Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-19

The attendance at the Nebraska STATE
Fair, on the i1th. was something over
Forty thousand rae largest trades ma
rade ever witnessed in the state took
place IN the evening, alI great snthu-
siasm prevailed.
IhE haaish Government has received
warning % the arrival ia Dsnm,rk Of
several noted Nihilists. AMI great pre-
cautions are therefore being taken -
prevent the carrying out of any plot
against the Car duriaS his visit.
The Mansion House COMMITTEES an
nouHeed. on the I2gh. that the feeling on
both sides OF the great strike was becom-
ing more amicabls. and that only extra
neous que stions prevented an immediate
ending - the strike. IL was hoped that
the causes of difference would be entirc-
ly removed and satisfactory settlement
reached on the i3th
TIE first snow os tho season fell a,
Hope. OAK, on the isih.
Tue steam barge Albert q. Gowen.
loaded with lime. took FIRE ut her dock a,
Cleveland, q, on the lath. II was impos
sible - extinguish the flames. nad she
was towed out in the lake aud seuttIeI.
She was valued az $4,000. and insured
Tor f2lt0o. The cargo Was worth 5000
DURING the celebration ot 4 reIi rious
festival at Robtatt. GudiA the Mussnl-
mans and Hinioos became involved in
religious disputes which led To rioting.
Ihe police were compelled 70 interfere.
bat before they succeeded In quelliuS tho
disorder many % the rioters were shot By
the officers.
IHE wyoming Constitutional conven-
ton. on the Ssh. adopted a chapter O. 4
light on fixing minimum valuation for
new couuties- The SUM was placed at
- Ola.G0.
THE sons ot Veterans. in session n,
Paterson, y. J.. on the isth. elected G. +.
Griaen. Secretary OF state % In diana
Commander in -Chies % the National f n
campmsnt for the eu suing year
THE British brig Angola. from Turks
Island for Boston. was abandoned. on the
I lptn. IN latitude fs5S north. lOngitGIs
I dD west, totally dismantieL The
steamer Prussiaa rescued the crew ant
landed them AZ Philadelphia on the ~ "a.
| The sevsuty-hcth anuiversary ot the
bombariment % Fort McHenry. near
Baltimore, Nd, by the British anil the
/ repulss Of the latter. was ccIsbratsd by n
counterfeit re-eugtssment on the
night OF the iith- The Unite 4 States
/ war-ships Pensacola. q ssipee aud Van
/ tic took part in the engagement
| THE attorney for 4 number % Chinese
claimants residing at Portland q re-,
| has fled suit in the Federal Court there
against 7. Leong Tsias. Chinese Consul
General for sl7.oo0 indemnify claims
which. 1t Is alleged, he Appropriated to
his own use.
WHILE Prime Minister CrispI was
driving in Rome, on the 18th. a stone
thrown by n uan On the roadside struck
him in one % his eyes indictins pain
full but not serious wound. The aSsaIl-
ant was arrested and found to be a luna
tic.
The steamship Chattahoochis. ~ the
New York & Savannah line. bouad for
New York. put into Newcastle. Del. on
the 13ih, FOR coal and proslsiaas. sa q
bad been blown out Of her course by the
gale. and her prolonged trip mad ex-
hausted her supplies.
ADJ VICES from Zanzibar state that the
native village % Kesndutschi whose in
habitants supplied the insur-ents with
arms. has beea destroyed by Captain
wissman's police.
BIZ the capsizing Of sail-boat in the
harbor at Baltimore, Nd. on the 18Th,
Philip A. Sparrow. locomotive engin-
( eer, was drowned
EMPEROR WILLIAM will stop to pay a
visit TO King Humbert at the Italian re-
sort Of Monsae on his way to Athens.
SENATOR VOORHEES,, OF Indiana, had so
far recovered from the effects of his re-
cent Illness, on the 18th, that no alarm
whatever was felt as to his condition.
The Dutch cattle-dealerS have decided
TO boycott the London companies. and to
transport their supplies in their OWE
steamboats, direct to Rotterdam.