Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-24
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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innocently believing that we were pro.
longing our existence, instead of cul.
tivatlng an insidious disorder to hurry
us INTO untimely graves.
oF countries for which dependable
statistics are returned Ireland takes
the highest place for large families,
the size Of the average Irish family
being 90. Next In order come Russin
4.s3; Spain, 4.Gj; Italy, 4.56; Scotland
4.46; Holland, 422; Sweden, 4.12: Ger
many, 4.l0; England, 40s; Austria and
Belgium. 4oL; Switzerland, 3.y4; Hun
gary, $40; Denmark, 81, and France,
3.03.
A DELEGATION compo9ed of nearly
200 members of the Early Settlers So
eiety of Cleveland and Cuyahoga coun-
ty. o., called upon Maj. Mckinley on
the 18th. There were great many
very old people in the delegation, and
there was u touch of pathos in the
spectacle they made when they
marched slowly up with their white
locks and halting footsteps. Maj, Nc
Kinley's venerable mother was at her
sons residence, and assisted in the re-
ception Of the visitors.
j. ID. KENNEDY, a banker, and one OF
the wealthiest citizens of Manchester
Ia, committed suicide, on the l4th, by
hanging. Business reverses are said,
to have led to the suicide.
The treasury gold reserve declined,
on the l9th, to 1923, 1896, llG, the days
Withdrawals being S3ls, 100.
A SERIOUS battle occurred between
the sophomore and freshmen classes
of the State university at Madison,
Wis, at the close Of class meeting OF
freshmen on the l4th. AS the latter
class emerged from the gymnasium,
they were set upon by the sopho'
mores, and severe struggle cnsucd
in which many were severely wound
ed. The victorious freshmen ducked
several of the sophomores in the lake.
THREE men attempted to rob the
bank at Meeker, Coll. on the 18TH
They succeeded in holding up the
clerks and cashier and looted the
bank; but when they reached the
street in their effort to escape they
were confronted by crowd of citi
zens and hot battle ensued After
the smoke had cleared away, the three
robbers and one clerk were found ly
ing dead.
A LONE train robber held up UnioI
Pacific train, about eight miles from
Ogden, Utah. on the 18th. He cause(
the train crew and passengers to be
lieve that he had confederates in hid
ing, and thus prevented resistance
After some time spent in an attemp
to blow up the express safe, he con
tented himself with looting the mai
car and carrying off load of regis
tered letters.
AT Columbus, Ca, on the 18th, ). a
White, shoemaker, and Henry White
men N tffat 'tf 'qnHEtaelEfsal tY2 ypH2a1 p92!5gs
another There was no cause for th
commission of the crime other thai
the fact that both men had been sum
moned to appear before the recorde
or some trivial otfensc.
The annual report Of the third as
sistant acknowledgement for the pas
fiscal year shows that the total expen
ditures for the year were $50, ,d2d, 900
and receipts, So, 400, 20S, leaving def
cheney of IS, s,l97OSS, or a reduction o
81, ,679, $50 less than the preceding year
AT two o'clock on the morning of tn
18th the directors of the Bank of Com
merce, one of the leading financial in
| stitutions of Buffalo, ~ V, announces
that owing to the heavy withdrawal
the bank was compelled to suspen'
business and place their affairs in tn
hands of the banking department TO
examination,
AT the Manhattan state hospital ol
Wards island, N. Y, on the 18th
Theodore Meyers, the chief baker o
the institution, was murdered by AL
bert Durant, an inmate. The deaf
man was struck on the right side o
the head with a big AK.
THE special postal delivery servic
made an increase of l3 per cent. in bus
lness during the last fiscal year. 4,ls4,
BIT letters being delivered. The aver
age time required for delivery was /
minutes. The net profit of the system
was about 100000. The number o
postage stamps, stamped envelope
and postal cards issued was 4,l95,6 665,
523. an increase of seven per cent. owe
issues of the previous year
CAPT EMU. PoHLsoy, Tony Maddy
Fritz Vogt and George Dushayne, o
the Blue Island (Chicago) voluntee
Gre department, are charged witt
starting the disastrous fire of May II
which destroyed the business section
OF the town. The object of the mel
was to induce the villages to employ
paid department.
On the night of the 14th a Delaware
Susquehana & Schuylkill engln
crashed into crowded trolley car a
Hazleton (Pa.l Junction, killing thre
men outright, probably fatally injur
ing two others and wonnding scor
more.
THE marriage of David Wells, sec
ond secretary of fthe United States en-
bassv in London, to Miss Marietta Ord
daughter of prominent Londol
physician, was celebrated at 81
GEORGES, Hanover square, on the 18th
REV. j. NJ. CRAWFORD, a Presbyte
rian clergyman of Indianapolis, Ind
aged GO, who was visiting friends IL
Los Angeles, CAL, dropped dead iron
heart disease, on the l4th, while max
ing purchase in clothing store
Ir is reported that a railway trail
on the Saar Eiffel line, Berlin, convey
ing large number of recruits wa
thrown from the tracks, on the 18th
and 80 persons killed and many NOR
injured. ;.
THE total registration in Detroit
Mich, this year foots up 54,s6s, whicl
is gain over four years ago OF 4,ooC
The steamship Columbia, which III
rived at New York from Southampton
on the 10th, brought Sl,65a, 800 in gold
Consignments of 81, 200, 600 on the Nor
mania and Ss5O,Ooo on the Etruria wer
expected. A.
The treasury gold reserve at tn
close of business, on the 10th, stood a
sls2. .oo7, 700. The days Withdrawals a
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