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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
Two Children Suffocated In a Burning
Building In Chicago.

CHICAGO, May
A distressing and ptiful scene was wit
ncssed yesterday morning at fire which
broke out about ten o'clock In three-st0ry
brick tenement house at the northwest
corner of Clark and Eighteenth streets.
The building is occupied in the upper floors
by poor people, who earn scant subsist-
ance by working out, or taking In sewing.
Among them Is eolored woman, named
Mrs. William Taylor, whose husband has
not lived with her for some time, and who
has been left alone to provide for the wants
of two little children--one three and the
other two years old Yesterday morning Mrs.
Taylor went out on an errand, leaving the
two children playing on the floor.
About ten O'Clock volume OF smoke was
seen issuing from the windows, and In .
very short time flames began to spread. The
alarm was given, and several engines were
promptly on the ground. The firemen soon
had the blaze under control, and search was
Mt once made for victims, and IN a few min
utes the bodies of the two little boys were
discovered in % small room near the one their
mother occupied.
They had both been choked to death by the
smoke The oldest boy was also considera-
bly, burned about the head and body, but
the younger child showed hardly any marks
of being scorched by the blaze. The moth
er, who had returned during the progress OF
the fire, was almost wild with despair, and
it was with difficulty that she was prevented
from rushing into the burning building.
When the bodies of her children were found
her cries were heart-rendng.
In one of the rooms on the second floor,
while the fire was in progress, an old blind
colored man, known among the folks In that
neghborhood, made a narrow escape. In
the excitement his presence there had been
forgotten for moment, but some people In
a grocery next door made rush for the
room he was in, and succeeded in dragging
the old man out, safe and sound.
The mother of the two children says she
has no idea of how the fire began, as she
had left no fire burning in the stove when
she went out. 1t was not unusual for her
to leave the children alone for time when
she went out on errands. She had no other
way to do being left alone by her husband.
1t is supposed that the boys must have found
some matches and amused themselves by
lighting them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
The Monthly Crop Report Shortage In
Wheat.
wAsHrsoros, May II.

WAsHISGTON, May II.
Following Is brief synopsis Of the Agri-
cultural Department crop report as to spring
and winter wheat;
The May returns for spripg wheat are low
er as compared with those Of April. This Is
owing 10 frosts and backward season. The
average as compared with April is II for
New York; Michigan, SO; Ohio, 90, and llli-
nois, &c. There is a further loss from
the plowing-up of large areas.
The reduction In Missouri Is from SO
to 80; Indiana, rs; New Jersey, 101-about
the same as April. All the remaining
Northern States show an improvement since
April. This Is true OF the Pacific Coast and
Of nearly all the Southern States Connecti-
cut, 90; Pennsylvania, 95; Delaware, s5;
Maryland, 90; Virginia, 81: North Caro-
lima, 96; South Carolina, 9S; Georgia, OF;
Alabama, as; Mississippi %; Texas, 81;
Arkansas, Sc; Tennessee, So: West Vir-
ginia, 80: Kentucky, 81; Kansas, 91; CALI
fornia, II; Oregon, 72. This is an Inn
provement of fifteen points for California
and OF seventeen for Oregon.
The average condition OF winter wheat Is
S31S, against so. The breadth of the pres
ent acreage Is 20 per cent. less, representing
a loss Of 77,000, 900 bushels. Reports from
London agents show some improvement in
last month. A smaller acreage was sown In
England. In France and Germany rain and
higher temperature are wanted. There are
prospects of reduced crop on the Continent
owing to frost and reduced acreage. In
Austria Hungary there is a prospect Of a
medium crop.
There was intense interest here to obtain
the crop report from the Agricultural De-
partment early in the day, but all attempts
10 do this proved unsuccessful. The Conn
missioner OF Agriculture was able to prevent
any premature publication of the results,
and II certainly can not be charged
against the Department that it had any
completely in stock-jobbng. The ex-
traordinarily backward season, the heavy
frosts, and the long-continued SHOWS had
created an impression that the acreage and
yield of spring and winter wheat would be
much less than it was last year Some OF
the leading experts had placed the loss Of
wheat at 100, 1000, 600 bushels. While
tAe result is not so unfav0rable as
the crop report shows loss in WIN
ter wheat of 77,000, 900 bushels, and cor
responding reduction in spring wheat. II is
to be noted, however, that the decrease is
not uniform; that on the Pacific Coast, for
instance, there is a gain of fifteen points In
California and seventeen points in Oregon,
but on the wkole the Agricultural De.
partment report seems to confirm the gloomy
views which have been entertained by
many.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
CIyiI.sERvICR RULES.

