Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12

yUue Bank, Is enjoying life and all the
4611cacies OF the season in his prison
bome.
~ DISPATCH from Rome. on the sth.
oeated that, owing to a recent letter from
Cardinal Gibbons, the papal authorities
lave decided not to condemn the writings
- Henry George.
fnE strikers boycott, which threatened
- paralyze the entire railroad system of
Ghicago, was raised on the 4th, and all Of
~ discharged men, save those of the Bur-
Hngton, returned to work.
JoHS T. SToNE, the indicted embczzling
manager of the Pennsylvania School Sup
ply Company, of Philadelphia, pleaded
Guilty, on the 5th, and was sentenced to
e1o years in the penitcntiary.
TuE Ohio, Indiana & Western engineers
nd firemen of the Brotherhood, on the I'd,
uotificd General Manager Henderson that
q he accepted any more Chicago, Burlihg-
On & Quincy cars they would strike.
THE German Socialists now enjoying a
spfuge in Switzerland have paraphrased
md burlesqued the Emperor's amnesty
decree, and circulated 10000 copies of
thcir work in the principal towns of Ger
Unny.
DISPATCH from London, on the 5th,
nys the subscription to the Mexican loan
ms progressed favorably. apparently
hding favor in German quarters. Four
Zines the amount asked for has been Of
Erred.
CLAUS SPREcKELs has chosen Philadel-
Dhia as the site OF his Eastern sugar re-
1nery. He purchased lot on the Della
oarc river front, on the Sd, and will erect
= s., 10000 plant, with an estimated an
1ual output of ;l5,000,000.
Ir is proposed to celebrate the twenty
0fth anniversary of the organization Of
he Flora Horticultural Society of Cologne.
Prussia, by an international horticultural
Exhibition TO be held in that city in
August OF the present year.
81 ALL negotiations between Andrew
carnegie and his employees at the Edgar
Thompson Steel Works having failed,
Dir. Carnegie, on the ith, ordered the
FORKS boarded up. This lockout affects
about three thousand men.
81 THE formal celebration of the one-hun-
z0redth anniversary of the settlement OF
ehe Northwest Territory, from which the
States Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
md Wisconsin were formed, was held ut
Narietta, o., on the 5th, 9th and 9TH.
THE Secretary Of State received
cablegram from Consul General
lewis, at Tangier, on the 5th, from which
Is inferred that an early and satisfac-
Rry settlement OF the trouble with the
oorish Government will be reached.
An investigation into the conduct Of the
Yhiladelphia post-officc, by the Congress
eional committee appointed for that pur-
pose, was begun on the 4th. The Office, it
y charged, has not been conducted in ac-
eordance with the Civil-Servicc rules.
a A DISPATCH from St Petersburg, on the
~, says both the Car and the Pope have
approved the preliminaries Of the con-
{ention between Russia and the Vatican.
hen the details have been finally set
He'd, Russia will accredit q Minister TO
4hc Vatican.
81 AT meeting of the Anti-Poyerty wing
u the United Labor party (antagonists of
Sienry George). in New York, on the 9Th,
she chairman said the United Labor party
intended to unite with the Union Labor
And Greenbaek parties, and nominate a
candidate for the presidency.
u }. MARION BROOKS, of California, whose
domination as district attorney was pend
ng beforethe Senate, has notified the Presi-
lent that he has made 81 900 900 in real es-
$ate transactions since his appointment,
md suggested that the prize be gi.en to
'ome more needy applicant
IHE Senate committee on education and
abor gave hearing, on the 9th, to sew
ral ciergymen from a distance, repre-
entlnS various Sunday observance ASSOC
nations. They advocated an amendment
the Interstate Commerce law, looking
the stoppage of Sunday trains.
MR. HENRY IRVING, Miss Ellen Terry
md Josef Hofmann arrived in England. on
ne 9Th, all in excellent health. Miss Terry
proceeded to Bremen, en- route to Heifei.
perg. During the voyage Mr.. Irving gave
xeadings, and young Hofmann entertained
ne passengers with piano selections.
IL the general term of the New York
Sourt of Common Pleas, on the I'd. in a
suit to recover for property lost by a
passenger in his berth in a sleeping-car.
was held that complainant was entitled
judgment, and that railroad companies
re responsible for their passengers and
property.
BEFORE the Senatorial committee in
estigating alleged irregularities in the
hlladeiDhia post-office, on the 5tb.
coionel James Lambert, of the Press. tes-
sahed that nearly every county had its rep
Fesentatives from some Government office
present at the State committee meeting at
Harrisburg.
u QUEEN VICTORIA will visit Charlotten-
nrg on her return journey from italy.
md be present during the stay at the pal.
&C OF Prince Alexander OF Battenberg
q Is understood that the Queen will par
ueipate in the discussion preliminary To
sne arrangement of "A marital alliance be-
tNeen Prince Alexander and Princess
victoria, her granddaughter.
f"oF. HOGAN, the aeronaut, had a mar
TOW escape from death at Jackson, Mich.
cn the 4th. When his air ship had rea .hed
n elevation of ten thousand feet, he iu,nped
ouf. and his parachute at first failing 10
VOTE, he shot downward rapidly for five
bnndred feet The umbrella shaped life
pseseryer then caught the air, and he de-
eesnded in safety 10 the earth.