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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Aran ordination ceremony in Syra-
sase. y Y. on the 1lth, a white dove
snxred the church and rested success
ively upon the heads OF the candidates
sad officiating clergymen-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

GFoRsE H. SrUAEr. of Philadelphia.
ar many years prominent in CONNER
,;,L financial and religious circles.
led. on the IIth, aged seventy-four
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

TEE action OF the Iowa Legislature.
- the 10th. ends the movement for the
zeal Of the prohibitory laws of that
s,..e. for this session. at least
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

srEScE Of fifteen and four months
isnnenr respectively, were. on the
passed upon two Of the writers of
rAris Engalite for threatening NJ
-a1%ns. the French Minister Of the
or The manager Of the paper
sentenced 10 three months impris-
Tor similar offense. and heavy
we're imposed upon all three.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

meeting Of the council of Nc
University, at Montreal. Can, re-
It vas announced that donations
EEatlng 81. coo. 600 had been made to
science and Law faculties of
- xsotution- OF this amount w
ADonald. large tobacco manu-
gave s5o0. coo, and Sir Donald
sn, president of the Bank of
-1feal gave $500, 600.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
NO. IL.
MOVED a swATH.

frrrHht~ Merk of gyrtoa- ~ ~sssf~@
teansy. o-ts Moved Swsth rw~asv
Reds Wtsf~ Thrwu<h ~hsrom Ts~n.hGu
Leaving D~sth #sa tt~.truetis,a In p.
wsk---AArsa Nsrrs~iy k.e.P~~.
AEEeS. q. Aprl 10 Tho worst CT
clouc in tho history % this section
struck sharon township TUESDAY nixht.
AMI moved swstA twenty ro,ss Wlds
and six miles long directly toward
Akron. bat arpSe above the surface FAR
enough % pass harmless over this city.
Slx miles east of Akron 1t again struck
the earth and thence continued tts
course southeast for several miles With
unabascd fury. In sharon township
the farm buildings crops aud stock q
Criah Nocrstier. Richard Brown. Isaac
EroNn. Frank Lacr0ix. sseorys w.
Crane. Abraham Lytle. Henry rhasa-
Ter. Chris r. Wall. Reasc Wall. Matthew
Bramley. Prank Bramiey. Frank
Hughes and Henry Wall xcre destroyed
In Ten rrtnutes
Immediately after the cyclone passss,t
searching parties were organized. The
hciy Of Hughes Franks was found forty
RODS from the site wherc his house hal
stocl Mrs. Franks was found TO rods
further on 80 badly injured that she
can not live Matthew Bramley was
caught By falling timbers ana fatally
hurt
Frank Bvamley's house Wa hlown
from its foundations and he was buried
in the wreck. which took arc from tho
cook stove. Ahircd man rescued tram-
ley. The wreck vas entirely consumed
Richard brown was blown a quarter
ot mile aud left against stump.
where he vas found Unconscious and
badly hurt
After passing over Akron. the cyrloa,
struck the farms Of MeSsrs. Sxeitzer.
Robinson. IieFNick. Brown. Wise. tiuul-
haugh. Myers AMI Callahan. in Spring
field township, destroying baiIdinEs.
stock. crops. forests. orchards. and
farms
AZ Fred FIerwsck's tho only person
severely iniured will recover.
The People Eetress>d to Their c~tisr.-
NoUNr CAEEotI- Ill, April "A ter
riblc storm struck here about tao
o'clock yesterday morning Rain md
I bail fell in abundance. The wind az
samed the force Of tornado, ami over
turned Outhouses. blew In windows. do
molished chimneys and destroyed side
walks MaRy people took % their eel
lars. where they waited for their houses
- blow away. The storm was the worst
experienced hern since the cyclone %
is>h Much damage ~as done in the
surrounding country
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

.slASD has strongly urged the
grant real amnesty 70 the Cret-
"a abolish martial Law in Crete
we has partially consented %
~ - Insists that the Cretan refugees
- ss return 10 their homes Pre-
Anco1pis declines TO advise the
sa ei The flgilves-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
REPntMarOEO.

