Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-06-07
OXFORD, MISS, THURSDAY, JUNE Z, 1885,

COLONEL AARON X. puSKgL, OF Penn
sylvania. ex-Stste Senator and ex-Secre-
tary OF Internal Affairs. died at Phila-
phia, on the 3ist, aged fifty-one years.
JOHN NJ. SCorr, n moulder, of Reading,
Pa, during quarrel with his wife, on
the lst cut her throat and then drew the
blade OF the same weapon--a large butch
er knife-across his own throat Both are
in n critical condition.
The boiler uf the steamer Fulton eS:
pioded while tho steamer vas In the gulf,
at the mouth OF the Mississippi river, on
the Slst, instantly killing the pilot, Ed
ward Perkins, fatally wounding Captain
w. II. Riddle and two colored deck hands,
and demolishing the boat
BARON NoN MKHRExHEIN. the Russian
Ambassador to Paris, gave a banquet and
reception In honor ~ President carnot on
the 3ist. All OF the Cabinet Ministers and
many prominent statesmen and diplomats
were present
GENERAL. H. y. BrrLxR put himself or
record, on the 5ist, as n Sherm0 mau--a
William Tecumseh Sherman man. He
said General sherman would prove a
sure winner n run by the Republican
party. and that he would possess a safe
counselor in his brother John.
ductor Everett seriously injured In a
wreck on the Philadelphia & Reading
railroad, near Shamokin, Pa, on tho slst.
Forty cars Of merchandise were smashed
to pieces.
DR. MACKENZIE introduced to his royal
patient, on the 3ist six-year .oid lad on
whom he hadtperformed the operation o.
tracheotomy year ago. A ''fellow feel
In ms do.
He loaded his little visitor with presents
and invited him to call again.
w. II. MOORE, cashier aud general man.
ager of the Bank OF Socorro, n. NJ, Is
short in his accounts and has gone to
Mexico. The bank has closed its doors.
The amount of the defalcation is not
known.
ADMIRAL STosCH has been appointed 10
succeed Count Won Stolberg- W ernigerode
as Grand Chamberlain of tho German
court.
Mr.. PINE, NJ. p, who had been serving
| a sentence of imprisonment fat Clonmel,
Ireland, for offenses committed under the
Crimes act, was released on the 3lst. He
| was met by large crowd and heartily
cheered.
Mr.. TAULBEE, of Kentucky, announced
| in the House, on the lst. that he did no,
propose TO be bound by party caucus. Al
| the proper time he would move an amend
| ment to the Tariff bill putting lumber or
| the dutiable list at 10 per cent. ad va
| loren.
A MEETING OF Mr.. Blaine's friends wa,
held in New York City, on the 1st, to con.
slider the situation created by that gentle
mans late peremptory declination.
MRS. ELLEN MARTIN and her sixteen.
| year-old daughter were struck by traiI
and instantly killed at Bristol, Pa, on tn,
LIST.
GENERAL HENRY BIERGE died OF apo
| plexy in New York on the 1st.
| AN explosion from an unknown caus,
occurred in the Eureka Iron works, a
| Wyandotte, Mich, on the 1st, by whicl
three employees lost their lives.
| THE Queen Regent OF Spain unvaile,
the new statue of Columbus at Barcelona
on the 1st, amid great rejoicing.
MINISTER PHELPS will sail from Ne,
York for England on the 18th.
THE body OF Miss Adele Menard, o
| Minneapolis, Mimi, who committed sui.
| eide, ON the 2Sth, because her fathe
had whipped her, was found floating Ii
| the Mississippi river on the 3lst.
THE House passed the Senate bill to re
| vive the rank of General of the Army or
the LIST. 1t was soon after signed by tn,
President, who'immediately sent the nom
ination OF Philip Henry Sheridan for tn
position to the Senate. The Senate con
| firmed the appointment and notified tn
President of its action. During the after
noon Senators Hawley and Nandersol
called and placed the Generals comm
| sion in the hands of mis- wife,