Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-10

TEx lockout Of ordinary business by
the tariff discussion. in the House. Is en-
gaging the serious attention of Speaker
Carlisle and other members OF the COM
nittee on rules.
ROBERT NJ THOMPSON. an abscondiug
guardian convicted at Memphis, In May.
is-sA OF withholding Il, ,S4s pension money
from the children of Thomas Mccall, was
arrested near GoldSberg. y. c.. on the
18th. was committed to Jail In Washington
by United States Commissioner Bundy.
JAMES II. HrSrISG, an unsuccessful
stock broker OF New York. shot himself
dead. on the sth. after inditing a request
to Cyrus W. Field. his only friend. 10
send his body nome for burial as cheaply
as possible.
THE officers OF the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Pc Railroad Company. denied, on
the eth, the report that that company had
absorbed the ST. Louis 4 san Francisco
railroad.
NEw YoRk friends os Mr.. Blaine an
nounee that they can state positively that
Mr.. Blaine will consent 10 be candidate
for the presidency II such proves TO be the
unmistakable desire of the party.
y. l.. CRorsE, Of Easton. o.. committed
suicide in Cincinnati, on the 9Th, by hang
ing.
In speech to his constituents at a din
ner given by his brother, on the III, Mr..
Joseph Chamberlain took formal and
final leave OF his former colleagues OF the
Liberal party.
THE revolt against the late decree OF the
Vatican is rapidly spreading throughout
ireland.
THE Dublin authorities are anxious foi
visit from the Queen, believing that her
presence would elicit more and deeper
expressions OF loyalty from the people
than any thing else that could be con-
ceived.
Mn. W. VI. SMITH, replying to Lord
Charles Beresford, on the 18th. refuted the
assertion that the English army and navy
are in n dangerously inefficient condi-
tion.
THOMAS q. wooLFoRp. chief clerk in the
State Comptroler's Office, at Annapolis,
Md. hanged himself on the 4th
THE Democrats of the Twelfth Con-
gressional district of ssachuSetts. on
the ith. chose delegates To 81. Louis. and
adopted resolutions in favor OF Cleveland
for President and General Stevenson, Of
Illinois, for Vice President.
THE employees OF two large brickyards
in Springfield, Mass, struck for ten hours
on the ith.
Mas. HARRIET RICHMOND, an ex-em-
ploye Of the Treasury Department at
w Washington, was arrested and locked up
in Baltimore, Md, on the 4th. She Is a
native Of Detroit, and the daughter Of
prominent parents, but says that liquor
has always been her curse.
On the ith. Generals Schofield and
Slocum and other members of the Army
| of the Potomac, memorialized Congress,
as king an appropriation OF 81. 900 to aid
| in defraying the cost ot the fraternal re-
union of survivors OF the Army OF the
Potomac and the armies OF Northern vir-
ginia, TO BE- held on the battle field Of
| Gettysburg in July next, to commemorate
| the twenty-fift anniversary Of the battle.
The new Egyptian loan has been sub
scribed for in London in nearly twelve
times the sum required.
THE Emperor OF Germany dined with
the Crown Prince on the 4th-
CARL ScHrRz dined. on the 5th, at the
residence Of Prince Bismarck.
4 LARGE meeting was held at Cooper
Union, New York. on the ith. to express
| satisfaction at Mayor Hewitt's bold stand
that none but American flags should wave
over the public buildings OF that city.
PLErRo-PSErMoSrA IN reported among
the cattle at Maple Greek. Mont. IL is
claimed that the disease has also appeared
at woodpecker.
THE House committee on manufactures
adjourned the trust investigation, on the
4th, subject to a call OF the chairman
Mrs. Villas, wife OF the Secretary Of the
Interior, will go To Atlantic City, n. j.,
early in the season. and spend part OF the
season there, in search OF health.