Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-02-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

| The three-year-old daughter of Will
liam Wilson, of Canfeld, O., while
playing with sulphur matches, ate off
the heads and died from the effects
of the poison within two hours of
the occurrence.
A Mrs. BRoKAw, of Brooklyn, who
is described as new" woman, has
gone into the cemetery business. On
piece of ground in the suburbs she
is preparing a last resting place for pet
dogs.
A JOINT resolution to revive the
grade of acknowledgement of the
United States army was introduced in
the senate, on the 10th, by Mr.. Ell1ins,
of West Virginia, and referred to the
committee on military affairs.
I THE board of inquiry that investi-
gated the grounding of the steamship
st. Paul exonerated Capt. Jameson of
any culpability in the matter.
THE vote on the Arizona statehood
bill has been reconsidered in the house
committee on territories, and it now
stands unprejudiced, as it did before
the vote sidetraclsing it was taken.
THE pardon of ex-United States Con-
sui Waller, a prisoner in France on
conviction of treason in Madagascar,
was sent to President Faure, on the
10th, for signature.
The young king of Corea has arrived
ut St. Petersburg with the object of
seeking the protection of Russia for his
country.
A DISPATCH from Havana says that 30
days is the limit which Gen. Weyler
has set for the wiping out of the revo-
luton. He promised delegation of
sugar planters that by March Is the
country would be cleared of the insur-
gents.
THE city of Guthrie, Okla, retains
title to Noble park, containing almost
IS acres, in West Guthrie, by decision
rendered by Secretary Smith, affirming
a lower ruling.
J. 7. LAMBoRN, wealthy farmer,
was found murdered in his house at
Fall Leaf, Kas., on the 10th. The
murderers literally chopped the old
man to pieces. They left no clew.
A FIRE occurred during a masked
ball at San Tarem, Portugal, and in the
ensuing panic many lives were lost
Forty dead bodies were recovered.
THE grand lodge of Kansas has de-
cidcd to establish Masonic home in
that state. The location has not been
fixed.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND in denying a
pardon, on the Goth, to +. M. o. Hol-
ston, convicted of forgery in pension
case, said he was decidedly in favor of
strict punishment sin case like this
which involves the swindling of the
poor and needy veteran and prostitu-
tion Of the benevolent intentions of
the government as embodied in its (
pension law"
AN expedition ound for the interior
of Labrador will leave Philadelphia, in
June, for the purpose of studying the
Esquimeaux and collecting specimens
of the flora and fauna of that region.
Prof. Frank Russell, curator of the
University of Iowa, will accompany
the expedition as archeologist.
On the goth the president signed the
act to extend the mineral land laws
of the United States to lands en-
braced in the north half of the Col
vile Indian reservation.
THE secretary of the interior, on the
Goth, approved school indemnity selec-
tions embracing 1875 acres of land
nuring to The state of Minnesota, sit
uated in the Marshal, st. Cloud and
Duluth land districts.
DrrArr q ~ fl,a dx,na,,,fr n .,,v,~1 ,,ef.,,s n 4
Viedendorp, Transvaal, show that
thousands of persons have been rem
dered homeless by the terrible calamity
of the 10Th; 100 persons are believed to
have been killed, 200 men, women and
children severely wounded, and many
others have been more or less injured.
EUGENE FAFE, noted band-instru-
ment maker, living at Ellxhart, Ind,
while intoxicated, on the 10th, lay
down in his front yard and, his wife
being away from home, was not dis
covered until the morning of the goth,
when he was found to be so badly
frozen that he will die.
A. LEEMAN, OF Willkesbarre, Pa,
claims to be the owner OF Martin
Luther's wedding ring. Leeman says
tho valuable relic came into the pos
session of the family 40 years ago. 1t
was purchased IN Europe.
ALBERT /. FOSTER, for five years tax
collector at Concord, N. IT,, was ar
rested, on the oist, on two complaints
him with the embezzlelnent
OF $4,000 Of the funds received by
atm. He admitted his guilt and snld
10 lcst the money In 4 hupketshop IN
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