Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-02
OXFORD, MISS, THURSDAY, AUGUST ?, 1885,
A surrrs-rxAR-orD son of Mr.. o. +.

| sXrEEN-YEAR-OLD son OF Mr.. q. T.
| Pruden, assistant secretary to the Presi-
dent. was killed, on the 2,th, on a farm
near Arlington, Va. The lad was riding
on farm wagon, when sudden Jolt
threw him of. The wheels passed over
him and so crushed him that he died in q
short time.
The President and party passed the day
| fishing off Fire Island. on the aTth. and
returned at night with good catch.
The New York & Chicago Limited Ex-
press, east-bound, was wrecked at Can
ton, o., on the eth. The locomotive
| jumped the track on switch crossing.
and was upset A combination car fol-
lowing was dashed upon the disabled en-
gine aud demolished. Engineer Pat Nor
gan was fatally Injured. and several pas
sengers were slightly bruised. Travel was
delayed four hours
The Empress William was delivered OF
a son, at Potsdam. on the 2Tth.
DURING the week preceding July 2, nine
| " deaths from cholera occurred Mt Hong
Kong. Chira-
Tue Wisconsin Press Association ar
rived at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, on the
18th, over the 800" line in a special
train. There were lJ0 editors and friends.
They were received by a committee OF
citizens, given an excursion down the ST.
Marys river, and reception at the City
Hail.
DEPUTY SHERIFF l.. y. ELMER, OF Wah-
peton, Oak, was taken from jail by a
mob OF angry citizens, on the night OF the
26th, and hanged for ths unprovokeO
murder Of Miss Mollie Korbel.
EUGENE ZESzINs, a young married man
OF st. Paul, Mimi, attended a prayer
meeting in indianapolis with his wife.
on the night OF the 26th. where, after TAX
ing part in the exercises for awhile, he
retired to a class room and took a dose Of
carbolic acid, dying in great agony few
minutes later. He was out Of employ
ment and despondent.
EvIcTIoNs from the estate OF Captain
Vandeleur, in County Clare, Ireland,
were again suspended on the 27th, and II
was thought that negotiations would be
entered into looking to a settlement of
the remaining cases without resorting to
ejectment.
JAMES GUEST, a Wholesale wine mer-
chant of Montreal, Can, made an assign
ment on the 2G.h. Liabilities, $4,000;
assets not stated. The loss OF $1,000 by
fires during the past seven months was
the cause of the assignment
THE Duke and Duchess of MARLBOROUGH
had the legality of their marriage estab-
lished in England on the 9th. They
went before the Registrar of ths Vestry
Hall, Mount Saint, GrosvenDr S1iare
London, and had their marriage uly re-
corded.
JOHN MADILL. merchant ot s.. Mary's
Ont, was presented at Toronto. Olt., on
the 2Gth, with solid silver tea service.
''for honorable aud unusual conduct" in
paying his creditors a balu,ce Of ten
cents on the dollar, and to witch they
were not legally entitled. At this tims Of
his failure his estate paid ninety cents on
the dollar
THOUSAND miners employed in the
coal mines at St. Etienne, France, struck
on the 2Ith, and it was expected that the
strike would spread.
The House comm .ttee on manufactures
began an investigation of the Whisky
Trust on the eth.
GENERAL BoULAN6ER rode out in n car
riage, on the 21th, for the first time since
his duel with NJ. Floquct He was fol-
lowed by sixteen carriages filed with
newspaper reporters AMI admirers, who
shouted "A bas Floquet," "a bas Ferry"
and "Viva Boulanger."
SENATOR PALMER introduced bill, on
the 18th, proposing to substitute silver
bullion for one half OF the Si0o.00), ,O0)
gold held by the Treasury for the redemp-
ton of United States notes.
THE House committee on military af-
fairs refused, on the 9th, to concur in
the Senate heavy vy-ordnance provision
Mr. Hawley's amendment-of the Army
Appropriation bill, which passed the
Senate on the Goth.