Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-27
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PERSONAL AND GENERA

JoHS l. LkwEs. tie r-ss.ssi,--,r -.
man. died at his hou1. IN Efu,ir,. X
on the nighs oe the I-tA. H. w. M
dnuote1ly the heaviest ma7 i4 Anssri,-,
weighing az his d.aah 81 rs.-.Ts ~
vas born IN England. anaf vas .l,,-,s s,,-s-
Years o are He was a btsex~mi.h ,,.f
worked NJ hts trade Up 10 thr... yeas -,
IHx Jury IN tn case os ". e Usrar4
% New York City. rendered \ ver,ffrt. -,
t-ae I-sh- % guilty 0s grail la-rsav in oh
tainins $50 from ths Eiectris. sarar
company hy false pSsteascs. Sentences
was deferred
AT 6astein, Germany. on the ISsh. a
mona nent 70 the memory q Emperor
Nlliiafa l. ot Germany was unvaiIe,l.
WILLIAM = CHkNBEER Republican.
vas re-elected Gated States Senator
trona View Hampshire "a the I-sh.
Tag announcement rsarFe. On the Isfh
that Presidents Harrison fnteuI,sf u A.
point Rev NJ r Memngsr - postrn1s-
ter at Charleston. ). G.. caused mach
Comment Mr. MenIia-e- - a soa oe C.
o. Aemir-er. WIN was Secretary o. III.
Treasury os the coufederarv.
Gao. RTER. Of Indianapolis. secretary
Of the Western Shooting Association.
while cut hunting. oa the 18th. fell from n
fence and accidentally fischarys,f tn.
contents Of hts gun into his chssst. Il.
died instantly He was ence eser-.sta
Methodist preacher. bat haf become 4
disheliever- Hts family are distinguish
ed aud wealthy
ELAsoRArE preparations are raakfnr
Tor laying the foundation sfaua OK a
statue ot Emperor William L AZ Mssz. On
the I1th. which eerenoay VIII be per-
formed By the Kaiser
LATE dispatches on the morning % the
l9en stated that n destructive fire v.as rn.r-
ing IN Jersey City, y. J.. and that The en-
tire fire departments lad been eaIT-sI out.
The IRE menaeed manufacturing aud ship
ping interests.
The View York Central freight house at
Buffalo. " " was entirely DESTROYED bv
IRE on the 18th A number o. Ia. in
mates were severely burned. loss. abo at
$1,000.
oS the 10Th Attorney-GeneraI Miller
received the resignation % Geo~-. a.
Allen- United States attorney for the
Western district OF Pennsylvania.
W. III. DERBT, former cashier % the
Mutual District Messenger Company or
Boston was. on the I9,h. sentenced 10
three years imprisonment for embezzIs-
ment
The National Association OF Stove
Manufacturers Of the United States a.
sembled in senIi-anruaI convention az
Saratoga. " Y, OF the 18th. with ssveu-
ty-fve delegates in attendauce.
THE graduating exercises Oc Smith Col
lege. at Northampton. Mass. took place
on the 18th The graduating class num-
bered Fifty young ladies' from different
sections Oc the country.
THK Paris Soliel says that the German
Government has made a demand upon
France for compensation for ths arrest
OF the alleged German spy. Lechnzer. who
was captured near Bsttort on Waissun-
day The French officials declare thas
the documents found on rhs person OF
Lechmer abuadantiv justified his arrest
SENATOR NASDEHsoS. es Nebraska. wEo
has long drawn pension for gun-shot
wound received during th@ civil war. has
discovered that under the law b.. Is en-
titled 10 an increase u pension with So
DO a-rearages.
EDWARD B. Cox. weII-knoxu poIiti-
clan and book keeper oe View York City,
was committed % the T0mbs. on the I9th.
to await the action Of the grand Jury on
charge Of embezzlins >401l- C9x's pee
ulatio1s extend over \ period ot three
years
TIE Treasury Department, on ths 1gth.
rejected the appealed the Central stamp
ing Company of View York for the allow
anes OF a drawback on imported tin
plates used IN the manufacture OF various
articles intended for exDortatIon-
The mayor OF Belfast. Ireland. eabled
to General Hastings at Johnstogn. on the
18th. to draw upon him for the sum %
e5f44 - tfsss -.
lief fund for the COusmau,h f1od suffer-
srs.
The second section ot mail train No. :,
west bound, on the Pan-HantlIe railroad
was wrecked, On the 19th, while pasinss
New Cumberland Junction. two miles
east OF SteubeuvilIe. o. Two persons
were killed outright and eight injured,
four OF them seriously
GENERAL LUCIUs FAIRcHILD, % Wis
consin. notified the President, on the
10Th, that he accepted the appointment on
the Cherokee Commission
THx Senate committee on Iasiian A.
fairs, OF which Senator Dawes - chair
man, will start West early in July 10 re-
sumo its investigation into the eondEet OF
Indian traders
Mr. THOMAS POWER OfCoxyoR testified
before the Paruell Commission. ou the
s0th, that the turning point oe the agra
rian struggle in Ireland was the reiee-
ton by Parliament oc the bill 70 eoul-
peusata tenants for the improvements
made upon their holdings Disturbances
thersupon began, and the tenants were
compelled TO combine
THE aauagemsnt ot the SOtting CHAM
eolIiery OF the Lshish 6 Wiikesbarre
Coal Company, on the s)th- discharged
all the Polanders aud Hdngarizns EN-
uIoyed in the min. to the number OF
nearIy three hundred A notice was sisO
posted that in future none but English
speaking and experienced men would be
employed
THx monument at Onl0roy. japan to
the members OF the officers aud crew OF
the American corvette Oneida. sunk IN
Toxic B1v.in fs-9. vas strewed with low
rrs on Decoration Day b q detail o. yet
Grams from the flagship Omaha
FrRsr LIEUTENANT q. IL CAErER- % the
Engineer Corps. against whom charges o.
naIfsasaree in OfIies have been made,
has been ordered from savannah Ga,
where he has charge OF the river and
harbor improvements, TO Fort Fllncn-
Fla. on temporary duty, pending an IN
vestigafiou Of the charges hy Inspector
General Hughes
FIVE bodies were recovered Eronl tne
drift near the Johnstown b-lice or tne
s0th-shres women and two ehildren-aI
badly dscomposed and unree0galzaoie-
One OF the women held the bodies or tue
two children, aged about SIX and fourteen
elasped in her arms
RHODE ISLAND voted bT large rialor-
ity. on the a0th, to repeal the prohIoIflry
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