Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-16

A COLLISION on the Columbus 4 East
ern railway between picnic train aud q
Columbus & Muskingum Valley train on
iotnt track nve miles south OF Zares-
Vile, o., was reported on the 9th De-
tails could not be obtained The sxcur.
sion train was heavily loaded
GEyxRAL r A ALsER and Isaac Cap
pen were chosen electors-st- large By the
Michigan Republican State convention. IL
session At Detroit on the 9Th
The Duval County (FiAl Board OF
Health on the 9Th. officially announced
the prevalence OF yellow fever tending TO
assume an epidemic form
A LARGE number OF blocks In the bust.
ness portion OF LitchfeId, Conn, wers
destroyed By IRE on the 9th.
TEE Turkish Government has borrowed
from local banks &, 500, 900. The interest
on the ]. an Is fxed at Ave per cent, and
Is guaranteed By the new fisheries and
silk taxes.
AT lone, Csl.- on the 10th, the record
for half-mils heats, best two In three,
was lowered By lila Ferguson, who 70 ads
the heats In - and 4sk seconds.
The Rome Drifto, OF the 10th, says that
King Hnmbert will pay visit to Berlin
before Emperor William visits Rome.
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discussion, objection or division. the bill
regulating commerce carried on BY tele.
graph.
TIE strike Of ~. navytes IMP
ed on the 10th, in the men &C,
terms offered them by the employ
LATER estimates place the number OF
participants IN the great Blaine recep-
ton parade in New York City on the
night OF the 9th ut 40. 900.
The British Parliament will reassemhls
In the second week OF November.
The Vienna newspapers, OF the 10th,
commenting on Lord SaItsbury's speech
at the Mansion House banquet, say that
his remarks are too optimistic, especial
ly regarding Russia and Bulgaria.
A WHITE woman named Emma J.
Fletcher, aged ftty years. at Flushing,
l. L, on the 10Th, repaid the kindness OF Q
colored girl named Maggie Jonas, eight
cen years old who had given her shelter
during the night, by numbering her In
the morning.
JOSEPH RICHARDS, q fourtesn-year old
boy, employed as q mule driver In the
Aurry coal mine at Wtlkssharre. Pa,
was killed, on the 9Th, by being hit by q
runaway train OF cars, which struck him
with such force that his head was driven
into the abdomen OF the mule, and
ianmed so tightly that 1t required two
men to pull it out
TEE Comptroller Of the Currency, on
the 10th, declared o second dividend Of
IS per cent in favor Of the creditors OF
the First National Bank OF wahpeton,
Oak. This MAKES in all 35 per cent. on
claims proved amounting to SIG. .5s7.
The reply Of NJ. Goblet, French Minis
ter o. Foreign Affairs. to the italian note
announcing the occupation OF Massowah
by Italy, protests against the consumma-
don OF capitulation without negotiation
or agreement with the Powers, and hints
that France viii pursue the same tactics
| In future II It suits her interests to do
| so.
CHARLES CARROLL Of Baltimore. aged
twenty three. a descendant Of Charles
Carroll, Of Carrollton, Md, one OF the
signers Of the Declaration Of Indsperd-
ence, was drowned while bathing near
the Pequot House, New London, Conn.,
on the 10th.
THERE were 3 se7 immigrants landed at
Castle Garden on the 10th.
Mr. BLAINE took q drive IN Central
Park, New York City, in company with
Messrs. Quay, Clarksou and other mem
| ocAs VI ZIG -ttSAOG1A I~c R0UlACa1 CumI1lL-
| tee, on the 10Th
SENATOR KESSA, OF West Virginia, ad :
| dressed a large audience assembled in
Cooper Union, New York City, on the
10th, under the auspices Of the County
Democracy to ratity the National ticket.
A WIN OF gold quartz rock has been
discovered In the Karthaus basin. located
In the Allegheny mountains. Indications
are that the rock will yield about Sl0G
per ton.