Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

iHk bulgarian Government has pur-
chased the varna- RustcLuk railway.
Mas. GOLDEN had a narrow escape from
death the LIST, in the burning OF her
husoana's house, one mile south Of Ionia,
Mich. She is in a critical condition.
being insane from the effects of fright
GENERALS Voy wERDEa AND wALpER-
SEE. who are attached to the Emperor oc
Germany's military suite, are visiting the
Gar.
ANTHONY HoFFxAy, of Philadelphia.
and c. c. Burkhardt OF Brooklyn, were
remanded in the Tombs Police Court in
New York City. on the 4tt.4 charged with
breaking into a clothing stare, on the I'd.
and stealing over.si 900 worth Of silk.
The HoIte enbacktnlne, opsxzred by the
Lehigh- < wilkes11fTTff1z<UU
pady.was on frs, on the 81, ard CO. = -
able damage was done.
THx English and French governments
.k,ve agreed tn work jointly on and after
J9nuAry l. iss9. the submarine cables be-
tween France and England The tariff
viii Be twenty centimes aword- 4 direct
cable between Liverpool aud Havre will
BE established under the arrangement
Mas D. D SC,sx, OF New York,
Jumped from a window OF her room. on
the second foor OF the fashionable Ken
sington. At Saratoga on the I'd, in broad
daylight She died, on toe .3i, from a
broken spine She was epular and
wealthy.
THE jury in the suit of \ o'DonneIl
against the London Tisses. nturned a
verdict for the newspaper on ne 5th-
KING MILAN has applied to the Church
Synod for c judicial separation from his
wife, Queen Natalie, on the ground OF an
insuperable aversion to her. General
Protic has gone to Wiesbaden to bring
the young Crown Prince back to Servia
The boy, VINO is twelve years old, is at
Wiesbadei. with his mother.
A LARGE new stone block OF stores and
several other buildings in Flagstaff,
Ariz.. were destroyed by fire on the ID.
AT Trafalgar, johnson County, Ind,
on the 81, S. W. Henderson shot
and killed his divorced wife, and then
killed himself. The couple were divorced
September last. Henderson tnen mar
ried another woman, with whom he was
living at the time of his death.
COLONEL HASSEFoRD's eight-year-old
son had his right hand blown off at Cedar
Rapids, Ia, by a giant fre-cracker on
the 4th- He thought it q roman candle.
HERMAN CooPER. Of Des Aoines, Ia,
saw his son wading in the Des Moines
river, and when the boy stepped out OF
his depth his father jumped in TO save
him and was drowned but the boy was
rescued by others near.
RoBxRr w. FLAcx, OF Syracuse, ". Y,
lost his life at Niagara Falls. on the 4th,
nan unsuccessful attempt to shoot the
rapids in ''the Phantom" life boat OF
his own construction. which Flack
claimed would right itself in any sea HIS
object in making tie perilous journey was
to show this and TO introduce his boat.
JAKE MuLIGAS, fourteen years old, had
his head blown of at Indianapolis, Ind,
on the 4th. by the premature explosion OF
n lot OF powder that he had placed in a
tin can
The California State convention Of the
American party met at San Francisco, on
the 5th, and after the appointment OF tie
usual committees, adjourned until the 6th,
when delegates were elected 10 a Ma
tional convention 70 nominate candidates
for President and viee-President.
GRESHAM ANDERSON, OF Woodbridge.
". j. and E B. Anderson, Of New York,
we're driving across the railroad track at
Woodbridge. on the 4th- when their vehicle
was struck by q train and smashed TO
splinters. Both men were instantly killed.
The latest accounts from the recent
Src4a Aoo1 ~ LEOus AcNkcor A11 NACAnltls
place the number OF lives lost at 100.
A cyclone visited many places in Iowa
on the 4th- Casualties of greater or less
extent are reported from several towns.
The town Of Algona Is said to have been
blown away.
MARTHA LEYFEI, one Of the most prom
inent and wealthy women in Clarke
County, o., committed suicide, on the
9Th. by hanging. She was seventy-six |
years old
THE projected bridge across the Hudson |
river at New York City is designed to be |
the largest in the world, the middle span |
being ~ $50 feet long and the end spans |
800 feet. Gustave Lindenthal, the de- |
signer, says that Brooklyn bridge will se /
OF small Consequence in comparison |
with il