Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-10-25

ms Neun-ffVN,-4s rarrncrs' Club. en-
nrarir- = dozen of the best-knowu men
u the State. were entertained AZ dinner.
ea The iSth. BY Mr.. Gsergs ". Childs. al
ms countrT place .'wootou." Among
the S-ssts was General sherman, who
painted pine tree near an oak planted
~ General Grant in lSsl.
FOUR Galway IirsIsrdl rnoonlirhters
were sentenced ~ Wicklow on the 18th.
Cah'N got one years imprisonmen, At
nard labor, AMI Noon. Reilly and Bran
nally nine months each.
j. ID. MCCLURE. paymaster FOR Contrac-
tor McFaaden, who Is building n branch
road for the Lehigh Valley Company, and
his body guard. one Flanigan wcrs
sho, eud killed BY three masked nien in
A strip cf woods on the mountain near
Wukesbarre, Pa. on the fath snd rot bed
OF 81. .0of
CeS8REss adjourned sine die on the
10Th.
TIE British Government leaders are
anxious 20 make the coming session o;
Parliament short, and at the same time
wish 20 accomplish a large amount of
busine~a
IHE coroner's Jury investigating the
Mud Run lpa-l catastrophe. was in ses
sion, on the 10Th. but could not decide on
n verdict
President CLEvELXSD will review the
BUSINESS Mems parade in New York on
the 9Th
The business community OF Ro chester.
y. Y. was agitated. on the 10Th, by the
announcement that II. & Briggs, the safe
manufacturer, had mysteriously left the
city; that he was charged with forgery.
haI l..
property. The extent OF the sorgerias Il
unknown. but they will amount 10 \; least
slS,G01
WRIGHT SASYoRD died. on the 10Th. at
the uilsey House. New York, Of consusnp-
tion. lie had been sick a long time. He
was a wellknovn club and sporting man.
Mrs. CArHARTNE MCMAHON. aged one
hundred and three, died at Greencastie,
Ind. on the 18th.
TnE book makers at Washington claim
that their Western Union wire was
tapped, on the 18th, aud the result os the
last race at Gutenberg held back long
enough to permit the wirc-tappers To
back the winning horse in the books after
the race had been run. They estimated
their losses at SEQ.
Prince DoLGoRouK1. Russian Minister
10 Persia. and General Rehubach. Gov
ernOr Of Turkestan, have been summoned
to St Petersburg to attend council to
consider reforms in the administration OF
Turkestan.
JUDGE SHELLABARGsR fled in the
United States Supreme Court. on the 18th.
a petition for writ of habeas corpus in
the case OF David s. Terry. OF California.
who was sentenced by Judge Field. a
San Francisco, TO imprisonment fo- coa-
tempt Of court.
THERE is an average Of fifty applica-
tions day for reduced rates from Wash
ington by those who are DESTROYS of 90
ing home 10 vote.
XAvIER ONLoFsxt aud Brian f. Linn.
OF the SarsfielG Guard, formerly OF the
British army. on the 18th, fought a
broadsword contest NJ New Haven. Conn.
The fight was bona fide, and about |, 500
people witnessed it Linn proved the
better soldier and horseman. After Sc
curing eleven points to UnlOtski's seven,
he unhorsed him.
The friends OF Dr. w. \ Dunn. a
nephew of Judge Thurman, have endowed
a bed in the Mt. Auburn Hospital at Cin-
cinnati in his memory.
CoUST Won PAAE, Austro Hungarian
Ambassador to the Vatican, is about 10
retire from his position The Emperor OF
Austria will decorate him with the Grand
Cross OF the Order OF st. Stephen os Hun
gary upon his retirement
COLONEL j. F. BATES. the chief OF the
free delivery service in the Post-Ofice
Department in his annual report to the
Postmaster General, states that the in
crease in the number OF free delivery
offices during the DaSt wear was iif4 maxi
ing the total number of such offices SS;.