Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-11-28
NEWS AND NOTES,
a Summary of Important Event,.
PERSONAL AND GENspn

n, mouth, on tho 18th. her . cran .n,o ta
"a pecome afflicted with ber; h..; ""rrn WI,
,f captain died Of the disease octoho, @ ~ Il.
W "o sailmaiter on November II and ~ h
ia o"a o~spenter November 10. Five Of th III
mouth. "''p''al at Fa
II t,s shSAroR c MARION BUFFERS none,
I, No r. caucasian, published at Raleigh
n A. ", ana not appear on the Isth n
!. The V,noe nra was in the sheriff's hands
4 aae property was levied on under o.
aeou'ion for Judgment Of sIal 10
a%i phper supplied, Several printers ala, H
: obtained judgments. ' "'''
oArr JoHs D. HART, whose .,,.o.,
, aeS.lon rada S with the steamship Lau
inS, i"Ia' mas made him conspicuous. wa,
,naieted by the grand iurv in ta th,
united States district court NJ phna
uelph'a' on the 18th, for alleged ait
renaered to the insurgents in the
cuban rebellion. " '"'
FIRE, on tho night of the 18Th {, G.
@eorge's church, Hanover Souars
nohuoh' destroyed the tower Of ths
church. The building also was mucn
damaged. St. Georges is the mo.t
famous church In London Tor % os,,;'s ,ios'
able weddings. "'on
NE Lucas county Children's home
~. ioieoo' o., where 200 children are
cared for' was partially DESTROYED bv
nre on the 18th. All the children es.
capped in safety, loss, $4,000 "
"A SINGAPORE dispatch says It Is m.
nlored that Ii Hung Chang will retire
!" private life, being disgusted With
.he treatment he received on his re.
', uurh from his journey around the
lhE Probst Construction Co.. OF Cb;.
cngo, assigned on the 10Th. Tbe com
pany is one of the largest CONTRACTING
concerns in the country, with head.
quarters In New York.
lHE new Armstrong. Slater Memo.
RAJ trade building at the Hamilton
('a') Normal and Industrial institute
was opened on the 18th, with appro.
pirate ceremonies, in the presence of
an audience which thoroughly tested
the seating capacity of the spacious
chapel. f''N'0"'
LIE body Of W, W. Ingram, a we'll.
known resident Of Chicago, was found
on the 18th, In the woods near Micbi.
CANINE, Mich, lying beside the BODY
o' a deer which the deceased had evi.
IDENTITY shot. Both man and animal
were covered with snow. Mr.. Ingram
was about 7years of age.
LIE child OF Washington Mckinley
VINO lives at Sparta, O., was killed in n
curious manner. She was walking
rom school with lead pencil in her
hand, when she tripped and fell. the
POINT OF the pencil pentrating the
'hest and probably striking tile heart
ON the 18th dispatch was received
New York city, from Madrid, to the .
'fect that Gen. Weyler had resigned l
Is captain-general Of the Spanish army ]
II Cuba, and that Gen. Prapdo hud {
'een named by the government, as his
uccessor I
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., is at last going '
o get protection in case of war; The
'arbor, which has been entirely with.
MT protection, as well as the navy v
ard, is all to be changed, and 1t is ex- 4
ected that before q year has gone bv y
'ortsnouth harbor will be imppgna- 8
lie to foreign battle-ships. d
The work of preparing coast de- 9
snses for Boston harbor and navy Ct
ard is to be commenced at once.
artery, consisting Of two eight-inch !,
isappearing guns, will be placed at ~
oint Constitution. on the site Of the IL
ID light house. 1t is expected that the al
will be flushed by Janu- o"' "
y |, 1897. ef
E. w. CURRY, chairman of the Iowa ~
state central committee. "
ed, on the 18th, at the Savoy hotel, ~,
Des Moines, where he had been sick y, ~
r two months. Mr.. Curry's death is T., T.,
ported to have been the result of in ~ ~
ries received while being initiated ~
to a Des Moines lodge of Elks. ~, ~
Hon. JOHN w. FOSTER and wife ar
'cd in Honolulu on the I'd, and has
ice held frequent conferences with
vernment officials and leading roy
sts, indicating that he Is studying m,
awalian affairs with reference to an po
xatlon. He has stated to German ~.
inters who oppose annexation that ~
1t Is defeated he believes the reci- '"I
petty treaty will be annulled. q
iEoRGE A. MORRISON, the defaulting M M
unity treasurer of Rensselaer, coun- "0t
New York, began his ten yearsand i
months sentence In Clinton prison Ora
the 10th. Morrison was also cashier fou
the National bank Of Troy, yet he at
yes his wife and family without a 7
It. AL,
HE federal grand jury at Chicago the
urned 10 indictments, on the 10Th, "a
which seven were against counter A..
ers and passers Of counterfeit coins. ~ -,
, other nine were against small vio- ~
,rs Of the internal revenue laws in mas
sale of liquors, Ar
ATRIcK CR0NIN, aged 20, prisoner n"'
lpcd from q rapidly.moving train . re
ween Erie and Pittsburgh, Pa. on Few
10Th, and was fatally injured. lie secs
followed by Thos. McCrca, wat- unb
Of the Erie penitentiary, his guard, Al
, was killed on
Al. WINFIELD D. OsaooD, OF the Ohit
an insurgent artillery, with Gen. Hun
,eo, Boston boy, and not long ago won
nous half back on the Pennsylva. on t
football eleven, has at last been slasl
ID from, and the report Of his death III
ne hands of the Spanish forces is coa,
ZEN false. lIor
AIRY SHERWOOD, aged a3 years ous
ager Of the title department of the ,tor,
louis Trust Co., and son Of Justice IN.
wood OF the Missouri supreme ~, v
t, committed suicide at his home ~ NJ.
he western part Of st. Louis, on :.
10Th, by shooting himself through g o.
head, dying instantly. No cause 'p ~
own for the rash act. an
INcE OTTO OF Stolberg-W -Wernige. rum
died, on the night of the 10th, at f'ote
aigerode. He was born at Codem, b'en
ber 80, 1887. He was general In wbic
russian cavalry and president Of light
diet. III
Wilmington, Del, q slight earth strk
9 shock was felt on the Goth. Sew. tther
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