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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


In tho issue OF the Mississippi Farmer
that was recently gotten out by the
school teachers OF Attala county was
printed tho following list of colleges in
Mississippi, together with some interest
ing statistics as to number of educable
in the State and expenses OF
the public school SYSTEM
STATE scnooLs-wHITE.
University Oxford, both sexes.
Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stark
vile, male.
Industrial Institute and College, Columbus
female.
Deaf and Dumb Institute, Jackson.
Institute for Blind.
STATE sCHooLs-cOLoRFD.
State Normal School, Holly Springs.
Tougaloo University, Tougaloo.
Alcorn A. and NJ. College, Westsde.
CHURCH OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS.
Jefferson College, Washington.
Stanton College, NaicheZ.
Mississippi Normal College, Houston.
Central Mississippi Institute and Academy,
French Camp.
Chamberlain Hunt Academy, Port Gibson.
Port Gibson Female College, Fort Gibson.
Southern Female College, West Point.
Grenada Collegiate Institute, Grenada.
Stanslaus College, Bay St. Louis
Gull Coast College, Handsboro.
ST. Joseph School, Pass Christian.
Mississippi College, Clinton.
Milsaps College, Jackson.
Bclhayen College, Jackson.
Harris Business College, jackson.
Lexington Normal, Lexington.
Fayetie College, Fayette.
Union Female College, oxford.
East Mississippi Female College, Meridian.
Queen City Business College, Meridian,
Stone College, Shuqualak.
WhitwOrih College, Brookhaven.
North Mississippi Female College, Holly
Springs.
s.. Thomas Hall, Holly Springs.
Magnolia College, Magnolia.
McComb City Institute, McComb City.
Harpervllle College, liarpervIlle.
Blue Mountain Female College, Blue
Mountain,
Edward McGee College, Woodylle.
Hamilton College, Water Valley.
luka Normal Institute, luka.
CoLoRED. CHURCH OR PRIVATE.
Central Mississippi College, Kosclusko.
Baptist College, Naichez.
Jackson College, Jackson.
Brooks Academy. Meridian.
Congregational School.
Rust University, Holly Springs.
Mary Holmes College, West Point.
THE STATE PUBLIC sCHooLs-sTATIsTICAL AL
population Mississippi, United States Censua
1890, 1,2s7 ,423.)
Number educable children 1884 ....... BAT ,53l
Numbered enrolled in public school. 3s5,2si
Average daily attendance ....... .... 206, "a
Number public schools taught .......- 5,9ss
Number teachers employed in public
schools ,...,,. Observation-Disclosures. 100
Number of separate school districts, 81
FINANCIAL.
Total value school property ......... 81, ,52e, ,ss
| Total revenue for public schools ....... 1,414, II
| Amount expended for public schools. 1926
| Amount expended for State institutions 1890
| Total amount expended for State ed
| ucati0n ..,..,...,.............1,3 1883, ,46
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
SPANIARDS ROUTED.
A Combined Attack Upon the Insurgents
ResultS nisaStraugly tn the Sunnish.

A Combined Attack Upon the Insurgents
Results Disastrously to the Spanish.
HAVANA, Aug. 17.-Thc raids made
around the principal towns near lla-
vRna by the insurgent, Col. Raoul
Arrange his continual raids upon the
towns and the many challenges sent by
him to Gen. Weyler and all the other
commanders of the Spanish troops in
Havana province, led to combined at
tack upon him by the Spanish forces
of Gen. Morote and Col Aguilera.
Col. Arrange was fortified with 500
men in the hills of FL Grillo, near Ma
druga, and repealed successfully three
attacks of the Spaniards. After the
first attack Gen. Morote and Col. Agui.
lera retreated with heavy losses, among
them Maj. Cevil, Capt. Morguila and
five leutenants. On the field in front
of Arango's trenches they left Is SOL
diers dead and IL wounded.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
Cattle Industry in Mississippi.