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Inc etviFservice rules were yes'eIusy
morning approved by the President. The
rules, as approved, arc twenty-five In num-
bar. The clanse nre,ip,inarv IN tho niles
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President" and goes on TO say that he
hereby promulRates the rules. Below Is
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

KINGSTON, N ", Mays ..
Early Saturday morning fire broke out
IN building owned by Matthew Larkin, Jr.,
at Meadow and Chambers streets. 1t was
occupied by Moses Rosenburg. His wife,
with himself and four step-children,
were asleep on the upper floors, and
were at once imprisoned by the
flames below. She jumped from the
window, followed by two of the children,
who were caught safely by some men below.
The cries of the other children being heard
within, the father was told to rescue them
and throw them out, but it is said he refused
to make the attempt, and at once sprung to
the ground himself, leaving Rosa, aged four
teen, and David, aged four, to perish in the
flames. The adjoining grocery store Of
Joseph Costello and several dwelling apart
ments also were destroyed. The alarm was
not promptly given, and the fire was under
full headway when the firemen arrived.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

There are three hundred women
employed As Journalists in the United
States
.--Nrn President Tyler dresses her
hair prccisely a. ne did when : Young
bride h the White House.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
HUMOROUS.

"A man of pluck-A pickpocket. -
Burlingfop Free Press.
Marriage is lottery. but we have
not heard that love letters are deniei
the privilege of the mails.
An Old Song Revised:-
What is a ship without . sail?
Adieu, my lover, adieui
What is monkey without tafl2
A dude, my lover a dude. aunt.
The first passenger train passed
over the Pemigewasset Railroad a short
time since III that word should ever
get upon the track there will be fear
ful smash-up. Sonterrilic journal.
A Young man, while out hunting
for his fathers pig, accosted an Irish
man as follows: Have you seen stray
pig about here?' Pat responded:
..Faix, how could / tell stray pig
from any other?"
They are not very fashionable out
on the Western frontier, but they know
how to lead the german. The other
day some vigilants put rope around
German horse thief's neck and led him
to a trec.-Harlem Times.
Teacher" Well. how stupid you
are, to be sure! Can't multiply eighty
eight by twenty-five! I'll wager that
Charles can do it in less than no time"
Absurd pupil-'I shouldn't be sur
prised. They say fools multiply very
rapidly these days.
Tho editor of the Breckenridge
(Ky.) NeWs says he put the poem of
"The Beautiful Snow in type in the
fall of 1852, when Faxon, of the Buffalo
Commercial, first wrote it. Thus the
dogs of The-Beautiful- Snow war are let
loose again.--Dctroh Post.
= Heard in the great West; "Is that
the Big Bonanza mine over theree'
Yes" And did that big pile of ore
come from itpn .Yes." ..All right, L
will stake out claim right here, go
back East and form company but
there is no ore in this part of the dis
trict, you knowp" "Never mind about
that. can say there is plenty of ore in
sight. Philadelphia Nesos
"A man who bought badly fitting
suit that was much too large for him,
was constantly taken to task by his
good wife for his folly. One evening
as their little daughter was retiring.
they were much surprised to overhear
the following conclusion of her evening
prayer: Please, God, make pa over
again, so as his clothes ii fit him, and
then ma won't nag at him no more.'-
RurGl NeW Yorker.
81 wish you would have the pegs
properly taken from these shoes, said
a Chicago girl to shoe dealer. from
whom she had purchased pair the day
before. "they hurt me so can not wear
them" Certainly, Miss was the
obliging answer. but am afraid you
will have to wait day or two." "Why
SOP" "Well, we already have a job Of
the same kind at the foundry. and the
steam peg scraper is not in very good
working order. "-St. Louis Republican,.
AND you say that you are inno-
cent of the charge of stealing rooster
from Mr.. Jonesp" asked an Arkansas
Judge of meek prisoner. "Yes, sir
am innocent-as innocent as child.
"You are confident that you did no
steal the rooster from Mr.. Jones?
"Yes, sir, and / can prove it. ca
prove that I didn't steal Mr.. Jones
rooster, Judge, because ! stole two hen
from Mr.. Garston the same night, an
Jones lives five miles from Garston's.
1.-The proof is conclusive" said Il
Judge; discharge the prisoner.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
PETROLEUM ABLAR.

