Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The strike Of tbs Wilmin -ton fDel1
weavers ended aE the : 1. the mer arrap,.
ing the ten per cent reductt N. WORK
was resumed immediately.
lHK President denied plrdous. an tha
81, 10 Tom Cody. sentenced in the North
srn District % Mississippi for selling
ilquor with iut license, and Thom - sh IL
uon' OF Montana who was given ten
years sentences in ISSi for mail robbery.
eody's request dill noe % before IA,
president until his sentences hal expired.
T. +. TAFr stated. on the 81 that there
was no truth in thu report % the shut
Town o. the Nottingham MASS mill
Inc mill IS run as usual, and a shlt-doEu Eu
s not contemplated at present
IN the Wyoming Constitutional con-
vention the Republican faction, led by
soveruor Warren and Delegate Carey
encountered its first defeat on ths 81
They had designated Judge Conway. OF
sweetwater, as permanent presiding OH
GER OF the convention, but after short
contest vi. c. Brown. OF Albany. was
made president By small majority.
The latest returns from various points
In the Third (La-) Congressional district
indicate the election OF Price By a COOL
majority over Minor, Republican.
The eody OF man supposed to be that
OF Johnstown victim. from the length
Of time it had evidently been in the wa
Ter, was found in the back-water west o.
The island al Wheeling, W. Va. OF the
~. partly buried in the sand. IIeatia-
tltion was impossible.
ALL the shoe factories of North Ad,ras
iass-, are closed except IL T. Cadv,s
The settlementof the wage question does
not seem near. Fifteen haadres. men
ere out OF work.
The Society Of the Army ot West Viz
ginia assembled in Columbus. o., on the
4th. for a two days meeting.
MRS J. g. BLAINE Miss Harriet
Blaine and Mr. Emmons Blaine arriv ed
IN New York City on the 81.
At n meeting Of the stockholders Of
the National Tube Works % Boston. on
the 4th. it was voted to instruct the d.
rectors to ask the Legislature to authorize
an increase Of $1,000 in the capital.
The capital now Is = sd coo.
The shippers doing business at the
sharfs Of L0nfOu are determined that
after the present strike troubles have
been settled they viii no longer permit the
dock companies to carry Oh the sweating
system under which both themselves AMI
the laborers sIffs-- They will insist on
loading aud dischargin. their own ves-
.els: will hire the men 70 do the work.
and allow neither the dock companies
aor their foremen % maks profit out ot
he men 81 the wages pail.
A yTxRcE encounter took place, on the
9th, near Sulkim, between a detachment
u friendly tribss and boiy og der
wishes. in which the former were routed
with terrible slaughter.
l. O. JOHNsoS, OF Aberdeen, Oak, on
the ith. assaulted Maj1r Barrett. editor
ef the Republican 0t that place. knock NJ
him dosn aud kicktn. him in the face.
Major Barrett Is seriously iniurel The
trnuele grew out Of an article in the Re-
publican reiectiag on johnson. Both
men are leading Democrats aud the as
saGls Is generally condemned. No ar
rests were made.
The governor OF the Galway CIrelaud)
Jail where z litor O'Brien is confined. is
alarmed for the health OF his prisoner.
The Jail physician. on the ith. tele-
graphed the prison board that the case
required prompt attention, aad advising
that his own physician be permitted to
attend him.
The steamer Lain, for Liverpool. carried
among her passengers. on the fth. Austin
Corbin. Count Areo Valley, German
Minister at Washington. AMI Evan Blake,
United States Consul at Crefield. and his
family.
THE Erie extension OF the Pennsylvania
canal has been soII by the sheriff for
So 0s0. J. NJ Mccullough had a u 900 90
Judgment against the canal. AMI there
were claims amounting to =. coo 90 in
addition.
AMONG the passengers on thu steamer
City OF Paris. which sailed for Liverpool
on the 4th. were NJ. George GoalI AMI
wife aud Mrs. John W. Iackay and her
son William
The Mexican Government has revised
article l of its customs tariff wherein
living animals are made free Of dEfy,
and has imposed heavy duties on i'm
ported cattle, swine. sheep mules and
goats. measure that can not fail q have
a most disastrous effect on the business
Of supplying that country with meat from
the Uaited States.
THx Southern Republicans in Wash
ngton claim that President Harrison
will recommend the entire repeal % the
internal revenue laws IN his message to
Congress.
DAs NKrERLAxD. the leading Catholic
journal OF the Austrian Empire and gen.
orally credited with being inspired. IN
nounces that Empress Augusta has joined
the Catholic church.
J. W. JuDD. one Of the judges Of the
District Court OF Utah. hss sent his
resignation TO President Harrison
Tns largest bar or gold ever cast in the
world was turned out at the United states
assay Office in Helena Mont., on the 4th-
It weighed 500 pounds, and is worth lit
tie over $4,000.
SINCE the first OF the year the Rich
moud s. Danville Railroad Company has
contracted FOR about 32O cars. y large
number OF these have already been d.
Iivered. and the remainder contracted
for will be delivered By ths lst o. Octo-
Der. All th- hex sa4 stock ears con-
tracted for are TO be provided with air
brakes and standard couplers.
The steamship Geo. w Elder arrived
at Port Toxnseud. W. T. OF the 4th.
from Loring, Alaska. bringing the pas
seugers aud crew % the steamer Aaeon,
which was lost Ia . gale o. tbs -1.- o.
August.
Mr. GLADSTONE is doing the Pa RS Ex-
position with vim and a thoroaskaess
that perhaps no man OF his advanced age
could equal He devoted eoasidera6ie
attention to the ingenious water railway.
a the working OF which he nianisested
much interest. aud declared that for pure
inventiveness il surpassed any thing that
he could recall
WITH considerable bitterness toward
America and the Americans. the strix-
lug London dock laborers contrast the
large sums subscribed for Ihsir cause IN