The R~prtmsnd Administered 60 Is~aten-
ant steele by 6>sersl >~hsd~ia In Per
sass~~ Of the ftaaiax. asd <~nt~n~. sf
sh- Cssrt-w.rshsl that Tried nim fsr
>srtkinx Private VIVA
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
THE PaN-AMeRIcANs.

Fsn rsst % tire E<psrs rf th., Cssa ralst~e
on General ftea R~~sza-
nh~osissi rrfn~spt~ eS Ann~rirsn Ia-
t~rnstiousi tsv fsr the ~~ttf~w~aa sf
pin~r~~e~--Hev tt sh@aia D. Exsrrf.~ss
-oth~r >sttea. May ~ sss~- Party ss
the Agr~~m~aa.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Criticised by Pettigrew.

Senator Pettigrew returned to Washing
ton from New York in anything but a
pleasant frame of mind. He had read the
reports Of attempts made by western men
to have the force in the government land
Office increased, as we'll as some small
amounts for clerks in the Office of the sur
veyor-g general, and he did not like the way
they were doing business in the house.
Mr.. Pettigrew had a good deal to complain
of. The east" he says, wants a high
tariff on all their manufactured goods, the
duty taken off raw materials, and then
wanted TO spend $4,000, 900 to $780,
900, 900 in the manufacture of iron tubs
for the navy which would be useless
for any kind of warfare by the time they
we're completed. The rapidity with which
the country is progressing would IN a few
years bring modern modes of warfare to
such a state Of perfection that it would be
useless to try and do anything with the
IRON tubs that the navy would now build.
They want to tax US in the west for their
selfish needs. They are shutting off on all
public improvements in the west that they
can, The river and harbor bill is entirely
unsatisfactory and the treatment they are
giving the upper Missouri is outrageous.
They don't want to give US money enough
for surveys SO that the west can settle up
and yet they do not want to have q tariff on
western products. I am in favor of such
a tariff on farm products of the west as
will prohibit their importation"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
With an Eve to the Future.

"Now, Addie," said the lover, this
is.the last time that | will ask you will
you marry me?"
"I'm sure [ don't know what to say.
Is your mother IL good cook?"
"She is not"
"Does she sew the buttons on your
fathers clothes?"
"She does not. He fastens his sus'
penders with a single nail
$40 your sisters keep their stockings
neatly darnedy
"They do not. They just wear EN-
out and throw EN- away"
"Well, think 1 may venture to &C
cept YOU You cannot at least throw
your mother and sisters examples IN
nv teeth after we are married. Dos
ton Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

some years ago two long freight
trans met at a siding on the Illinois
prairie. The siding was not LONG
enough to allow the trains to pass, The
assistant manager happened to be on
n OF the trains, and he was at his Wits
end to know what to do. There stepped
up young brakeman who said he could
manage the trains so as to enable them
them to passed. The engineer laughed
It him, but the manager asked him to
explain. With a stick he traced in the
ground his plan, and it was so simple
that every n at once comprehended
it. In fifteen minutes the two trains
had moved by, and the operation is now
universally adopted on sidings that are
too short. 1t is called saving. The
young fellow, while riding on his car
across the drea-y prairies, had studied
out and solved the problem, and when
the opportunity came he was ready for
1t. He is now general superintendent
Of the great Northwestern system.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
The Love of Beauty.

