Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-26
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Hudson depot, and was inft,utlv stTI.'I
By fast freight train.
Ma DoDGE. the sta.isticfan o. .I,e
Agricultural Department. VII, rsc.,,,s,-
return I'd from u trip 70 the aril lansx II
the West. has prepared a statement In
regard TO the reclamation OF lands In tha
ARID region, which will appear IN ~.
september report o. the Department.
AhE London News Company on the f-tb
received letter from Jack the Rfar.a-
stating that he would soon commit an
other murder.
IHE strike on the Atlantic & Pacific
railroad at Albuquerque, y. II, ended on
the 18Th.
HM b WEBB. ex-Secretary of Mon
tana- appointed in 1sS5 By the President.
has been arrested tOr embezzlemeut. He
IS short - OO0.
The yacht Leo has been lost on Lake
Erie with nine lives. Se-eral bodies
have been washed ashore. The lost were
prominent citizens OF Lorain, o.
SECRETARY WISDON has requested the
resignation ot James KimbaIl, Director
Of the Mint.
The surviving members of ten Indiana
regiments held reunion at Columbus
beginning on the l7th and continuing sew
eral days. A sham battle ~ one os III.
features.
Prince ALBERT VfCroa OF Wales in
his coming visit 10 India. Is expected 10
arrive al Bombay on November .. He
VIII visit Hyderabad, Travancor and
BangaIore.
The New York City Worlds Fair site
committee are understood 10 favor tn.
selection OF the - acres including tie
northern part % Central PARK from
Ninety Sixth to OGe Hundred aud Tenth
street. the vacant Iaud north % the mark
between Fifth aud Eighth avenues. all ~
Morningside Park all ot the Blooming
dale lands and all or part % Riversiis
Park
YALE's S3-the incoming freshmen
elass-was formally mustered into the
ranks on the night OF the 18th. By the
Sophomores. who, I'd strong. met the
Freshmen on the grammar school
grounds. and after hari struggle
hustled the newcomers all over the lot.
MRS ELIZABETH s MCCLELLAN, widow
u Dr. George Mcclellan. aud mother %
General George B. Mcclellan aai DR..
John H B. Mcclellan. the distinguished
surgeon. died. on the 18th. at the resi-
ience OF her niece, Miss Rebecca Coke.
n Dri-to1, Pa Shs was ninety years %
age.
A PROVISION OF the Wyoming Constitu-
ton viii stipulate that every voter IN
that State shall be able To read the docu-
ment framed By the Constitutional eou-
Tentioa-
FRANCrs COLEMAN was struck By the I
Eastern express on the PennSyivanIa {
railrOad at Altoona. Pa. on the Issh anI Z
instantly killed. his body being horribly I
mangied- he got Of a freight trala {
standing on the siding TO avoid arrest 4
and stepped IN trout of the express. He I
vas painter from Baittmars looking 4
,0r work He leayes ! widow and nine 1
children
J. W. PATSOy. 0t Hyde PARK. Boston. I
the xVrld-reuOwned artist-penman. chief /
author OF the PaysOn, Duntoa & Scrfbner +
-opy books, and the man who first gave
The students OF America scientific anal I
isis OF script writing. died. Oh the 18th.
lged seventy -four. He received many
medals in his lifetime for superior work /
with the PEN
JAPASEsE papers received by the +
steamer Gaelic. on the 18th. place the 4
Total number OF persons drowned in the /
Hoods OF August - in the city OF Waka- I
Foma and in the districts OF Miaani- T
Muro. Higashi-MarO. Nishi- Mur0 and /
Hidaka at To- 600, and the number 0f per- I
sons receiving relief at - i34.
The Society Of the Army 0f the Cum /
oerland met at Chattanooga. Tenn, On /
the 18th
THE fourth annual convention ot the I
National Trade District % Miners aud /
Mine Laborers OF the United States b. /
gan at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 18th An I
aggregate membership Of 23.000 was rep
resented.
SECRETARY TRACY was informed, on the /
18Th. that the contractors for the cruiser |
Charleston, the Union Iron WOrSs %
San Francisco. were ready To turn that I
vessel over to the Government without
asking for a further official trial The
vessel failed to develop the requirements
OF the specifications. ani will be accept
ed with a loss to the contractors, who
must pay penalty for the failure.
The grand parade OF the L O. o. ?. and
Patriarchs Militant az Columbus. o.. On
the 18th, was two aud a half hours in
passing given point and the number
OF men in line exceeded twenty thoIsant
being divided into three divisions, with u
large military array.
POSTMASTER GE. .sRAL WASANAKER
has invited prOpOsfilq- = 'om artists. d.
signers and Others 1so we'd designs
OF postal cards. ThTe IL bhoIld bs
according to the arti provo: fines
and bidders can subm4t one OF more de-
signs as each sees nj.
Ma PARxELL will maks a number OF
political speeches IN Wales before the
close Of the present recess OF Parlia-
ment.
The freedom Of the city % Ddblin vas
presented TO Lady SaAdhurst stansaeld |
on the slth-
The dereIict Norwegian bark Eliza |
Lines and the New YORK pilot boat FL /.
ward Barret were tOwed into port At Bos-
tou on the I9sh-
The Russian Grand Duke COustantine |
was reported dying on the l9th-
HExRY FITZGERALD. Al sx-cUavict' wno' /
on August Fl. knocked nan down N the I
streets OF New YORK aud robassi him Of /
thirteen cents. was. on the u b. sentenced !
10 sixteen years in prison at hard labor.
The poe Ot ST Petersburg have re- |
Gently showed an increased activity IN [
different parts ot Ras>iA in their pursuit I
OF suspected NihiIists- The students |
everywhere are objects 0f sHsptelon. and /
twenty attending the University al kle1 [
were arrested oa the 18th
The sudden and unexpected closing ot
the case for the prosecution In the Ives
trial in New York City. OF the 18th. nllet
the dssendaut and kis counsel with lubi-
Iant hopes for u favorable termination
OF the issue.
THERE will be no contest in Dundee FOR
the vacant seat IN the British House FOR
that constituency, the Conservatives
having decided NOS to present n eandi-
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