Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-08
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

FRED A. HALE, a Denver architect
shot and instantly killed NJ =. O'RaiIIy.
contractor on the courthouse in that city
on the 18th OReilIy was the ag-ressor,
and the coroner exoneratei the architect
and gave him his liberty.
FATAL affray took place at Culpepper,
Va. on the 1st, between Edwin Barbour,
editor of the Piedmont AFrance, and Elias
H. Williams, editor Of the Culpepuer Err
poHeRf. Williams was killed. and Bar
bour was seriously wounded The trouble
originated in journalistic controversy.
DISPATCH from San Reno, Italy, on
the lst. says that owing to the depression
exhibited by the Crown Prince his phvsi-
clans now take gloomy view of his case.
The London Lancet comments upon the
omission Of the official bulletins regard
ing the condition Of the Crown Prince,
and regrets that it is forced to the CON
clusion that the royal patient is proceed
ing from bad to worse.
The firm Of Seckendorf, Levfno & Co,
hop merchants, having houses in New
York, London, Saczs, Bohemia, and
Nuremberg. Bavaria, failed for six million
marks on the 1st.
The credit OF SSe,50) for expenses Of
MIR. Chamberlain's mission to Washing
eCA dppFOFtu on the l5t IN the 6rlt
ish House of Commons.
IL the trial Of Flynn and Squires for
conspiracy to eorruptiy manage the New
York Department OF Public WORKS. on the
1st, the Jury were ins tructed to bring in a
verdict of not guilty. the only evidence
against the defendants consisting OF ad-
missions made by them after the alleged
conspiracy had been effected
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woman. was hrutally assaulted in her
b. an unknown man, who choked and
kicked her into inssnsibIity. and then
ychbed her % her beautiful brown hair.
By far the worst storm Of the present
winter at Duluth, MINI, set in during the
night Of the 29th- High winds prevailed.
and a thick, whiri ing snow rendered il
impossible to see across the street.
Four eolored nen were drowned at Old
town CreeS. Mss, recently. The first to
10 lose his life was one who attempted to
ford the stream and was drowned. Three
hundred negroes were searching for his
BABY. y hen canoe containing six OF
them was capsize1 and three Of its occu-
pants were drowned
A MILLION dollar fire occurred in New
York on tine 1st-
The PaFtii0 LIBERAL. Of the capital Of
Mexico, SAYS that the days Of bull-fxht-
ing IN progressive Mexico ars numbered.
A petition for the prohibition Of the bar
barous pastime in the federal district has
been signed by nearly 5000 people. and
will be presen ted to Congress next month.
TIE London ChroRicEs Of the Is. saws
that while the Princs of Wales was
yachting at San Reno he was pursued by
Fenians in a steam Yacht bearing the
American coIors. A British gunboat saw
the Princes danger, and went to the res
cue The yacht hOisted the Irish Tag, and
after long chase escaped
THE Mills Tariff bill was reported bv
the subcommittee to the COMMITTEES on
ways and means On the Ist II adds be-
tween two and three hundred articles TO
the free list. efecting a reduction Of rev.
eRue OF s., 30, ,000, and reduces the DUTY
On other articles 20 the amount OK So, T5O,-
90 aggregating = total reduction Of
50 COO 90.
AExIcAS mines have produced in the
last ten years S9,5ls, 900 in gold and ssas,-
5z1, go in silver, and last years product
was the heaviest OF all in silver and sec
end heaviest in gold
ESsESADA. Lower California, and San
Diego, in Southern California, will soon
be connected BY rail.
A LOCOMOTIVE on the Delaware & Hud-
son railroad exploded while drawing a
heavy fasight train between P!rtston and
Pleasantly lie, Pa, on the I'd The entire
front end Of the boiler was torn OF hack
10 the bell, but fortunately no one was
hurt and the engine did not leave the
track.
AR- JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN nak@s a fat
tssihg report OF the gratifying results OF
tne fisheries conference, highly compli-
aenting the eonferess on their uncds-
rate bsaEcg and vsiasbi. ssfars~