Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-01-24
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

II was reported on the 18TH. tfat the
health OF Rev Charles H Spurgeon. OF
London. Is rapidly improving.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPS, NJ the
Fishmongers' C9mpuny's banquet. IN Lon
dom on the 18th. responding IA tsase.
SAINT The only complaint bring against
this country Ii that my experiences here
makes IL more difficult ID say good-bye
than 20 perform any other duty which has
dev0lyed upon me since I came here"
The London Standard says that the pub
EcatIou OF the Indictment a1,ainsc Prot.
Gefficken shows that Bismarck himself
was the author OF the charges against Sir
Robert Marier.
A SPECIAL from Jackson. Miss, on the
1tth. says information has been received
by Governor Lowry that mob law con-
Times To exist IN the southern part Of
Noxubee and the northern part Of Kemper
County, and that negro cabins are being
destroyed by inesndiary ires. Over forty
families have been driven away and their
cabins burned
A MAJORITY OF the R0yaIists in the De-
partmenf NJ the Seine have Ieciited TO
vote for General B0ulanger-
The Republican Legislative cancIs at
Salem, Ore.- on the 18th, decitlest to re-
elect J. ". Dolph ID the United States
Senate.
Mr. GLADSTONE viii shortly visit Rome,
and hold personal interviews with the
Pope and King Hunbert.
Mr. JoHH BRIGHT, who had been I'M
proving, suffered aIsehsr relapse On the
nth.
PRINCE BIsxAHcx il suffering from IN
disposition IN consequence 0t his exsr-
tons at the opening OF the Reichstssg.-
A SISTER OF Edwin Booth. Miss Rosalie
Ann Booth, diest m New York City. On
the 18th. Of paralysis, az the age Of sixty
five years.
PERRY s. WzsryXLL. editor and pro-
prietor 8c the Tsrre HaETte CInd.) Sntur-
dnv Evening Mail, died, on the 18th, aged
fffty-five. from paraIvtic stroke
w D. WAsHBuRx was nominated for
United States Senator from III innesot1 by
the Republican CAUCUS at st. Paul on tina
r1th
The President. on the 18th. sent 10 the
Senate the nomination OF John Earring
ton. OF Minnesota ID be collector Gf GUS
t0ms for the district Of Minnesota
CnNrrsrxD rains In Wisconsin have
melted the snow, and logging operations
have again been brought "a a standstilL-
TIE vtsu1a F-ur1ctr-Sirt- d--ffi-.s .ai-
statement published IN the Nov0e Vrsmy1.
OF st Petersburg, that Austria under an
agreement with th. Porte, would occupy
tis second portion Of the Saldlak Of
Navoe-Bazar, IN BOsuia-
Hon. GEO. D. WISE has served On Ed
mEInd w adtielI, Jr-, ms answer % the Int
sar's notice OF contest IN the Congress
sionaI election IN the Third (Val dis
trier-
A corroa warehouse on the Liverpool
docks was burned. on the 18TH, entailing u
loss Of ss50, ,O0a.
REPRESENTATIVE STNzs, OF Colorado,
appeared bef0re the House committees on
appropriations, On tiie rItsi. and made an
argu-ueut IN tavor OF Prof Powell's
scheme for r-iganng the arid lands OF
the West
=. s. HEGrss, station agent Cor the Rock
Island railroad, and agent for the United
Stares Express Company aE Bevlngton.
In, Is missing. An Investigation OF his
accounts disclosed a shortage IN express
company funds ae 500, and In railroad
funds af &E50. Higgins leaves an invalid
wife and two children in destitute eircun-
stances.
The Senate committees on commerce., at
It's meeting On tine I7Eh. ordered favor
ahls reports IN the Presidents nominn-
tons ID placss u tas 1axzna Hospital
ssxTtcs.