Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-26
REPRESENTATIVE coa,ss OF Msssacbn.

REPRESENTATIVES, CoLiISs, OF Massachi-
sets, says that he positively will not an-
cept Congressional renomin alton.
The Car and the German Emperor Will
confer upon each other the title of
Honorary Admiral Their meeting at
Cronstadt on the eth, is said to have
been extremely cordial
The Senate, on the Goth, confirmed the
nomination OF Mr.. Melville w. Fuller. OF
Illinois, to be Chief-Justics of the United
States Supreme Court The vote was Al
to 20.
The director Of the mint reports that
for the year 1897 the product of gold
amounted to SS3, 00o, 900, and OF silver to
Sl53, %, ,0o). Coinage OF the mints during
the calendar year amounted to So. .27g, Isl.
sKLkcr committee OF the House Of
Commons, on the 20th, recommended the
perpetual closing of all public houses
throughout Ireland on Sundays hereafter,
and at nine o'clock on Sat urday nights.
The grasshopper war at Perham, Mimi,
e<9ntinues unabatcd. Although over 10. :
600 bushels have been caught, the farmers
are still catching them at lively rate
None to speak OF have flown off.
THE launching of tho steel cruiser
Charleston, the first Government vessel
ever built on the Pacific coast, took place
from the shipyards of tho Union Iron
Works, on the 10th, and was witnessed by
an immense crowd.
Rev. FATHER GELLIeAy, who was re-
Gently imprisoned in Limerick jail under
the Crimes act, was released on the Goth.
On leaving the Jail, Father Gelligan made
brief address to the crowd that had as
sembled to witness his release.
Ie .NofsH and nfh.r Dny.lf.t -
the aoth, published Comte de R<fl1 reply
to deputation of Parisian wseafngmen
who called upon him at the sheen House.
The police have made no attempt TO in q.
terfere with the sale OF the papers
THE steamer Thos. p. Way, owned by
Messrs. Stevens & Copdit Of New York
City, and run as An excursion boat to
Staten Island and Coney Island, was
burned to the waters edge on the Goth,
while lying at the Commercial wharf.
Loss, $4,000; partially insured.
ALL the Indian Commission, with the
exception Of Judge Wright OF Tennessee,
left Bismarck, OAK. for standing Rock
agency, on the goth, and held their first
conference with the Indians on the 2ist.
THE furniture factory of Frederick
Bolle, OF New York City, six-story
brick building, was burned on tn. - b.
Loss, 81, 900.
FIRE in the lumber piles on the docks
of Montgomery, Champaign & Co, at
Lakeside, Mich, destroyed about 1900. 900
feet OF lumber. A large proportion OF
this was choice stock, aud the loss can
not fall short OF so, 600, about half OF
which amount is covered by insurance.
JoHy 3. MARS, another OF the men i'm
psicated in the alleged frauds in connec-
tion with the contracts for teas and other
articles in the Brooklyn Navy ard, was
arrested, on the night OF ths 18th, and Is
said to have made rather an important
statement.
COLLISION occurred, on the Goth, in a
tunnel in the mountains, near White
haven, Pa, between a coal train and the
New York fast freight, by which the con.
ductor was killed and five train hand
were badly injured.
THE man found murdered at Westfield.
N. j. several days ago, was identified. on
the 10Th, as Edward Miller, recently
coaehman for John F. Lawrence, a
wealthy New York business man residing
at Westfield. 1t is supposed by the au-
thorities that Miller was murdered for his
money.
The House committee on agriculture
failed, on the 10th, to reach a vote on any
Of the food adnlteration bills before it.
GENERAL THOMAS L. YOU'VE died OF
dropsy at Cincinnati on the Goth.
A DERRICK which was being raised in
Circle Park, Indianapolis, Ind, on the
Goth, fell To the ground, catching Abraham
Jones and Elijah Middleton in the fall,
and instantly killing them. Several
others engaged upon the soldiers monu-
ment narrowly escaped death.