Oxford eagle., 1888-04-19


rRryg the month Of March several
At fires occurred in China At Sap
Ne, 1J0 houses were destroyed; at Tkes-
1nura Nakagora, 10, and at Kashiwasaki
uoeue, $40.
1HE Michigan Greenback State conven-
t5on hrs been called TO meet at Lansing.
May 8, to select delegates to the National
convention, which meets at Cincinnati one
week later.
6KSoR CAIISpEz, a wealthy Cuban mer-
chant, has been kidnapped at his estate in
Santa Rita, by bandits. II is reported
that two planters have been kidnapped at
Remedies.
The people OF Georgetow-. d. C., cele-
bruted the Inauguration of free-bridge
communication with Washington. on the
lO1h. with speech making and civil and
military parade.
OK the 9th Empress Victoria and Prin-
cooses Victoria, Sophie and Margaret
v1oited Posen, Prussia, to inquire as to the
&ondition OF the sufferers by the floods,
I'd offer them relief.
The race for fl,0o0 between the yawl
Atlantic and the ketch Bridesmaid, from
southampton to Funchatl, Madeira, was
nished on the 1ith, the Bridesmaid COM
cHg in seven miles ahead.
IL the Court OF Oyer and Terminer, New
Xork City, on the 1lth. District Attorney
allows moved that the trial Of Thomas
A Kerr, for bribery, be set for the 10th,
I'D the motion was granted.
ALL OF the correspondents to the Lon
Gpn papers agree that the crisis over the
marriage of Prince 4 AIexander to Princess
Victoria has been settled amicably, and
Nat there will be no political change.
UNITED STATES MARSHAL W. ii. CHAP
mAN was wounded in the arm in fight
Nth moonshiners in Lauderdale County,
Ga, on the 9th. Eight of the lawbreak-
Grs were captured, and the distillery de-
oGroyed.
OK the 18th Nine Diss De Bar, her hus-
and, General Diss De Bar, DIR. Benz.
lawrence and his son Frank were ar
: rAigned in the Tombs court, New York
City, charged with conspiring to defraud
Lawyer Marsh.
3 MARRAu, commander of the Roumanian
dotilla, has been tried by court-martial
On the charge of embezzlement, convicted,
and degraded from his rank and SEN
Fenced to ten months Imprisonment and
20 pay costs.
MAYOR HEWITT OF New York City has
vetoed the ordinance by which the au-
ehority to display flags on city buildings
IS vested in the Mayor unless otherwise
ordered by the board, denouncing it as a
c1umsy subterfuge.
THE first annual banquet OF the Unita-
Hian Club of New York City was held on
ne 10th. Among those present were Geo.
m. Curtis, Dorman B. Eaton, ex-Gov-
NOR Chamberlain, Robt. Collyer and
mo. B. Woodward.
IN the New York Assembly the Woman
nffrage bill was killed summarily. Mrs.
tllie Devereux Blake, president of the
tate Woman's Suffrage Association, has
lied an indignation meeting at Albany
consider the matter.
On the 9th the Comptroller of the Cur
ency declared a second dividend-ffteen
er cent.-in favor of the creditors of the
fifth National Bank of st. Louis, making
all sixty-five per cent. on the claims
presented, aggregating s95i,592.
On the night Of the 11th James b. Mills
(colored), of Stamford, Conn.,, reported to
lhe police that party of oystermen had
killcd his wife and brutally beaten him,
And was promptly arrested on suspicion
81 having done the murder himself.
ON the 18th Senate bill appropriating
- 200 for making survey and estimating
4 he cost of removing Smiths, Perry's and
indmifl islands from the Delaware river
between Philadelphia and Camden, was
avorabfy reported in the Senate
COMMANDER McCALLA of the United
tates ship Enterprise thinks that our
government is at disadvantage with
dorocco, because it has only a Consul
ehere, while all the Powers except Sweden
re represented by ministers resident.
X CoNsuL-GESERAL PHELAN is of the
opinion that the Americans are very
oolish In opposing the Fisheries treaty,
II secures for us more than could have
oeen hoped. The people Of Nova Scotia,
Fita more reason, are all opposed to the
treaty.
MRS. DEGRAssIE BULKLEY, the yorng
Foman who, while engaged to w. l.. Tren-
Aolm, son of the Comptroller of the Cur
gency, eloped with and was married to
Joung Bulkley, ended her existence with
poison, at her home in Washington, on
thc 18th.
On the 9th the bark Reindeer, which ar
rived at New York from st. Pierre.
Martinique, reported that when two hum
Hfed miles off Bermuda she passed
thre ugh water-spout which cut away all
her iaasts and rigging, and nearly sub
merged her.
Il denying the motion to again submit
tne case OF Gould and Sage to the grand
Jury, Recorder Smyth says such practice
you'd lead to a disgraceful scramble be-
tween the enemies and friends of accused
persons Which would be fatal to a firm
efeady and impartial administration OF
priminal justice.
GEORGE BURTON, of East Liverpool. O..
e4rove his wife from the house and in.
sailed a dashing widow from Trenton. N.
in her place, on the 18th. The female
ends OF the abused wife to the number
g 80 drove the guilty pair away in a per-
Hct storm of stale eggs.
IRE movement to send TO France q
4tatue OF George Washington as a present
rom the ladies OF America is well under
4 woy. The names of statue committee Of
lTomlnent ladies will soon be published.
me French newspapers are unanimous in
ne expression of satisfaction with tie
roiect