Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-08

THx Royal Grants bill pas sed through
th~ committee stage in the British House
0. Commons on the 81
I'VE vaIkyrie beat the Yarana and Ire,
IN The regatta % the London Yacht Club
q C0res on tie sist
sra yoHy THOMPSON, Dominion Minister
Of J1stice. on the slst. signed the warran,
.sr the extradition OF Martin Burke. ths
alleged murderer OF DR.. cronin-
THr cain. bank at the Luks FidIer COL
Hery At Shamokin. Pa. exploded. on the
sIst thousands os touS OF dirt and rock
being thrown high IN the air. No loss o.
lie resulted
THE people os Canada are greatly ex-
cited over the seizure Of the sealer Black
Diamond in Behring sea, and have called
zpou England IN plain terms TO protect
their interests.
ABEsuAa FTSxpoSE. aged twenty sfr,
sccused Of four times setting fire TO the
ReadiEg PAL Lumber Company's prop
ersY. causing Sd 0o0 damage. hanged him
SELF in Jail on the ist
THk steam yacht wanda with Messrs.
Cleveland. FairchiId. Lamont and others
aboard. arrived at vineyard Haven.
Mass. on the 81 en- route to Vineyard
sound and westward on a fishing trim.
GOVERNOR BEAVER OF Psnnsylvania. on
he JIst, received through the German
CoasuI at New York, $1,000 from the
people Of Berlin and over Il, 30 from the
mayor and council OF Mannheim. for the
JohnstOwn suiererS
Dz W. A. HAMMOND, of Washington. Il
experimenting With DR.. Brown-Sequard's
elixir et life. The elixir is a coucoction
Of organic matter. which il injected into
the veins. Dr. Hammond says tho old
men on whom he is testing the remedy
seem to be growing younger.
GEORGE QuIstxr, the nsseen-year-old
adopted son OF Daniel W. Qaisiey. o: Os
we-o. v. Y. is suffering with all the sym
toms Of hydrophobia- He froths at the
mouth. hops around on all sours, and barks
and snaps like n dog. He was bitten by
large Newfoundland dog last Septem-
Der.
THE gold fund balance in the Treasury
% the Uuited States decreased about 81
go 90 during last month. and. on the lst
amounted TO Slss el., i65; and the silver
fund balance. exclusive OF 6 60oO, ,0pO trade
dollar bullion. increased only 81 0o0. Oh
during the month, and on the 1st amount
ed to ss5 els.0l5.
CHARLES kIRCHOrr, JR, OF New York
was. on the lst-, appointed a special agent
Ot the Census Office TO collect statistics y.
copper, lead and ores. John Birkbine. ol
Pennsylvania. q special agent 10 collect
statistics Of iron ores. aud H c. Carroll,
Of New Jersey, n special agent TO collect
eA1eh statistics
: o. the Ist, the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company reduced the working tim
ot about half ths force st their Mount
Care Nd shops from ten to eight hours &
day Skilled workmen at Mount Clare
earned Sl0s0 n week The reduced
working time will leave their earnings at
ahoCt - % n week
THE JOurueyman Plumbers and Steam
Filters Lsborers' unions OF the United
States and Canada, in session at Brook
Ign. on the 5lst voted to sever their con-
nectiou with the Knights OF Labor and es-
tabllsh an independent Organization.
This takes thirty thousand members
from the Knights Of Labor.
Or the 1st Acting Secretary Batcheller
OF the Treasury disapproved OF the opin-
lou OF Solicitor Hepburn in the matter oi
Chinese employed as servants on tbs
United States Steamer Alert and othel
vessels, and held that, under the Chi.
nese Exclusion act they are debarred
from admittance to this country.
THE property o, the Standard Live
Stock Insurance Company Of Reading,
Pa was sold at auction, on the lst by
order OF the court, but as only some
Old Office furniture could be found, the
creditors will realize nothing. The cou-
Pany had nearly q million dollars OF in
sgralce on Its books when il failed
GOVERNMENT receipts during July ag.
greSated 81. .sS5 300. or half q m:liic-
more than in July last year Custom
receipts in round numbers amounted Il
Nsmloo. against Sl9 So, ,oO0 In July
ISsc; and Internal revsnue receipts FOL
ihe past month we're SO SO. -. or q mill
Ion and a quarter more than In July 1
Year ago.
PRORAsLr the largest receipt ever given
II this country for an amount OF money
passed from J. " Huston. treasurer o.
We United States. to J. L. Hyatt, ex
nlied States Treasurer, at the Treasury
department on the 1st The amount OF
,a- face OF the receipt was ST7I. 49, ID.
80, and il Is for this sum that Mr.. Hyatt
was responsible.
QUEEN NATALIE, the divorced wife o
E-kIng Milan Of Servia, has chartere,
steamer, IN which she purposes TO visit:
Belgrade. She is only awaiting the sane
Aon OF the Servian Regency, who profes:
70 ioresee serious political complica.
IONS as result Of such visit to her
sons capital. and on this account hesi.
'a'e to give their consent
iHE Italian bark Olivia Speciosia, Cap
am Dalosso. which arrived at Philsdel
poia, on the 3)th, from Catonio, with
arg" Of sulphur, was lis days in makinl
y. e Passage, and was given up for lost
Sae encountered contrary winds in tn
STRAITS OF Gibraltar. and was delayed sixt
-A!s IN this condition When she cam,
~, sne was accompanied by 1S9 othel
sailins vessels.
osI IxAsrxE-GEyERAL WAxANAKEE- o.
"a Issued an order amending tn
s.al laws and regulations so as 90 ex'
80 tne age Of limit Of appointment o.
searrlers in nom -civil-service post
from thirfy-fve to forty years
limitation does not apply to person.
oaoraoly discharged from the military
nAval service OF the country who arr
"'nsrWise duly qualified.
AHk Is considerable Dissatisfaction
"ong the Southern Cougressmeu owe