Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-02-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

K g. EVANS. young lawyer Of Min
neapolis, Minn-. was chosen on the 18th
to succeed Senator Davis on the Ma
tionai Republican Committee.
SIR JAMES FERGUSON has been severely
criticised TOR his evasive statements in
the House Of Commons concerning secret
foreign treat ies.
SIX persons have been arrested in con-
nection with the murder Of young Pou-
SAINT, who was stabbed through the lung
at Quebec, Can, on the 18th. The murder
was prompted by jealousy.
EDWARD HANLAS, OF Canada, and
Kemp, Of Australia, are matched to row
for the championship of the world.
MEssRs. JOHN DILLON and VIM. O'Brien
were in their seats in the House of Com
mons on the 18th looking sunburnt and
healthy.
THE Inter State Commerce Commission
will on the 2lst, begin the Investigation
Of the matter of the inland TRANSPORTS
tion OF immigrants, based on the com.
plaiut Of James C. Savory & Co., against
the trunk lines in New York City.
The Interstate Commerce Commission,
on the l6sh, announced a decision justify
ing higher rates on merch andiss for local
consumption, from the West to Boston,
than is charged on the same class Of
freight to New York.
The Congressional inquiry into the
cause and conduct Of the great Reading
s.-.s= -3=.:.Ess- General M.---e- WIT
ney Of the Reading Coal & Iron Com
pany was before the COMMITTEES on the
18th.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, coloret, who is
confined in the Louisville (Ky.) Jail un-
der sentence Of death. for the u.ardsr OF
Jennie Bowman. has been again respited
by Governor Buckner-this time for
ninety days
Mr. LABoUcHEsx continues 10 press
Under Foreign Secretary Ferguson for IN
formation as To the existsncs Of foreign
treaties. securing only evAsiye replies
In rssuming the debate on the address
in tbs British Parliament, on thu 18th, Mr..
OBrien said he neither felt wounded nor
disgraced by his late imprisonment
DR. MACKENZIE entered his protest on
the 18th az ainst the course OF treatment
pursoed by the German doctors in the
case of the Crown Prince.
THs rapid spread Of smallpox il caus-
ing alarm in Brooklyn
TEE trial Of Mss Harriet Conn for in
sanity was begun before a commissioner
-. N-NtA- - %tUW oEA On E18
10th.
Tsk Commissioner OF Agriculture has
received from Europe a choice consign-
ment OF silk-worm eggs for gratuitous dis
tribution to all who are prepared TO raise
siik-worms- He will also be able to fur
nish books Of instruction in silk culture
before the ssri-cuitural season begins
The trial of josie Holmes, Of Fidelity
Bank fame. was set for the I7th, but was
not called, and the chances are that it
will never be brought to trial
TsK London Laseet says that DR.. Mao
kensie's latest report will not do much to
aliay anxiety concerning the Crown
Princa. The diagnosis has been and con-
tinues to be uness tain.
An armed force OF English cavalry has
entered the territory of venesusla and
taken possession, in the name Of the
Queen Of the Yarna territory, on sAs
ground that the Veuexuelan Republic
contemplated building q railroad to the
urna section, which road would in
fringe upon admitted territorial rights Of
the English Government
MRS JOSEPH FRANKLIN, Of Mead villa.
Pa was seriously burned and other.
wise injured. on the nth, by q natural gas
explosion. whieh wrecked ths house. A
5 ek son was considerably burned on one
aand. but the other members Of the fam
Ay sseapsd without injury.