Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-02-23

rn nuia1eo Cardouna Who killed
Byrnss and Tsehan in Q New York tene-
rasnt house - the result OF Q quarrel b
tween his vhits wife and her nsixhburs.
was acquitted on the ind icsmsns for tn.
murder Of Byrnes on the iIth 10 has not
yet been decided 70 try him FOR the muir
der Of Teehan-
TEE Free Press. Of Ottawa Ont. speaks
OF the fisheries treaty a. "a complete sur
render 20 the Americans" aud hope. that
the Canadian Parliament sswiI have suf-
dcisnt Independence to reject the treaty,
IL, - appears to Be the case, IL involves
the surrender OF Canada's rights without
compensation"
r @. DuS & Co. report business fail
urss for the week ending February 10:
For the United Strtes, -; for Canada.
~; total. "a; compared with 81 for the
corresponding week last year.
THR Congressional Investigation into
the Reading strikes was resumed on the
nth President Corbin Was again called
20 ths stand. and losing his temper at
what he consid cred impairment quss-
tious, made it warm for his inquisitors at
short intervals He fatty refused 10 an.
swsr some Of the questions.
OvxRruRKs looking to . termination Of
the great Reading strike were made on
the 18th by Mr.. W. I. Lswis for the
strikers, to President Corbin. The answer
was favorable and the prospects for an
early settlement Of the trouble are
good
R g. DuS q Co.'S trade review, issued
on the 18th, SAYS the ''causes Of recent
dullness and depression in the market be-
come more visible-ssvere weather, pro-
longed strikes and reaction from last
years ovsr-hopefulnsss being promi-
nsut"
The wooisn mill owned by 7. I. Robert
son, st Aallison Falls, South windham,
Me-. was burned to the ground on the
morning OF The 18th. The loss was COW
cred by an Insurance. OF S35, 900.
THx steamer City Of Peking, from
China and Japan, arrived at San Fran
cisco On the 17th, with several cases OF
smallpox among tie passengers, and
was placed in quarantine. This Il tns
NTH successive steamer which has Or.
rived with the smallpox The Belxic
which came in two weeks ago. was re-
leased from Quarantine on the Ilsh- The
steamer Shenandoah, formerly . United
States man -of-w war, has BEEN fitted M as
Quarantine boat, and Ii now occupied
by several hundred Chinese, who have
arrived on infected vessels
ONE OF the greatest fires that ever Wis.
itsd Westerly, R L, ragged for three
hours on the morning OF the fT.h, de-
stroying several business buildings
and causing . loss Of about $3.50 90.
ANNIE HKDrxx an orphan Polish xfri
of Detroit, Mich, died recently from the
effects Of brutal assault by Q negro. The
fact was kept . secret by the family unit II
the I7th.
Ike WEIR, the Belfast Spider, scored
his drst failure 20 knock out his man in a
glove fight in his contest at Minneapolis.
Mimi, on the 18th, with Doninick Barnes,
9 Toronto. The fight was accorded to
Weir. however, on points.
The Supreme Court of the United States
adjourned on the Issh until the 18th Of
March.
The young man captured by the Chi.
cago police rs an acce mplics In the mur-
der OF Millionaire Smell 10 named VIM. b.
Tascott. The police are confident Of his
conviction.
THREE rollicking railroadsrs who had
been making . night OF it among the
sporting houses Of Columbus, O. on the
1Tth, called at . late hour at . doctors
Office in . drunken and dsmoralized con-
dition, and exhibited bleeding wounds
Of the receiving OF which they could give
no account One Of them will die.
AN effort was made to blow up an Irish
inspector Of police on the 17th-
The German Rsichstag, on the I7th,
passed the anti-Socialist bill.
FRED d. MussEY was granted divorce
from his wife, daughter OF Ex-Governor
Foster Of Ohio. at Columbus,on the ITth.