Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-30

VOL. XIII.
CURRENT TOPICS
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
sirth batch Of assisted emigrants
..~atr.hve in number, started from En-
-ssnd for Canada on the s+th-
rux Earl and Countess Of Lousdals ans
,he Marquis ot Queeusberry sailed from
x.r York for Europe on the steamship
Celtic on the I'd
TIE Crar has sent n special messenger
a. the banished Grand Duke Constantine
r.callinx and reinstating him as Genera
ADMIRAL Of the Navy.
rHx Attoruey-Gsneral has rendered al
..iu;ou that National banks can not b.
srr.nized. under the Law, in Oklahoma
ia It's present tunorganized stats.
AcAvE-ry occurred in Merthyr-Tydvii
wales. on the 33d- One miner was killed
,nd ffty-eighs were temporarily en-.
umbed alive, but were asterwarJ res.
eaed-
Nm. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, the new Amer.
can Minister to England, arrived in Lon
dom on the I'D He was cordially greeted
nv the members OF the American Lega-
,ion and others.
AE. AYxR & CO.. stock brokers Of
Worcester, Mass. made an assignment
an the a3l. Liabilities, so, 600; nominal
,s,sts, 5000 Dull business is alleged
,s the cause OF failure.
rsx Secretary Of State is informed that
ur. Legarra. Peruvian Minister to the
United States, will represent his govern
m,ut at the conference OF American
states. which meets in Washington in
October next
THx President, on the s5th, attended 8
Grand Army Memorial service mt the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
IN Washington. The Presidents pew, in
which General Grant used to sit, was re
served for him
TIE Amalgamated Association, on the
.sth. decided that the hammer-men oi
Oliver Bros. & Phillips, at Pittsburgh,
Pa. we're discharged for Just cause, and
the sctiou OF the firm was sustained. This
settled the trouble there.
rHx sales agents Of the six leading coal
companies Of New York City decided, on
the 81, to advance prices fifteen cents
per ton for stove coal. and ten cents for
yrats and egg coal on June 1. Another
ADVANCE next month is expected
The eighth annual musical convention
and the sixth annual musical festival be-
gan at Petersburg, Ma. on the aist. Dele
gates were present from all parts of
Virginia and North Carolina Haydeu's
0ratorio The Creation, /" was rendered.
The English Conservatives are organ
ning a series Of meetings to Offset the
effect Of Mr.. Gladstoue's wLitsuntide
speeches. Speakers will go to each of
the places where Mr.. Gladstone delivers
addresses and speak on the following
day.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio, on the ed.
decided the case Of the State against
Henry s. Ives and George H. Stayner,
.
holders Of the Cincinnati, Hamilton 4
Dayton railroad, in favor Of the defend
ants.
TIE mayor Of West Superior, Wis, on
the Cd. closed all the saloons in that city
N anticipation Of trouble between strik-
ing coal-heavers and the new men i'm
ported to take their places. The new men
sre working under strong police protec-
non.
THEODORE WILLIAMS, Of NorwaIk, o., is
booking for Frank s. Randolph, a false
friend for whom he cashed five thousand
dollars in notes that proved to be
worthless. The parties alleged to have
given the notes say they never signed
them.
HxSR RocHKFoRr was arraigned at the
vins-street London) police court. on the
nth, charged with assaulting the artist
Plotel, on the 18th, on Regent street.
The magistrate bound NJ. ROchefort in the
sum Of flJ0 to keep the peace for six
months.
The chief Of the New York fire depart
ment Oscar Shay, on his own application,
has been retired on half-pay on account
o. PHYSICAL disability. The half-pay is
GSS year. Assistant Chief Hugh Bon
ner has been appointed chief Of the de-
partment.
iHE eollieries at Pittson, Pa, which had
oeen partially shut down for seven
months, resumed operations, on the e1st
% Iail time. giving employment to nearly
~" men and boys, who have averaged
out three or four days work q month
since last summer.
iHk steamer Rockton arrived at San
francisco from Apia. Samoa, on the 10Th,
uringins eight officers and i50 men Of the
sanaalia and twelve officers and three
aandred men Of the Trenton Admiral
Almeeriy, ten officers and seventy five
men remain at Apia-
w the 18th Mayor Harding's procla-
AA,ion ordering all saloons, drug stores
-au usar stands in Fort Wayne, Ind, &c
..ose on Sunday went into effect, and for
- nrst time for over . quarter Of q
,sl9ry not drink was obtainable In
'AA1 cry under any preterse.
~
Al nohAHA papers give an account oi
4r severe punishment Of two Japanese
.asnaiises, who published with q sketch
- Ae new liberal constitution a picture
c. Aeiston on the Emperor's throne
vas sentenced to three years i'm,
F'Sonment and the other was fined.
we howard trial In New York City
~ me I'd, President CottrilI OF the Elec,
sugar Company. who Was the frs
rrifness, described how Freund,. and