Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-10-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

ten Francis Nash, Of the revolu'
tionary army, gave a name to Nash
vile, Tenn. 1t vas first called Nash
borough which was objected TO on ac-
count of being hard to spell. Nashton
was suggested, but Nashville ~wastinally
accepted in 1854.
Two birmingham negroes have
carried a silver quarter under their
tongues for thirty-siX years. They
were first placed there by the men for
fear their masters would find and take
the money from them, and subsequent
ly kept there because of superstitlous
belief.
Nearer. My God, to Thee, was
the work of Sarah Flower Adams, and
first appeared in Il volume of hymns
and anthems published in 1910 by Rev.
W. J. Fox. Several churches have OBJ
jected to the theology of the hymn, and
have cndcayorcd to improve it, but no
substitute was ever received with favor
by the public.
Robert y. Stone, of Lexington,
Ky, has Just erected over the grave of
his dog Il monument that cost him six
hundred and fifty dollars. The stone
is a pointed shaft of seashorc granite
deliberately and fancifully carved. 1t
hasadeeplych iseled inscription: Don,
for sixteen years our silent brother and
friend. Ills faithful dog shall bear him
company"
A famous London will bequeathed
''all my black and white horses to a
certain dcvisee. After the lawyers had
%wrangled to determine whether all the
black horses and al. the white ones
were meant, or only the piebald, OF
black and white ones, a witness testi
fed that all the horses of the dead maj
were mares, and confusion was worst
COMPOUNDED.
The first forgery of a Bank of En-
gland note sexecuted by a man wh'
was anxious to make a good impression
on mis- sweetheart. He forged twent,
of ,he notes and placed them in he
hands as proof Of his wealth. No al
tempt was made to pass them, but tn
forgery was discovered and he wa
hanged. IIisname was Vaughn, and hi
execution took place in 1858.
~ never realized how much noise
load of iron beams could make" said
citizen, until | heard one go throug
a residence street, where it was nc
complicated with other noises. All tn
loads | had ever heard before ] ha
heard in busy thoroughfares wher
though the noise they made had bee
heard above every other, it had bee
softened somewhat by the general u
roar Here it was heard all by itsel
and, too, it was after six o'clock in IL
evening when eve the comparative
/. slight traffic of the street had ceas,
and it was perfectly quiet. For
. boiler factories couldn't have held
candle to it. 1t actually made peor
laugh, it was such a laundering b
noise"
, An unusual result of the season
drought was noticed in Stockbride
! Mass. Some workmen heard a roh
: uttering loud cries, and saw the bi
darling from branch to branch of
e tree, in great excitement. Close {
animation showed a red squirrel sitti
- on a branch close TO the trunk, holdi
:" a young robin in its paws. The m
9 threw stones at him to make him Dir
the bird, but he moved around the tr
u still holding it. Finally he let 1t DR.
y to the ground, and darted away.
=. picking the bird up, it twas found to
- quite dead, and ALMOST drained
blood. the fierce little rodent havi
u satisfied his thirst ut the cost of
=. birds life. Squirrels ire known to
) birds eggs; but the long drought
~ held responsible for this crime,