Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-03

oe the sixty-sixih anniversary Of the
btrth Of General Grant. on the 9th
TIE sentences OF General CaTarel and
Nme. I.amoasin. who were convicted o:
selling medals oe the Legion Of Honor
.were confirmed by the Paris Court OF
Appeals on the 26th.
THE President has approved the act FOR
= bridge across the Mississippi river al
Memphis. and the act TO facilitate the
prosecution OF works projected for the
Improvement OF rivers and harbors-
SENATOR WILLIAM T. FRYE. of Maine
Hon. VIM. Mckinley, Jr.. OF Ohio, and
Hon. VIE. ID. Kelly. OF Philadelphia, will
aridress the protective-tarif meeting al
ne Philadelphia Academy Of Music or
nay ).
Mas. AMANDA CowAv, a so-called ma
oerializing medium, was exposed as
fraud in Boston, on the 26th, by the sud-
den lighting OF candles by party of gem
kiemen who attended the seance for thai
purpose.
8 TIE election to fill the Parliamentary
Vacancy in Mid-Lanarkshire, England
which took place on the s1th, resulted a
Follows: Phillips, Gladstonian, 3,sil
Bousfeld. Conservative, 2,9lI, Hardie,
Labor, 81.
& HUNDREDS OF claimants against the de-
sfunct American Exchange in Londor
anxiously awaited the arrival of Mr.. Gil
liz in Liverpool, only to find him too i'll tC
take any steps for the relief Of the cred
ifors OF the concern.
WALKER. sen of James q. Blaine, in NJ
y Interview with United Press reporter. OF
the 25th, said that the reports so persist
eutly circulated OF his fathers Illness
& were very annoying and positively with
4 out foundation in fact.
EDIToE B. r. DILLEY, of Kingston, Pa.
8 who mysteriously disappeared about {
s month ago, and was supposed to hav'
u been murdered. turnedup in Denver, Col.
on the 24th. 1t is believed that he haC
q been temporarily insane.
THE Dubl;n Freemaa's Journal Of tn,
4 9th, commenting on the late papal de-
cree against the ''plau Of campaign,
urges the people to exercise calmness anC
8 patience, and receive it with profound re-
spect and loyalty to Rome.
THE colored people of the District o
Columbia held memorial meeting in th'
Metropolitan 4. NJ. E. Church on the 9th
& Eulogies were delivered on the life OF ex.
Z Senator Conkling. Frederick Dougla.
WIS the principal speaker.
THE first loss in the fourteen years. ex-
a perience of the Occidental & Orienta
Il Steamship Company was occasioned by
4 the recent wreck OF the steamer Sar
Il Pablo, which went ashore near Shanghai
China, and amounted to 100000.
MAJoR-GENERAL CROOK has been as
signed to to the command Of the Depart
ment of the Missouri. in place of Genera
Terry, retired; and General Brooke ha:
been assigned to the Department OF th,
Platte, in place OF General Crook.
A MAJORITY of the Deputies for the De,
rartment OF the Seine have signed a man
ifestO to the electors cjhdemning tn,
Boulangist movement. The Senators FOL
that department have been asked To at
taeh their signatures to the manifesto.
4 REPORT from Paris on the I'D said
"Franee is in the direstdanger at present
for all the enemies Of the Republic ars
ranged around Boulanger, whom they
VIII use as an instrument with which q
accomplish the destruction they long for
1T was reported from Lancaster, Pa, OF
the ed, that four children of &C. Walt
/ meyer, residing in West Hempfietd town
ship, had died, the four remaining chill
dreu were dying, and the father and
mother were sick with n malignant typ.
Of diphtheria-
The Keystone Investment Company o
Philadelphia. said 90 have been n biz
"bucket-shop" and hacker for abou
twenty similar establishments in Phila.
delphia and neighboring cities, suspended
business on the aith, with liabilitie3
placed at s:so,o0J; assets unknown.
THE Democratic Congressional caucus
on the sd, adopted resolution that dis
eussion on the Tariff bill should be re.
suned ON the 2ith and continued to a con.
einsion, to the exclusion OF other bust.
ness, except as to night sessions vheE
not required for debate on the tariff.
TEE SEdgment OF the Supreme Courr
OF kansas, awarding damages to Patrica
Maekey, an employe Of the Missouri Pa
cife Railway Company, for injuries re.
celyed through the negligence Of another
emPloye, was affirmed by the Supreme
Court OF the United States on the sd.
REPREsENrATIvE MORROW introduced !
resolution in the House, on the sd, calling
ou the President and Secretary Of STATE
to maintain the firm stand taken by this
country that no foreign power possesses
the right to establish protectorate over
the Samoan or other Pacific Ocean is.
lands.
THE editorial announcement by the New
York Sun OF the 26th, that the editor had
information from an undeniabIe source
that MIR. Blaine would again decline the
nomination for the presidency. even il
rendered him at Chicago, is not generaII '
believed by the New York friends Of Mr.
Blaine.
The Municipal Council OF Paris, after
q violent discussion on the 23d, adopted
an order OF the day eensuring the pie
otseite scheme and the Boulangist cam
paign, and declaring that the council was
ready 10 place itself at the head of the
people In order " preserve the liberties
Il France,