Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

THREE tramps broke into the house Of
Jacob Morgan. an aged farmer living at
Hsbfon, W. Va, and demanded his
money. Upon his refusal Of their de-
mand, they murdered him and then
robbed the house.
An address signed by s,17o dissenting
ministers was presented to Mr., Gladstone,
on the 9th, expressing the sympathy OF the
signers with the work OF reconciling Ire
land.
The International Copyright bill was
passed by the Senate on the 9th.
AT a fire in Browns American Club
stables, in New York, on the 9th, Foreman
Thomas Goss and Superintendent MUIR
ray, of the Insurance Patrol, were injured
by the fall of an elevator.
A TERRIBLE crush was caused In the
Thalia Theater, New York, on the sth, by
a needless alarm OF fire, in which several
women were injured, and many others
tainted.
The Unearned Land-Grant Forfeiture
bill was passed by the Senate on the 9th
The Senate will take up the Fisheries
question in executive session on the 18th
"BLfSKY" MORGAN, under sentence to
hang for the murder OF Detective Hulli-
gan, at Rsvenna, O., has filed a motion for
leave to file petition in error in the Ohio
Supreme Court.
GOVERNOR HILL of New York vetoed the
Crosby High-License bill on the 9th.
CASHIER WA. +. RoYcE of the Willi-
mantle Comm Savings Bank was arrest
ed for alleged Justification Of accounts on
the 10th.
THE convention of the Ancient Or
der Of Hibernians, held in New York City,
adjourned on the 10th.
The Progressive Cabinet-Mak
Union, of New York City, on the 9th,
placed boycott on the Pioneer, an An
archist paper of Chicago, because it al
lowed itself to be frightened into keeping
its actions within the law.
The Democratic State convention OF
Tennessee, in session at Nashville, on the
10th, indorsed the Administration OF Pres
ident Cleveland, and elected A. NJ. Loom
ey, j. r. Goodwin, X. II. Ingersou and j.
G. Brown delegates to st. Louis.
ST.. PAUL's EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL, at
Buffalo, N, ", was destroyed, on the 10th,
by fire resulting from a natural gas ex-
plosion. During the day at least dozen
other explosions occurred in the same
city.
Rev. LYMAN ABBOTT, temporary pastor
OF Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, has re-
ceived and will accept call to the per-
manent pastorate.
In Is said that the stoppage OF work in n
Minnesota quarry will prevent the COM
pletion Of the Chicago Auditorium in time
for the Republican National convention. 4.
DELEGATIONS from the Wool Growers
Associations OF Ohio, Indiana and Texas
are in Washington lobbying against
the free-wool clause in the Mills Tariff
bill.
The following bonds were offered to the
Government on the 10th: sg.5sl. 200 reg,
istered A., at l37 to I5I-55; S710,0o0 coupon
Is, at 1T to 1s7A: SI10, Unregistered ass, at
10IS to los; 5000 coupon 4s, At l05a to
101's; of which 50, 80 registered 4sss were
accepted at l01s.
The dam at Hamiin- Mich. went out
on the 9th, carrying two million feet Of
logs out into Lake Michigan. together
with seventeen houses on the bank Of the
creek The life-saving station had n mar
row escape. The houses were deserted in
Of the food
THE trial OF Mr.. Dillon. under the
Crimes act, was begun az Tullyvallin, Ire
land, on the 9th-
TEE famous old tavern IN Sodbury,
Mass. which Longfellow immort2lixed in
his Tales Of wayside Inn", was sold
* auction ~. tr- ssthh 81 E = =@=ss t=S ASa-
dred years old
A COLLISION occurred on the East river,
New York on the 10th, between the ferry
boats Montana and Republic Both boats
were pretty well crowded, and the usual
panic ensued, but no one was seriously
injured.
TIE Michigan State Democratic conven-
ton held at Grand Rapids, on the 10th,
was unanimous in support OF Cleveland's
and candidacy
JOAN CULLEN was sentenced to impris-
onment for life at Buffalo, n. V, on the
January last
In fit OF jealousy, on the 10th, Charles
Turner, aged ffty-one, Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
shot and killed his wife, Augusta Turner,
aged forty-fve, and then blew his own
brains out
TEE House committee on acoustics and
agreed, on the 11th, to report
the Durham bill, making an appropria-
ton Of SIS, 900 to enable A. De Bauset to
build an air ship to convey passengers
and freight through the air, and for other
purposes.
THE House committee on post-ofices
and post-roads ordered a fayorable re-
port, on the 1Ith. on the bill 70 provide
For post office buildings, at cost not TO
exceed seJ 900 each, at all places where
he gross receipts OF the post-office
for two years or more proceed
ing shall have eaceeded 5000 in each
rear.