Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

4 STATEMENT prepared at the Treasury
Department In regard to the apprnpria-
ti0ns for the fiscal year ending June 81,
IsS9 make ut the present session oe Con-
grsss In the regular ANIMAL appropriation
bills. shows the total amount appr0priated-
~ passed by the House. To b. StI1sLL-
z14- ~ passed by the Se1lre. Sf.j, $40 5t5.
SC DS-efEyERsL HzMrLrDH Ieet Wash
ingroH- on the s.d. for Way Cross and
Savannah Ca, to inspect the fUuiga1ion
stations as those points,
L DEEssED-BzEB supply company.
soueshinr after the Armour plan with 4
capital OF S3.j90,00 - being organized ar
Pittsburgh Pa 1t Is proposed to build
Large sIsuyhrering-ho AMI supply
the local trade with meat that u known
To be wh0IesonEs and that has been prop
erIy butehered-
GEyEEAL MATHEWS an EnglfzhmAu
commanding the Zanzibar troops. has
been awarded q secord-cIass decoration
OF the German Order Of the Crown This
creates surprise IN Berlin because is has
always been supposed that General Mat
thews was hostile To German interests.
TEE information called for by Senator
ChaadIerss resolution relating to the con-
structiOn Of tae so-eaIIed Roach cruisers
and for other plans and contracts, was
transmitted by the Secretary Of the Navy,
On the 5Ist The document comprises
about al,0o0 pages OF manuscript, and Ii
probably the largest ever sent to Con-
gress from an executive department
BTsHoP SAMu FL SMITH HARRIS Of Micht-
gan died at the LalghsuI Hotel, In Lou
don- on tire list Mrs. Harris, who ar
rived from AnIariea, on the 18Th was by
his side when he hreaEhed his last
TEr act for improving the mouth ot the
Brazos river Ii Texas became a Law. on
the 5sd- without the Presidents signature.
THE Potomac Boat Club, which won the
Challenge cup IN the efyht-0ared e0ntest
aE Staten ISLAND last year, surrendered
It On the ed. with q letter OF withdrawal
from this years contest. owing to the HI
ness Of some OF their old men and the
POOR showing of SUCCESS with their
younger substitutes.
SENATOR EVAErs. on the I'D speaking
ID resolutions reported from the joint
COMMITTEES on library. accepting = Ere-
size marble bust OF GaribaIdL delivered
avsry eloquent egIOgY On the LIE. efarae-
tar and noble deeds et the Italian Lib
orator and hero.
GEO. W. Cafes, hook-keePer for Hugh
Erkwood- dealer In agricultural f1pIe-
mems at Minneapolis. Mimi was arrest
ed on the al On q charge Of emaezzItng
ab pgt 5000 rr1u his employer Mr.
Gates SAWS the alleged discrepancy Il
simply the result % bal bookkeeping
THREE men were moving q earboy %
Eirrt0l at the Washington Navy. Yard,
On the al when IL fell and the a1id WAS
scattered over thenL r. J. Cooksey was
badly burned about the legs
JUDGE THURMAN visited Hurucia Beach,
near Port HGr0E- Mich. On tn. =id- and
GsaIH=sI I1p5a . 1l--ss DS1l1ss=, = D-nloeE 1rls
esnsenarEEn-
CHAIRMAN BapcE Of the DeuccraE5z
NatigusL executive committee Was IN
Washington on the Eli and spent the
evening IN coufsIentiaI chat with Colonel
Lar0rG, the Presidents private secrs-
tarY-
KING OSCAR Of Sweden VIII arrive IN
Berlin 90 the 18th. and remain urr1 Sep
teuher J.
TEoxAs L. Josxsox died az Eaz Claire.
Wis. on the al after n sleep Of twenty
three days. during which he took 10 noGr-
fshuenE but occasional swallows ot
brandy and waler, which were forced
down his throat
TE members Of the View York Base
Bail Club called upon the Presidsns at
the White House on the 5.d-
ADvrEs from China. on the sd say
thaE Spanish priest was attacked By
mob Of natives NJ Antique, and that his
companies, Il SpaafArd- fred upon the
would-bss zzsassins and killed tt-F oc
then
AzrECR W. DICKENS. a novelist was
found dad IN i sscond-rars lodgiag
house in Los Angeles Cal ou the 9or1-
irx % the =Jd- He Left \ Letter assizuI1x
- th,s esEzss ot s.iebEz WEAKNESS snd
poverty.