Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-05
PERSONAL ANU GENERAL.

sia, says; "His visit viii dispel his preju-
dices. He will find no traces of aggres-
sive plans against India"
WHILE engaged in scraping snow Off the
Ice on Eau Claire river ON the 2Sth, eight
valuable horses belonging to Musser,
Sauntry & Tozer, of saltwater, Mimi,
broke through and seven of them were
drowned.
MR. GLADSTONE embarked upon the
Channel steamer at Folkestone ON the 2sth
on his way to France. He was cheerod by
the crowd which had gathered to SEQ him
Off.
THE post-ofice at Massilon. o., was
burglarized on the night of the 9Th. Four
bags of mail from Cleveland and Pitts
burgh were cut open and rifed. small
amount of stamps and money were taken.
AT meeting of the Western Window
Glass Manufacturers Association at Pitts.
burgh, Pa, on the 2Sth, trade was report
ed unusually good for this season, with
prospects for spring fattering. No
chan es were made in prices.
Mr.. CoRcoRAS, printer OF the Cork (Irs-
land) Examiner, has been arrested on the
charge of publishing in that paper reports
OF meetings of proclaimed branches of
the National League.
FRANK FULLER, who killed Archbis hon
Seghers on the Yukon river in Alaska
last December, was found guilty OF man.
slaughter, and sentenced to McNeill's
island for ten years, and to pay fine of
81. 900.
PAUL BoDEN, of San Francisco, who
was convicted of smuggling 81, 800 worth
of diamond jewelry and fancy gowns,
was sentenced in New York, on the 2Sth,
to years Imprisonment.
THE heaviest gale and sea that has pre-.
vailed In years at Coney Island visited
that desolate resort on the night Of the
18th. Many small buildings were swept
out to sea. and workmen were set to work
strengthening the foundations OF the
Hotel Brighton, which building was in
momentary danger of being carried away.
The Buffalo { N. W Merchants' Ex.
change has adopted resolutions in favor
Of naval reserve on the lakes, In accord
ance With the recent suggestion Of the
Secretary of the Navy.
The water in the river at Montreal rose
two feet on the 2sth. There is every indi-
cation that the dyke built to prevent a
| recurrence Of the damaging floods Of pre-
vious years will have a severe test.
ADvIcEs from Massowah say that great
activity prevails among the Italian troops
to meet the advancing Abvssinian forces.
1t is reported that Rasaluloa overatsd the
Italian movement in order to induce kim
John to advance.
MAJOR A. N. WAY, indicted for the en-.
bezzlement OF $4,000 from the Empire
Building and Loan Company OF New
Brunswick. n. j., was arraigned for trial
on the 2Sth. He pleaded non vuit con-
tendre, and was remanded for sentence
The whole amount stolen by Way In
eleven years was S,s,101 from the Empire
Association and 500 from the Union
Building and Loan Company.
COLONEL JoHS MCCAULL, the opera
manager, while walking on the street in
Chicago on the night OF the eth, slipped
and fell, breaking one of the small bones
of the right ankle. The surgeon who set
the fractured limb said :t would require
most careful nursings and it would prob
ably lay the patient up for several weeks.
The issue of. standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ended
December 81, was So75, ,7J9. The issue dur
ing the corresponding period of last year
was S5G9. .9SI. The shipments of fractional
silver coin since the 1st inst. to date,
$640,05l.
CAPTAIN STEPHEN G.. SLUYrER died at
Hartford, Conn.,, on the night of the 9th.
He was engaged for several years in pre-
liminary soundings for the Atlantic cabl Q,
and, in command Of the steamer Victoria,
laid the first main cable. During the war
he was in command of gunboat.
A DISPATCH from Berlin of the 2St b
says il Is stated that Austria, yielding to
the pressure Of certain friendly powers,
has made advances to Russia by which
continued peace is assured.
DIPHTHKRIA and typhoid fever prevail
to an alarming extend in Ottawa, Ont.
The steamer Newcastle City, from Now
castle, England. was wrecked on the Nan
tuckst shoals. of the coast Of Massachu-
setts, on the 10Th.
JUDGE HOFFMAN rendered decision in
the United States District Court at San
Francisco, on the 18th, in which the right
of Chinese to import opium is sustained.
II. K. PORTER e. Co.. locomotive manu-
facturers at Pittsburgh. Pa, have sus-
pended one-third of their employees, on
account of lack of orders.
THE Northwestern elevator at Ada,
Minn., caught Dire on the afternoon Of the
18th, and was DESTROYED, together with
30, 600 bushels OF wheat. Loss about S25,-
COO.
The II Ugh school building, at Fergus
Falls. Mimi, with all its contents, was
burned on the morning of the 29th. Loss,
$40, 600; Insurance., $4,000. The mercury
was 80 degrees below zero during tho
fire.
l. u. KING and J. l. Mathews, two of
the four train robbers who went through
a Denver IS Rio GTands passenger train
near Grand junction, Utah, last October,
were arrested at Vernal, U. T., on the
Gosh.
MAS KATE WARMAN, wife OF Henry
Narman. OF Cincinnati, ignited her cloth
ing at the stove while about her work on
the 22stis, and was burned TO death.
JOHN NORTH. of Philadelphia, went
home drunk on the 10Th, picked a quarrel
with his wife, who was nursing a three
months-oid child, and, aiming fearful
blow at her, struck the child on tho head,
killing it instantly.
Mr. SHEEHY, Nj. p, who was recently
imprisoned in Ireland under the Crimes
Act, was forcibly dressed in the prison
garb by the jail warders on the 10th, but
as soon as they left the cell he discarded
the clothes. .
Miss ELLA RUSSELL, of Cleveland, O.,
scored g triumph in the opera Of "La Ira
viata" in Warsaw. She was presented
with golden laurel crown, on the leaves
of which were engraved the names of u
number Of the generals and colonels Of
the Imperial Guard.
THE wool growers and wool dealers of
Sonoma and Mendocno counties, Cal, at
a meeting at Cioverdale, on the 29th,
adopted resolutions appealing TO Congress
to maintain the present tariff, indorsing
the views of the National Wool Growers
Association and favoring cooperation