Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-11-27
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

aSVr@sefJ laid bis neck on the .-.,-t- =
tront OF switch engine. on The ts.n
and was decapItated.
The Official abstract of tia 49,. =.
me late election in Ohio Ia, b.a., -
r'e'ea and shows the plurality OF RYAN.
X, 70 Be lo.s59 The total vote "a.
.f~o'@ The Official figures do no,
enange the result in the Congressional
districts The delegation will s,ans :
Republicans 70 IL Democrats
AN easier feeling prevails a. Maudan
~ u, because Of the receip, O. .-r.
and ammunition By the citirenS s.
mounted friendly Sioux have been sent
to patrol the borders OF the reservation
iHE Minister Of Agriculture for Hun
gary Is taking steps TO have vast tract.
IN that country planted with American
grape-vines which have thus far re-
sisted the ravages OF phylloxerA
The War Department is in recent o,
no information tending 10 confirm or
discredit the alarming reports pub
nshed in the newspapers abou, n
threatened Indian uprising.
SECRETARY TRACY has in eoatenDI.-
ton the building Of two TORPEDO crpi.-
ers one of 80 tons displacement and
one Of 1900 tons displacement The
plans will be drawn during the uex,
Few months, and Congress will be
asked to make appropriation for the
cruisers
The Dowager Grand Duchess OF Tus-
eany, mother Of Archduke John John
orth) is dangerously i'll. owing 70 anu-
iety caused by uncertainty as to the
fate Of her son.
NOTICE was given in the Town Coan-
ell OF Edinburgh, on the 18th. Of a mo-
tion 20 remove the name Of Charles
Stewart Parnell from the burgess roll
ALBERT IL SMITH. the ,orrer. through
whose fraudulent practices the New
York firm Of Mills, Robeson & Smith. OF
which be was \ member. was ruined.
was arraigned in the jefferson Market
police court on the 18th He was held
in $4,000 bail and locked up in the
TombS
The general missionary Methodist
committee in session at Boston. on the
18th, made the following appropriations:
Rock River Conference. 5000, Wyoming
Conference. 500; Wisconsin Conference,
seoo. for Scandinavian missions North
west Norwegian and Danish. Spanish.
$. S32; Scandinzvizn work in Utah,
Is, so; Scandinavian schools in Utah.
81. 900; Swedish work in Austin. Tex.
g. 200. For Norwegian work in Califor-
nia. 81. $50; Swedish work. 81. 75a For
Swedish work in Colorado. S590 On the
Columbia River, si.soa For Swedish
work in Louisiana, $500. and for Fin
nish in Minnesota. 500
The armored cruiser Maine was sue
cessfully launched at the BROOKLYN Navy
Yard on the 18th. The vessel was chris
tened by Miss Alice Wilmerding. grand
daughter Of Secretary Tracy. About
fifty thousand persons witnessed the
ceremony.
RUBE SMITH. the last o. the regular
Burrows gang Of outlaws, was sentenced
in the United States Court 1t jackson.
Miss, 10 life Imprisonment in the Co
lumbus 20. penitentiary for partieipa-
tion in the BuckatGnna train and mail
robbery
A BUILDING in course OF construction
at the Solar Refinery At Lima, u. fell.
on the 18th, while a number of men
were at work upon it Two workmen
were killed outright ard dozen or
more injured. some seriously.
A RICH gold strike has been made in
the Happy Hollow and Free Gold mines
near Fort Collins in Colorado Some Of
the ore assayed shows an average OF
$500 20 the ton
FRANCIS Z WAERES, of Cheyenne,
Governor of Wyoming. was, on the lsts,
elected United States Senator on the
sixth ballot in the Legislature His
colleague will be ex-Delegate James "
Carey. also of Cheyenne
VENICE MALTA, burlesque actress
with the May Davenport Company,
stepped on the register OF \ heater fge
~ the Carbondale Academy Of Music a.
Scranton. Pa. on the night OF the 18th,
and in an instant she shot through the
nue toward the blazing furnace in the
cellar. At bend in the fne the pipe
broke. and she fell into millinery shop
below. badly cut and bruised The
lucky breaking Of the fue saved the
actress from horrible death
C. c. HICKS. Of Providence. r l., who
was injured in the recent New Florence
Pa railroad wreck. and died on the
night Of the 18th. was robbed OF his gold
watch and SIS during the excitement
attending the wreck
The carpet manufacturers OF America
will advance their prices materially IN
order 20 meet the increased cost OF pro-
duction owing TO the advance in the
duty on raw materials
LORD SALISBURY has written . letter
stating that the Established Church in
Scotland has never before. since the
Reformation, been in so great danger As
il is to-day
A POWERFUL international eonmis-
sion has been formed in London TO in
ouire into the financial Affairs OF the
Argentine Republic
OVER 5000 hztters are idle. owing 20
q strike, in Danbury. Conn An early
settlement is looked for.
The City Council Of New Orleans has
approuriated $4,000 70 defray the ex-
penses Of bringing the assAssins OF
Chief of Police Hennessy 70 justice
MILITARY school will be opened At
Bogota. L. S. c.. under the direction OF
Lieutenant LenIy. Third United States
ARTILLERY. about January i, with
hundred cadets and q course Of study
similar 10 that pursued AZ West Point
BURGLARS entered the house OF John
Anderson, AZ OIL City, Pa, on the night
of the 18Th, and falling 70 find 81
which they supposed he had in his pos
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