Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-19

,,vor OF universal woman suffrage.
rux Empress Frederick OF Germany
Ia, signifed her intention OF paying a
visit to the Vatican in the course Of her
sojouru in Italy.
THx petition To- be presented to Parlia-
meat for the interdiction os the Brown
seqnard experiment. in England is OBJ
taiaiag thousands OF signatures.
oyr Of the fercest forest fires yet re-
ported visited the St Regis district in
nissoula County Mont, on the 9th.
several persons perished in the flames.
FIFTY true bills were returned. on the
r,h, by the grand jury of EIbert County,
Ga, against negroes who engaged in .
riot in Ruckerville on the Sunday pre-
vioas.
Ar Castle Garden. on the 18th, there
we're landed 3OS9 immigrants, among
them l54 Mormons, who proceeded at
once TO Utan- About half OF them were
women.
Hox. SAMUEL SULLIVAN Cox, OF New
York. died at his home in New York City,
On the i0th. aged sixty-five. He had
served many terms in Congress and was
The author os several creditable literary
works.
Nh. EDISON is arranging q scheme in
company with Herr Siemens for lighting
Berlin with his electric lamps. He ex-
uresses himself as delighted with the
urogress achieved in Germany in respect
% the telephone and electric illumina-
ton.
TIE servian and Bulgarian govern
ments continue the exchange 0e curt
notes, eacl protesting against the war
Ike preparations NJ the other. Each ex-
mains that there is nothing out of the
ordinary il its action. but neither trusts
the other
TEE latest government report Concern
nr the wheat crop Of France shows that
$4,000 hectares we're sOwn this year,
against &. 79s. I3i hectares last year. II is
estimated that the yield will BE- Ill 46o. :
.is hectolifrss, against -. 80, 7.s hectoli-
tvs IN i>,S.
THE treatment Of Irish prisoners"
ssys Chief Secretary Balfour, IS more
lenieut than that accorded to English
TTt<NuEErs A1A hARHF NAGA-A
Crimes act are more favored with relax
atious of prison discipline than any other
prisoners are"
TIE entire beach Of judges Of the dis
trict circuit I'm the department OF Riga
have been arrested by order OF the Rus
siaa Government They are accused OF
persisgeat.y asias the German language
oa the bench after they had received or
Gers from St Petersburg to use ths Rus
sian only.
THx Shah OF Persia has relinquished
bis plan to visit Odessa before his return
hume. He IS greatly alarmed at his re =
cent railway accident and has grown
suspicious that il was not altogether an
accident He will on this account get
out Of Russia rs quickly as possible and
gO direct to Persia
SEVERAL important official changes ars
about to occur in Germany. Herr BEN
ningsen is to be appointed Governor OF
Hanover; Herr Miguel, mayor ot Frank
fort IS 10 succeed Herr Scholzs as
finance Minister, and Foreign Office
Councillor Kraal will be designated to
the Colonial portfolio.
TIE Western Union directors, at their
regular quarterly meeting. on the lIth.
declared a dividend for the current guar
ter Of Ia per cent The statement. pre-
sented showed the quarter to have been
one OF the most prosperous in the history
Of the company, the net income, after
paying hxed charges, being Il. .5l0. COO
JoHS TExaER and Jake Gaudaur rowed
their race for $1,000 a side over the Me-
ksesport pal course from Port Perry
To Mekeesport, a distance OF four miles,
on the 18th, Gaudaur winning by a quar-
ter Of mile in twenty three minutes.
Teemer interposed doubtful claim for
foul which deferred the declaration Of
the result
A TERRIBLE storm prevailed at Tam
pieo, Mexico. on the 9th and 10Th Two
hundred and fifty families found il nec-
essary to seek shelter in the public build-
nss-. The towns OF Panic and Tampoa
we're also flooded. and much property
vas Destroyed in the surrounding coun-
VI. In the State OF Sonora crops were
badly damaged
iHE disappearance OF Rev. Mr. Bar
aeid' a Congregational minister, from
"aisall, England. continues to be n sub
yet Of much speculation. Mr.. Barhsld is
sald TO have incurred the enmity OF the
AHn lnvincibles by some utterances OF
sl' N a series OF Tory political speeches
a London, and his friends fear that he
Aas shared the fate OF DIR. Cronin-
LHK IRE in the Delaware & Hudson
eoliirry at 0lyphant, Pa, was more seri-
oas than at first supposed. and the prob
abilities are that it will take weeks, pos
s"y mouths, before il can be extin-
snshed and the mine again placed in
NorAng order. Over 1000 men and BOYS
ne 'aroNn out of employment and busi-
-, 80 partly paraiyzed in olyphant by
--s'f enforced idleaess-..,.ts.
ahoEENESr has been6taixed in VIM
w.. Man.. in favor of assisting the
n any way possible to secure the
-Y''Vs Fair Ia 1902 The local govern
and Provincial Agricultural So
~: VIII co-operate in sending a vast
u 2, cereal and root products of the
:, s,I'! II the fair is held in Chicago or
n uls, whereas II 1t goes to New Yogk
,..I', .uort VIII be made to have any repro :
a, ,N1rH MATE, an Italian fruit vensier
h. L ork City. was killed. % the l3th.
svming IN contact with Q s..ive's elec-
sAf wire OF the United States Illu-
s,s-- Company. A spectator who
v.ea to remove the bo.Iy was se-
,s,.s shocked. Linemen arrived soon
~ aad cut the wire. thus Hberating
...y,Snieh presented q sickening ap-
e., simultaneously with the re-
atmospheric and submarine dis
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