Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-20
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

1T IS learned that Senator Beck. who
was expected to prepare the minority re-
port on the Senate Tariff bill, is detained
at Fortress Monroe by advice of his
physicians. and Will probably not return
TO Washington dur ng the session.
THE elegant summer residence OF John
johnson, the well-known bank r of Mil
waukee, Wis, and all the farm buildings
and crops at Bracken Brae. his country
seat, few miles southwest of Milwaukee,
were destroyed by FIRE ON the 11th.
The pas sengers Of the disabled steam
ship Nevada sailed from New ork for
Europe, on the 11th, on the steamship
Alaska
Two men were killed aud several se-
verely injured, on the I1th, by the coll
lapse of wall of the old hospital build
ing at the Soldiers Home in Dayton, o.,
which workmen were engaged in tearing
! down.
The entire business portion OF the town
| OF Harper, Ia, with the exception OF one
store and an implement house, was de-
stroyed By fire on the 18th.
The committee on foreign relations
had, up to the l2th. received no response
from the Secretary OF State TO Senator
HOar's resolution asking for copies Of
protests made by the Administration, il
any had been made, against the outrages
perpetrated BY the Canadian authorities
| upon American fishermen. COnsidera-
| tion OF the Retaliation bill awaited the in
| formation asked for
The President has appointed \. J.
STAGE, OF Indiana, TO be assistant to the
United States Commissioned General to
the International Exposition al Paris.
HoS. CALVIN $. BRIcE, chairman OF the
National Democratic campaign commit
tee, attended the reunion of his old regi-
ment the Eighteenth 0lio. at the Ma
tional Eneampment, q. A. r., at Colun-
bus. o.. on the 18th.
DIR. P. VI. LEONARD. prominent physi-
clan OF Fit. Wayne, Ind. made a brutal
assault upon his own daughter. on the
12th. repeatedly striking her over the head
with the heavy end Of buggy whip, and
| only desisting when her screams brought
assistance.
THE debts OF the late King Ludwig have
been almost all cleared up. There is a
good prospect OF rebuilding the royal
fortune.
A TELEPHONE line has been opened be-
tween Berlin and Breslau- Ii IS the long
est line IN Germany.
J. NEWTON GorrHoLD. the wellknown
theatrical manager. actor aud eioeution-
is, died at his residence, Sswickly, Pa,
on the 18th. OF Bright's disease.
ALL hore has been abandoned OF fur
ther rise OF the Nile in E sypt this year,
and famine is feared there.
The shortage in the harvest OF France
is estimated to be 40. 900 001 hectoliters-
The Bohemian Diet was opened on the
| 18th The German members declined to
sit.
THERE were 4i new cases OF yellow
| fever re ported at Jacksonville, Fla, on
the 18Th, and deaths-Wm- A Jones.
Mrs. Thomas Floody, J. A. Bogart and
Mrs. Charley Peterson. Total cases 10
| date. 7sT; deaths, 10i.
ALEX j. GoLDENsES, the young mur-
| derer OF his betrothed, was han sed In San
Francisco on the 18th. he was too drunk
TO know what was going on az the time.
THE body Of the man who was run over
and killed By q Rapid Transit train on
| the Long Island road was identlned. on
the 18Th, as that OF John Ogden. a retired
hoteI-keeper OF Norr-stOwn, Pa EnSi-
neer Edward Locke has been held on a
charge OF homicide.
The Grand Opera House block in Syra-
cuse, n. Y, was destroyed by fire on the
| 18Th
JOHN 3. ALLEN. Of Seattle, was nomi-
! mated for Congress by the Republicans
OF Washington Territory { n the 18th
The Pennsylvania railroad made a cut
| in grain freight rates, on the 18TH with
out consulting with the other roads, but
was met promptly BY the Lake Shore and
! other competing lines.
GovERSoR HILL OF NV YoRx spoke to
5000 people on the grounds o. the Oswe-
| 90 Agricultural Society on the IA ID.