Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-08-21
OXFORD. MISS. THURSDAY AUGUST d $780,

ean pment e. n r in Boston a, -,
ISth, Colonel WhesIock c. Ve,..~ !,
vesmon[ Vas unanimously eho-a,
tommander-in-Chiet Othar o,Y,..-,
chosen were. Richard =. Tobtn. Ss,i,,-
iee-tom mnander-in-Chfef. Geor~e p
Creaner, Junior vice-Co man,Is- =
/ Chief 4"
FEEsTpENr PELLKeRryr ssIe,--,,h,
from baenos Ayrrs that the rppn 4. ),
Hrm and that the present roverpnan,
Will make every sacrifice To save and
protect its name and crpdit.
The Putnam County GnsIl Farmers,
Alliance has decided to boycott the
>enfehaxer Wagon Works az S,,ush
Bend for sighting 4 Iesser from ib.
secretary.
MR. ICEBIy. an Oklahoma claim
holder. was shot through the BODY. ON
she t@th. By man who had been hired
:" cut hay on Turbin's land BY claim.
jumper
The next National encampmens ot
the o. A. T. viii be held In Detrpts
Mich. the home Of General Afrpr.
HALF OF the town OF Monitor, France.
was destroyed By fire On the 18th.
Forty persons were injured
The new Silver law went into effect
On the Itch.
THREE men and one woman vpre
Killed and eight or ten persons were
wounded in 4 bloody fight between n
negro lahorers and crowd Of ,,uIorp,I
gamblers as the shelby Iron Works. in
Shelby County, Tenn, on the night Of
the Iath.
The entire plant. tools and stock Of
the Bsllairs COZ Goblet Works were de-
ssroyed By drs en- the I4th. One hun
dred AMI twenty men are thrown out OF
employment Loss, $50, 900; covered bv
insurance.
FLORENCE SULLIVAN. a daurhter Of
Thomas sullivan. ot New York CITY.
AMI a man named HurIburt. Of Buffalo.
y Y, were drowned while bathing .s
Spring Lake. " J., on the 18th.
Ten persons were badly burned bv an
explosion In the Kendall Manuflctur-
ing Couipany's large soap factory At
Providence. T. l.. on the ftth.
The population Of Trenton. Y J.
which ts placed at s.. go has Increased
during the last decade o. 81 per cent.
The business portion ot Austin. Pa
was wiped cut hT fire on the night OF
the 18th.
HARRIS, woLF & DAVIS have tapped
an oil we'll north Of the city Of Findlay.
o. which Is without d0ubs the greatest
pr0stueer ever scruck- Il flowed over
one thouSand barrels the arst hour. AMI
ap ~ six o'elsch IN tho evening the
production Va =. tat har-,.l<. shs arse
iow beginning az eleven o'clock in she
morning
IS The great scuilinr manrh az Bsas-
rt',e. Seb.. on the fssh. between Han
Ian and Tesmer. one mile with two
-arn& best s~o IN three. for sou. Han
Ian won IN two straigas heats. Time
s..:a' and as.i&
THK peach cr0p in Southern New Jer-
seY las been y disastrous failure this
season. AMI the farmers are greatly dis
c0arag-sL
Two 0f the Ptnkertou men doing serv-
ice N the f-eiyhs yarts at Albany, "
Y. we're killed. On the 18th. by being
crushed between the bumpers OF freigh {
ears sheY were attempting 70 couple
FfRE still RACES in the Hill Farm
mine a. >..nsut1le. Pa. where the ire-
damp explosion occurred n snort time
a.g8 and killed thirsy-oue men
TuE phyElaxera has appeared in the
ehampagne district Of France. Every
1rpcaatiou has been taken to prevent
Is spread
REXR-ADNIHAL HARMONY has been
srstered 10 take ch arye st the Chicago
AMI sas az l1fruu II evolution