Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-01
OXFORD. MISS. THURSDAY. MARCH /. 1855.

THos. DESHsM. formerly a wealthy fce-
cream manufacturer and wel'-knowu csti-
zen Of Brooklyn, shot hmself dead on the
I'd. DIssipatsd habits hal ruined
him, aud he was In = despondent con-
dition.
The call for the Nat ional Democratic
Convention t. meet in 81. Louis on the
9Th Of June was promul gatsd by the Ma
'ional COMMITTEES Oh the at
THF House committee on pensions on
the s5d agreed 20 the Senate bill iucreas-
ing TO thirty dollars per month the PEN
sion for total deafness.
The annual mesting and election Of on
GERS Of the Grant monument fund trustees
was held in New York on the 23d The
committee has now on deposit SIPS. l62 20
About ten thousand dollars was contrib
afsi To the fund last year.
The corporation OF San RENO, Italy,
vii confer the freedom ot the tovn huan
DR.. Mackenxie.
The case Of jay Gould. Russell sage
and the Kansas Pacific bondholders was
again taken mp by the New York City
grand jury on the 24th.
W. w. CoRcoRAS, the great phila athro-
pist and successful banker, died at his
rssidsncs in Washington on the Gath.
A'oNWtustnuuiUb HIS tFtuteiF benefaC-
tions, amounting to millions. he was pos
sessed, at the time of his death, of ~, ,OO0, :
| 600.
A SYNDICATE Of French, Belgian and
Dutch bankers has advanced to Russia
the sum of $50, 900. coo. They refuse a
larger loan unless the Bulgarian question
| il peacefully settled.
a MISTAKE made as to the place OF hold
ing the presidential reception at Palatka,
Fla. on the 23d. caused bitter disappoint-
ment to multitudes who had travelled
long distances to see the Chief Executive
JUDGE SAGE. II the United States Cir
cult Court at Cincinnati, has refused an
order to remove Ben e. Hopkins from
| the county jail 10 his home. where he
might die surrounded by his family, stat
| ing that it was the duty of the court to
| execute the law and protect the general
| public, rather than to consider the com
| fort Of indiv iduals.
The mine inspectors' report shows that
for the year 1ssT there were in the second
anthracite district OF Pennsylvania SO
fatal and 14) nom fetal acc cidents, leaving
II widows and 60 orphans. One employe
was XII led to every 261 employed, and one
injured to every 90 employed. There was
an increase of s10,060 tons m ned over the
| product of fSS8.
| 1r is said that the President favored the
selection OF Chicago for the location of the
Democratic National convention, and said
it must not 60 to San Francisco. This an
tagonixed . majority of the commit tee.
and Frisco, seeing that her chances were
gone, swung TO st. Louis under the lead.
ership of Mr.. German.
MAYOR FRANCIS OF st. Louis has re-
/ quested the hotelskeepers OF the CITY 20
/ refrain from engag ng rooms to outside
parties until a satisfactory apportionms Mt
has been made for the National commit
teemen and State delegations.
| REV. WM. KEYLoRD, of the South Jer-
sey Baptist Conference, was acquitted
on the 24th Of the charge of assault, pre-
ferred by Miss Carrie Pharo.
The ev dsnce before the Congressional
committee at Hazleton, Pa, on the 2ith,
showed falling off in wages and an
| increase in charges imposed by the COM
pany storekeepers.
A SAN FRANCISCO belle was presented
to Queen Victoria on the 9th at a draw
ing-room reception.
THE Exchange Bank at Canyon City
Col, has failed
IMPORTANT changes in German arm
commanders are expected soon To b.
| made.
Ar Terre Haute, Ind, on the e4th, Wi.
liam N. Monroe. in jumping from NOV.
ing Vandalia train, was fatally injured.
His home is at Knightstown, Ind.
CHARLES HoLToy, the young son of c.
| c. Holton, of Chicago. who was accident
ally shot on the 2.d by his brothsr.
Ethan Allen Holton, died OF his wounds
on the 24th-