Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12

Mrs. E. A. THOMPSON, T
VOL. MI.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied frsa Varies Sources.
EMPEROR WILLIAM will arrive at st.
Petersburg on August !, the Cxarina's
fete day.
TIE subscriptions for n Government
loan of G. 0oo. 600. which was recently
issued at Calcutta. amounted to twice the
sum required
DRs. BERsxASS AND GxBHARDr pre-
sen'ed n Emperor William. on the fst ar
official report on the malady OF the late
Emperor Frederick.
GENERAL SHERIDAN had a slight attack
Of pulmonary congestion, on the Sd, which
however. was easily controlled and pro-
duced no serious results
THE Pope is preparing an encyclicai on
the relations between church and state.
An encycIical on the social question will
also be published during the year.
An official report shows that in Prohibi-
ton Rhode Island 80 persons pay spe-
cial taxes to the United States Govern
for the privilege of liquor-selling.
EMPEROR FREDERICK went from Berlin
IN Potsdanl. on the yacht Alexandria on
the lst He WAS enthusiastically cheered
BY the populacc. The trip seemed to do
him good
The Union Iron-works OF Carnegie,
Phipps & Co.. at Pittsburgh, Pa. employ
ing a.eo1 men. signed the scale of the
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Association
on the sd
An important strategic railway, con-
Meeting many artillery and cavalry depots
OF Russia, is to be constructed in the
southwest Immediately. The cost will be
I3o00. 600 roubles.
REv. DR.. WV NICHOLS, Of Philadelphia,
who was elec cd assistant Bishop OF the
diocese Of Ohio in the Protestant Epis-
copal convention held In Sandusky, O.,
June Il, has declined
THk Republicans Of Mansfield. O., rati-
fed the nomination OF Harrison and
Morton BY an immense meeting in the
City Park. on the %, at whiehl resolutions
ind1rsing rthe National ticket and plat
form were adopted
a
ernor Ames Of Massachusetts was still
dangerously i'll with acute bronchitis.
There was danger OF apoplexy, and the
members OF his family were deeply con-
eerned regarding his condition
MoSr OF the delegates to the convention
Of the National Association of Demo-
cratic clubs left for their homes by the
9Th Secretary Whitney was busy all
that day registering the names of the
various clubs and the addresses Of their
officers.
IN the case OF Mrs. Steele against the
St. PaHl City Railway Company, in which
she claimed 5000 damages because of
injuries sustained in the Shelby avenue
cable-ear accident in st. Paul Minn-,
January q, jury, on the auth awarded
her sI,00a
The Pittsburgh Steel Castins Company.
on. the ii, signed contract tozhrnish
snne heavy castings for the cruiser
Maine, now building AZ the Brooklyn Navy
Yard Among the pieces to be cast Is the
stem-post. which will weigh, when COM
pletei. l70 tons.
THERE is no truth in the report thas the
French syndicate which controls the cut :
put of the Calumet and HeelA copper
mines at Marquette. Mich. is a1uns =
close down for a time The syndicate
simply holds a contract limiting the out
put for three years.
JOSEPH MUIR, wealthy leweler Of
Philadelphia, telegrsphed from Long
Branch, on the 9Th asking the New York
police to send n detective TO Loag Branch.
as an attempt was being made to kidnaD
him aad send him to an insane asylum
and take away his money.
IHE State convention OF the American
party met in San Francisco on the III.
lhe sentiment OF members of the psrty
interviewed was strongly in favor of put
ung Abram s. Hewitt in the field for
Iresldenf, and nominating a candidate
ier Governor in California
INFLUENTIAL representatives Of drug
eists, the milk aud lemonade dealers and
,ralt-stand proprietors Of Pittsburgh. Pa.
nave effected an organization. the object
% which Is to make parts OF the .sBIus
Laws OF 1874 so obnoxious, through
.ner strict enforcement As TO secure
'aeir speedy repeal.
MRS GORDON BAILLIE" is the alias Of
u snrewd woman who has for some time
imposed upo ?, the authorities and philan-
'uTOplsts OF England aud Scotland. AZ
one very much interested in the condition
y 'Ie scotch crofters. She was arrested.
- ue I'd on a charge OF committing
4i@ud under false pretenses-
~ pE GiERs, Russian Minister OF For
- Analrs, Is reported to have informed
~ Il u. Morier, British Ambassador, on
&c i.th OF last December, that Bulgarians
n' DO any thing and every thing they
u from cutting each others throats
declaring Bulgaria an empire. and
them " prevent
NiNS AILASfo Servia has a bandoned his
securing n divorce from Queen yat.-
:, =, and the condition between the King
queen will be that OF separation
S-sen VIII reside abroad until Prince
AAaaer, the heir to the throne, who is
VNelve years Of age, attains his ma
me Prince will be allowed TO
MS mother each year.
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