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The entire fire department was summon
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the yari, hring tank after tk q tne east
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house. solid structure where barrelod Oh
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

A DISPATCH from Hermosillo on the
18th indicated that the Mexican troops had
a fight with the Apaches in mountain
stronghold, killing eleven and putting the
savages to flight. Five soldiers were killed
and eight wounded.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

CHIEF-JUsTICE BECK, of the Colorado
Supreme Court, has decided the act inop-
erative under which Packer, the San Juan
ghoul, and seven other murderers were
convicted. All would be Immediately re-
leased
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Florida Ship Canal Company
effected an organization on the 9th. Ex-
Governor Brown, of Tennessee, was elected
President. 1t was announced that S26, 600,
600 had been subscribed to the capital stock
of the company.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The United States Treasury balance
on the 18th amounted to nearly Sl30,Oo0,UO,
showing steady increase since the ID
inst, when the balance was S122,OoO,ooO.
The increase was due to the large receipts
from internal revenue since the list.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

IT is estimated at the Post-offiee De-
partment that under the recent change in
computing the commission of fourth-class
postmasters an expenditure of SGoO,0 900 more
than required under the old law viii be
necessary to settle accounts of fourth-class
offices up to October /, when the two-cent
law goes into operation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

AT Dublin, Ireland, on the 9th the
third trial of Timothy Kelly, charged with
participation in the murder of Cavendish
and Burke, was concluded. The jury found
a verdict of guilty against the prisoner and
he was sentenced to be hanged July q.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

COMPTROLLER KNOX reports the num-
ber of National Bap'.s which have been Or
ganized during the six months ended May
to be 1872, with capital of VA ,9os,ooO. of
these banks seventy, having a capital Of
s9,6so,OOO, were located in the Western
States.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

INreply to resolution censuring the
British Governments course in regard to
the Cubans taken by the Spanish authori-
ties at Gibraltar, Sir Charles Dixie denied
that England had right to demand a re-
turn of the prisoners.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Vandalia, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
& Chicago, and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati q
St. Louis Roads recently adopted new
rule, to take effect June /, that no single
piece of luggage weighing more than two
hundred and fifty pounds will be taken for
transportation in baggage cars
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The May reports on crop prospects
indicate falling of of 100000 bushels
In the winter wheat yield.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

Irish Revolutionary League was organized
in New York few days ago, with mem
bership of one hundred. Dynamite was the
rock upon which the society was built.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Prince of Wales, Duke of Rich
mond and Archbishop of Canterbury will
officiate at the opening of the International
Fisheries Exhibition at London, Eng.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

LORD CARLINGFoRp has again re-
fused to urge additional legislation against
the importation of foreign cattle into Eng
land, but he says strict inspection will be
enforced to keep out infection.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

A BILL has been introduced in the
British House of Commons providing that
at the expiration Of leases tenants shall be
compensated for improvements.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

MORE than 3,400 cmigrants sailed
from Queenstown for America during the
week ended on the 10th inst.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Liverpool (Eng.) dynamite de-
PENDANTS were remanded for another week
on the 11th. The London defendants were
committed for trial.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Prince of Wales formally opened
the School of Music at Kensington, Eng,
on the 7th. The Duke and Duchess of
Edinburgh and Gladstone were present at
the ceremony.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

In the fisheries exhibition at London,
Eng, 1t is said the exhibits from America
will exceed those of all the European coun-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The second trial of the Malloy dam
age suit against the New York Herald has
resulted in verdict for plaintiff for - 800.
In the first trial the verdict was for $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The death of Sir Thomas Bernard,
grandson Of the last British Governor Of
Massachusetts, has been announced.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The bishops of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church were in conference at Pitts
burgh, Pa, recently, arranging the di-
vision of work for the ensuing six months.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

THE business failures for the seven
days ended on the 11th numbered 1855, as
compared with 1852 last week. The Western
States had forty-five.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Parnelite members Of the Brit
ish Parliament have organized sub-com-
mittees ON local, foreign and financial af-
fairs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

Gold has been discovered on the poor
farm at Buffalo, N. Y, but not in sufficient
quantity to make mining profitable.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