Twenty carloads of cattle have been
recently shipped from West Point to
Kansas, and this leads the Forum
Gazette to claim the largest single ship
ment OF cattle ever made in the State.
Twenty carloads is pretty good show
ing, but unless they were loaded un-
usually heavy Brandon is still entitled
to the distinction of having made the
largest single sale Of cattle ever made
in the Statc-S00 head to ono purchaser
in one transaction. Mississippi is forg-
ing to the front in more ways than one,
and cattle raising is not one Of the least
II is asserted and is perhaps true that
this State now raises more cattle than
any other excepting Texas. The dis
covery of the fact that cottonseed hulls
and meal, a Southern farm product once
used to stop gullios with or thrown
away as worthless even for that, has
brought about a great revolution in the
matter of cattle raising, cattle feeding,
butter maRing, dairying, etc, and is
worth untold millions to the farmers OF
tho country.-Cleveland Ledger.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21

C. ]. Neelev, tho manager on Z. ID.
Graham's Paradise Plantation, four
miles west of lilendora, while clearing
land put to death what might be con.
sidered good sized rattlesnake few
DAYS ago. The reptile measured 8 feet
inch long and l9lS inches around In
the largest place, The ratller weighed
TN pounds and hNd ~ rattles,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

On account OF the murder OF Earl
McAdams, a white man, by negro all
negroes have left Leonard, Texas. They
were warned to leave and did so.
WM. C. WILSON was brutally murdered
at Philadelphia on the 10th in his place
of business. The crime was committed
by thieves, who deliberately lay in walt
for their victim, and after numbering
him accomplished their purpose os rob-
berry.
Tur steamer El Rio arrived at New
York on the 10th, having made the trip
from New Orleans in days, 20 hours
and "a minutes, being the fastest on
record.
TmE Georgia Central Railroad Com
pany has declared first dividend OF "a
per cent on the first series of S4oO, ooo or
income bonds.
A TERRIFIC storm swept over HICKS
vile, Ohio, on the 18th, doing Slo'ooo
damage in unroofing and otherwise IN
turing buildings. Tho loss to crops IN
tho surrounding country is great
Two men and woman near kensins'
ton, Ky., were fearfully beaten by
whiteca ppers on the nightof the 18TH
TIE miners strike in Alabama Is en-
l., and tha jefferson company
agreeing not to cut prices
THE Prince of Orleans and the ooun'
of Turin fought duel on the lotn IN
the suburbs of Paris. The battle las1eu
almost an hour. The Prince OF orleans
WAS wounded three times ana the Coun'
of Turin received a slight wound on the
hand.
AcAsE Of smallpox in the negro sec
t,on OF tho town of Hartsslle, Ala'' ha'
caused that part Of the town 70 o'
rl,ced under quarantine by the county
board OF health.
Tur value of foreign merchandise I'm
norted into the United States ana suo
seouently exported, during tne g. las >,
fiscal year, amounted to $ls''so's'o' ~ ~
com pared with s1e,4os' 4Sl foF the neA
preceding year. AAHn .,,t,
Peter MONAGHAN, dged "A, VIII
murderer, was hanged at Baltimore Oh
lthe 1stb. He was buried at the slae 0
the woman he murdered ,,,. vi;
4 ELI BunSEy, forbidden 70 v's'' y, =,
sweetheart shot and fatally "vvnIo, ,vSl,a
1.-The girls father, V. b. Green AZ '" "n'''
head, Ala, on the 18TH
Ar unknown man ATTEMPTED 10 rs
Isasslna.o a 1-year.old boy near D0"nn'
Green, KY, on tho lssS'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
THE GRAIN SITUATION.
The Mark Lane Express Summary of the
European Wheat Crop.

LONDON, Aug. 1T.-The Mark Lane
Express, in its weekly review of the
grain situation, says:
The French wheat harvest over yield
is estimated at 33,000,000 quarters,
though excellent Judges say it is not
so much.
The German yield is expected to be
1000, 900 quarters below that of 1896.
Austria Hungary will be almost self
supporting with none for export.
Russia reports that her wheat is
somewhat below the average, though
not seriously so.
In conclusion the Mark Lane Express
notes the curious fact that England
last week exported wheat to France.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
AMER TAKES THE HINT.
His Subjects Prohibited Joining Indiaa
Rebels Now In Arms.

His Subjects Prohibited Joining Indiaa
Rebels Now In Arms.
SIMLA. Aug. 1.-THE ameer of At
phani stan has issued firman forbid
ding his subjects to join the rebels
who are now in arms against the
indian government, and the At
CHAN governor OF Khost has been
ordered to punish the Afghans who
have been raiding camels belonging to
the Tochi punitive expedition.
European and native reinforcements
have been ordered 70 Kohat, immedi-
Nteiy, 10 order 70 overawe the Afridah
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
stevens Is Free.

