Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-02-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A. II. HAY died at his home in Bur-
lington, Ia, on the 22d, aged 50. He
was the inventor of the celebrated
Hay steel, and built the first all-steel
bridge in the world across the Missouri
river at Glasgow Mo. llo wac tho
builder of the best and newest suspen
sion ridge at and across the Niagara
river, Immediately below the falls, and
thousands of miles of his steel is in on
various railroads.
The ninth day C29dD of the Brooklyn
trolley line tie-up passed without any
great display of activity on either side,
but as soon as darkness came trouble
ensued. Three men We're shot by pick
cts of the Seventh regiment at Broad
way and llalsey street in Williams
burg, and it is reported that two will
die.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 22d, as the
result of dispute between two we'll
known and wealthy citizens, Alexander
Hutchinson challenged IL. Il. Iippin-
colt to mortal combat. The latter ac-
cepted, choosing squirt guns as weap-
ons, the duel to come off at the north
pole February 81, 1899.
ROBERT GILMORE was killed and John
Kanary probably fatally injured by
the overturning of hook and ladder
truck while on their way to fire in
Albany, N. Y, on the 23d.
ABOUT 1850 o'clock on the night OF
the 22d at Sturgis, Ky, an explosion
occurred at the mines of the Trade Wa
ter Coal Co., and five kegs of powder
exploded inside the mines, killing iive
men and caving the mines in on them.
About seventy-fve men at once set to
work digging the bodies from the
debris.
AFTER very stormy cabinet meet
ing, on the night of the 2lst, President
Diaz of Mexico notified Guatemala,
through its minister, that he would not
concede one iota, and that Guatemala
would have to give in to MeXicos oe-
mand or suffer the consequences,
JOSEPH WOLFE, liquor dealer at
BraddocS, Pa, generally known as the
Bulgarian King" and very wealthy,
has been defrauded out of about S5o,-
600 by Jasper Augustine, who had been
trusted by Wolfe with several real es-
tate deals.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL died in
London, on the cath, after a lingering
illness His death was painless, ana
he passed away in the presence OF his
physicians and all the members OF his
family.
CHEROKEE BILL, the notorious out
law, was killed near Tulsa, Okla, on
the esd, by his brother-in.law' VINO
blew his head off with a shotgun.
bR. NAoLE, New York registrar OF
vital statistics, reported six deaths
from grip for the twenty-four hours
ending at 10 q. III. on the 23d.
JOSEPH A. Enc, the inventor OF the
steam man, died in Newark, N. J', on
the ed, aged 50 years. =.
MoNsIGNoR jules CLERQ, bishop OF
Laval. France. died, on the 23d, asea
50.
THE legislature of North Carolina
on the Esd, elected Marion Butler
populist, and Jeter G. Pritehard' re-
publican, to the United States senate
THE failure of Pullen, Croker * oo''
bankers and brokers, of Portland Me-
was announced on the 25th. The ir'n
had been doing business about eleven
wears. The cause of the trouble was
said to be the condition of the whea'
market
On the cath the secretary OF the III
terror issued a requisition on the sec,
retarv of the treasury for $1,000 'Voo
for the quarterly payment OF pensions
at six agencies, as follows: Iopeka'
Kas., ss, ,60O, 900; Indianapolis, md W.
zoo, 900; Philadelphia, l,sa5' ooo' hnoA-
vile. Tenn, 81, 500, 900; New York clsy'
q ESQ, 900, and Louisville, KY sl'ooo''
000 A.,
TIE work of securing jury IN .ne
ease ofKarry Hayward, charged win
the murder Of Miss Cling at Minneapo'
lis, MINI, was continued on the stsn, ~ !,
the sixth Juror being secured IN sos
pcraon Of jphp kimpalk q faflAsg'