Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-12-21
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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kas., on the 10th, John II. Gatchel. a
former fireman on the Kansas. WAN
dotte d Northwestern railroad was
given verdict, by consent, for $4,000
for the loss of an eye and the fracture
Of leg and two ribs.
AN epidemic of hog cholera is rag
ing in Harper, Barber and Sumner coun-
ties, Kas. 1t was estimated that over
1000 hogs had died there during the
three weeks previous to the 10th and
there were no signs of the abatement
Of the disease.
| HARRY HAYWARD was hanged at
Minneapolis, Mimi, at 2:l0 o'clock on
the morning of the llth. Before as
cending the gallows he reatiirmed his
former confession and forgavc all those
who had worked to secure his conyc-
ton, including his brother Adry, whom
ne had previously mathematical and
threatened with post-mortem vista
tiOns
THE conference of the bimetallic
leagues of Great Britain, France and
Germany opened in Paris on the 10th.
NJ. Loubet. president of the French BIZ
metallic league, presided. The object
OF the conference is to draft resolu-
tion, regarding Dinvttallisni, which will
be submitted to the pariaments of the
three countries.
PosTMAsTER-GENERAL WILSON, on the
10th, forwarded to Attorney-Genera
Harmon an official notice of the re-
moyal of Assistant Superintendent Hill
OF the free-delivery system. for con
spiracy," and practically suggesting
that the facts warranted his dismissal
as commissioner to investigate the over
time claims of letter carriers.
WM. B. MCMILLAN was found guilty
at Toronto, Ont. on the llth, on the i
charge of having set fire to the Os-
goodby building in that city, on Jan
uary Q last, the fire resulting in the
destruction of that and adjoining prop
erty to the total value of about seven
hundred thousand dollars.
THE suit of Secretary Tryon of the
board of fire commissioners against
Mayor Pingree of Detroit, Mich. for
$4,000 damages for false Imprisonment
and malicious prosecution. was decided,
on the llth, in the mayors favor.
In addition to 10000 troops which
are expected at Havana towards the
end of this month and the beginning
of January, the Spanish government is
already preparing to dispatch 10000
more troops to Cuba.
ADvIcEs from Cape Hatteras, on the
night of the 10th, stated that President
Cleveland and party We're storm-bound
there and could not get out. A heavy
gale was blowing there at GO miles an
hour, making sea-going in the light
house tender impossible.
AFTER two hours deliberation the
jury, at Lafayette, Ind, on the night
of the 10th, in the case of John Besser,
charged with the murder of his tenant.
Morris Lewis, last August, returned a
verdict of acquittal. Judge Taylor
therefore discharged the prisoner. The
prisoner proved clear case of self-de-
fense.
The directors of the American Bell
Co., on the 18th, declared II
regular quarterly dividend of three per :
cent, and an extra dividend Of ~ per
cent, payable January l5. This makes Z
a total of 10 per cent. declared this /
year. 9
NEWS from Batavia, Java, on the lith' q
stated that the Dutch troops on the
sland of Madura had dispersed band
,f l50 rebels, killing 20 of them and
the chief. =
ITwas learned, on the leth, that the
guarantee syndicate, formed in connec-
ion with the reorganization OF the c
Reading railroad. included nearly all n
he capitalists identified with the D
,thcr anthracite coal railroads. The u
lmount subscribed was said to be over n
hirty million dollars.
ITwas stated, on the 18th, on excel.
ent authority that Speaker Reed would =
lot announce his committee appoint v
nents until about the Goth. u
john MuLHoLLEN, first Baron Dun G.
cath, died in London, on the llth' ~ o
ears Of age. a.
THE funeral of George Augustus
'ala, the journalist and author took o.
lace at Brighton, England, on the ii
eth. G.
TIN venerable Robert William n,
browne, nrchdeacon of Bath, died at .,
Alsx
lis residence In Wells, England, on the ),
eth. He was 50 years OF age. "
AT noon, on the 18th, at the ohurch
I the Holy Angels, Cincinnati, MISS 81
Iarguret Rives Nichols, daughter OF OF
he late George Nichols and his wiie; W
ee Maria Longworth, now the wiie OF 60
lellamy Storer, and Louis Charles An to
Dine Guilbert Pierre Pinton, MARQUIS
u Chambrun, prominent attacne OF te
be French legation at Washington a.
verc united in marriage. -,
n. ApRIEx LACuENAL, who wac WV
resident for 1905. has beer. elected
resident of the Swiss republic 70. g
Bpo. liz il radical in politics, ana ~
Il homo il In Geneva. M peucner Il
'hnresn has been elected vice-pres'' u