Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-12-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

49,
This eourse. il thinks. NAV provnk-
President Cleveland % xithdrsx Nini.t,.-
Phelps.
THx boiler IN the chair s,e.o-v n. co-h-
ran. Ind exploded. on the .-fh- kiIIin,-
William Bencke, John stark and wiIlf,-,
Matthews. Jr-- and severely fniurfuy Frpd
oruce- the engineer, besides wreckin. the
factory.
Jar ETE SIX. the famous rpldfr-
owned By j. L Case and valued az Sg0.O.sl.
Wa discovered in a pasture at Hickory
t-ilSe Farm near Racine. Wis. On the
-stA- almost dead from loss u blood. The
animal had stepped upon piece ot glass
OF other sharp substance. and severed the
artery of the left hind foot. and IL was
feared he could not recover.
CONGRESSMAN RANDALL who l. impruw-
ing rapidly, has been given permission bv
bis physicians 70 attend the opening os
Congress upo1 condition that he viii work
n moderation and not spend too much
tinle in close comnittee-rooms.
THz Pope has received another letter
from Cardinal Gibbons advising agairs.
tas condemnation Of the wrisins-s OF Henri
George.
QCxEx VICTORIA and Empress Fre,f@r-
ick went 10 London on the a-th- % Offer
their Condolences u the relatives oc the
late Duchess Of Sutherland.
AS eissht-yea--Old boy was found with
his throat cut from ear - ear near ~.
busiest part of the town 0f Havaut, En-
gland On the morning oe the s-rh. The
police could ini 10 eIeyv u III. f,lsnri-~ ~
his murderer.
SAVANNAH Ca raised the gua-antins
against Floriis. on the 9Th Iate trusts
having removed al danger os yellow
fever Infection
Mr. MICHAEL HEzRT EzRsza-. Minis
ter Vests temporary successor Il. ehs.r-.
Or the British Legation at Washf..-t .-ts,u
was married on the 9Th. % Miss Belle
W Ils0n- daughter os NJ. Richard Wilson.
81 No. 5It Fifth avenue. View York Ctr.
whom he first met in Paris
C1=HAxDER-TS-CHrzF WARNER has
E1zde the following selection Of the Na-
tzonai pension committee OF the c.. 4.
the most important committee OF the
order: George $ Merrill. Lawrence.
Mass james Tanner, Brooklyn: John
k0untz- Toledo. o., John ". Burst. Svra-
eSise- Ill, and Richard W. Blue. Pleasan-
ton, Eas.
The Office building Of the cotton mill at
South Glastonbury, Conn, owned by A.
Baeker, Of New York. was DESTROYED. On
the -.rh. BY an explosion Of gasoline.
SENATOR and Mrs. John sherman and
Miss Mary Sherman arrived in Washing
ton On the nth Ex-President and Mrs.
Hayes and Miss Fanny Hayes viii be
among the Senator's guests for the in
auEJ1raI festivities.
SECRETARY ESDECOrr saws that the staff
and other vacancies in the army viii not
be filed until after the meeting OF Con-
gress-
The City Council OF Reading. Pa. has
passed AZ ordinance making it unlaxstll
and punishable with heavy fine for con-
tractors % employ any bat citizens Of the
United States on city work
BEFORE the final adjournment OF the
knights OF Labor convention az Indian
ap0lis. Ind on the s7th- Mr.. Powderly ap-
pointed J. H MCGEE, OF New York: AIex
BeatOn- Of Boston, and Edward Cannon. OF
Rhode Island, a committee to investigate
the general headquarters.
CHARLES CoLSE and E Fl. Carnnick. OF
View York have begun suit against the
Calling Gun Company for SEA, ,O00 dam
ages for an alleged refusal on the part OF
the Company to carry out a contract with
Plaintiffs for the sale OF the GatIing patent
to the French Government
The Republican Spell Binders As
soeiation-" composed Of campaign ora
tors, was organized AZ New York City on
the 18th
THERE were no new eases Of yellow fever
and 10 deaths ut Jacksonville, Fla. on the
18th
MART COSxELL- aged f0rty-tgEo. fell or
was thrown from fire-escape 81 a New
York City tenement AID was killed during
general fight which followed Thanks
giving orgie among j number Of her rela-
tives and friends.
DURING Thanksgiving celebration by
the Hudson Guards ut Manhattan Park.
near New York City, the explosion OF a
can OF powder caused severe injuries %
Edward Sehenck, Henry HOlzaptel and
Geo. Smith, and resulted IN a fire which
partially destroyed the shooting pavilion
THE announcement that race had been
arranged between the Cambridge tEn-
giand) University and the Vale University
crews. To be r0wed IN England, i denied
by Yale officials.
AS unfortunate child. rescued by the
New York Society FOR the Prevention OF
Cruelty To Children from drunken and
brutal parents. has been adopted by i
rich bachelor and made heir 10 two mill
ion dollars
JOHN B. KING, young law student, was
shot and killed near a saloon. On the
streets Ot New Havea- Cour,-- on the 18th
The steamer Nova Scotiau- which ar
rived at Halifax, " s. on the 18th from
Liverpool, reports a very stormy voyage
IS spite OF the blockade OF Port-au-
Prince, declared by the provisional gov
eminent OF Hayti- several ships have eu-
tered and departed from that port
Mr. HENRY GEORGE has postponed his
departure from England FOR America IN
III the 9th OF December.
THE Sultan OF Zanzibar Is said tn be IN
willing To assent % the proposed block
ade OF his coast
The steamship Sac0ochee. Cap-ai1
Catharine, from Savannah for View York,
with cotton and oranges, went ashore on
Core Beach twenty-five miles north .ast
OF Cape Lookout on the 9Th The crew
were saved
The Alabama Legislature. il joint ses-
sion. on the a>th. declared John T. Nor
gan re-elected ID the United States Sen
at. for the term beginning IN March next
BURGLARS entered the posr-Ofiee at
Chiffon. Wis. on the morning OF the 39th,
blew open the safe and secured Si0f IN
cash and 500 worth of stamps
Ara meeting IN Paris, on rhe 9th Ult--
OF the Panama Canal Company the price
OF shares was lowered thirty-nve francs
II less than 10000 shares are applied for
the issue viii be Cancelled
SrrxCs by the inSIoriOGs defeat % the
State oyster navy several days ago. the
Authorities OF Maryland propose % IN
augurate vigorous campaign and drive
he pfratieaI dredgers from the oyster