Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-04
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE anti-anarchist bill passed the
French chamber of deputies-26s to 1863
on the 26th.
THREE bogus checks aggregating
ss2, 200, drawn on the Columbia ma
tional bank of Washington, have been
passed in New York city. The Lincoln
national bank was victimized to the
extent of SOL, 800, and the Fourteeth
Street national bank for S205O0 The
checks were signed David Coleman
and were indorsed ''E. o. Rice, paying
teller" Mr.. Rice is the teller of the
Washington bank.
THE 6OO-foot bridge of the Northern
Pacific railroad across the Aminicon
river in Wisconsin was entirely de-
stroyed by forest fires on the 24th. 1t
will take crew working night and
day at least week to replace it.
THE seconds respectively of Deputy
Denoux and Jean Drault, of the social
list journal La Libre Parole, of Paris,
agreed, on the 25th, that there was no
ground for duel between the two
gentlemen.
A SHARK nine feet long, captured in
the sound off Oyster Bay, Long Island,
was towed ashore on the 25th. When
the shark was cut open its stomach was
found to contain child's finger, which
aad been badly lacerated.
REPORTS from central and western
Kansas are very discouraging. The
corn crop will be failure in more
than half of the state. In the western
third of the state the crop is totally
ruined, while in the central third a
fair crop will be raised only in sections
where local rains have fallen. The
corn in many fields has burned up
DETECTIVES from Denver arrested
John Mullins, Herman Rubbake and c.
c. McKimme at Colorado Springs, Col,
on the 25th, for completely in tarring
and feathering Adjt. ten. Tarsney.
They were held in bonds of $1,000. 1t
is said that enough evidence has been
secured toconvict the suspected parties.
On the a5th, Judge Baker, of Chi
cago, held Mrs. Warren Springer to
the grand jury on the charge of at
tempting to bribe Jurors Marman and
| Slider in the land-condemnation suit
of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated
Railroad Co. VS.. Warren Springer She
was released on $1,000 bonds.
| SIR JOHN ARNoTT. wealthy mer-
chant of Cork, has offered cup valued
at 100 guineas to be competed for in an
ocean race between the Vigilant. the
Britannia and, if possible, the Satanita,
the date to be determined upon by the
owners of the three yachts mentioned.
In the United States court in Chica.
go, on the 25th, Judge Woods over
ruled the motion to quash the in
formation against Debs ct al, and
postponed the further hearing of the
case until September 5. The defend
ants will now give bonds.
OTTo G. KIRscHBAUM, merchant, real
estate dealer and manager of millior
dollars worth of st. Louis property
owned by the Burnes estate, OF ST. 10
seph, Mo-, has mysteriously disappeared
from St. Louis, and no clcw to his
whereabouts can be learned.
THE house, on the 25th, passed Dele
gate Flynn's bill empowering fourth
class postmasters to administer oath'
in pension cases. The object is to avoit
the inconvenience experienced BY
those who live in sparsely-settlet
places.
| CHARLES WILSON was hanged in thu
st. Louis Jail, on the morning OF th'
26th, for the murder Of Nose Hodges
November s, 1892.
AN exploring party of prominen
men was descending mine in Wes
Pittston, Pa, on the 26th, when tn,
cage fell to the bottom. Col. A. G
Mason, superintendent of the Lehigl
Valley Co., was instantly killed, AM
three others are believed to be fatal,
injured.
An attempt was made to wreck tn
midnight express, west-bound, on tn
Detroit, Grand Haven e. Milwauke'
railroad at Nunica, ten miles iron
Grand Haven, Mich, on the night Q
the 26th. Rails had been laid ncros
the track, but were discovered by tn
engineer Just in time to stop his train
Discharged employees are suspected
IL ON the 27th the house labor commit
, tee adoptcd favorable report on tn
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