Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-03
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

An immense sensation was created in
.zilroad circles At Omaha. Nebl. on the
esd when IL became known that suit
had been begun hy the Union Pacific
against C. H. Mckibben. late general
purchasing agent Of the road. for the
recovery of 80. 900. out of which ne is
said 10 have defrauded the company.
A CABLE message was received at the
Navy Department. on the Esd, from
Consul Garesche, at Martinique. rs fol-
lows: Half Fort de France burned.
Martinique demands aid Pive thou
sand homeless people need lumber, beef,
pork. -four and other provisions Cable
q uickly what States will do"
The English syndicate which one
year ago was heralded as seeking to
purchase the dime museums of the
United States has secured control Of the
houses in Sackett & LAWYERS circuit at
Omaha and Lincoln, Neb. and st.
Joseph. Mo. The price paid is said to
be SIS, 900, Messrs. Sackett & Lawler
retaining one-ffth interest in the mu-
seums.
HOPKINS & MARKS, members of the
New York Association of Cloak-makers.
surrendered, on the cath, to the terms of
the locked-out workmen-
PAYNAsrER DURAN of the Mexican
Central railway is in Jail in the City of
Mexico. charged with being $4,000
short in his accounts
PARKER HARKIs. Ed Carr. and Hardy
Ballard. colored, and Frank BrenIsh,
white. were hanged at Memphis, Tenn.
on the cath.
JoHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN was
called to plead TO an Indictment charg-
ing him with prize-fighting, in court at
Purvis, Miss, on the 24th. and simpli-
fed matters by pleading guilty and
soliciting the merciful consideration OF
the court He was accommodated TO
the extent of $500 fine. which was i'm
mediately paid
BIZ the collapsing of fcot-bridge lead
ing from q wharf at Brest 10 the steam
er Saint Jean. on the 25th. several hun
dred persons were precipitated into the
sea, many Of whom were drowned
MICHAEL D. HARTER was nominated
for Congress on the l55d ballot By the
Fifteenth Ohio district Democratic con-
vention on the 25th-
The appeal in the Kemmler case
came up for argument in the New York
Court Of Appeals at Saratoga, on the
.4th, but when counsel for the people
opened his argument the Court stated II
did not desire to hear him and affirmed
the decision of the courts below. which
was that the warden OF Auburn prison
was the proper person 70 execute the
death sentence
The United States steamer Adams ar
rived at San Francisco on the cath, from
Honolulu, having left there June y
The Charleston was still at Honolulu
when the Adams left. but the Nipsic
had eoae on . cruise about the Islands
In the Pacific until July 3 Affairs are
reported quiet At Samoa
TIE Turner's National convention in
New York City, on the cath, adopted
resolution signifying its disapprovai OF
any change in the present immigration
laws and pledging its members not 70
sxpport any Congressional candidate
VINO did not so think The next hunds
,urnfest will be held at Milwaukee in
1898, and the next convention az Wash
ington in 1s92
Tine collections Of internal revenue
for the eleven months OF the fiscal
wear ending June 80. 1890. were $50.
o., oO4. being SIo. o.5s5. oSi greater than
the collections for the corresponding
period Of the last fscsl year.