Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

SOHN hbNhhlEb, might WdIC0f0an IOF the
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company at
North Vernon, Ind was seriously wound
ed in the breast by ball from a pistol in
a valise which he was throwing into a
baggage car on the 26th-
DURING n meeting OF the congregation
Of the Latter Day Saints, near Glenn
Easton, twenty-five miles east OF Wheel
ing. w. Va, on the evening of the 9th, a
riot occurred, in which Leroy and Tom
Wait were probably fatally injured, and
six or eight others were stabbed or other
wise badly hurt.
HoS. NJ. s. SMITH, ex-mayor of the city
of Philadelphia, was robbed OF his watch,
chain and diamond stud at the fremont
House, Chicago, during the Republican
National convention. The stolen proper
ty was valued at about s., 40.
PROF. FRANCIS 7. LASrRY, OF Manlius,
N. Y, was found dead, with his throat cut,
in a room at the Astor House, New York
City, on the morning of the 18th The
suicide had swallowed several gra aims OF
morphine before using the razor.
A FARMER named Theodore Caster, who
had just sold team OF horses, was at
tackled, near Kingsley, Mich, on the 25th.
by three brothers named Droste- He shot
one dead, fatally injured another, and
thinks he got some lead into the third,
who escaped.
THE iron and steel manufacturers OF
Pittsburgh Pa, gave notice to their Gus
toners, on the 18th, that no orders would
be received after the 3Dth. and that none
would be taken which could not be filed
by that time. This is indicative that they
regard a shutdown as inevitable
MANUFACTURERS OF looking-glass plates
were heard by the Senate committee on
ways and means, on the 18th, in opposition
TO the proposition 20 put German looking
glass plates on the free list
OWING to the chilly, rainy atmosphere
that prevailed in Washington. on the 18th.
the saltwater trip planned for General
Sheridan was postponed temporarily.
TIE New Workers. won the two-mile
race in the Haryard-Columbiz contest. at
New London, Conn, on the ssth-
The Union Windmill Company's shops
at Albion. Mich, were partially destroyed
by fire on the night OF the 27th. causing =
loss of $4,000: insurance. ss.0ca
JoHssos's block OF two stories, AZ Dun
dee, Mich, occupied by z c. Kenyon.
dry goods. and l. l. Flint, groceries. was
burned on the 18Th Loss, sl5.0oo, nsur-
ance small
The sentences Of imprisonment recent
ly passed on Major POpof and fve alleged
accompIices, for defalczfions in 1he Bull
garian War ONCE. have been r~mirtsd
by Prince Ferdinand.
JOSEPH GRKESFfkLD. who stole fdrs
valued at =. 800 from his fathers store At
SO Broadway, New York, was charged
Nth theft n court o. The ss.h hT h.s
father, and committed in default Of bail
for trial.
TEE Spanish COrtes has rejected by =
vote of l34 to 35. proposals TO increase the
duties on foreign agricultural produce
and cattle.
The Third district Minnesota Republic
an convention, held at Red Wing, on the
18th, nominated State Senator D. s. Hall,
Of Reyville County, for Congress- Judge
Mcdonald, Democrat Is the present in
cumbent
The London Daily Nescs says that the
French Government has bought Maxim's
new repeating gun. which fires sixty
rounds a minute.
willard, ut Port Huron, Mich, for SJ0,-
900 damages for alternating the affections
Of her husband, Lewis Potts, the jury re-
turned q verdict, on the 18th, for $4,000
damages.
OzIAH PHELPS WATERS died at Burling-
ton, Ia, on the 18th, aged fffty-eight. He
was past grand master OF Assons in Iowa,
past grand commander Of the Knights
Templar, and well known to the craft
throughout the Northwest
A DISPATCH from EIma. a small station
on the Western New York & Pennsyl-
vania railroad, on the 2sth, states that a
negro farm hand had murdered his wife.
Great excitement prevailed in the neigh
borhood and there was some talk Of lynoh-
ing.