Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-18

THE steamer City OF Chester. from New
York, which arrived at Queenstown on the
night OF the 18th, reported having passed,
on April :. in mid-ocean, the Danish
steamer Danmark. from Copenhagen for
New York. The vessel had been aban-
toned and was in a sinking condition
She had apparently been In a collision.
Her bow stood high out ot water. while
her stern was sunkcn almost below the
level OF the sea
The Navy Department has instructed
the eommandant OF the New York Navy
Yard TO furnish the custodian os the Gus
ton-house with n sufficient amount %
bunting and flags 20 decorate the public
baildings in New York City during the
Inaugural Centennial ceremonies. Sail
ors will also be provided to render as
sisiance in arranging the decorations.
In recent debates in the British House
of Commons the governments position in
regard to its alliance with Germany 90
suppress the African slave trade has been
sharply criticised. II Is asserted that Bis
marek l. simply using England's innu-
ence and prestige in the East and In Africa
to help repair some OF the blunders made
in those quarters by German officers and
representatives.
graph Company's application against tho
New York City Subway Commission. de-
cided against 'he Western Union on the
18th.
The house Of W. p Wood, two miles
from Clayton. Ca, was burned to the
ground early on the morning OF the iith,
and Mrs. Wood and her I've children were
burned 10 death. Mr.. Wood, who Il a car
penter, was absent from home. The are
Is supposed TO have been communicated
TO the house by burning leaves.
OVER 100 hands were thrown out %
work by the destruction Of the Planet
Jute Mills, OF Brooklyn. on the isth
IN concluding his address before the
Paruell Commission. on the I2th, Sir
Charles Russell said the court was trying
the history % the Irish revolution, aud he
asked for it a fair and generous consider
atioa.
LYMAN +. KNAPP. OF Middlebury. Vt,
was, on the isth. appointed Governor OF
Alaska; James p. Lus.. Of Dakota, 20 be
register of the land Office at Rapid City.
Oak, AMI Thomas VI. Reed. Jr, TO be reg
ister Of the land office at Seattle. w T.
AT four o'clock. on the morning OF the
isth. an attempt was made to blow up
Jerry Driscoll's saloon In Dublin GuIch,
M"ut- A couple Of sticks os giant powder
we're placed under the building aud ex-
pgosieI by fuse. badly wreesiug the
building. Two men, who were sleeping
in tho store, were slightly injured. A
man named Tom Mccarthy. who had
grudse against Driseoll. has been arrest
ed.
NAN supposed TO b. Sai=man, who
mErdcrously assaulted Mrs. Muller at
If-g ton ~ n es.~s
captured near Barnegat, on the iath, aud
taken To Newark for Identification
w. II. II. SMITH h1s been appointed
chief clerk % thc naval bureau Of steam
engineering. vice Julius J. Feeks, re-
signed MIR. Smith was the immediats
predecessor os Mr.. Feeks, aud went out
after a service OF twenty-three years in
the bureau.
THE Secretary OF the Navy has referred
to board consisting OF Chief Constructor
Wilson. Engineer-in Chief Melville and
Captain Howison, the application of the
Union Iron Works OF san Francisco for
an extension of time u Ter their contract
for the construction Of Cruiser No. 5.
DURING n thick fog, on the morning OF
the 18th. the steamer Couanicut, running
from Newport u jamestown, r. l., ran
ashore on the rocks in the outer hsrbor.
making large hole in her. The passen-
gers were landed in the tug Fairy. A
wrecking schooner went to the assistance
% the disabled steamer.
on the iith fifty three hundred emil
grants sailed from Bremen and Hamburg
for New York.
A CYCLONE struck the mining town OF
Beidler. o., on the i3th, demolishing six
dwellings. William Lewis twelve-year-
old daughter. WAS caught in the ruins and
fatally injured. Others were badly hurt.