Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

OS the I'D Mr.. Gray, representing the
Chicago syndicate to purchase Libby
prison. arrived IN Rchmand, Va, to close
the option OF purchase
On the I'D the doctors all agreed that
the improvement in the cond ition OF the
Crown Prince was maintained, and that
his symptoms were encouraging.
IT 10 So i'd that General Boulanger pro-
tests against the use of his name as q
candidate for the Chamber of Deputies,
as reactionary movement intended to
discredit him.
Ar Alliance, o., Charles wingard and
his niece, Miss Anna Fox. an elopng
couple from Monroe, Mich, were arrested
and placed in Jail, where they committed
suicide on the morning Of the I'D.
In Now York City the Catholic trustees
Of Calvary Cemetery refused to allow
the intermsnt Of dead parishioner Of st.
Stephens Church because Of his sympa-
thy with DR.. McGlynn.
On the I'D the English and American
students at the University Of Berlin met
for the purpose Of forming a club exclu-
sively Of students Of their own national
ties.
ON the I'D the Board OF Trade of Beat
rice, Neb.. met and telegraphed 500 to the
cyclone sufferers Of Mt Vernon, Ill.
On the 21st Speak or and Mrs. Carlisle
left Washington for Wichita, Kan, to
visit the bedside Of a sick son.
AT the National capital and other large
cities Of the country the one hundred and
ffty-sixth anniversary of the birthday of
George Washington was very generally
observed.
On the nd col ored hero Of Paducah,
KY, named Tom Burdette, whose boat
sprung leak in midstream while cross
ing Bee creek. jumped into the water and
succeeded in saving his passengers, Mrs.
Hays and her child. but lost his own life
in the noble work. He leaves u widow and
four children, for whose benefit Q fund is
being raised
REPRESENTATIVES of wholesale preserv-
ing firms from all parts OF the country
met in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 23i, to form
. Rational association and then petition
| Congress to take OF the duty on sugar.
The President and party visited the
Florida Exposition at Jacksonville on the
Sd, and were much pleased with the ex.
hibits and the attention paid them. The
public were excluded during the visit.
Doc WILSON, of barb wire fame, ETC.,
sailed for London on the 23d with q
bountiful letter of credit.
LEwIs MOORE, colored, who was hang
st Atlanta, Ga, on the I'D, made a con-
fessiou Of his crime on the scaffold. and
said that whisky was the cause Of il.
The bark Arizona, from nolio, reports
February %. in lat 0.25 north, long. 10
west, passing a small spar with the dead
body of q man dashed to it.
The bark Archer from Portland, Me.
for Guadaioupe, passed January -. in
lat. 81 north, long. 6o.5s west, q large
number Of logs supposed to be . portion
Of the great raft lost ut sea-
Four Cinnamon arrived at Boston on
the 25d, from Liverpool, on the steamer
Michigan They all had passports show
ing that they had been in this country
before, but the paper held by one OF them
was not properly filed out. He will be
kept on board the steamer until his case
has been passed upon by the authorities
at Washington. His companions were
allowed to land
Mas. GAsYIELD and her daughter, Miss
Mollie, will soon return TO America on the
steamship Trave. sailing from Bremen.
The Delaware river began breaking up
on the evening OF the s3i- A field of ice
three miles long moved TO Port Jsrvis, ".
T., where 1t stopped, forming en ice dam
. mile in length and seven feet thick
The water backed mp and rose twelve feet
In twenty minutes, flooding many houses
along the river, and damaging the Barrett
suspension bridge
GOVERNOR JACKSON Of Maryland. on the
I'D, signed the death warrant for J. b
Biseoe. the colored youth who murdered
Captain Dixon on his sloop on the Poto
mac river. He will be hanged on Friday.
April y. at Lsonardtown.
TM Parliament Of Nova Scotia was
opened on the I'D by the Lieutenant GOV.
srnor. The leader Of the government in
the Legislative Council Of Nova Scotia
will be Mr.. ID. c. Fraxer.of New Glasgow,
recently appointed to that body.