Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-10-31

THE r-lies work Of tho American Va.
tional Rcd Cross In The Couen,aus-h Val
ley ended on the ssth. and on the a..h
Mis-. Clara Barton. tho president and
her corps Of assistants left for their
respective homes
kiSe orro. the insane monarch Of Ia
vAria- i In prccarious condition lie
is unconscious and only al irregular in.
tervais arr his physicians able % ai-
minister nourishmeus
WHILE the stcaucr Ccphalonla. which
sailed from Liverpool. on the stth. for
Boston. vas oS IIolyhsad. one 81 her
boilers exploded, and the vessel vaS ~
badly dauia~ed that she vAs corny,..i-t
% return To Liverpool fos repairs Her
second engineer and four frcmcn were
severely injured.
SAMUEL tscNFNms. the weii-known Ia.
hor advocate, was nominated. on the
e5th. FOR state senator bv the County
Democrats Of the seventh New York
district.
A FoEcE - one hundred men he~au
work. on the 2tth. In Stonev rr,.ek chan.
mel. Conemaagh Valley. searching for
The dead and removing debris Thirty
I've bodies we're removed from the
trench IN Grandview Cemetery on tho
first day. eleven Of them being identi-
lied The work is in charge Of a lo.-al
contractor. and every thing will b. done
By Johnstown people.
THE gross earning OF the Union Pacific
railroad. whole system preliminary
statementl. for September. were g.. pos. .
S@1' increase over the same month last
year. S.S3. Iss. Net earnings, q. 500. 30.
increase, Ss3t.s95. For nine months to
September 30. gross earnings, So. .03s. =
0io' increase. si33, 3,sO5. Net earnings.
s9.ebf.05s; increase. ST03. $50.
The announcement was made az Of
tawa, Ont, on the 25th. that the I'm
perial Government. while declining TO
veto the Weldon Extradition bill passed
last session, request the Dominion Gov
ernment not 10 put IL in operation until
the United States Senate takes action in
regard 20 the extradition treaty negoti-
2ted some years ago.
The Spanish Government has been a.
sured by the representatives OF Chilli and
the Argentine Republic that those conn
tries are not at all disposed to agree To
any proposal on the part of the United
States for Zollverein.
JoEL BARLOW MooRHEAp. 4 we'll
known iron manufacturer and capitaliss
OF Philadelphia, died. on tho 25th. aged
seventy-seven years lie was Interested
in various railroad. canal and o:her On
terprises, and was the largest holder Of
stock Of the Monongahela Navigation
Company Of Pittsburgh His fortune i
estimated at s3.O0c.O0o. lie leaves
widow and four children
THE French General, De ChabrOn. died
in Paris on the 24th.
IL continuing his speech before the
Parnell Commission in London, on the
sSth. Mr.. Davitt said that IL was Mr.
Parnell and not he (Davittl who formed
the Lard League in America.
JosEPH ;. BoNSEY. aged sixty-two. a
well-known inventor of Lawrence.
Mass, shot himself through the heart
with a revolver on the 25th He was a
prominent Mason AMI Odd Fellow.
SETTLERS at Fort Pierre. across the
river from Pierre. >. D., are greatly dis
turbed over the report from the Interior
Department that they have no recogniz-
able right to their holdings and will be
compelled TO vacate them.
WN- NEvrrr was fatally injured at
GAINESVILLE, O.. on the 25th, by the pre-
mature explosion of a cannon that was
being fired at political meeting Both
arms were blown of and both eyes de-
stroyed, and he was so badly hurt that
recovery is impossible. A subscription
was raised for his wife and two chill
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