Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-05-17
Personal AND GENERAL.


ANNOUNCEMENT was made on the 9th
that the great steel rail-mill Of North Chi
cago, ILL.,, would start up in short time,
giving an opportunity for work to nearly
| 1000 men.
The Union Depot at Cedar Rapids,
To-, was struck by lightning the other after
noon and fired, the flames rapidly spread
| ing to all parts OF the building. but were
subdued before destroying 1t entirely.
ANOTHER fifty-mile section Of the
| Northern Pacific Railroad has been ac-
cepted, completing the line 600 miles west
Of the Missouri River.
By the burning Of Grimes 4 Co.'S
mill at vermentville, ten miles north of
| Charlotte, Mich, the other morning, two or
three men, including the proprietor, were
burned to death.
A SAD accident occurred at fire in
| livery stable at New Haven, Conn, the
other night. After the fire was extin-
guished q wall fell on the hose company
and two of them were so severely injured
| 1t was thought they would die, while six
| others were more or less badly wounded.
The estimated railroad construction
for 1882 Is 5000 miles.
The telegraph intimated on the 9th
that Germany is liable to be irritated at re-
marks in the French press
DODGE CITY, Kan, was reported on
,' s"e ''n 49, ~. ~ :. ,a,r "nns,,,crons actor
| ;n t,,a ,,t.r.st ~ n fsctio,
srvvpv tornado struck the Wvo-
ming Valley in Pennsylvania on the 9th.
Trees were uprooted and railroad traffic in
ter,,,ted
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sma,, children were rescued with difficulty
hv ns;gbhors
N,yrrv Craa ,rd,ons xvora can,ured
H., II,,;..a s...os tr,,o,,s T., ~. psor,s pau
Mountains in Montana near the Canadian
border. a few days ago. The Indians, who
claimed TO have crossed the frontier to
work for contractors at wood-chopping,
would be disarmed and returned to the
country whence they came.
AT the Tewksbury, Mass, inquiry on
the 9th John Bacon and two employees tes-
titled to tanning two human skins, one
white and the other black.
A FIRE at indianapolis, Ind, on the
9th destroyed the Indianapolis Stove
| Works, one hotel and seven residences, to-
| gether with stables and outbuildings.
A COURT-MARrIAL has been ordered
to convene on the 10th at San Antonio, Tex,
10 try Major Wasson, the defaulting pay
master. Gambling was assigned as the
cause Of his downfall.
WILLIAM HUGHES, found guilty on
his own confession of numbering his wife,
was hanged on the 9th at st. John, N. B.
THREE Arkansas convicts escaped
from the plantation of M. G.. Sennett, in JEFF
ferson County, the other day, and hanged
three bloodhounds, which were put on their
track Other dogs were procured ana Two
OF the men recaptured'
GovERNoR MCDANIEL OF ueorSia'
was inaugurated on the 10Th INST.
JOHN j. KNOX, Comptroller OF the
Currency, has been temporarily appointed
Commissioner OF Internal revenue
THE Speaker OF the late New Jersey
Legislature has been arrested, charged with
attempting to bribe member.
jim HERNDON, one of the Little Rock
g. Fort Smith train-robbers, has been con-
victed OF murder in the first degree at
Clarksville, Johnson oonnty, Ark.
The Pennsylvania House OF REPRE-
sentatives has passed bill restricting the
manufacture OF explosives.
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