Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-19

A LARoE schooner boat and two large
lobster sloops went ashore and broke up
in Salem (Mass.) harbor during gale
on the 18th
THERE was n fierce gale and treme ndous
sea along ths Massachusetts coast on the
I2th. Schooners and boats were driven
ashore in many places.
TEsxER won the three mile with n turn
single scull race In the regatta at Csyuga-
y. Y, on the 12th. Ia 1854; Hamm second,
Hosmer third
The crop prospects in India are said To
be improving with the cessation of the
drought, and all fears OF q famine hav4
passed away.
GENERAL BouLANaxR's bill for the dis
solution OF the French Chamber OF Dspu-
ties WAS rejected, on the isth, whereupon
he announced his resignation from that
| body.
ODESSA advices Indicate an immense
| harvest in Southern Russia. and the pros :
pect OF enormous expectations OF bread
! stuffs in the fall.
The Icelandic exodus TO Manitoba Is
assuming gigantic proportions
| Ed. PALMER was fosnd guilty of murder
| in the second degree, at Ithaca, Mich, on
the leth, for the killing OF his wife.
CONGRESSMAN GROUSE refused TO accept
n denomination in the Twentieth (O.)
district on the 18th
An earthquake wns felt throughout
Greece. on the l:th. No reports OF dam
age from the shock have Deen received.
The total expenditures for the i'm prove.
ment Of Cleveland, tO.) harbor during the
fiscal year ended June 30 lsSs, was Sl5i.
sst. Major Overman, of the Engineers
Corps, who has charge OF the work, esti-
4 60 -
pletion of the existing project Mt 1919. 30,
| expended in the next fiscal year.
| THE New York Sun is for sale, for the
modest sum OF s.. .0o0,N
THE United States steamer Charleston,
which is being constructed at the Union
Iron-works in San Francisco, will be
launched on tho 10Th.
The state dinner At Potsdam. on the
evening Of the i.th, was a brilliant affair.
| Ali tho foreign ministers and ambxssa-
doris were present. The Representatives
Of the Italian Governmeua sat Mt the right
of Emperor William and those Of Austria
at the left Of his Imperial Majesty, who
conversed nffably with the guests pres
ent
THE new roaring gas well at Canons-
burg, Pa, Is said to be the largest in the
world. The gas presents the appearance,
OF column OF blue steel for som,
distance after leaving the pipe. Tool.
and rope weighing six thousand pounds
were thrown out OF the shaft like spark,
from a rocket
4 CASE OF leWosy at Legrand, Ia, wa
reported to the State Board of Health oi
the l2th. This is the first case known il
Iowa. The patient is young Norwegian
named Helen Halverson, who came from
Norway in June. lss6.
FRED REMINGTON, n young man repre-.
senting himself as an artist on H,rper',
Weekly, who had passed some days il
sketching mountain scenery aroun'
Trinidad, Co l., committed suicide in tina
place on the 18th.
1T is doubtful IL any business can b
done in the House OF Representative
after the disposition OF the Mills Tarii
bill. for want Of quorum, as genera
exodus OF members is predicted.
IT is expected by members Of the Dem
ocratic National executive committee ths
Congressman VIM l.. Scott will be Sc
lected chairman OF the committee.
The coroner's jury have decided tina
the disaster at Orange Court House, OF
the Virginia Midland railway, on ths wa
18th, caused, by rotten timbers in tn
| trestle.
The powder-mill OF Latin & Rand, 10
Gated at Cressona, near Reading, Pa
blew up. on the 18th, killing three me
and demolishing a portion of the works
The victims were Georgs Belman, Ed
ward Reed and Henry d. Revich. Tn
explosion shook the buildings for m. lie
around