Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-03

JoHy l.. SULLIVAN was banqueted by
hts admirers in Boston on the aath.
The statement that the Pope had issued
decree condemning the '.plan OF cam
paign," afterward denied, was confirmed
on the e7th.
FRED CARROLL catcher FOR the Alle-
gheny Baseball Club, and Ell William
son. short-stop for the Chicagos, were ar
rested in Pittsburgh. Pa. on the eath. for
''intoxication and disorderly conduct.
Carroll was fined sl0 and costs. but WILL
hanson forfeited his deposit Of ssD.
IoUNG BoYDsroS, VINO recently shot
Miss Lulu Frazier, near Cooper, Tex.
and then committed suicide, left letter
in which he said il was desperate love and
evil tongues that caused him - commit
the awful deed.
GENERAL BoULASGER, respon ling to a
toast 10 his health at banquet given in
| his honor at the Cafe Richie, on the 21th,
said he desired to protest in the most EN-.
| phatic manner against the charge that he
aspircd TO the Dictatorship. Moreover,
| he declared II the question was raised in
the chamber. that body would vote to
abolish the presidency.
A BANQUET was rendered to Miss Clara
Barton, president of the organization, by
the Red Cross Society of Philadelphia, on
\ the nth
DIR. n. p. PoTTEE. OF Bridgeton. Me-,
who lately returned from Europe, says he
saw Mr.. Blaine at Naples, ald he was
looking finely and in the best spirity lie
| spoke of the coming election. and srid the
| Democrats could not succeed withol.I New
York. He showed no signs of ill-h .alth.
THE Fl Madison Qa.) Lumber Com
l nnnEf< gaU-utfttG ursa- hnrrtad ont ta. r-th
entailing a loss of $500 The fire caught
from sparks from locomotive.
Ex-CoSGREssMAN FREDERICK f. wooD-
BRIDGE died at Vergennes, VT, on the
9th, aged seventy years.
| ALFRED 7. PHILLIPS, the actor, died at
the Gilsey House. New York, on the a7th,
of pneumonia. He was thirty-f years
old, and well known to the profession.
having played with the Henry Irving and
Madison Square companies.
| HERBERr J. HoxIE, on trial at New
Bedford, Mass, for the murder of his in
fant child, was declared not guilty By the
| jury on the eth.
| HoN. r. II. HTrT was renomiuated for
| Congress from the Sixth (IIl.) Congress
sional district by acclamation on the 2Tth.
The London Tnaes' Rome correspond
ent. on the 2Ith, asserted that the Popc's
decree against the plan Of campaign had
already been sent to the Irish bishops,
and would be published in England and
Ireland in about ten days.
EMPEROR FREDERICK held conference
of an hours duration with Prince Bis
marck, on the 27th, and afterward gave au-
/ dience to other visitors
| ERNST KLEEsCHULrE shot and killed his
wife and one OF her sons, and desp erately
wounded the remaining son at their Sc
cluded country home near O'Fallon, Mo,
| on the 2Ith. The murderer soon after
took his own life. The couple had lived
apart for two years.
JIM BRocKLEMAS and Mike Dunn fought
| fourteen rounds To a draw in Westchester
County, y. Y, on the 27th. The purse was
divided
The horses Of the late ex-senator Conk-
ling were sold under the hammer on the
s7ta. They brought respectively, $3.50.
$3.50 and Il 81.
Mr. BLAISE was enthusiastically in
dorsed for the presidency by the Seventh
District Republican convention Of Maine.
on the 31th.
FIVE additional Newark IN. J.l brewers,
making fourteen in all. signed the con-
tract proposed by the journeymen on the
eth.
THREE negroes were hanged ut Fort
Smith. Ark. ON the 3Ith.
OVER 1000 feet OF snow-sheds on the
Northern Pacific railroad were burne,l
near Mullen Tunnel. Mont. on the 9th.
The fire was started by sparks frC m
passing engine.