill re-
cites that the unit value of money is
decreasing and that private wages are
falling, while public salaries are kept
up to their old figures.
A PLOT was discovered on the o1th
oy which three notorious murderers
expected to free themselves from the
county Jail in San Francisco. Already
the tunneling through the Jail wall
had begun. The three men who
had done this work were hurriedly
transferred to the county Jail at San
Jose. They are Thomas st. Clair, Her
man Spark and John Hanson.
THE European Union of Astronomers
have announced the discovery of n
faint comet by W, 7. Denning, of Bris-
tol, England It's position is; March
n6, S96 Greenwich mean time; right as
cension hours and 80 minutes; dccli-
nation north 32 degrees and 10 min
utes. The daily motion of the object
is south following degree.
The anniversary Of the birthday OF
Gen. L. $. Grant, which occurs April
81, will be commemorated by the liam
iltou Republican club of New York
city, which will give dinner on that
night. Among the invited guests are
Gen. Horace Porter, John 5. Wise, Cor
nelius n. Bliss John A. Cockerill, d.
B. st. John Rossa, Roswell C. Horr and
Congressman Lemuel +. Quigg.
ANsoN NoRrHUP, one of the lest
known pioneer in the northwest, died
in st. Paul, Mimi, on the a7th, Of
consumption aged "a years. lie went
to the northwest with his bride il
1889. driving the first herd of cattle
across Wisconsin to st. CroiX Falls
lie was a member of the territoria
senate in 1887.
LUTHER HARsHBERGER, Il young MAI
of Newmarket O., accidentally shot
and killed his wife, on the 2Sth, to
whom he had been married but a year
He was trying to kill cats, and fel
down, discharging his gun in the fall
The secretary of the interior, on th'
eth, issued requisition on the secre
tary of the treasury for sl0,22l, 900, t.
be used in the quarterly payment o
pensions on April 2. The amount vii
be distributed among agencies as fol
lows; Chicago, s3,65O, 900; Des Moines
Ia, $1,000, 900; Milwaukee, Sl,7O0, 900
Buffalo 81, 500, ,OOO Pittsburgh, $3.50,
600; Concord, n. H., 100000; Boston
$225, 900, and Detroit, 100000.
c. KAMPFMUELLER, the well-knowl
druggist of Walnut Hill. Cincinnati
committed suicide on the 27th. Kampf
mueller was pioneer druggist of thu
city and one of the best known Ger
man citizens. He was so years OF age
and had accumulated a competence
He took cyanide of potassium.
COMMANDER VERNY LoNETT CAMERON
the distinguished African traveller
after hunting with Baron Rothschild'
hounds at Leighton Buzzard, Bidford
shire, England, on the eth, wa
thrown from his horse and died fou
hours later.
The sale of Gen. Coxey's two trottins
horses, which he visited Chicago, OF
the 2sth, to attend, took place the da!
before, bringing $3.50 less than the 81,
900 he expected TO receive for them.
B. NAGARKAR, distinguished re
ligious student Of Bombay, arrived il
Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 27th. h
will remain for time to study Nor
monism and learn from the peopl
themselves all he can concerning thei
religious faith.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES heard noise
| in the post office at Boone Grove, Ia.
on the night of the 26th, and. taking
his shotgun, discovered two burglars a
work. He Immediately opened fire
wounding both Of the men, but faile,
to capture them.
Miss SARAH BILLINGS and her sister
Miss Linda, who resided alone in thei
country home, miles west of Win
chester, O., suicided, on the night O
the ssth, because one of them was to b
married, and they could not bear tn
| thought Of parting.