Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-13

Liverpool. on the Tth accepted tn. terms
offered by the shipmasters, and resumed
work.
II was stated. on the 7th, ehat Governor
Beaver would call an extra session os
the Legislature 70 take action FOR
tne relief OF the foOi sufferers os the
Conemaa<h Valley General Hastings
says the state - Pennsyivania ought 70
appropriate tao million dollars 10 all in
tae work ot rehabilita;ing Johnstoxn anf
the other devastated towns os the C,ae.
maush Valley.
TEE London Times in an editorial - IL
cie says: while thankful for our own
immunity from calamities % material
greatness Ike the Johnstown floods snI
the Seattle fire. ne can not forget that in
sorrow aud suffering, whish maks the
Snoie worirskin, our American brethren
are entitled TO special activity and SYM
Pathy from ourselves"
AN E1glish s,hoolmaster named K neei-
Ing. while travelling on the Northw-sterp
railway on tue sth, with his sweetheart.
Miss Lester, the principal os school st
Devlzes, shot the woman and threw her
dead body out % the window and then
committed suicide.
LATEST accounts from the enuaa-ration
at Seattle. W. T. on the 9Th. place the
loss somewhere between 81 s.NsO. .00O and
/ Si0.ODo.0o.
NN- WHITE. the counterfeiter recently
arrested at Waterloo. Ia. with a large
amount OF green" in his possession.
pleaded g.ilty in the United States Court
AZ Fort Dodge on the 9Th. Judge Shfras
promptly sentenced him to two years in
the state peuiteGtiary and imposed a
SlV3 hne- This was Whites second o.
fense.
The Pope has received letter from
Emperor Francis Josef OF Austria ex-
tending 90 His Holiness his sympathy in
the affair Of the Bruno statue.
The Pontiac, Oxford & Port Austin
railroad. which runs through n section OF
country in Michigan that has not yet re-
covered from the disastrous forest fires
OF several years ago has been solI At
mortgage sale FOR $50 eol. The pur-
eh1ser was ". H. Murphy, who repre-
sented the bondholders-
The municipality at Cork. ireland. on
the 9Th passed resolutions expressing
sympathy with the sufferers By the Johns-
town foods.
The latest reports from Crete show
that complete anarchy reigns on the isl 70
and Murders and outrageS % all kinds
are OF daily occurrence, and go unpun.
ished-
The Katrina again beat the shamrock
in the race at New York on the eth.
Mr. AND Mas. CHARLES SoxNIJoRN. oil
and respected citizens. were knocked
senseless,On on the Tth. by an electric current
while they were returning from In Porte,
Ind, to their country home during a
severe thunderstorm Mrs. SOnniioru
eau not recover, b the oil gentleman
rallied, and tbs physicians think be may
live.
TIE sixth annual commencement % the
Brazil tInd-l High School occurred on th .
night Of the 1lh- The class numbered
fourteen. ot whom twelve read essays.
STEWARD SsfFrH os Her Naiesty's ship
Comus who fed from Halifax. v =. re-
Gently. being guilty ot forgery and en-
bezzlement IN connection with his vessel
accounts, was arrested in Boston on the
eth
FIRE st Livingston. Ala. on the 5th.
destroyed fifteen buildings on the esf
side Of the public square; loss not
stated
A PRIVATE telegram from BeiIefonte,
Pa, says over n million dollars damage
was wrought by ths storm in Ceute 7
County. a large number Of lives were
lost also.
SUICIDES have become alarmingiy fire.
queut in Vienna Of late, no less than
fOrty-three eases os selk-murtier having
been reported for May.
A FIRE broke out. on the Tth. among the
bales Os cotton which had been taken
from the Cunard Line steamer Scythis
and placed on the dock at Liverpool.
Sixty bales were damaged By ira AKA
water.