Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-08-01

sPxAxryG ot the p-opos~s new p,ss-
of-iee building IN New York. PaSsrnaS,ar-
General Wanamaksr. on the s5th. said.
The building Ot the new post-oeics IN
New YORK City Is matter % ten years
o. more after Congress has acted on il
what We have - do now T. to put the old
building n condition for use.-
HENRY - IvEs obtained a writ OF hz-
oeas corpus. retaruabIe 70 the Saprems
Court Ot New YORK City on the sssk re-
curing cause - Be chosen Why he should
be longer detained in In llow-Ssre~t iaif.
lie and he partner. g. H. Stayaer. have
oeea IN confinement SIT months
IN tue debate on the royal grants In "a.
British House % Commons, on the s5sh.
Mr. Gladstone said he Was adverse u
practising any economy which woaiI
impair the dignity and splsndor oe the
crown At his age he could look back on
long career as a Representative os that
crown with feelings of unaffected pride.
The son OF Marshall r. Mitchell. the
Unltesi States Consul at Kingston. Out..
was arrested FOR hoase-breaking on The
18th. He IS thought 10 be insane.
The Denver. Texas & Fort Worth rail-
road on the =ith. made a reduction %
eighteen csuts per hundred on frst-cisss
freight from Denver to New York via Gal
weston and the gulf. and promised an asl-
dlfional reduction 0f four cents in a few
days Arrangements are also being
made 70 extend this reduced rate 10
Utah. Montana and all Northwestern
points The matter IS causing no little
eonsteruation in railroad circles.
THE English syadicate has purchased
five q the six breweries IN Paterson. y.
y ~ an - - ~
former owners retain O1e-third interest
in the concern.
AT the Detroit fNlch-l Driving Park. on
the 96,h. Guy was driven with a running
mate 70 beat Maui SIS time but failed to
do Il. making the mile in 3.i3s.
HUTCHINSON. OGDEN & Co., wOrsted
yarn spiunsrs, o. PhilsdelphiN assigned
on the Ssh; liabilities about $4,000 Its
thought some arrlnsem sat will b. male
! oy w-ich the firm can c0atiuus basiness-
The contract with the Uatoa Iroa
Works % san Francisco. FOR the con-
struction OF a coast. defense vessel Vas
signed on the s'ish, 5y Secretary Tracr.
The contract price il S51Oel1
A BxLArED south-b bound Midland pas
sengsr train ran into au extra freight
train near Waterloo. Va. on the asch. DE-
/ railing five frei Sht ears aud badly wreck
ing them and the en- zine. Engineer
/ Matthew Acton, OF Alexandria. was badly
injured and an uuknOwn tramp. who was
stealing ride, was killed.
| Ex-SsSsroR STEPHEv W. DOasEr ap-
/ peared at the Office Of Thompson. AcSer-
/ ley * Kaufman. in New York. on the sish,
and supplementary proceedings were at
once begun before Ir. Kanfmaun- IL was
announced that no information would be
given to the press unless the matter was
| fled in court.
TwO-THERDs Of the cotton spIuners oe
| England have reached an agreement to
run on half time for one month
The Yellow river has again burst its
banks in the Shany-Tung district. China.
\ large stretch OF territory is inundated.
and great loss Os life aud property Is re.
ported
GENERAL EMMOys CLARK has de-
| cliued the appointment as URitel States
Consul ~ Havre. France.
JANIS MCCALL, o. TToT. y. V. kicked
his wife to death on the 2tirh-
FOREsr fires were raging in the neigh
bOrhOOd OF Helena. Mont, on the e5sh.
| A MOVEMENT will be iuaugurai 81 in
Virginia 10 secure Congressional aid 10
pay the State debt.
| AN Ea-Al>n syndtcatet u Is sait, ms
| purchased seventy eight grain elevators
in the Northwest
| Tue personal property Of ex-Editor
West OF the Chicago Times was levied ON
by the sheriff on the a5sh-
AS exhaustive inquiry shows negro
labor to be growing in value in the South.
The Richmond Paper Company. ot
Providence, K l., suspended On the 26th.
| The valuation of Indiana railroads for
taxation has been raised over =. 0)o, ,O00.
| Two SMALL sous ot Fred Dwenker were
killed by train near Chicago. on the 18th.