Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19

MRs- JOSEPHINE AMnoN. who hvas in .
nne mansion on Euclid avenue, Cleve-
land, o., was, an the 18th, fined 500 and
sent 10 jail for contempt OF court in refns-
ing to tell what she knows OF the myster-
ious disappearance Of . Miss Blanu. 9
simpie-mnded young girl worth SO. 600,
who has been boarding with her.
THE recently published story OF q sev.
ere pugilistic encounter between the sons
OF Attorney General Garland and Sem
ator Jones, Of Arkansas. Is strenuousiy
denied by both Of the young men.
SCARLET vEvKR has broken OCT among
the British American indians.
The political situation in Manitoba 10
becoming seriously complicated.
JoHN ARESsDoRy, OF Sioux City, Ia,
who was recently acquitted Of the charge
OF killing Rev. Mr.. HaddocR, Il In
Neenah, Wis, negotiating for the pur-
chase Of brewery.
The London Gasetts Of the 18th pub-
lished the Jubilee address Of congratula-
tion sent 10 Queen Victoria by the women
OF Great Britain, signed by 1,is2. eos
women.
INDIANAPOLIS had fire on the night of
the 18th, In the wholesale district Of South
Meridian street. which ut latest accounts
had done damage 10 the sxtcnt of nearly .
million dollars.
THE Arcadia bail ding In Detroit, Mich,
occupied mainly by printing Offices, was
gutted by fire on the night Of the 18th.
The employees Of the Free Press, whose
building adjoins the Arcadia, were tenn
porarily driven from their posts by the
dense smoke.
IT is claimed at Vienna that q new in
trigue to mislead the Czar 10 . war policy
exists in Russia
THE steamer Gaiicia arrived at San
Francisco from China and Japan on the
18th, with two cases Of smallpox on
board.
w. H. JOHNSON, . New York stock
broker, committed suicide at the Rsthbun
House, in Elmira, N. ", on the 18th. by
shooting himself through the heart with .
revolver.
"JAKEY KINor was shot and INSTANTLY
killed by Isidor vehon, q Chicago saloon.
keeper on the 18th. He had stolen some
Of vehon's geese, and was about to shoot
him when vehon drew his weapon and
fred.
THE Grand Duke ALEXIS Of Russia ha.
been appointed to the rank Of Admiral.
Count Tolseoi, Minister of the Interior,
and other statesmen will receive New
Years honors.
WM. H. JEWELL, q local Republican
politician and an extensive farmer, was
found in the courthouse yard at Hast.
ings, Mich, on the 18th, with his arms
and legs frozen solid, and died soon after.
ward. He was commander Of Cox Post.
g. A. r.
The first annual meeting Of the Grand
n hAF NJ vl
began at Cleveland, O., on the 18th. The
brotherhood organized swo years ago and
now has membership of $50 on the lakes.
Delegates were present from Buffalo, De.
troit, Milwaukee, Chicago and Grand
Haven.
JUDGE MURPHY, at tho Munster Tire
s.-',a, ---i---,-s.. .hs rash ..-...cAA snnr.
teen ''moonlighters" to terms Of impris-
onment from eighteen months to eighteen
years. He expressed himself as certain
that, with it's growing facilit les, the law
will be able to cope with tho moonlight.
ers" and soon force them to disappear.
A UNITED STATES deputy marshal ar
rested Elmer Gest, late smploye Of the
post-ofice ut Xenia, O. ,on the 13tb, for theft
from the mai lis. The Office had lost money
and valuables toalarge amount, and an In.
vestigation has been under way for some
time. Gest is q boy and claims to be able
to prove complete innocence.
HENRY SCHMIDT wes hanged at West
Union, Ia, on the 18th, for the murder OF
Lucreti Peek. September 4, 1888. He made
a statement on the scafYold, admitting the
murder and charging that Ellison T.
Smith instigated it and was present at
the time, and that Smith killed Abram
Peek.