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

ALBERr IL KSIeHr. = wealthy and
nighly respected citizen. Of Omaha
Neo, hanged himself in hI, barn on
the 2Sth. while temporarily insanr-
IhE congregational Church OF Ash
l"rd. Conn. was struck by lightning. on
the 2Sth. and destroyed Itwas one Of
the oldest edidces in the State
OVER a,0oo acres Of timber. together
with the mills and works Of the PuzzIer
and Boston mines at Boulder. Col
were burned on the night Of the a.,h.
The loss will BE- heavy
REPORTS from several cities Of n.
west and Southwest since the no,
weather began show a large number Of
cases OF supstroke and overheatinr.
many OF which have proved fatal. Tho
mortality among infants in Chicago
Cincinnati. Louisville and St Loui, ha,
been very heavy.
JAMES QuAS. alias Solomon. who VA.
found guilty of burglary. armed with a
dangerous weapon, committed in Eas,
Des Moines couple Of months ago. and
during which he seriously sho. George
Grimes vas sentenced at Dos MoineS.
Ia, on the 2jth. to twenty-five years in
the Anamosa penitentiary. Quan had
only been out OF prison couple of
weeks when he committed tho crime.
PASSENGER train was wrecked a,
Glen bake. FIVE miles north OF Glens
Falls. NY. on the e6th. Three cars were
thrown into tho lake. including ono
passenger coach and tho smoker.
About seventy-hve passengers were on
the train, but nobody was injured
HoS. GEORGE W. McCKAEY, ex-Se~rr-
tary ef War. died from cancer Of the
bowels at the residence Of his son-in-
law, Dr- W. C. Botcler. at ST Joseph,
Mo. on the 25d- aged dfty-four years
Two little boys named May. aged Ave
and seven years, were struck by loco
motive on the Ohio River railroad near
Gallipolis, o, on the a6th. and Instant
~ killed
The daughter OF Rev. Brannon, OF
Dadesville, Ala. was killed, and his
wife was fatally injured. on the 2sth.
by being thrown from a buggy
Ir was reported in Cairo. on the esth.
that osmau Digna had left Tokar in
nOrtherly direction with large force.
AFTER a strike of two months the
l.50o mill and bench carpenters Of Den
yer. Col. have given up and gone 70
work.
Tux Italian Government has appoint
ed an administrator Of the affairs OF tho
municipality OF Rome.
JOHS COLEMAN. the elevcn-year odd
son OF Martin Coleman. Of wOburn.
Mass. died. on the ssth. Of hydrophO-
bia- The boy Was bitten by dog about
two months before.
Two little girls named Harrington
were killed by railway train a, South
Somerset Mass. on the sTth. the elder
losing her life while trying 10 rescue
her little sister.
PRESIDENT HARRISON received the
Dependent Pension bill. on the sTth.
and late in the afternoon affixed his
signature to il. making il law
EX-SENATOR THOMAS ". PALMER. OF
Michigan. was on the s.th, elected
president OF the Worlds Columbian Ex-
position.
Ir is claimed that the new cruiser
Philadelphia is the fastest war ship
aiioat
\. J. DfAz. an American Baptist mis-
sionsry. has been arrested and jailed in
Havana, and the State Department has
been appealed TO to secure his release.
The business portion Of the town Of
Carbon, Wyo. was destroyed By fire on
the 2sth.
AUSTIN CoRBIS's resignation as presi-
dent of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad Company was considered and
accepted by the board of directors on
tha a-th