Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-13

DUNCAN McDoCGALL and John Tib-
belts. q the crew % the schooner f. A
smith. were lost. on the eth. by the can
sizing % their boat while at,cudins
| travis on the Grand banks.
A Young man namei GEORGE Seho, v~,.
INSTANTLY killed. on the night % the 6fh.
oy jumping from moving train AZ I.s-
compton. kas.
IHE Trades Congress, assembled a.
Bradford England. has passed q resoI,-
uon favor1ng the exclusion from Great
Britain of semi-paUper immigrants. un-
less they are skilled worke-s % some
kind
MINISTER DENBv telegr,,phed from
Fektn- China. or the 6th: Treaty post
/ poued for further consideration"
PRESIDENT HIT ot the - PauL Min
neapolis & Manitoba railroad made hi,
/ daughter Mary. who was married. on the
6th t. Mr.. Samuel Hill. OF Minneapolis.
a wedding present Of S-An.e0
| GENERAL HORACE EL1RIBsE. a prounl-
nent Mormon. aged sevsnty-iwc. died. On
the 6,h- al Salt Lake City. mourued by
/ three wives and numerous posterity.
MAYOR HEWITT of New York received
I ti.ot0.3J in subscriptions for the all %
the fever-stricken Inhabitants % jack
oNAt a4AHs AAa-s tA TIC sAA-
DESTRUCTIVE frcsts visited portions os
Massachusetts anl Vermont on the nigh.
% the 9Th. Ice formed in the former State.
HKAvY rains. On the night % the sth.
wrought considerable damage in Sioux
/ Falls, Oak. and vicinity
OWING 20 Teemer's inability or unwili-
/ inguess to securs backing for a race y ith
VIM O'C9nnor. o. Toronto. Ont.. the Ilt-
ter, has claime,l the title % champion o.
America
SECRETARY LAMONT. on the 9Th. refused
to atfirm or deny the statement credit 4
/ 70 ex-Representative Bursei-h. % Ssw
I York, tha: President Cleveland hal d.
termined 20 modify his position in re-
/ gard 10 a reduction of the tariff 10 conci
late the protectioUist wing OF the Demo
/ cratic party
WHILE swimming in the Hudson river
near Troy, " Y, some boys were chased
| by crocodile which hal evidently es.
capped from imprisonment The :reptiI,
was captured
PHILIP n HCBxR. who stoIs. -. 90 from
the Adams Express Company at sunburv
Pa, was, on the Ith, sentenced 10 three
years Imprisonment
JUDGE THURxAS slept we'll all night att
er his attack at Giimore's Garden Nea
/ YORK, on the Glh, and awoks much re-
| freshed in the morning
Mas. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE il s-ri-
ousiy i'll at her summer resi1eacs IN Sa-
Harbor, v Y She Is Ia her serenity
seventh year.
The betrothal Of the Duke % Sparta.
the son Of King George. to Princess
l Sophie, Ot Prussia, has filed Greece with
Joy.
Two candidates FOR Congress we're
placed IN nomination by the Tenth N-w
Jersey Congregational district Demo-
crats.ou the 6th. "a the result os An ire
conetiabIe split ir the convention.
PRAIRIE fires are doing great damage. in
/ Eimunds and McPherson counties. Oak.
/ The fire has burned a strip tweutv-sfv.
| miles long and three miles wide A large
/ number q farmers have lost their entire
crops and farm buildings
I'VE early resignation ot Secretary
| Whitney Is LOGGED for among high Gov
ernmeut officials.
DR. H b DEALz was horsewhippea By
/ DR.. Mek0ne, a rival hos piial physician
Of Washington, On the 6th. for criticism
Of the latter's treatment of hospital cases.
The Naval Appropiation'biIl was signed
By the President OF the Tsh-
The sPinners in the NarrEgansett mill
at Fall River. Mss, struck, on the 5th.
against working overtime 20 make up a
few lost moments.
REFUGEEs from Jacksonvtlla. Fla, wfU
not be allowed to enter Tennessee with
out clean bill of health
BARON OPPExHEIMER. Oe Cologne. Ger
many. has subscribed 1000 marks 10 the
Emin Bsy relief expedition fund stipd-
lating that the money shall be used for
relief and not for colonization purposes.