Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-19
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE TETS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

AS~0on sdiAeFs- ne said that the work
men OF America had forwarded senfi
ment and sympathy enough to eucircls
the globe II it were committed 20 paper.
out not single cent TO relieve the wants
ot their rfellow-wOrkmeu.
ARGUMENT was begun in the rrnitad
States District Court ot California;. on the
iV'n' on the matter ot Federal jarisdic-
ton in the Nagie case.
A FEW fags were d.spIaved NJ Newnor.
K L, on the 10th. aud a salute was freI
at noon in observance Of the anniversary
OF the victory OF Commodore y. II. Perry
on Lake Erie.
The time Of the New Mexico Territorial
convention, on the 9ih. was occupied in
discussing articles presented BY the CON-
mittee on executive affairs. 4 constitu-
tional provision that five years after the
adoption OF .ths Constitution no person
unable to read or write the English Ian
guage shall exercise the right os suffrage
was offered and referred to the commit
tee on elective franchise.
RICHARD FITZGERALD was arrested at
Pittsburgh. Pa, on the i0sh. charged
with the murder OF his wife, while he vet
stood on the brink ot her grave, at the
close Of the funeral ceremonies.
THx siie-whe=I steamboat Theodore
Weer1s was burned % the waters edr-a
on the l0th. at her docx in Baltimore
Nd No lives were lost
The sudden attack of virtue which
seized the Sultan % Turkey. recently.
when he summoned horde os witnesses
from Armenia to testify against their
cruel tyraat Mossa Bey. has subsided.
Mossa Bey sent an immense sam OF
money t9 the capital, and the prosecu-
ton has been allowed to quietly drop out
OF mind. The witnesses. many of them
poor Christians. are still in Constantino-
pie in a destitute condition and without
means TO return home.
DETAILS OF disaster wrought bv the
great storm OF the f0sh and 18th on the
Atlantic coast continue - multiply 1t
least one hundred lives were lost; scores
OF vessels were stranded or driven to sea.
and houses, crops and orchards innu-
merable were destroyed
The Earl OF Zetland. who has been an
pointed Vieeroy OF Ireland. win take the
oath OF Office at Dublin Castle. on tn.
lsI and viii make his state entry into
Dublin on December 1.
The Brussels Movement Gsographiaue
says that Stanley Is marching to the
coast, with Iombassa as his objective
point
A B. TAPPAS was. on the fIth. elected
grand sach-m % Tammauy Hail. in place
Of Sheriff Flack. resigned
MRS. DR- MARY JoSEs. proprietress of
a womau's hospital in BROOKLYN. has sned
the Eagle OF that city for $500 dam
ages for libel, the alleged libel being the
publication et charges % malpractice
murder, forgery. conspiracy and larceny
in connection with the treatment OF pa
tients in the hospital
AnoSG the passengers arriving from
Europe by the steamer City of New York.
on the lttb, were Senator Sherman and
Chauncey NJ Depew.
LAST winter was n hard one for the In-
dians in tho far North. owing to the alb
sance os the reindeer and the impossi-
bility OF hunting the moose successfully
in the absence OF sa0w. Ten persons
starved to death at Fort wrigIey, Y. w. T.
JosEpH T. KELLY. SON OF Banker Eu-
gene Kelly, Of New York City. was blown
from train during the heavy gale OF the
i0th. uhits attempting 20 pass from one
car to another. and was killed He was
on his way to Orange, y. J.
II Is learned from st. Petersburg that
the Cxar has ordered an immediate in
crease OF rolling stock on the railways in
the southern portion OF the Russian En-
pire, and more especially on those on
the Austro- Hungarian frontier.
The Czarina will accompany the Car
on his visit to Berlin, which will occur
on the 18Th
Mr. EDISON started from Paris for Ger
many on the ilth-
THE United States Senate committee
lie hearing in Boston on the lIth- The
witnesses examined favored reciprocity
and future annexation
FoUR hundred miners at the Morris
Ridge eolriery. near Mount Carmel. Pa,
struck, on the 1Ith. to compel the opera
tors to observe the Semi Monthly Pay
law aud to reduce the price % powder
EMPEROR wILLAMT viii visit KHaiSs-
berg at the end os this moath.
TWENTY years ago n suit was com-
menced by A. Simplon. claiming $1,000
damages from the city % Dubuque. H..
for srespa<Sing on his property. During
the long interval he had never been able
TO get his case up for trial until the l0sh.
The original papers were musty with age
FOUR men employed in the California
Sash and Blind factory at san Francis
co, were instantly killed. on the lith, by
the explosion NJ one % the boilers.
Twenty others were seriously injured
DETECTIVE GEn. Z. WILLIAMS Is in Win
nipes. Man. working out some impor-
tant elews in connection with the CEonin
murder case
ARCHBISHOP CRoAE and Mr.. Parnell
held a conferences In Dublin. on the nth.
over the new Tenants League. Impor-
tant results are expected 70 aOw from the
conference.
The rate COMMITTEES OF the Southern
Railroad & steamship Association de-
cided. on the 18th. that no advance In
tariffs would be male az present
SINCE Mr.. e disOn's departure from
Paris is hAs become known that durine
his stay tnerss L. donated ten thousand
francs for the - J Of the city
Mr.. TANNER h1hIed his resignation as
Commissioner of Psls lsas - - y
dent on the Iash. II was promptly bar
kin lily accepted
TzE City II Liverpool. on the i,th, voted
f3D0. 009 for the construction OF Isolated
petroleum depots, with ca9ieisy % b.
900 tons.
TIE fifty American workingmen seat
abroad By the Scripps League to inyesti-
gate the condition os Elropean working
people returned TO Esw York. on the l-tn-
on the steamer City OF Roma They
bring coplous notes Of what they have
seen abroad that Is new or peculiar
GEORGE w. T1wxLT. wall-Snown con-
tractor OF Plsiafsll, y. J.. shot himself
dead in his barn On tie 1.sh. Finl1cial
embarrassment Is assig1ei as the cause
He leaves a wife aud four children
SENATOR JoHx c. SP0oxER. Of Wiscon-
ain. who with his family has been several