Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-02-09

hoBKRr C. HowKLr-general superins <ai-
ent Of the general delivery department Of
the Philadelphia post-oflce, was taken
into custody on the 2d on a warrant
charging him with emberrlement in tax
ing necktis from package before ths
same was delivered to parties TO whom
IL was addressed"
RUSSIA contempiates the extinction of
certain provincial assemblies eommem-
orative OF the rule of Gar Alexander ii.
TEN prisoners escaped from fail q,
Uniontown. Pa, on the evening OF the ID.
by breaking through the rotten foor OF an
unused cell into the cellar, and. making Q
hole IN the wall. crawied through
Rxv. w. FRosr died at his residence In
Omaha Neh., on the I'd, in the sixty-sixth
year Of his age. Rev. Mr.. Frost was q
very promiennt preacher In the Methodist
church. He had occupied many promi-
nent positions in the New England Con-
ference, including Charleston. watertown
and Boston.
The President has approved the act
making appropriations tn supply defl-
ciencies in the appropriations for tie
fiscal year ended June 81. 1851 and the
act making appropriations 20 carry into
effect the provisions OF the act OF March
2. 1881. in reference e agricultural sta
tions.
UNITED STATES CoSs-L ELFwrxa at
Stockholm has informed the STATE De-.
partment that the Swedish Government
has declared against the importation OF
pork from the United States unless il is
well salted. Tue Consul says the order
is founded on a report thai n hog pcsti.
lence is raging in the United States.
AcrrSo on information from thu British
War Office In London, the Canadian Gov
ernment Is about TO inangurats a sys
tenn Of coast defense.
ArARxER near Dixon. H.. died on the 81
from drinking liquid Compounded from
fusl oil and alcohol. which was sold to
him as whisky by Chicago drummer.
THE tendency OF events in Ireland ana
the lack of assurance in Lord SaliShury's
remarks makes the outlook rather gloomy
for the landlord element.
THE Elm Street scho0lhouss 1T Titus
vile, Pa, the largest in the city. built in
1873, was completely gutted by fre on the
morning OF the 81. The loss is about
SIS 600. mostly covered by insurance.
EIGHT persons were found dead in a
house at Manchester, England, on the 81
Il is believed they were poisoned.
CALLAS and Harkins, the Irish Ameri.
NAtsr "NAO GthftClra Ut t<OuIpU. on t1a
ID, ~ dynamitsrs and each was sen.
tenced to fifteen years. imprisonment.
A FEMALE child, about one week old.
was found dead in an Clubhouse of the Louis
Fuelling bottiing works, at St Joseph.
Mo-, by some employees of the house.
Bruises on the child's head and BODY
show that it was murdered.
PRoF. CHARLES LINDEN, the naturalist. I.
died on the 81 in the Buffalo On W State
Insane Asylum. aged fifty-six. He was
prostrated by brain trouble while on a
vacation trip at Carlton, Quebec, last
summer, and never regained his mental
faculties.
AN officer OF the Philadelphia s. Read
ing Railroad Company estimates that at
least five thousand miners returned to
work dnringlast week. and said that there
are enough mines being worked to avoid
any inconrenierce to the company or 70
consumers
HERMAN F. HARMON. an uncle Of Mrs.
President Cleveland (her mothers broth
erl. died on the Cd at Charlestown. Mass.
Two saw-mills at Port Blakely, opposite
Seattle, W. T.. and the largest on Puget
Sound, were burled on the 3D. The fire
caught from n hot-box, and the wind
from the belts caught the flames and
famed the blaze the whole length Of the
mill almost instantly, so that the men
barely had time to escape. The loss is
$50, eco; no Insurance..
The arguments ON the trial OF Benjamin
E. Hopkins, Of the Fidelity Bank of Gin
cinnati, were concludsi on tho 81, and
Judge Sage delivered his charge to the
jury, who took the case under considers
tiou-