Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-24
PERSONAL ANp GENERAL

THE G.. A. r. memorial committee at
New York City declined, on the 10th, to
give place in the Decoration Day parade
to Phil Sheridan Post No. I, Independent
Army and Navy Veterans, on the ground
that being composed OF Confederate as
well as Union veterans it is excluded by
the rules of the organization.
OK the 18th, United States Senators
Jones and Stewart; Messrs. Sharon and
Hamilton, of Storey; Williams. of orms-
by, and Foley, of Eureka, were chosen by
the Republican State convention of Ne
vada as delegates to the National conven-
ton at Chicago.
THE following bonds were offered to the
Government on the 10th: S325, 800 reg
istered A., at 12I to rs; $4,000 coupon
Is, at 12I; $50 registered ass, at 1867.
to los - total, $3a9, $50 - of which the
following were accepted: $500 regist-
cred As, at 121; $4,000 coupon As, at lsT;
$50, 80 registered AS, at los, making
total of S19o.65O
THE Tennessee delegates large to
the Chicago convention, chosen at Nash
vile, on the 10th, were unanimously in
structed to vote for Blaine.
THE appeal OF Father McFadden, of
Dublin, from increased sentence i'm posed
on former appeal, was dismissed by the
Court of Exchequer, on the 18th, on the
ground that the magistrate was empow-
cred TO increase sentences.
Two HUNDRED delegates to the Method
ist conference who had served under
General Grant during the rebellion made
a formal call upon Mrs. Grant, in New
York City, on the 18th. and were received
by Mrs. Grant and Colonel Fred Grant
and W ife
A coMMorIoS was created in the Repub-
lican State convention at Nashville,
Tenn, at the night session on the I6th by
dispute ending in blows between Clerk
Baker and Delegate Garrett.
THE United Labor (.ingle-t taxi conven-
ton at Cincinnati nominated Robert II.
Caudrey, OF Chicago, on the 18th, for
President of the United States.
A PINKERToN detective, assaulted by n
crowd Of Brotherhood engineers at
Plattsmouth. Neb., on the 10th, shot twice
at his assaIlants, fatally wounding one
and seriously injuring two others. He
then made his escape.
THE Republican Territorial convention
of New Mexico selected Thomas Catron,
OF Santa Fe, and Francisco Chanez, of
Valencia, on the 18th, as delegates to the
National convention.
WHILE crossing Conestoga creek, at
Graeff's Landing, near Lancaster, Pa, on
the 18th, on a raft used in place of a
bridge that had been swept away, Cap
tain John b. McCaskey, principal of the
Lancaster High school, and seven pupils
were thrown into the water by the capsiz-
ting OF the raft, and Willie Smith, aged
seventeen, was drowned. The other
pupils were rescued by the teacher.
The jury in the trial OF Patrick McGraw
for the murder Of William J. Sloan, clerk
OF the chief of police OF Pittsburgh, Pa,
in August, 1887, brought in verdict, on
the 18th, OF voluntary manslaughter.
THE following bonds were offered to the
Government on the 18th: S2,005, 40, reg
istered As, at 127 TO 121ss; $4,000 coupon
As, at 1a1; $4,000 registered AS, at 1861
Total, S2,0e7. 80. The following were
accepted: S14,lJ0 registered As. at 12I;
$4,000 coupon As, at 125; Sls0,O00 regis
tered ASS. at los. Total. S223. 80.
A TRAMP assaulted Mrs. NJ. Gall in her
home near Lakeside, Mich, on the 10th,
but after desperate struggle was beaten
of. Later he returned, and after nall
ing up all the doors and windows. set
fire to the house and barn. The woman
saved herself and children by crawling
through a window.
THE Supreme Court OF Michigan, on the
18th, unanimously declared the Local
Option law unconstitutional.
A PITTSBURGH (Pa) dentist named
James Orr, whose mind had become un-
balanced by domestic troubles, committed
suicide, on the 18th, by inhalation Of arti-
fetal gas.
NEWS was received from Tahiti, Poly
nesia, on the 18th, that band OF natives
had surprised the French patrol and
killed marine officer and two sailors.
THE Kansas Democracy met in State
convention at Wichita on the 18th and
elected delegates to the St Louis conven-
ton.
BY way of reprisal for interference with
Germans on the French side of the from
tier, q German rescript will be issued to
prevent if possible. Frenchmen from
visiting Alsace Lorraine.
THE California Democratic State con-
vention was held at Los Angeles on the
18th. Delegates to the National conven-
ton at st. Louis were chosen and plat
form adopted strongly indorsing Presi-
dent Cleveland's administration.
WILLIAM GEORGE, the GAINESVILLE mur-
derer, was hanged at Columbus, o., at
1:17 a. M, on the 18th.
THE bark Jessie Moreys, which arrived
at Quebec, Canada, on the 17th, brought
two brothers named Fleming. who were
picked up on the banks after floating
twelve days in dory without food, hav-
ing been lost from the French fishing
schooner Jubilee, of St Johns. N. f.
QUEEN NATALIE of Servia and her son
arrived in weisbaden On the 18th Before
she left Vienna it was practically settled
that the Queen should go TO Belgrade bn
her return from Weisbaden.