Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERA

Wood the United States consular agent
at Audakabe. Ma4aSaxcar.
IHE Louisville, New Albauy & Chi
eago and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroads, on the 5lth- gave notice % n
reduction In passenger rates to meet the
cut made By the Pennsylvania lines be-
tween Chicago and Indianapolis. L,ais-
vile and Cincinnati.
REPRESENTATIVE McKrxIrT waS IN
Washington. on the Slth, looSing after
private business He Is very cDaadent
OF being chosen Speaker Os the nexs
House when it meets. but says he has
been paying no attention - public a.
fairs.
ISFosxArTox has been recsived from
Massowah that the dervishes are slowly
but steadily advancing. The E<yptiaa
patrols engaged in a skirmish with the
dervish Outposts- on the SDth. dGriag which
sixty dsrvishss we're killed General
Gren,ell. commanding the Egyptian
forces, Is moving southwark
MUcH excitement was caused in Paris
BY the circulation % reports that General
Boulanger had committed suicide in Lon
don
The Washington Territory Constitu-
fonal convention speat the entire day. on
N@-S %eNAs 0a AAAN -EEtANU- \ NUM-
Der os clauses wers passed, the most i'm
portant Of which provides that any per-
son having conscientious scrupiss
against bearing arms shall not bs re-
4uired To serve in the militia. but shall
pays money equiv alent for such exemp-
| ton
The report that the British Government
has found the docks at EsquimauIt. 3. C..
Inadequate for naval purposes. and that
this important naval station Is to bs
sold TO an American syndicats Is denied
By the Dominion Minister OF Militia
The greatest fooi Plainfeld. Y J.. has
| ever known followed n heavy and gnusu-
al down-poar OF rain. on the - tn. and q
number Of washOgts and broken dams
| resulted
Dr. W. B. ROBxRrs. the originator OF
| nitro gycerine torpedO-s for blasting IN
| oil wells. died at Titusvills. Pa, on the
| Soth- Ten years ago he was proprietor
and editor OF the New York Dental
Journal, aud established National rep
utation- He held many UOsitioas % pub
| lie trust and lett an estate valued AZ -, :
| oo0,000.
THEODORE GRANT, OF PhiladeIphia. says
| the re Is no foundation for the story that
his firm and other ship-buiIders have
formed a syndicate TO control the ship
building interests os the country.
The Grand Army Of the Republic de-
| partment commanders Ot Illinois. Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri Indiana, Michigan,
Kansas and Nebraska. on the Dth. un-
| qualifedly indorsed the announced deter
minatiou TO discourage general attend
ance at the coming eReampment at Mil
| waukee. Wis.
wM- Ross. the absconding teller OF the
Nevada Bank OF San Francisco, has been
arrested at Victoria. B. C., and part OF
the 500. 0o0 that he eTnbeZZ led was reeov-
| cred
Ar the request OF Postmaster-General
wananaker, the acting Secretary OF the
Treasury has directed that payment OF
all bills against the Treasury Department
for telegraphing during the current fiscal
year be suspended for the present and
| until otherwise ordered
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN, in n speech, on the
night OF the 5Ist, said the Radicals we're
connection with the Home Rulers they
were carrying that party beyond Mr.
| Gladstone's control. The government,
he clsimed, was now stronger than ever
before.
The receipts for the cash in the Treas
ury were signed on the 1st- The dehcien-
cy. amounting to about twenty-O one dol
lars, was made good by the chief % the
division through whose official hands the
money passed the last time it was hau-
died
THE June statement OF the Erie rail-
road shows an increase OF $3.50 in net
earnings as compared with June, lSSs
The will Of the late Charlemagne Tow
er. Of Philadelphia, leaves the entire es-
tate in trust for the widow and 1--WE chill
dren- the widow TO receive $1,000 per
month from the income, and each OF the
children $50 per month The executors
are dsbarrsd from selling any % the tes-
| tator's lands, and all rents and royalties
are to be invested a. part Of the estate
| The estate Is valued at about S20.0O).00.
| TEE French training FRI gate COurOEue.
| while of Hyeres, in the South OF France
| Oh the 3isI burst one OF her machine
| guns, killing eight OF her men and iniur-
| ing seventeen others The accident Oe-
| Cured in the course OF practice firing.
| TIE Sonora and Milton (CaLl stage
| was stopped by two highwaymsn near
| Cooperopolis, on the 3IsL and 81 taken
| from the passengers. The robbers blew
open the Wells, Fargo & Co.'s safe, but
found nothing OF much value therein
| The dam at Van Sickle's mill pOad, at
| NiIburu, v. J., broke, on the 3Ist and
the escaping water drove hundreds OF
| people from their homes Household
| goods and other property were carried
away.
/ THE North Dakota Constitutional con-
| vention put In the time. on the 3lst, de-
/ batting over reports OF the committee on
/ elective franchise and the committee on
judiciary No fnal result was reached
| TuE Washington Territory COnstitu-
tionaI convention, on the 3lst, adopted a
| preamble recitiny that ave, the people
/ Of the State OF Washington thanking
the Supreme Being % the universe for
| our liberties, do ordaia this consfitu-
tion,n thus recognizing God In their
magma charta-
1 LxrrxRs from Democratic editors IN
seyerty-sir OF the eighty eight counties II
| th,- State OF Ohio, as to the attitude OF the
4 delegates to the State convention on
| candidate for Governor. indicate thas ex-
Congress sman James E Campbell Is II
the lead
THx total debt. on the Ist less cash IN
the treasury amounted TO sL0ss,6s,5, -; /;
the net cash in the treasury was 80 oS..-
O90. against S7l. ~. 0i3 mOnth ago.
TEE South Dakota Constitutional con-
yention held sessiou,on the night ot the
lst, to receive the report o. the commit
tee, which had Just returned from BIS
marck. The report embraces all tue ds-
tails OF division OF assets and llaollities-
| TEE Bethlehem (Pa-l Iron Company.
IN the Ist announced al increase II the
wages Of its puddlers from So 70 49,