Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-01

Mrs. E. A. THOMPSON, Pr
VOL. MI.
IN BRIEF.
Compiled IRON vsrisu Sources.
- Gadstonians met with defeat in
. parliamentary vacancy election in
GnGooncaster district
= MOVEMENT has been inangurated in
pm 70 erect . monument 10 Wendell
KADips BY popular subscriptions
- Lours merchants subscribed over
- thousand dollars for the relief OF
uVuooue sufferers % Mt Vernon, H., on
n4I.t
11z important statement comes from
vInnna that Count Ksinoky accepts Rus
PROPOSAL INf u .tttlEutcUb u tn8 D1A>
Dnr1an question
Xhx coustabIes who arrested the whole
= liquor dealers at Des Moines, Ia, and
e. released them, have been indicted
1ureceiving bribes
hK rresiieutiai party en- route 10
Drida- On the 2ist and ed. were the re-
Tents OF enthusiastic greeting by largo
0owds at all points along the route
1HR injunction of secrecy was removed
0un the fisheries treaty on the 21st. and
= was given to the press, together with
Presidents letter accompanying IL
is stated that the Government Of
1garia has firmly resolved to reject any
uposal to dethrons Ferdinand. even
such prop 1sal be supported by the
pers.
- was thought In Washington on the
~ that the contest for the National
onocratic convention had narrowed
IN TO Chicago, st. Louis and San
Xuncisco.
lie newspapers Of Madrid state that
t. Duke Of Mentpensier has notified the
gp1ernmcnt tha, he will return to Spain
noowithstanaing Prime Minister Sa-
Gu1ka's Warning.
DISPATCH from San Reno states that
- Crown Prince is using n new tuba n
N throat. which was especially made for
h1n in Engl and. and that better results
fellow from its use
3HE fisheries treaty was considered bv
~ Senate in secret session on the eoth.
Amevident desire 90 order its imm.d as~
Dlicstion was barred by the cszs Of
- governing the body.
x THOUSAND striking miners IN and
out Shamokin, Pa, went cheerfuliy 20
~ on thu morning OF the Goth. com
ely molified by President Corbin's
G. of 81, 900 to the miners
u Is stated that Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer,
peopristor OF the New York Worh and
- Louis Post Dispatch. will probably BE-
60 totally blind. His treatment at
eunta Barbara was not successful.
3 influential Republican Senator 10
. Iited with declaring that hereaftsr
- xecative business upon which the In.
etion Of secrecy is not specially voted
be conducted with open doors.
& ~
EDERAL office-holding members Of the
ional Democratic committee took the
recently sent out from Washington.
. were represented on the committee,
ae1ts meeting on the I'D. by proxy.
= RULING OF the Supreme Court Of the
United States on the a0th, in effect defers
- the present the execution of the sen.
Dce OF death pronounced upon Brooks,
IS Maxwell, the slayer Of C. Arthur
1Dller in st. Louis In 1885
o. the I'D Mrs. Josephine Ammon, the
vAlthy widow Of Cleveland, o., who was
oarceratcd for contempt of court for re-
Heeing to reveal the whereaL outs Of a
y1ng girl whom she was defending from
cenary relatives. was released on bail.
VS the I'D convention Of Republican
s's OF Michigan was held I'm Detroit. At
ch State league was organized. and
lsures discussed for conducting a
cessfut campaign next fall. General
er was the unanimous choice for Pre-.
= BILL was introduced the House on
Dth by Mr.. Blount, Of Georgia, pro
vioing Tor the reorganization Of the
posfal service. Three classes of post.
oSters are created, with salaries rang.
- from 5000 rer annum, with per-
lies, to $50 per quarter.
1R HENRY BURKE, who owns estates at
Woodford, Ireland, has agreed to the pIan
Nered by his tenants, and settlement,
Pc been made in accordance with il 20
satisfaction of all. Only Lord Clan
xNArde and Mrs Lewis now hold out in
district against their tenants.
~
was stated in the House Of Commons
fhe 10th that agricultural values i'm
at Britain had shrunk f42, 500, 600 In
asd coad not now be less than
seoo,Ooo Thousands Of acres Of land
gone out OF clltivation, greatly in
Asing idleness and reducing wages
EcRErARY OF WAR ESpIcorr's reply To
Boutelle resolution of inquiry relative
fhe disposition OF captured rebel nags,
reed in the House Of Representative
fhe alth- The author Of the resolution
racterized the reply as q weak attempt
0ovads responsibility for the acts of the
ygBent Administration.
pc Legislature of Maryland was con
srably excited on the sd over the dis
lily that bill had slipped through the
ese and been sent to the Senate con-
ing 1oo by which Q high Federal
Ia was to receive for tune at the az
pense of private citizens. The bin ~.
'iea ana very materially modified
DR- McGLVNs sent q cable message In
44n1in TO Rome on the 18th IL is said
= AAvs been addressed to friends thsr.
vno have been working in his interest Al
a1cng. The doctor does not want to re-
e.er the priesthood. but wants, and ex-
pec<s to have. the ban upon him removed.
~ zee ms enemies in the church hum