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

resentativcs 20 Germany.
The eorOuer's jury. inquiring into the
cause % the death of Willie Berg, who
was shot in Buffalo. y. ". on the sth. by
bis playmate Charles Muse. returned =
verdict, on the 10Th. OF accidental death.
Tax anniversary ~ the birth OF Edward
Hahnrtnann, the founder % 'homuopathv.
was celebrated, On the 10th. by the pro-
moters os the new Hahnemann Hospital
IN Rochester, y. V, by the formal open
ing os The hospital.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has
awarded tie contract for excavating. con
cretins aud underpinnins the Philadel-
phia Mint g. Paul !. Essick 6 Son. OF
philadelphia. f1r - sci.
THE e0roner's jury that inquired into the
death IN London os tho American suicide.
Rev. Sydney Hunt rendered verdict, en-
the iO,h, stating that Mr.. Hunt was tenn
porarily insane when he committed the
deed. All save the technical evidence Ia
the case was suppressed.
JANIS LssEY. a foreman IN charge OF
the iron work at thu new post oaice, un-
der construction at brooklyn. v. ", fell
from the second story - tkr basement. a
distance Of Atty feet. on the 10Th. aud sus-
tanned injuries from which be died short
ly after.
DR- cHNs. PKLLxcRrvt. Vice President
OF the Argentine Republic, aud Mr. W. X.
Vanderbilt arrived In Paris ON the 10Th.
Tux Balloon Society ot Great Britain
has bestowed a gold medal upon Mr..
Williams, of Cincinnati, who has given
numerous exhibitions ia Eag,and OF his
skill in the use OF the parachute IN de-
scendins from balloons.
The special National conventioa % con :
slider the question OF tcou<oiiiafinxth the two
systems - sons OF Veterans met al Al
bany. Y " on the 10th. Commander
tn-Chief George MARKS, % Brooklyn, pre-
sided.
SIX Eaglish boys. between sixteen and
nineteen years old. who we're brought over
on the steamer Wyoming by a man named
Rev, under an agreement 20 work on his
ranch ia lows year for their passage
money, were de;s iasd at Castle Garden,
on the i0th, AMI will probably be sent
back
A SECOND attempt was male, on the
night ~ the 9Th. at Louisville. o., 70 wreck
the yestibule train on the Pittsburgh Fort
Wayne & Chicago railroad. by strapping
ties to the track Timely warning was
given. and the train was stopped Just as
the locomotive reached the obstruction.
Tue New York Stock Exchange will be
closed on Good Friday, April -, and on
April - and -.
D.. \ SAD accident occurred on the Chi
csgo, Santa Fe & California; raiiway. at
Lorenzo. ftty-seven m.ls- south % Chi
casO, on the mOruin- % the 10Th. During
fog an extra freight train ran into the
rear Of a passenger train smashing 10
bits private coach. not single one OK
the occupants ~ which escaped. Four
people were killed and fo1r seriously
wounded Among the killed was a young
lady on her way East to be married
The jury in the case Of Miss Libbie
Beechler, on trial at Omaha. Neb., for the
killing ot Harry King. ot Chicago. re-
turned a verdict. 0u the 10Th. of not guilty
Of murder. King had lived with the woman
rs his wife, but never married her, and
married a lady at Omaha, Miss Beechler
going from Chicago 10 Kill him.
THE schooner Carrie \ Blcknam ar
rived at New York on the i0.h. aud report
ed that when off Saoaa island she was
chased by a Dominican war vessel and cred
upon. The schooner was flying the Amer
lean asg At the time.
NATHAN +. DIXON (Rep.l was elected
United States Senator by the Rhode
Island Legislature on the 10Th.
REAR ADMIRAL THcaAs II. PATTERSON
died AZ Washington on the 10Th.
WILLIAM WHARTON, OF Massachusetts,,
the newly-appointed Assistant Secretary
ot state qualified, on the 18th, and as
sumej the duties % the position Mt once.
PAYsAsrkRs J. X. Csrmndy and f. J.
Herman were. on the lIth, placed on the
retired list Of the navy.
Mas. II. L. GRAsrY was found dead In
her residence ct Danville, Va. on the
morning OF the llth. with an empty choral
bottle beside her. The coroaer's jury gave
il as their opinion that shs took an over
lose OF the drug. but not with suicidal in
tent. She had been separated from her
husband for several months. They were
one Of the prominent families Of that sec-
ti0n OF the State.
TIE annual Orato-ical contest, on the
ilth, for the Yale junior exhibition prize,
was won by John Crosby. OF Minneapolis,
Mimi, who hal seven competitors. His
subject was John Wilmot, second Earl
1t Rochester,
Ir Is alleged that the steady advance In
the price Of raw sugar FOR the past two
months has been due to the existence OF
combination among Cuban producers
with a view 10 securing better terms from
the Sugar Trust
THE New York Yacht Club. on the 1fth,
voted 10 accept Earl Dun-aven's chal-
lenge for a match FOR the Americas cup.
A committee was appointed to arrange
the preiimiudrics which ara 10 determine
what yacht shall be put toward against
the Valkyrie.
THE Planet Mills factory at Brooklyn,
for the manufacture ef i1te bagslns,
twine, lute carpets, etc, was totally de-
stroyed by fire at one O'Clock on the
nc erning of the I2th. Loss. 500. .OO0: fully
insured. or the 80 girls comprising the
uight force. two wsre badly burned. The
others escaped amid great panic and con-
fusion.
TWELVE families were evic;ed from the
olphert estates In ireland on the l1th.
No resistance was made.
WILLIAM o. O'BRIEN was returned to Galway
Irelan1) Jail on the 1Ith. He was sur
rounded by a strong guard OF officers, who
woald not allow any one to converse with
their prisoner. Several Of the town CON-
missioners approached to talk to Mr.
O'Brien, but the police refused TO allow
them near, and struck them with their
swords. ole ot the commissioners was
seriously wounded
FIRE was discovered In the forward
compartment Of the steamship Gillian,
on the llth, after she hal cleared troEa
New orleans for Havre. Her cargo con-
sisted Of 4, 500 bales % cotton and 1000
bushels of bulk corn.
Az explosion Ot molten metal occurred
in Todd & Co.'S foundry at Youngstown,
o., on the lith- Frank aud Geo. Bryant
were horribly burned and their recovery
Is doubtful. Six other employees were
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