Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-06-20

after Ni"ss'' theological seminary.
II'er u service of IS years. George
ulrS ,nnl Abbott, professor of theologv
VIII succeed him. sS'
iiE Spanish prisons at Can't, ma
m.iea with prisoners to their utmost
capacity and all the prisoners do.
. ported rom Cuba will hereafter he
'en' TO the island of Fernando po
NJ 'ohN BEARD, of Danviile. Ill., and
nnin,s, Ims Miller of Mount Joy, Pa, ap.
pointed postmasters by Presidents
Cleveland and not confirmed by the sen.
"'c' nave been reappointed.
DURING a severe storm. on the 1ath
towooat containing five persons was
capsized in the Delaware river naar
"ioucester City, N. j., and three Of tha
occupants were drowned.
EX-Gov ALpHEus FELcu of Mioh;
gan died at Ann Arbor, on the l3tb
aged w. lie was native of Maina
ana hlled many positions of trust dpr.
ing his long life. -
THOMAS ANTOINE FEREIRo R,pr,,o
weli-known Portuguese statesman and
iitterateur died in Lisbon on the 14th
lie was well known both as poet and
prose writer.
THOMAS DAwLEY, the correspondent
OF Harper's Weekly who was arrested
IN cuba some time ago on the charge of
oeing IN communication with the reb.
els, was released, on the l4th. from
MORO castle, where he had been con.
lned since he was taken into custody
or. VINCENT sanitarium at Santa Fe
~ NJ, conducted by Sisters of Charity.
was burned on the 14th. Loss, SlO0..
600; with only $4,000 insurance.
IN an accident near Brest Litewsli
u town IN Russian Poland, on the BUG
river, railway passenger train was
wrecked and many persons were
killed.
EDWARD ROGERS, a MINER was killed
Dy premature explosion in the Fair
view mines, near South McAlester. I
/ lie was buried by the odd fellows
fraternity.
The famous collection of violins
owned by the late r. d. Hawley, of
hartford, Conn, has been sold to Ralph
granger, of San Diego Cal. The price
pad is said to be in the neighborhood
of $4,000 for l2 instruments.
H. D. SMITH, general superintendent
OF the Edison electric light plant in
New York city, and president of the
recent electrical exhibition was fatal
~ injured, on the l4th, by a fall at
Washingtonville, N. Y.
MRS. MELINDA BAKER, of Lima, N.
T., dropped off to sleep March 20. She
never awakened, but continued in that
strange condition until June 12, when
She died The deceased was 81 wears
old.
UNKNOWN persons poisoned the wells
on the premises Of Henry Weaver, Sr..
and Henry Becklcy, Jr., of Weavers-
town, Pa, with disastrous effects. One
of Henry Beckley's children died as a
result of drinking the water and an
other had slight chances of recovery.
AT Santa Ana, Sonora Mexico, city
75 miles south of Nogales, the author.
lties have in Jail a man they believe is
Dunham, the murderer of the McGlvn.
cey family, near San Jose, Cal.
PATRICK SULLIVAN, while drunk, on
the l4th, jumped from the Brooklyn
bridge, turned six sumersaults in his
Hight, struck the water feet first and
was iished out five minutes later nc {
more hurt than if he had just taken a |
bath.
A DISPATCH received from Massowah
confirms the report of the acquittal OF
len. Baratieri by the court-martial ,
which heard charges against him con. +,
lected with the defeat of the Italians
~ the Abyssinians,
EMPEROR WILLIAM granted an impos.
ng audience, on the l4th, to Ii Hung
hang in the Knights hall of the old
state. Iii Hung Chang was conveyed !.
hither in the royal carriage, escorted !,
" Uhlans.
The city of Havana was startled on
he night of the 13th by the noise OF 9
wo successive explosions which shook $
he ground for long distance and b
,as heard for serval miles. Consterna- a
ion prevailed, and for time it was Il
cared that this was prelude to an b
tack. The insurgents were attack.
lg the water supply.