The man for whom City Marshal
Ewing of Jackson went to Missouri, and
who made such desperate leap from a
rapidly moving train near Fulton, Ky,
who was recaptured after three days
search and brought to Jackson to stand
irial for the murder of Deputy Sheriff
White, is now free. Tho murder case
was thrown out of the jackson court,
and the Raymond grand jury has failed
to indict him for robbery, as it was ex-
pected to do.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
WITHOUT SOLICITATION.
Wages OF 1892 to be Restored on Septem-
ber q Next.

ber q Next.
CHESTER, Pa, Aug. 1.-THE en-
ployes of George c. Holtzell & CO.,
manufacturers of worsted goods,
have been notified that the wages
paid in 1892 would be restored on
September next. The notice was a
surprise, as the restoration was granted
by the firm without solicitation on the
part OF the hands
Since 1892 two reductions Of wages
have been made, aggregating about 30
per cent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
Resumed Work.

The Natchez cotton mills, which sus-
pended operations two weeks ago on &C
count Of the lack OF raw cotton, has re-
sumed work with full force, the neces-
sary staple having teen secured.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
Found Dead.

A white man, going by the name OF
Mccoy, who had been at work some
three weeks past near Durant, was
found dead by the railroad track few
days ago. His head was split open with
some sharp or hard instrument, welded
by some murderous hand, as investiga-
ton showed, As his effects and letters
proved, he was sailing under an assumed
name, his right name being John NJ.
Bullock, and he was evidently a fugi-
tive from justice, as was evidenced by
letters found in his coat pocket advising
him not to 60 back, the letters not
stating whore. One letter was writton
from Oxford, Miss, and signed Luther
Adair. Another was written from
Greenville, Miss, but not signed, but
was evidently written by the same
party who wrote from Oxford as the
two letters treated of the same subject.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
Encouraging Signs.

1t is said that when we have fine
fruit crop that we are almost certain to
have a fine corn and cotton crop. II
that be true, and We believe that it is q
good sign, tho crop this year will be all
that is desired. The watermelons,
peaches and other fruits which have
been brought to Aberdeen this sum mmer
simply surpass anything that we have
ever seen. One beauty about the fruit
this year is that it is unusually large
and delicious. Aberdeen Weekly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-08-21
MisuuderstOOd.

"Well, played golf with my wife this
morning" said the man at the club
(Which won?" said the man at the lit
tie table. :.
The first man looked up, twisted his
mouth around bit, started to say some'
thing, but refrained.
The other one looked up,
(Which won?" he repeated.
(Which one?" said the other angrily.
"What do you think am, Turk nr a Nor
mon ?"-Butfalo Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
A Clever Companion.

The Chicago Chronicle says that the
president Of the Waupaca and Nishna
Railroad company recently called OH
Chauncey NJ. Depew. "What can do
for your" Mr.. Depew asked, letting the
smile he uses on such occasions have
full swing at the visitor. 81 dropped III
TO see you, Mr.. Depew-to ask for an
exchange Of courtesies. L am tie presl-
dent of the Waupaca and Nishna Rail-
road company. | would like TO have a
pass over your road and will extend the
same courtesy to yourself over my
road.
Depew looked thoughtful for MIN
nte. Then he said, "Where is your
road?' 'Why, it's out in Wisconsin. "
"Is it rated in Poor's Manual?" "Oh,
YES. indeed! We paid nice dividend
last year" "Strange l never heard OF
your road. How long is it!' I'VE are
operating 67 miles this year. F." What
Sixty-seven miles? And you call that al
exchange of courtesies, and the Wander
bilt system has its thousands OF miles!
Depew assumed his most cavalier al
| as he launched that question at the hea'
of the president of the Waupaca am
Nishna, and then he waited for a reply
"Well, Mr.. Depew," said the wester
railroad president as he rose to &c
"your road may be little longer tina
mine, but it amt any wider. "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
How to Sell Old Clothing.

st thought was shrewd and knew
how to drive bargain. said young
West street merchant, but this morn
ing my wife gave me pointer. Some
time ago sold four old suits of clothes
to a perambulating buyer, and all got
wsss 20. My wife said was swindled.
-Four more suits were to be disposed
of this morning. My wife watched until
the first cry of old clothes! Cash!
was heard. Inviting the crier in, she
showed him one suit. He asked If that
was all, and she answered, All that 1
want to sell now. After spirited nego-
tiations the dealer paid $l.25 and took
the suit. In IL few minutes along came
another old clothes man. After asking
if the one suit offered was all she had
to sell, and being told that it was all
she wished to sell then, the usual pro-
ceedings followed. He took the suit and
left $1.35.
"The third suit was sold to the THIRD
man for $115, and the fourth went tc
the fourth mar for $1.20
"'There, said my wife. 1 got "a. "
for what you got 81 for. l said moth
ing. New York Herald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
A st.ry Of Cecil Rhodes.

