Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-06

Mrs. Z. A. THOMPSON, Pr
VOL. MI,
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied frsn varisss SsareeA
.r,fr striking worknee oE the A-hiard
= psuakae division % the Wis .sasfu
central road resumed work N a body on
the 18th
THE minority report % the Congress
s5naI eouinsltes appointed to investi-
gate the affairs OF the Public Printing
Oaics ssas submitted on the slth-
THE Wilson bill giving the President
additional powers under the Retaliatory
A. was completed in the House commit
t., on foreign affairs on the e9th-
ANA I1FfNAll- o. hul-Al~ AtIlRAAE OF
Ohio at Cleveland, which ended on the
the s9th. was one ot the, most successful
coaciavss in the history 0; the order.
EY the granting Of concessions. the
ra-ure ot which was not made public,
the strike on the Nackey railroad system
was, on the e7th, temporarily settled
TIE survivors of the Eagineers' brigade
Of tine Army OF the Potomac held their
fifteenth annual reunion in Elmira y.
Y. on the 3oth- Six hundred members
Of the brigade were present
\ POTTER at the German Embassy In
Paris WIS shot at, on the s9th. by crazy
Freedman named Garnier, who claimed
70 have been ruined By the Franco-tier-
mar war. The porter was uuhurt.
GENERAL. II HNRRrsoS did nothing all day.
on tn. -1th. bat lounge around the porch
af the Middle Bass Island clubhouse and
stroll about the grounds. Fl. was max
iag the most Of hts resting SPELL
IL m accident to Barnum 6 Bsiley's
circus train at Hampton, Ia, on the 31st.
4 rar containing five lions was demOlish-
81 snI the animals liberated. but they
were al captured after an exciting chase.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND decided. on the
9Th. NOT to accept the invitation to at
tenI the Gran yers' Interstate picnic
and exhibition at Williams Grove, Pa
representative VIM Scott will be pres
ea-
THs tenants on the several estates about
Knuish. County Clare. Ireland, have
paid t1e.r rents upon the landlords
agreeing 70 abatements amounting to
thirty per cent, the tenants payizg all
costs.
THE losses by the forest fires around
Ishpemiag. Mich. are estimated at s,0. 900
ta 5000. The homeless people are being
sheltered aud led by those who saved
theiF homes. They viii r-a auire assistance
10 rebuild.
ADv1cEs from StonewalI, Col, on the
night of the s6,h. stated that the war on
the Maxwell grant was over for the pres
eat The six deputy sherifs who were
tesie-ed in a hotel by the mob hal made
their escape.
The police seized and TRANSLATED the
papers belonging to HOhanburg, the re-
tired German officer who was arrested at
Nc, France. on tha 21th. The present Is
the third time he has been arrested on
charges % espionage.
TRoCBLE broke out. on the 5Ist, in Camp
Phil Sheridan, at Columbus, o., where
sa State militia were encamped. All
,ne officers 81 the Eighth regiment from
fhe Colonel down to the captains, ten
ksFed their designations
-@--
THERE are prospects for serious trouble
sTer the governorship OF the Chiekasaw
tatiau. Or the face OF the returns W. l..
bTTi appears TO be elected, but the
rieats % Governor Guy claim his re-
leetioa by small majority.
TEE President and Colonel Lamont, ac-
ompanied by Internal Revenue Commits
aHer Miller. left Washington. on the
n on u fishing excursion to Clifton
ofga- IN the Blue mountains. Virginia,
be gone two or three days.
S
4 DISASTROUS prairie fire Is raging In
e ranges in Northern Montana, extend
from the Marias river to Sweet Grass
as distance oc fifty miles. The
inter- range 0t the Benton & St Louis
aiils Company has been destroyed
.tH VII OF tharles Crocker, OF San
iaeiseo, WAS fled on the 10Th IL ap-
'Hts his widow as executrix, aud dis
ses ot iH estate worth 81, 81, ,0O0-one-
], % *aieh goes TO his widow, the re-
IN 'er being divided between four
ibIrf-
-HAs. I. DEBoUM. who 'abscouded To
As'la about May I. with $4,000 be-
-ih' 10 the Park National Bank OF
fork, has been arrested and in
~ Tor ESrgery, and will be extradfted
once.
~ police oc Wexford. Irelani. on the
:, arrested Mr.. John Redmond MP
rAtord; his brother, Mr. VIM Red
~ II = fer Fermagh, ard Mr.. Ell
'. y ash. editor % the Wexford Pso-
AAey are charged with offenses IN
ne Crimes act
.Ss received from Egypt state
'-,s egyptian corn crop has seriousIv
me reports also say that il will
P.fsslh.e % plant wheat fn Upp.r
= - = ~ ani that the gre eater por-
-e otAer eropscsu only be eulti-
y a. an increased expense.
~
'@-PAsszSrArIvE JoHy McCru-
- prominent Republican polf-
!. -o.. .. Fhlladelphia. committed suicide
-, ing hIsiselt through the head at
.est1eRee IN that citv ON The s-sl=
~, = .t0aots Is thought to have led
e though 10 commit the deed.
oSs THURMAN decided q, .ba "a,
tlead the grand Democratic s..na-
at'oa in New York He will
C9lumbus On thu grb 81 49, II