Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-26

PERSONAL AND GENERAL

OWING to the protests OF Polish Cath
olics, the Pope, on the ,stt, dis
Continued negotiations for an ente nte
between Russia and the Vatican.
HEAVY fall OF snow visited Adrian,
Mimi, on the 18th.
The Republicans of Georgia met in State
convention at Atlanta on the 18th. A. b.
Beck, a. W. Pledger, W. J. White and II.
ID. Locke were chosen delegates -at-l large
to the National convention.
DR.. AuSEw, the eminent New York sur
geon, who was In attendance upon the late
Roscoe Conkling until he was stricken
down himself, died on the 18th, surviving
his illustrious patient but few hours
MosEs FRALEY, the most prominent bear
in the st. Louis grain market, laid down
on the 18th, acknowledging q loss of $780,
CO., Later in the day he made a cash set
tlement with his creditors on basis mu-
tuaily agreed upon.
REV. G. Z. PITTsLEY, of westport,
Mass, was dragged from the house OF
woman with whom he was supposed to be
unduly intimate, and roughly handled by
q mob, on the 10Th.
THE gross amount paid to judicial off,
GERS of the Government under the Retir-
ing act, up to March 81 last, was Sss2, e6i,
of which S39,9.0 was paid to Ward Hunt, a
justice Of the Supreme Court, who was re-
tired in April, 1Ss2, and died in March,
1876.
The bill legalizing marriage with de-
ceased wife's sister passed the British
Houseof Commons on the 18th.
a SUBSCRIPTION list is being circulated
in the Senate to create relief fund for
the widow of the late Chief Justice Waite.
On the 10Th, the Senate, by a vote
OF d to 23-on strict party lines-passed
the bill admitting South Dakota to the
Union.
w. W. REYNOLDS was shot and instant
ly killed while attempting to escape from
! Jail at Trinidad, Cal, on the 18th.
NEARLY every business house in Mon
mouth Center, Me-, was burned on the 18th.
WILLIAM A. DAVIDSON and James Con-
fere called at the county Jail in Column
bus. o., on the 10Th, and confessed to the
murder in Beaver Falls, Pa, on the 18th,
of q man named Doyle.
THE Thomas Railroad bill passed the
Kentucky House of Representatives on
the 10th. 1t provides for the control of
railroads by statute, and abolishes the
railroad commission.
Ar Trempealeau, Wis, while five In
| dians were endeavoring to drag canoe
across a raft of logs, the logs parted and
| all were drowned.
MINISTER PHELPS arrived in Washing
| ton on the 10Th and became the guest OF
| Secretary Bayard.
BY the burning of the Pelo Alto stables,
| in California, Senator Stanford lost fine
horses OF the aggregate value OF 100000.
IT was stated unoficlally on tho 18th
| that the differences in the emigrant pool
had been adjusted.
THE trial of VIM. O'Brien was begun at
Loughrea, Ireland, ON the 10Th.
IT was reported on the 10Th that the
marriage of Prince Henry of Prussia and
Princess Irene of Hesse would be hurried
on account of the Emperor's ill-health-
EMPEROR FREDERICK subsists chiefly
| on diet of beaten eggs and beef tea
JOSEPH f. BROWN, Burlington engi-
neer, was beaten nearly to death at Ne
braska City, Neb., recently, by unknown
| parties.
A SENSATION has been caused at Sionx
| City, Ia, by the accidental discovery of a
dead body in the ice-house of the Arens
dorf brewery. 1t proved to be Albert
| Hiltz, one of the watchmen who were on
| duty the night the Prohibition minister,
| Haddock, was assasinated. by Hiltz's
| side lay the revolver of John Arensdorf,
| the accused slayer of Haddock.
A MAN named Lathrop his wife and
| three children were drowned in the flood
/ at Embarrass, Wis, on the 10Th.
WILLIAM b. DISsMoRE, president of the
| Adams Express Company, died in New
York on the 20th.
THE depot of the Standard Oil Company
at Fl. Wayne, Ind, containing 1900 bar
| rels os oil, was burned ON the 10th.
REPRESENTATIVE ANDERSON, of X ansas,
| introduced a bill on the aoth for the regu-
lation Of Interstate railroads, which en-
bodies very stringent provisions. AE..csIs
| other things the bill provides that il a
| company fails to run its regular trains
for eeven days, the Attorney General is
required to commence proceedings for
the appointment OF receiver, who may
| employ the old hands in resuming the
business of the road.
COPIES OF the official report OF the late
| speech OF Sir Charles Tupper in the Cana
| dian House of Commons, ON the Fisheries
| treaty, were received by the President, the
/ Secretary OF State, the members OF the
| House and Senate. and other Government.
| officials, on the Goth.
R. G. Dun & Co. report business fall
ures for the week ending on the 21st: For
! the United States, III; for Canada, Is;
total. 1876. For the corresponding week
last year the failures aggregated 1S9.
CHRIsriASA KRAFT, aged thirty-tgo, of
New Haven, Conn, betrayed and deserted
| by her lover, committed suicide by drown
| ing, on the aOth.
THE telephone agent at South Pitts
burgh, Tenn, collected all the quarterly
rents due the company, and on the 18th
left for parts unknown He was other
wise heavily in debt
THE Ohio State League OF Republican
Clubs, which met at Dayton on the Goth,
passed a resolution strongly indorsing the
| actions OF the Republican State conven-
ron. held in the same city on the 18th
and leth, and promising vigorous sup
roVt % il nominees.