Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

Mrs. E. A. THOMPSON, p
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VOL. All.
HWS IN BRIEF.
0mpIlcd from Various Sources.
q TOLLS was nominated for Governor
f1& q ST ballot by the Louisiana Dem
XX'c State convention at Baton Rouge
xe 13sh.
" residence OF United States Senator
Us, at Atchi .on, Kas.. was destroyed
rc on the 1alh. The loss Is, In sonc
tcts, irreparable.
DsrTRoLER TRENHOLM declares the
h National Bank OF New York City
~ perfectly sound. despite the retire.
~ of President Baldwin.
r8v MANLY, n Young man OF BIoofa-
bn, H., died on the night OF the 18th
u the effects OF dose Of aconite, taken
y 8istake for cough medicine.
~ -
~ vaiuo Of the exports Of breadstuffs
fbo twelve months ended December
S7. wa, S;5s. 30i, ,75s, as against S14S,-
II for the twelve months ended
ember 81, lss6
HE ncent blizzard throughout the
nth ha$been the most severe OF the
3nter, greatly de aging trains and busi-
50 causing mach. suffering, in some
r. resulting in death.
lie Utah Legislature met on the 9th,
m4or ranizsd both branches. There are
dEQe Gentiles aud twenty -one Mormons
1e lower house and two Gentiies and
& dormons in the upper.
III sa a y of DR.. Abbott, as temporary
o1(br OF Plymouth CHURCH, Brooklyn,
Been fixed at 81 500 per annum This
: ne-.hird the remuneration paid to the
ato Henry Ward Beecher.
"a -
ADvICEs from the Russian frontier say
he stroops IN tho Lubiin district are suf-
ertng terribly from cold. Forty sentinels
iave been frczsn to death. Dysentery
q typhus fever are prevalent.
MoNG the men arrested in connection
4 the latest plot against the Gear OF
5sia, is an emp.oye of the Baltic rail-
~, who kept the Nihilists informed OF
3ery journey of the Czar to and from
SAtschna.
THE business failures during the seven
rvs ended the 18th number, for the
{1ttsd States, s5S. and for Canada, 40, or
E{ptal Of 2sS, as against 279 the preceding
period, aud 323 for the corresponding
1ek Of 1887.
3HE first of series of fortnightly re-.
tions was given by tho President and
-. Cleveland at the Executive Mansion
aWasbington, on the night of the 18th,
2 the diplomatic corps and large num-
II Of invited guests.
!. The Visions in Supreme Court, through
Ietice Cassidy, in the case of Paul
|uottkau, of Milwaukee, appealed on
yat OF error, affirmed the Judgment of
Milwaukee Municipal Court and d.
ted the execution Of the sentence.
Pch is one years imprisonment.
GRANDMA" GARFIELD. - rsvsii..t
fields mother is callod by those who
w her, is i'll at the old homestead at
htor. She wants to see Jimmy" as
terms her dead son, and, although
very sick. it is thought that her end
frawing near, as she is very aged.
4oN. JAMES G. BLAINE was made a
ndfather on tho 1lth by Mrs James G.
line, Jr., presenting her husband with
bouncing blue-eyed boy OF nine pounds.
child will be named after its grand
her. Mrs. Blaine is the daughter of
hator Nevins. The event has been tele.
IAphed to Mr.. Blaine.
FHE President has granite ed a pardon in
a case Of Levi C. Pratt. convicted in the
4nthern district of Iowa of passing
interfeit money, and sentenced Febru.
], 1856, to five years imprisonment.
acting on the case, the President said
4 convict has served two years and was
good soldier in the war.
tAFrER eluding detectives for a wear.
parles Bourton, the man who. represent
y himself as brother of Marcus r.
[hyer, and who so successfully swindled
ee residents Of tbs City OF Mexico out Of
poVo by spurious advance sale of
ckets for series OF concerts by Mime.
Aft', hes been arrested in New York.
The principal members of the Coresn
Embassy called at the State Department
P the 10th and paid their respects to
ecretary Bayard. Arrangements we're
lade for their presentation to the Presi-
en-. IN lew days. 1t is, therefore. prac-
lad that H..
mc'aiiy recognized by this Govern ment.
AT the meeting Of the Michigan State
'oard OF Health at Lansing, on the 10th.
TOT. vaughn reported q successful ex.
eriment OF producing in cat a disease
'inlar to typhoid fever in the human
amiy by the use Of tho germs found I'm |
ne water used by the three hundred vic.
ms OF the scourge at Iron Mountain. Mich.
O
ANTHONY CoMsrocK, at the head Of the |
pcicsy for the Prevention OF Vieee ac- |
pmpanied by a lot OF city police. made |
rade on the anatomical museums of Nav
'ork ON the 9th. About half a dozen Of |
'em were visited and their proprietors
pa the employees arrested. The officer. |
$50 seized several wagon loads of wax
cures.
HE secretary Of the Treasury, on the
'th' transmitted to Congress aldeficiencv
Innate OF ~, 800. submitted by the Sec.
'.ary OF the Interior, to meet losses sus-
lined by Colorow and other Ute Indians
ISL summer, by reason OF being hastily
riven from Garfield County, Col, by the
WI authorities of that State, aided by |
IN tne United States Circuit Court at
enver' Col, on the 9th, Judge Brewer
'ndered decision in favor OF the Govern.
ent IN the case Of the United States vs.
= Cleveland Cattle Company, In which