A CONVENTION Of Free-thinkers Of
the United States and Canada is to be held
at Rochester, N. Y, beginning August 20,
and continuing five days.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

In the star-route case at Washington
on the sth Bliss closed his seven days ad-
dress to the jury, and this was announced
as the close of the Governments opening.
The Court ruled that the Government would
only be allowed one address in closing and
ms a consequence, Attorney-Generai Brew
ster would not take part in the argument.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

TEwFIK PAsHA, the new Turkish Min
lister, presented his credentials on the 1ith
at Washington.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

An error in the compromising Of pro
scription caused the death of threee mmates
of the st. Louis City Hospital.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17

The Lieutenant-Governor OF Nova
Scotia has received letter cautioning him
against two vessels said to have sailed
from Boston to Halifax, manned by Fenians
and carrying a large quantity OF torpedoes'
with the intention of avenging upon .ne
Nova Scotians the execution of Brady, the
condemned PhenixfPark assassin Pre-
cautions have been taken to 0yard against
tie menacing danger
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
Married Women i'm the English Mills.

Married women seldom think of for
sal1ing the mill while their family is in
creasing, until, indeed, the number of
little children-who must not be left al
together without some one to take care
of them-should be so large as to make
it as cheap to stay at home as to pay a
substitute, and their only hope of re-
lease is from some of the older children
being able to supply their mothers
place. / could name more than one
case where the aggregate yearly earn
ings Of the family are nearer $500 than
G200. STILL the mother trudges off to
the mill daily along with her husband
and her grown-up sons and daughters.
The mill is the unfailing resort for en-
ployment, and is much preferred by the
female section of the community to do
nestle service, on account of the greater
freedom and better pay, for smart
young weaver or spinner is soon expert
enough to earn 18s or 21s per week, be-
side having her evenings and Sundays
all to herself. Talk of money-hunters
in the better classes of society, the
class" with the sturdy frame and the
deft hand to earn big wages, like the
boy with the cake, will have many
friends, anxious to be placed on even q
more familiar footing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
CARLYLE and George.

Miss Milford gives an account of q
conversation Mr.. Fields had had with
Carlyle:
$50, sir, ye're an Americana" quoth
the self-sufficient Scotchman.
Mr.. Fields assented.
"Ah, that's wretched nation of your
ain. It's all wrong. 1t always has
been wrong from the vera beginning.
. That CRETE mon of yours, George"-did
any one ever dream of calling Washing
ton George before ?-"your CRETE mon
George was monstrous bore, and
wants takin' doom a few pegs"
Really, Mr.. Carlyle. replied my
friend, "you are the last man in the
world from whom / should have ex-
pected such an observation. Look at
your own book on Cromwell. What
was Washington but Cromwell, with
out his personal ambition and without
his fanaticism?"
ooh, sir" responded Carlyle, your
George had neither ambition nor relig-
ion nor any good quality under the sun.
George was just Oliver with all the
juice squeezed out. "-Atldntic Month
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
Not II Sulker.

The first dash black bass makes
after feeling the steel is toward his lair
or hiding place; failing in this his next
move is to tear himself loose by con
slant motion and main strength, or by
breaking water and violently shaking
his head to endeavor to dislodge the
hook in this manner. He will always, il
possible. take refuge under rock OF
snag at the bottom, or go to the weeds,
and will surely succeed should the an
gler lack skill, or his tackle be INSULT
cient to prevent it; and once wedged
beneath a rock, log or other obstruc.
ton, or settled among weeds, he will
rub out the hook or part the line with.
out much trouble; and this by some
anglers is enormously called "sullling.
But that the black bass ever sulks in
the manner ascribed to the salmon, by
settling sullenly on the bottom, posi-
lively deny.-4mericdn -A,lgler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
The Right Sort.

Opposition incites the ambitious man
to new efforts. Large birds rise against
the wind not with it. A fine ship
makes little progress in dead calm A
stiff breeze purifes the atmosphere,
supplying life-giving principles. Man
never shows his latent force until oppo-
sition faces his darling schemes. Hard
ship is the native soil of manhood and
self-reliance. He who cannot abide the
storm without finching, or fight for the
right against the legions in opposition,
is not made of the stuff that commands
success. Fair-weather men chose who
prosper only in the sunshine and under
cloudless sky must resign the leader
ship to those of sterner qualities, whom
opposition strengthens. and whom the
sight of the foe only nerves to brave
and noble deeds.