Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-12

Mrs. LrrrrfA Bovr, said 70 have been
President Buchanan's first and only love,
died at Sugnr-foat Valley, Mimi, on the
night Of the 9th. al the age of ninty-ninc.
THE mayor OF Newark. N. J., thinks q
few funerals are needed in the directory
Of the Delaware, Lackawenna & Western
railroad. and so states IL in his annual
message.
DISASTROUS floods are reported In Se-
vile, Spain. Six lives have been lost and
many persons have been injured. The
damage nv the floods In NAL aga is esti-
mated at s2O10oa
A GENERAL resumption of work In the
river coal mines in Pennsyl, ania will
probably fake place this week at the adj
vance in wages demanded by the miners.
The resumption will give employment to
nearly five thousand men.
REPRESENTATIVES TowSsHESp, of Illi-
nois, win introduce in Congress In few
days q joint re solution to amend the Con.
stitution of the United States so as to pro-
vide for the election of Senators by votes
OF the people of the States.
MANITOBA farmers are ind dignant at the
refusuai Of Canadian customs officers to
Peinbina 10 Montreal via the Northern
Pacific. The officers are acting in the In.
terest OF the Canadian Pacific.
THE president of the Board OF Poor
Directors OF Lancaster. Pa, on the "a.
asked the tranps confined in the county
workhouse. Iie in all, who were willing TO
go TO Reading to take the strikers places
20 sign paper. but only twenty-five COM
piled.
DANIEL MASNrxG's will WAS admitted TO
probate at Albany, " V, os. the 9Th. BY
Surrogate Woods. II was made July 2,
1886, when Mr.. Manning was in Albany
attending the hi-centennial celebration OF
that city, and bequeaths all his property
TO MS family.
THE most strons confiagration IN the
history OF Saida, Colo, occurred on the
ID. Twenty-one houses were DESTROYED
in the business portion OF the town, in =
cluding Cornbuanv's new hotel and the
Chicago Opsra-house. The loss is esti.
mated at $4,000.
NATHAN p. SUTTON was hanged at Oak.
land, Cal, on the 9Th, for the murder of
Alexander Martin, n ranchman, In Sep
tember, 1885. Strenuous effor is were made
in Sutton's behalf for communication of
sentence, but Governor Waterman re-
fused to interfere.
THE receipts of the Government from all
sources during December were S2o, ,325, ,2S5,
ard the expenditures $4,000. .6Ss leaving
net eain ofreceipts over expenditures OF
SIS, s,92i ,6o3. which, after paying s., 1900, 900
interest OF the public debt, leaves a net
surplus for the month of $I5, ,425,6)3
THE President, on the 4th, transmitted
to both houses Of Congress the draft of a
bill to authorize the Secretary Of the In
terror to fix the amount of compensation
to Toe paid for railroads through Indian
reservations in cases where such rights
are provided for by treaty or act Of Con.
gress.
e. b. WILBUR, one OF the most widely
known grain merchants in Buffalo, N. ",
has gone to Canada. Tuscott & Heath.
field are out s. 0o0 and S. S. McCrea,
freight agent of the Grand Trunk, is a
loser to the amount of $4,000, and num-
Der of others are said to be out various
amounts
THREE Reading collieries, with a capaci-
ty of $50 cars per day, were at work on
the 9Th. They can employ 1900 hands.
1t is not believed that any considerable
portion OF the miners employed by indi-
vidual operators at the advance will re.
fuse to cut coal il handled by nom union
railroaders.
THE great objective or thirty -six.inch
lens OF the Lick telescope was success
tuiiy mounted at San Jose, CAL,
on the lst, and would have been
turned on the heavens that evening
nad the sky been clear, but it having be-
come obscured about sundown no observa-
aons We're made.
THE December fire losses aggregated
*lo,S1s,0oo. against ST., ,20O, 900 for the same
time last year. The total fire waste for
the year 1887 amounted to the extraor-
dinary figure of $I29, 264 200, which has
not been exceeded since the great Boston
fire This is about S13. 000, 600 greater than
the losses Of 1886.
1T is reported that the Italian Govsrn-
ment IS endsavoring through its minister
TO this country, TO make arran gements
with American manufacturers of steel for
furnishing armor plates for Italian war
vessels, the intention being to secure a
source OF steel supply outside Of Europe
In the event of war.
The commission appointed by Governor
Sawyer of New Hampshire to investi-
gate the mental condition of Richard
Woodaam and Hannah Woodham. h,s
wife, who have been confined in the
Asylum for the Insane at Concord thir.
,een years this month, have decided that
they should be released.
Ex-EMpREss EUGENE has decided that
tue ceremony OF the removal of the re-
mains OF Napoleon III. and the Prince
lmperfaI from