Often mentioned IL Cecil RhodeS ais
like TO women and Tho fact thst iis VIII
not allow q female TO serve han IN any
way. He had . secretary to wAom no
was much attached. One dsy no an
nounoed the fact that he was going 20
he married. The chief was thunder
strnok. and after glaring at him Tor a
second growled out, where the devil
am I 70 get another secretary" and then
walked out OF the room and banged 'ne
door. His innate goodness OF heart,
however, prevailed after bis' ior no
nresented the bride with some lovely
diamonds, and when. soon after, ne iei
for England no lent the young couple
his carriages and horses, 20 that the on
Tending bride was enabled to return hsl
wedding G. Ia at bis eIpensei IL never
occurred to him, however, to keep d.
favorite secretary on. The mere fact OF
his marrying put that quite out OF 'ne
pale OF possibility.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
A Heartless Arrangement.

"Talk of irrationality of women"
said the woman who was managing the
amateur theatricals, "the men beat
them On their own ground sometimes.
The Harvard boys gave performance
here not so very long ago, when they
charged 81 for seats which were not re-
served, but went on the plan OF first
come first served. They then evolved
the brilliant idea of selling admission
tickets for 81, not rejecting that, as
there were no coupons to show, there
was nothing to prevent 81 person
from occupying So seat. If we had
done it. what howl there would have
been of Just like woman's idea OF
businessv And at one of our rehearsals
we had a lot Of college boys who were
to represent crowd. They came In
their ordinary suits This is winter
scene, said the coach, and l want you
to look as though it were cold weather.
You must wear heavy overcoats at the
performance One youth looked trou-
bled. L haven't heavy overcoat, he
said. 4 don't know what I'll do, but,
Frightening, I'll put on an extra heavy
undershirt. New York Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
A Now Danger to Firemen.

Alta recent fire in the basement OF =
Ch;cago electric power house the fire.
men had great trouble in getting at the
blaze They had to chop holes in the
floor of the dynamo room betore 'ney
could get stream on the blazing PIE
~ waste. Not waiting for the dynamos
20 no shut down, they orept through tne
hIack smoke and turned stream ON tine
eomes In an instant they were hune
60 tbe ground with great violence, ana
the hose was sent flying into the ar a
heavy current had passed along 'ne
stream and had shocked them. Ihougn
''noousc;ous when rescued, they quickly
.ooorored -Electrica Review.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
Tho Barber Who Doesn't Use Gas.

A Germantown barber had just I'm
ished lathering his best customers face
the other day when the door gently
opened and mild looking man with
mink whiskers entered the shop. MY
friend" he inquired, do you use gas!'
Naturally inferring that the question
implied a doubt as to his ability to re-
move the hirsute adornment OF the face
without recourse to an~sthetics, the
barber arose in his wrath and smote the
stranger sore. When finally separated.
the mau with the pink whiskers emerged
from the fray with battered face, ana
the floor was strewn with gas burners.
'You didn't give me q chance to I'm
ish,' he sadly remarked as no wiped
his face with a bandanna handkerchief.
81 am introducing new gas burner on
the market, with patent tip, and
thought perhaps you would like to try
some" In his contriteness of spirit, the
barber bought two dozen. philadelphia
Record.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
He Made q Sale.

Yankee hustle has perhaps rarely
been better exemplified than in the case
of a sewing machine agent who exploit
ed the vicinity Of Dover, Me. He tack
led house In which lived an old bach
elor who hadn't sewing machine. The
agent was persistent and the bachelor
obdurate until finally the latter said ne
positively wouldn't buy machine I'M
less q woman to run 1t was also pro-
yided. Then the agent hunted around
and in six weeks had found an elderly
but excellent maiden lady, who had
been waiting for some good man &c
sneak out to her, and actually succeeded
in getting her married to the bachelor
Then he made a sale Of machine
though it might seem that he ought tt
have given one to the bride as pres
emit. This story is vouched for by the
Maine papers. -Exchange
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
Jast Resort For Dinner.

