Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

DETECTIVE HuNx, OF Wells, Fargo &
Co., San Francisco, was advised on
the 2ist that after the STEMS Pass train
robbers had been killed bv the Mexican
troops. recently, all the stolen diamonds,
teweirT and money except one hundred
dollars were recovered from the bodies.
A REJscTxD lover named Andrew Rob
erts. living near Henry's Crossroads,
Tenn, shot himself in the head with q
pis tol on the 20eh-
IHE annual report Of the New York Board
OF lramigr alton shows the total number
OF imigr ants landed at that port during
the past year to have been 4J1,Sia
A STORM Of great severity prevailed on
the Atlantic coast on the 3iss.
OVEN one hundred Of the striking weav-
ers OF the Salmon Falls On. HI Cotton
Mills returned to work on the 2lst.
THz water in the Delaware river is
frozen to the bottom, and any sudden
rise viii force the water into new chan
nelS.
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL and Morris &
Essex trains were submerged at various
points a'ong the roads by heavy rains on
the 2Ist.
THE argument in tEs contest Of the will
of, Samuel J. Tiiden was begun on the
2lst in the Supreme Court Of New York,
before Judge Lawrence. Mr.. McCurdy
openeds he argument for George TIlden,
the contes tanc
The steamer Pomona, which was
spoken at sea on the 18th inst, under sail,
with her propeller gone, had not vet ar
rived on the 3lst. Fears are entertained
for her safety.
GENERAL GEORGE W. CAss died at his
residences in New York on the 21st.
A DEVASTATING cyclone passed over
portions OF the State Of Georgia on the
10th. spreading death and destruction In
all directions
The cigar manufacturers Of Boston.
representing q capital Of 500, 900 and em-
pioyiEg five thousand nrn. threaten 70
remove their business to New York be-
cause Of the strike OF their hands
THx Ontario branch Of the Dominion
Temperance Aiiiance. in session as To-
rontc, on the 3lsf, indorsed the PROPOSE
fion for national convent tion to form n
Prohibition or third party.
The annual meeting Of the Hoistsin-
Freisiaa Cattle Breeders Association oc-
carrsd at Buffalo, " Y on the 3Ist
IT transpired on tina 2ist that q general
tie-up Of the Northwestern roads Vas
only prevented by Chief Arthrrss cour-
sell The men had been on the point Of
striking for some time but were UNIV i'll
ing TO take the responsibility Of doing so
vithoct the approval Of the grand OH
GERS and the support Of the whole Broth
erhood
MISS GRuxDy"-NisS Austins Sneed-
died in Washington, Of pneumonia, ON
the al.
lxfKLLrGKxcx gAx received on the 9lst
that Lieutenant-C Col onsl Gonzales with
n force under his command, had q battle
with hand Of Yaqui Indians in the
Latin 1o mountains, oa the 10Th Two In
dams were killed and several wounded
On the same day. at q point called
Aguajo de Los Burras, the same cfsicer
encountered another hand Of Indians,
and had 6ghf, in which he succeeded in
routing them
Jag GOULD and family left Jackson
viils. Fla. for New York on the I'd
The performances 1t the New York
Academy Of Music on the I'd for the BEN
sft Of Tony Hart, Melted about SO, 900.
TEE death Of Chief Justice Waite
caused sudden fall In Bell Telephons
stock.
FouE men were killed and three ssri-
ousiy injured in an accident on the North
eIn railway near Severn, Ont, On the
HAssAx. son Of Isman Pasha, Of Con-
stantinople, died On the nj
LKurExAxr HowARp, Of Calling gun
fame during the Risl rebellion in the
Northwest. has applied for divorce from
his wife at New, Haven
TEE Rhode Island Legislature ad-
journed sine die on the ed
kx-AAroR GRAcr of New Yark sailed
for Europe On ths 9sth-
IzE burlington road on the sd fled
bill in the United States Circuit Court at
Chicago TO compel the Rock Island road
to handle fts freight
ftcAAcE DAVIS was inAux presi-
dent Of the UnIvsrsiky of California, ct
bsrkisy, oa the ~