Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-08-22

ifth' said: Terrible floods have oc,
rurrea through the overfowing of the
hiVer histna. The damage to prom
er'y Is immense, and many persons
nave been rendered homeless, their
houses having been swept away. Two
hundred persons were drowned bv the
sinking OF boat near Tatara. The
oVerhowing water from the river has
washed out a breach seven miles long
III the Nizam or Hyderabad railway.
IhE deadlock In the Eleventh
NMlch') district republican congress
Slonal convention was broken, on the
lith, when w. L. Mesicls, of Antrim
was nominated on the 363d ballot
UNITED STATES MINISTER TERRELL
at Constantinople, has demanded the
immediate release Of six Armenians
haturalized Americans, who are inn
prisoned at Aleppo. Mr.. Terrell also
intlmated that any further imprison
ment of American citizens would no,
be tolerated.
Or j. NJ. SHUT, while exploring az
nnoian mound on the farm of Marion
thompson, in Huntington county
ma, on the l4th, unearthed a numbe,
OF Indian skeletons, the largest being
that OF giant, eight feet two inche.
long The skull is five-eights of an
inch thick
MILLARD F. NEEDY, a Cripple Creel
lool') miner, while ascending the
rhgnix shaft, struck his head against
the timber lining. lie fell 70 feet
death resulting instantly. He leave.
a family.
IN compliance with the petitions o.
ten. Lee and other foreign consuls
Capt.-Gen. Weyler has extended, unit
the end of October the time allowed
for the registration of aliens in Cuba
HE residence and drug store of d.
w. Bonnell, at Hubbard, o., was
robbed by burglars, on the night of
the l4th, who secured $500 in iewelry
and medals won by his son, W. W
Bonnell, bicycle rider.
NJ. HANorAUX, French minister for
foreign affairs, has announced to the
cabinet that the United States has rec.
ognized the French annexation OF
Madagascar.
AT church meeting on the Little
Sandy, in Elliott county, KY, on the
10th, four men were killed and two
wounded. A man named Spices was
selling whisky, and large number of
horse traders got into fight, in which
two Harrison brothers and two Witt
brothers were instantly killed, and
two others, names unknown, were
wounded, one seriously and the othe r
slightly
FRANK JACOBS, Of Cincinnati, was
killed at Quincy, ILL.,, on the 18th, by
falling from his balloon, which burst t
an altitude of l50 feet, his parachute
failing to work. On the same day at
Dallas, Tex, Prof. g. Borsen, bal.
lconist, met the same fate. He dropped
from his balloon and, alighting in the
forks of tree, lis neck was broken.
THE weekly statement of the New
York city associated banks for the week
ended on the 18th showed the following
changes: Reserve, decrease, S4,4l5,
400; loans, decrease, SO, ll9, 400; specie,
increase, S3l7,20O; legal tenders, de-
crease, 81, 800; deposits, decrease,
S9,T70, 500; circulation, increase, $s26,.
600.
DURING heavy thunder storm, on
the 10th, three little girls were cross
ing the river in row boat on their
way to Sunday school at Napanee,
Ont, when lightning struck and killed
two of them and rendered the other
unconscious They We're all under IL
years of age.
Mrs DELLA S. PARNELL sailed from
Philadelphia for Liverpool, on the
steamship Pennland, on the 18th. She
will remain in England on an indeii-
mite visit with her daughter and grand
children,
AT Bowmanville, Ont, on the 10th,
A. Petite and Miss Darsch were blown
out into the lake in small skiff dur
ing a heavy storm. A rescuing party
could find no trace of them, and 1t
is believed they were drowned
On the 18th the associated banks Of
New York city held 50, ,40Ol75 in ex
cess of the requirements of the 25-per
cent. rule.
DURING nine days preceding the 18th
there were 53S deaths and almost two
thousand prostrations in New York
city due to the excessive heat.