Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-26

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A BUSINESS block in the center Of Aber-
deem, OAK, was set on fire. on the 18th,
by inccnliaries, who malls au unsuccess-
full attempt to break open q safe during
the fire.
Mrs. Lucy SEpSwfcx CHURcH died at
Hartford, Conn, on the 18th, aged eighty
nine years, leaving an estate valued at
Sl.0o0.0oo Sh, had no children and made
no will.
THE Posruaster-G q eneral received no.
tice, on the 10th, that the German postal
departmenthas forwarded to this country
several case. of exhibits for the Cincin-
natl Exhibition.
THE richest discovery OF gold ever
made outside os the Comstock lode, was
made at the Lake Superior Iron Com.
pany's shaft, seven miles from Ishpeming.
Mich, on the 2)th.
GASG of hiyhwaymen known rs the
Sawyer brothers, who recently killed a
man named James Carter, at Nashville,
Tenn, was broken up, on tho 18th, by the
arrest Of tho leaders.
Mas. p. J. FULLY, young married
woman, was carried over the American
falls at Niagara and lostSvhile out boat
ing with the son o. her landlady, unknown
to her hush nd, on the 10Th.
SENATOR FRYE said, on the 10th. that
when the time arrives for action on the
nomination os Mr.. Fuller to be Chief
Justice OF the United States Supreme
Court, he will be confirmed.
4 GENERAL ANSESKoFF, tie constructor
Of the Trans Caspian railway, received
the decoration OF the order Of Alexander
Neysky, on the 19sh, in recognition Of his
services in building the line.
THE National centennial of the origin
of civi! government in the Northwest, at
Marietta, o., clossl, on the 10Th. with
"Ohio Day." the most numerously attend
sd and enthusiastic of the celebration.
MAGISTRATE O'REILLy, OF st. Johns, N.
f., on tn, nth, fined the captains Of the
French ''bankers" Virginia and Amaz on
| twenty dollars each. besides confiscatiny
the sehooners, for violating the Bait act.
THE remains of the late Hon. Roscoe
Conkling were removed. on the 10th, from
the receiving vault and inferred in the
Seymour lot in Forest Hill Cemetery at
Utica, N Y. The casket was not opened.
THE NOrdhaasen Gdzetts OF Berlin was
confiscated, on the 10th, on account OF its
answer to articles referring to Dowager
Empress Victoria which had appeared in
French papers. The editor will be prose-
euted.
THE population Of California at the
present time is placed at over a million
and half by the State Gazetteer for 1888,
Just issued. The official census OF 1881
placed the population at about half that
humber.
,was reported. on the 18th. that a mu-
stny had occurred on the National Line
steamer Erin. which arrived in New
York On the 18Th. on her voyage across
m Atlantic. and that two Of her sailors
had been killed
GOVERNOR Jackson OF Maryland. on the
issh, pa-'loaed George W. HazeItine. of
-ssaestowa. y. Y. who was serving an
*azhf-yrar sentence for the killing of
Mamie Thorpe. ~ Loag Island, in Balti-
saare. July -. Isss.
ox the ITth. the senate. hy a vot. ~ -
= =. passed. the bill placing John c. Ere.
a@nf on the retired list Of the army as
aaa3or General Five Democratic sena-
e's-butler, Call GRAY. Gibsoa and
fsear~t-voted for the bill
IHs steamer Leander Choate. which
aa<es trips between Oshkosh aad New
-"a on. was burned TO til. water's edge
Northport Wis.,, on the 18th. The hull
III he towed 10 Oshkosh. and i. is in
ended to rebuild the boat.
LIBRARIAN SfoFFoRD says that when the
congressional Library building Is COM
pieted Il VIII have capacity for accom-
hodating over ten million volumes, which
about four times the number now col
feted IN the largest library in the world
SAN JONES, in a sermon at Chautauoua
l., on the 18th. said: "The difference
etween the Democrats and Republicans
mat the Democrats come right out and
ny, we favor whisky The Republicans
on't say so, but they are there Just the
hme.n
SISTER MARY Frances CLARE CusAcx,
s.er known as the Nun Of Kenmare,"
ritlng from Florence, Mass. ON the
.n' denies that she has left the Catholic
urcn, and demands tbs mama of the
rson who started the report, which. she
ys, is false.
n. A. MCDONALD, indicted for perjury
CONNIE ction with his suit against the
ncinuaei, hamilton q Dayton railroad.
peared before Judge SHREDDER, Of Gin
nnati' on the 18th, and gave bond in the
M OF $500, with w. B. Smith and AL
ert Netter as sureties.
ihE German yacht Hohenzollern. with
mperor William aboard. entered the
paas at Cronstadt, Russia, on the 18th.
~" volleys OF salutes from war-ships
.orts. The Hohenzollern was re
hVea oy the Russian yacht Dievaya ON
a'u OF which was the Car.
hNAToR SHERMAN, Senator Daniels. of
GINA; General :. s. Robinson. Gem
thomas Ewing, General G. III.
osVenor aud a score of other distin-
isned persons arrived at Marietta. o..
,ne l1'h, TO participate in the eyer
es oi the centennial celebration
NE great double-sculI race between
iher and Hamm and Gaudaur and Me-
VIII be rowed On the Round Bav
Use, Severn river, near Baltimors.
AuSust'1 or :. the managers of tho
rse are TO cffer purses to be conre ste
oy o'her osrsmeu on the same day.