Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-07-25
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.



INK following Il the statement Of the
oPerstians % the ratirs svstsu, az H..
Union Pacific Railroad Caurpanv r,r
AsT lsss- Gross earnings. - tlf. f.st. ex-
penses. slsIa5t@ Compared with Mav.
t---. there ts m Increase ot Sl.ss ii -
the surplus.
w T. Lxwrs. oc Pittsburgh. Pa-. sesr--
tary Of the Miners' National Pros--ss.fv.
Uaion- wrote 10 President MeBrtIs ~
that body. on the 18th. resiraiur hi
0cac~- Mr. Lewis in-asIs b sever his
connection with labor organizations en-
tsrely, and viii % to tho Parts Expo~f-
tion n one 0s the party Of American
workneu- On bis return to this countrv
he viii begin 70 practice law.
~ ats annual report 10 the Chief OF
E1ginsers. LSeutenanf-C Colonel MauseeFl
makes the following estimates for i'm
provements To rivers and harbors IN
Massachusetts FOR the fiscal year ending
Jans n fs9f: Sswburyport harbor,
Il ls..sns Merrimae river, Sl2s. .Da: GIou-
cesser harbOr, sss5,o09; Lynn harbOr.
saa.eo. Boston harhor. Sti0.00a. and
Provineetown harbor. s7,50o.
CHksl Il BoLLMsx. Of the National
Fish Commission. die.I Ou the pssh. in the
=
was engaged in scientific work for the
Goveruneut He WIS a recent ,-,sII1as.
% the Indiana State University and hal
acquired a national reputation as n uaf-
uralisr.
AwArxR-sFoCr destroyed the rozzu as
Chiiapa. stats oe q aerrero, Mexic3. on
ths IJth
The engineers 6n the main line ot the
Pittsburgh & Western railroad. au the
10Th. ked for m advance 0f sevenfy-ave
cents day. and threatened a s;Eiks Il
their demand was not complied with.
GENERAL ScHOFTELD hst Washington.
on the 18th. FOR New York City. Tn attend
mesting Of the B5arvt oc Fortisfcafions
and Ordnance. Of which he is a member.
The Louis Pasteur. the first oe the three
fumigating steamers for the use OF tina
Marine Hospital service, the more strictly
To enforce the quarantine laws. has been
complsted and was launched at Whining
ton. Del, on the nth
IS the British House OF Commons. ou
the 18th, the Scotch L0eaI-G0vernment
bull passed the committee stage.
GEo. BzcHrEI- the weIl-xnowu Staten
Island brewer. died. on the 18th. after a
long Illness. He leaves large estate.
The SchuyIkill Paper MIL at Mana
yunk. Pa owned by Frank Mcdonald.
was burned on the 18Th Loss, 5000;
Insurance., 5000.
COLONEL G. L GILLESPIE. OF the Army
Engineer Corps, has mnds his annual
estimate on the work done during the
fiscal year Just ended on rivers and hrr-
bors in New York State. The report
though vOluminOus, does not contain any
thing Of great Importance or interest.
but deals largely with what has been ae-
eomplished in previous years.
The compositors OF Vienna struck, on
the 1ith- for higher wages.
IT Ii stated that Jack the Ripper wrote
q letter 10 the police officials OF London
before the LATEST WhitechapeI murder
stating that he was about to ''resume his
work.
Ar meeting Of the New York State
Hotel Keepers Association at Buffalo, on
the l6th- President Garrison broaehet the
subject OF National prOtecsive assecia-
ton or -Hotel Men's Trust" The matter
was talked over, but To action was taken.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
pany, on the 18th, made application in
regular form TO the Seaboard Trunk Line
Association for the privilege Of making
rate Of two cents 4 mile for parties Of ten
or more travelling together on one ticket.
This is the rate which the Baltimore &
Ohio announced oa June L, and Withdrew
on July j
The miners OF KladnO. IN Bohemia. de-
ciied, on the 10th, To renew their strike,
and gave notice to this effect 10 the Eine
owners.
JUDGE COOLEY, chairman OF the inter-
State Commerce Commission. arrived in
r.L nur rbsa arf1 fHta
Constitution makers soms sound advice.
lr Is reported that Mr.. Lewis viii watch
the proceedings Of the special c0mmis-
sion IN Mr.. ParueII's behalf.
The presence Of prominent Western
railroad men in New York. on the 18th,
gave rise To the report that the Missouri
Pacific Is To withdraw from the Presi-
dents Association
The State Department has been in
formed that yellow fever has broken CUT
ut Colon on the Isthmus OF Panama
LoSDos landlords are being held rigid
Iy to account under the law fixing their
responsibilities to tenants
Ir is expected that a meeting viii take
place between SiynOr Crispi. the Italian
Premier. and Count Kaln0lSy before Eal-
perur Francis Joseph visits Bsrlin-
GxSERAL BoCLASGER declares the IN
dictnent found against him BY the french
Government Is founded upoc Ieliberats
falsehoois-
Two runaway ears on the LehiSh VAL
ley railroad dashed into passenger train
near Shamokin. Pa-, on the Ts,a, killing
three persons and badly wouaslInS many
others
A PROPOSAL from BeIgian delegates 70
unite with the Marxist Congress preeIpi-
tated a long discussion at the labor con-
ference In Paris on the I1th- The Amer
lean. Belgian and Dutch delegates were
in favor OF the proposition The rest IN
sisted upon a strict examination oe Gre
deutiaIs.
In was decided at MaIssbur-. Ger
uaany. on the 18th. tn allow the sugar ring
till September = to I'LL contracts The
price OF sugar rose upon ta15 repurt ssIns
published
SIR EDWARD MALEr, British Ambassa-
dor 10 Berlin, went % L0nslon- on the
18th. in connection with the arrangements
for the visit OF Emperor William 70 En-
gland
THx British Government has accepted
tenders for the construction % seventeen
war-ships. They viii be built at the ship
yards OF tho Clyde. tho Tyne aad tHs
4ersey-
The official trial Ot the yun-bOat Petrel
was male on the ISth- She lett B1iti-
more. Nd. at IL u u and returned st
1.I5 D. m The average speed attained
was IL knots an hour-
UNITED STATES secret-servEr> men
captured S21.0O0 in counterfeit money IL
Dayton. o, on the 18Th
Is the South Dakota Constitutional con-
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