Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-08

HURRICANE prevailed ct Hong
hons on the 3Oth, and considerable
uan,age was done to shipping in the
li'roof' The British steamer Glen
Oaiaoh was totally dismasted. Tho
BRUSH steamer MacDuT dragged her
anchors and colllded with the Nor.
"egian steamer Brand. Both vessels
were damaged.
Ire originating in Argulls opera
mouse mouse III Grass Valley, Cal, on the
Soth, srpead rapidly until the whole
''oek was ablaze, Twenty-Five houses
ana business premises were totally de.
Stroyed and II others partly burned.
Total loss, about $500
JUDGE GEORGE CARPENTER, Of the
United States district for Rhode Island
and Massachusetts, died, on the slst
IN keswick, Holland, of PARALYSIS OF
the heart, while on European pleas
ure trip.
Two FREIGHT trains ON the North
western railroad collided on the EN-.
oahkment approaching the Niobrara
RIVER ON the I'd. One was awaiting
the signal to cross when the engine
OF the second crashed into il from the
rear The engine and cars were
wrecked and the track was torn up for
ioo yards, but no one was injured. 1t
Is almost a miracle that both trains
did not topple over into the river.
lHE British house of commons has
passed on third reading the bill for
the construction of railway from the
east coast of Africa to Uganda, the
country in the interior recently placed
under British protection.
IIE town of Kunkle, O., was almost
totally destroyed by fire on the I'd.
Twelve business houses and five dwell
lings were consumed. Loss, S2s,Ooo;
insurance, nominal.
NATIONAL bank notes outstanding.
on the lst, aggregated S225, 042, ASS, an
increase during July of S29, ,495, and
since July 81, 1895, of Sl4, ,660,5F
ON the lst the banks of New York
city held sl7, ,72S,6OO in excess of the re.
qulrements of the @5-per-cent. rule
RI. Hon. SIR WILLIAM ROBERT GROVE.
ID, c. H., LII. d., =. C., f. r. s., died in
London on the I'd, He was born at
Swansea, Wales, July II, 1911.
a DoWNrouR of rain at Buzzard's
Bay, Mass, on the I'd, kept the presi.
dent indoors. After it cleared it was
cool in the afternoon, and open fires
were not uncomfortable.
A HAVANA dispatch of the ed SAYS:
"A pacihco, living near Jaruco, brought
to Havana news that various Ameri-
cans who came here on the Three
Friends expedition, recently landed
east OF Havana, were captured by Gen.
Ochoa, tied in rows and shot by the
roadside. One body, supposed to be
that of Perry Atkinson, was left un.
| buried
c. II. TALMAGE, while riding horse
on Midway Plaisance, Chicago on the
I'd, ran down boy of eight years on a
bicycle. The horseman galloped away,
but 20 bicyclists gave chase and cap
tured him after race of mile, and
turned him over to policeman.
The death from starvation, on the
lst, of the two-year-old daughter of
William and Josephine Lee, who live
near Altoona, Pa, revealed case of
destitution which is scarcely to be
credited, The father has been sick
for months, and Mrs, Lee is dement,
ed. Two other children were almost
dead
UNTIL a few weeks ago the cotton
conditions throughout the south were
never better, the acreage was large
and it looked like 10, 900, O00- crop,
which meant six cent cotton. The
dry and hot weather OF the last month,
however, has done great damage.
A DENVER Col paper publishes the
statement that Il meeting of leading
republicans was held on the 1st, which
decided to demand the resignation OF
| Senator Wolcott on account of his sup
port of the republican national ticket.
ORDERS have been issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. which will
reduce the working time in the extern
sive locomotive aud car works IN Al
toona, Pa, to five days and eight hours
each week. The order affects 5000
men.
h. T. DERK, with his wife and daugh'
ter, while picking huckleberries on the
Trevorton mountain, near Shamokin,
Pa, on the I'd, stumbled upon a nest of
copperhead snakes and killed A of tho
reptiles.