Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-13
PERSONAL AND GENERA

meeting held in Washington. on the stb
70 raise money for the relief % the so,a-
stricken districts Of Peuasvlvani,- al
made an eloquent and impressive speech.
Ten thousand dollars was subscribed b..
TORE the meeting adjourned. and stiIl
more valuable Subscriptions of food and
cio.hing were donated, BIZ merchants OF
the city, for imme iiate dispatch.
IHE report. circulated on the 9th. Of the
loss OF i0,oo0 lives in China, turns out to
nave beea misunderstanding. A Chi
nese firm in San Francisco who received
the news Of the Pennsylvania disaster.
made the facts known TO their country
men, who. in circulating the story, trans
ferred the scene tn China
IN Claiborne County, Tenn, Marion Nc
Carthy ambushed aud killed John Pierce.
on the 4th, after quarrel over pay for =
hired horse.
THS Massachusetts Legislature. on the
tth. passed the resolution apprOprlating
$4,000 for the Pennsylvania sufferers.
Oy the 18th the coast guards at skib-
bereen. Ireland. picked up the Iog-book
Of the British steamship Danish Prince,
Captain Potts. which sailed from swan
sea on May =, for Montreal, and there
are fears that the ship fouudered in the
heavy weather which prevailed OF that
coast
1T is asserted that tn. Vatican Is be-
coming seriously alarmed st the position
which Russia has recently assumed Of in
terposing objections 90 the coatinuaare
OF Catholic missions in the Balkan States.
JOSEPH CRABBs, vice-presideut OF the
City Bank OF Wabash, Ind, was adiud-ed
insane on the 4th-
INSTRUCTIONS were issued from Ottawa
Ont-, on the tth, to release the captured
American schooner Matte winship. upon
the American Consul giving security for
value.
The English syndicate has bought the
the Ballautine brewery at Newark. NJ.
the second largest in the country.
On the 5th, President Harrison appoint
ed John Vigueaux. Democrat. United
States marshal for Western Louisiana.
He was recommended By Louisiana Re-
| publicans for his efforts in protectiu >
negroes from violence in the November
/ election
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, suffered a loss OF
100000, upon which the insurance was
but light on the jth, by confiagratiou,
which consumed every thing for an area
/ OF five blocks, bounded by Hawk street on
/ the west, Adams on the north, SeIay on
I t1r cdst anu trttk on the SOUTH
An extensive fire occurred at Biloxi.
Miss. on the night Of the 4th. resulting in
the destruction OF twenty-five buildings.
at loss OF $4,000. upon which there was
but 81, 900 insurance.
BELArED Pennsylvania railroad passeu-
gers. the uncertainty Of whose fate had
caused much anxiety, arrived in Pitts
burgh on the 5th- Their experiences had
I hea4 Of H. III. ~.
journey from Altoona was made via
EbensbGrgh- From the latter point to
Johnstowu the journey was made in
wagons.
LORD SALIsBrRY entertained Prince
Albert Victor At dinner on the evening OF
the +th- Mr.. Lincoln. American Minister,
was among the guests.
GEoRGx c. EArox, OF Cincinnati, a
nephew OF President Harrison. died At
Asheyille, " c. on the 5th- Of eoasump-
ton aged thirty-fye. The remains were
taken TO Cincinnati for interment
D. b Dyer was elected mayor OF Guth-
RE, Okis., at the election on the ith, beat
ing A. V. Alexander by 30 TO 500.
Mr. PORTER. the new United States
Minister to Italy, presented his creden-
tials on the 5th.
A NEwLT-MARRIED couple were found
In the ruins OF the JOhnstovn Method
ist Church. where the ceremony that made
them one had just been performed when
the fatal waters overwhelmed the struct-
ure. They were so tightly elasped in
each others embrace that they had % be
buried together. The minister, together
with nearly all Of the guests, escaped
JUDGE SULLIVAN, OF the California SD
perior Court, has set July Is for hearing
the motion OF Sarah AIthea Terry to ap-
point a receiver for tx Sharon est1te,
and refuses to recognize the injunction
from the United States District Court
Up to the 5th Pittsburgh's donations for
the food sufferers OF the COnemau-h
Valley in money and goods, amounted TO
quarter OF million dollars.
AMONG those believed to have been
swept away by the hOod in the Cone
maugh Valley. were blind Tom," the
well-known pianist. and his manager,
l who left Pittsburgh on Friday morning
| for Johnst0wn. and have not been heard
/ Of since. IL Is thought they were both
/ drowned Being strangers. and one of
/ them q col0red man, IL IS more than likely
/ that il their bodies were recovered they
were unidentified.
THK past-oeice authorities report that
| none OF the mail sent through the flooded
/ district was lost Even that sent 10
JohnstOwn escaped
PORrIoxs % the wreckaSe OF the Cone
/ rau-h Valley began TO pass Cincinnati
/ on the 9Th Not much Of it was caught,
and nothing Of interest or value was
/ found
TEE Marchiouess de Chesteler. belong
i ing 10 one Of the oldest ot the noble fam
/ lies OF Belgium, was found murdered in
/ her bed at her residence, the Chateau
Moulbaix, at Mons, on the morning Of
/ the eth-
THx dock laborers ot Glasgow. Green
/ ock, Belfast and Londonderry joined the
seaman's strike on the 9Th
/ COUNSEL for Judge Hiltoa assert that
/ the overtures for n compromise OF the
/ stewart will case came from the contest
ants. The terms Of the proposed settle
ment have not been made public-
RELICS Of the COnemaugh Valley disas-
ter are being constantly picked up all
/ along the shores Of the Ohio river
Ed. HoGAx. the asronaut OF Jackson
| Mich. lad a narrow escape from death at
Auburn. N.Y, on the 7th, owing to his
uarachute falling 10 work He fell $500
feet. when the parachute partially opened
and somewhat broke the fall He was
badly injured
The register Of the Hubert House a.
Johnstown, Pa. has been recovered, ano
reveals the fact that forty-foIr OF the
guests and employees % the hotel iJst
| heir lives in the late food
INTENSE excitement prevailed in Paris,
on the 7th, over the latest seizure OF
BouIangist documents, which are sald