Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-06-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
New YORK capitalists have closed the
purchase of the famous group of San
Pavier mines from the Boston owners
The mines are located Is miles south
of Tuscon, Ariz
CONGRESSMAN GEORGE WHITE, of Hi
nois has reappointed John W, Smith
to the naval academy by sending his
name to the secretary of the navy.
Smith is a colored pupil of Il Chicago
high school. He was nominated last
fall by Mr.. White, bat failed to pass the
examination u month ago. lie will be
examined again in September.
john G, BRADY, of Alaska, has been
nominated to be governor Of that dis
trict, and c. w. Tuttle, of Indiana and
John h. Crane, of Illinois, have been
appointed commissioners for Alaska.
A DELEGATION of Cheyenne Indians
interviewed Gov. Barnes of Oklahoma,
on the 10th, regarding the enforce
ment Of the law abolishing polygamy,
which takes effect July /. The gov
ernor informed them they would have
to choose one among their many wives
and abandon the others.
WILLIAM X. VANDERBILT has left on
board his yacht, Valiant, for a long
cruise. He will attend the jubilee fes-
tivities, visit st. Petersburg, and then
go to the Mediterranean.
A DISPATCH from Havana, June Is,
said: Mariano n suburb Of Havana,
has been attacked by the Cubans un-
der Cardcnas and Arangueren. The
fight lasted several hours, and rein
forcements from the capital came to
the aid of the Spaniards. The losses
on both sides were heavy.
ACCORDING to Constantinople dis
patch of the 18th the porte will form
90 new cavalry regiments in the
Elasona and Salonika districts, and an
imperial trade raises the army war foot
ing to 700,0 900 men, while 100000
Mauscr rifles have been purchased.
AN intimate friend..of Grover Cleve-
land says that the cX-prcsident has re-
tired from active life permanently. lie
will not resume the practice of law,
A CONSTABLE of Cranston, X, l., who
spied upon lovers, was shot by the man,
and is dead.
PRESIDENT ANDREW S. DRAPER OF the
Illinois state university, at the Ohio
state university commencement on
the 10th, gave his address to reporter
who failed to return it in time for de-
livery by the speaker President
Draper accordingly gave another adj
dress, and the reporter who got the
copy also got left
GEN. REBIILor, who is % years OF
age, fought duel with swords, on the
10th, with NJ Camille de st. CroiX, the
author of an article on the part taken
by the general in the coup d'etat OF
December 3, 1851. Gen. Reblllot was
wounded above the eye.
DANIEL O'CoNNELI. son OF the Irish
| liberal of the same name, died IN Lon
don on the 10th.
THE degree of LII. d. was conferred
upon ex- President Cleveland by Prince
tonuniversity on the 10th.
A DISPATCH from Havana, on the
10Th, said that Gen. Quantin Bandera
led large force of Spanish soldiers
from their barricade into ambush, ,and
there fell upon and annihilatcd them
on the cath there will be solemnized
in Bismarck, 5. d., the wedding OF
Sioux Indian maiden and a foreigner
of wealth and social prestige. Inc
bride will be Picture Eyes, the daugh'
ter of John Moose, an old warrior who
has scalped many white man. Ihe
prospective groom is Thomas Dulaihs
Cronan. an lrishman.
MORE tea is now ahoat on the Pacific
ocean than ever before at one time, II
order to enter before the Dingley OIL
goes into effect One thousand tons OF
the new crop has been landed IN Ia
coma, Wash, and 1000, 900 pounds are
ON the ocean. The Canadian line Is
also bringing heavy shipments
To1AN ISRAEL GIDEON BARNETT, o.
Montreal, Can, claims to be prother
of the late Barney Barnato the Sou'h
African diamond king. He says Bar
nato's real name was Baraey Isaac Airi
Barnett. , ,,u,
Tur bronze statue of "Winged Lib
ertyo presented to the battlesh'p MAS
sachusetts by the Bay State, was un
yelled, on the 18th, by Gov. WolcotI'
ISAAC NORTON, cashier of the unite'
States internal revenue department. IL
San Francisco, committed suicide OIL
the nth, taking carbolic acid :,
Two THOUSAND men, women ana chii
dron. made desperate by hunger p"
raded the streets of Matanzas' .uoa
on the 18th, demanding bread friVa''
residences were broken into ana gro
cerv stores looted before the opah,si
nol;ce. with drawn swords, succeeuc'
in quelling the riot. ,.,,,
SEVERAL. weeks ago a COW peiohSi"e
TO Joel Beasley, farmer near oen',e W
town, Ohio county, KY, was oi''ch " y
stray dog afflicted with RABIES WHY, .'
fact was unknown to the iarin,i' W.. W..
continued using the milk. While miiN
inn the animal some Of the nuid en-
tered s n small scratch on the palm OF NJ
hand, and on the 18th he died OF lock
| jaw. ,ssod over tb,
outslkirts OF the city of Paris france
ssnsinr the loss of about twenty 1--we
snd injuring about ninety pefs0aA