For sheer originality in matters
of food commend the following direc-
tions. which one of the Partisan papers
cave IN it's subscribers. The supplies
were getting lower and lower in the
Prussian girt city. Seine gudgeons
would not bite, so the anglers took 10
the sewers. "Take long, strong line
and large hook. Bait with tallow ana
gently agitate the rod. In few MN
~tes a rat will come and smell the sa-
worry morsel. 1t will be some time before &c re
he decides to swallow it, for his nature
IL cumming When he does, leave MN
Eve minutes to mediate on it, then pull
strongly and steadily. He will make se
convulsiye jumps, but be calm ana 90
not let his excitement gain on you
Draw him up, ct VOLTA votre diner -
London News.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
A TlGERlSH TURKISH MOB.
Hurderous Bludgeon Men In the Streets
OF Constantinople.

Nurderous Bludgeon Men In the Streets
OF Constantinople.
Such men as the bludgeon men one !
does not often see in the streets Of Con-
stantinople. OF the better class of Turks
there were none among them. They
were of class like the wharf rats and
longshoremen Of western lands. They
were Of all shades Of color, from the
white skinned Lac and Circassian to the
brown and hook nosed Kurd and the
coal black Nubian from Africa. Their
faces were a study of fearful passions.
There were faces scanned and SCARED
like the head of fighting bulldog; faces
distorted by malice and greed; faces
scared, as by fire, case hardened in ig-
norance of all except vice and ferocious
as an angry tiger. Some Of those faces
burned their way into my memory and
remained for days, a haunting revela-
tion Of brutal instincts and beastly de-
sires which made ore wonder how it
was possible to have lived in safety for
weeks in city containing such men.
These men were not armed, in the
common sense of the word. Some of
them had revolvers, and the most CT
them had knives. But they seldom used
either, for awkward questions might be
raised if the police were called to ao-
count for failing to arrest armed civil
ians on the streets. Carrying ax helves,
pickax handles, heavy clubs, like base
ball bats; Jagged fragments of broken
cantling--carrying anything that can
crush the skull Of man-this horrible
rabble flooded the streets Of all Chris
tian quarters of the city, like an all DIES
olaling tidal wave, silent but irresisti-
BILE. Their silence by day was almost as
terrible as their bowls by night. They
would be seen going along the street,
when they would meet an Armenian
who had ventured to attempt to reach
his home Without word they would
break in his skull and go on their way
entirely unmoved and hardly having
spoken loud word If resistance wa
offered, they had only to say. "Th
Giaours resistl' and horde OF thel
fellows would come running from al
|, directions to destroy one who had prov
T, ed his seditious quality by daring to re
sist a Mussulman. IA Bystander
Notes of a Massacre, by WAN Troshine
in Scribner's.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
rho Issue at the APP
:" nvroaching Village
Election.
,,,,, Be Municipal Lighting
ne Put IN the Field In
i' r.yor ofI,-A. ). scott 10 "e
nj the Head.

,..,o at the approaching village
ln l!s ,'i i going 70 be. shall the village
" '%'' and operate its own electric ''So''nS
plsntY .,. from the candid an
,o" r OF the supporters . o, 'h sd ps0
n NV that they will place in the ne'a a
l@' 'I CO.. village president and trustees
t 1. ~ ~ whom are to be elected which
'l mS 50 RIM on an electric light platform.
WI, ..ohsble that A. J. Scott Will head
-, nG ,etet, At the solicitation OF great
'ul' 30 has about decided to go IN Tor
. %aD "ostiop. He tlied lohave fret place
" ~ ticket occupied by some one else
,,..irc as trustee 70 support the
p paorsmept. but the friends OF municipal
sl..t,ic lighting urged that he had oeeh
u's' Tho move that he has been pres
Nv. nro fem of the board 40 long thai
"ow the proper place for him to be on an
a n'r ligbt ticket is at ita head.
The supporters OF the idea do not wiSh
...roit understood that they are Tor
raIoUe electric light plant whether or no.
hOt simply that they desire to have a
soo,d Of trustees that will investigate the
matter and If it appears to the members
r.,;no,s mon that il would be advan-
tareous to act accordingly.
This open declaration having been
made IL is. in order for those who oppose
mnnicipal control of the village lighting
20 MACE in the field when the time comes
Nm onposltion ticket. This would cause
tho nros and cons of the matter to be
rome thoroughly known and an intelli
gent idea OF the desires OF the community
on the subject would be shown by th'
vote.
For good many years the presiden
and trustees OF Hancock have been elect
ed with no opposition, the fight, whe'
there was any, being made in the coun
ellis. With an issue affecting one and al
the village election next March will no
be the tame affair OF past years.
The trustees to go out are Scott, Fun
key and Ruppe, those now on the boar
and remaining being Wright, Rourke an
Kerredge