Miles out from the town which has
grown up around a certain famous group
Of springs, in a little one-roomed hut
in the pine forest, says a lady, [ had q
rather touching little experience. ]
was walking with a gentleman who
lived in the town, and who had wished
to show me a certain picturesque rock
in the neighborhood Of this cabin.
We came out into the clearing near
the house just at the MONDAY dinner
time of the family, and when we
stopped at the door. to get some water,
we were cordially invited to stay to din
ner. There was nothing but beans and
saleratus biscuits. and the mistress OF
the cabin took snuff continually, as she
ladled out the beans, so I declined the
invitation to dinner ON the ground that
my father was expecting my return to
the town.
But before the woman beganto take
up" the dinner, I sat for a moment
resting in her @parlof," a narrow space
at one end of the cabin, between the
two big log bedsteads. This place she
had beautitied with a strip of bright
rag carpet, a"real store chair" and a
small store table," Above this on the
wall hung a sort of picture made OF
scraps of colored paper, all in a deep
vanished frame with glass before it.
81 want you just to look at this, and
see how purity it's" said the hostess. !
looked at it attentively, and being
pressed for words of admiration took re-
fuge in the evasion, II don't see how
YOU ever learned to do it! I'm sure l
couldn't make one like it,"
Eli learn you," she said, with a
peaming face, while her husband, from
his place at the kitchen" end of the
room said "Show to her enthusiasm.
I'LL learn you real cheap. You'll take
lots Of comfort making it, and having
it. 1 can't purtend to tell you how
much comfort that beautiful work is to
me, and to feel 1 made it all my own
self, too! It's called passe-partout. III
at cost me ten dollars to learn how,
but cause it's so purity
I'd be willing to learn you
for two. Ny old man could fetch me
to town on the ox's cart, and you'd
probably learn in two or three lessons"
She was so eager to spread the know
ledge of her art that she begged to
teach me for nothing when she found
me refusing, and it was only when l as
sured her that I was soon going away
from the springs, and really hal not
the time to learn how to make spasse-
partout" that she ceased e%ntreating me
to acquire the art that she had found
"such a peart heap of comfort" -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Bent on Early Adjournment.

There is algrowing determination among
members of the house for an early adjourn
ment, and only such measures as are es-
sential at this time will be hurried through.
Both parties are preparing for the cam
paign this fall, which will determine the
complexion Of the next house. At the re-
publican caucus Tuesday night a resolu-
ton drawn up at the suggestion of Speaker
Reed was offered, which provides that the
tariff bill, the silver bill, the Morrill, limited
service pension bill and the federal cleo
ton scheme shall be disposed of during
the session.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
An Iowa Pioneer.

/, On Monday of this week Mr.. Edgar Har-
rison left Washington for his home in
Florida He is an Iowa pioneer and ma,
be remembered by some of your readers.
He lived in many parts of the state. In
earlier days he was interested in the pub
LEGATION of the State Capital Reporter, now
the State Press, at Iowa City. He was
sheriff of johnson county, Iowa, for sew
eral terms. He is at present in the orange
growing business in Florida, but has pleas
ant recollections of his former state.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
NIurdared l,y a Blow.

DR.. Prichard aud S. NJ. Miles. attorney,
met at a crossing near Coldwater, Has,
and engaged in a quarrel, which resulted
IN Miles hitting Prichard over the head
with a revolver and telling him to the
ground. Prichard died. Miles fed from
the town. At a late hour he had not been
oo-Arpa1
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Extensiye Forest Fires.

A Minneapolis Journal special from
Chippewa Falls, Wis, says: The fire brig
ade sent to Rice Lake, Wis, has returned.
The fire there was extinguished without
doing much damage to the town, but great
damage was done by forest fires raging in
the timber for niles around.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

PRISON: The second attempt took place
III 1874 at kissingen, where a youno
echan named Kullman, who pro.
fessed to have been impelled by hatred
OF the C%hancellor's ecclesiastical policy,
slightly wounded him in the arm With
a pistol-shot.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Women Murdered.

Mrs. Sarah Blaney, q widow aged III,
and her daughter, Caroline. were found
murdered in their beds in Baltimore.
Their skulls were crushed in with some
blunt instrument. William Blaney, grand
son of the old lady, has been arrested on
suspicion. Robbery is thought to have
been the motive for the crime.
The old lady recently sold the house for
1850. There is considerable blood on
the pantaloons of William Blaney which
he accounts for by saying he had the nose
bleed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

A NATURAL blush showing itself
through a c a complexion is like the
tint upon the petals of the red moss
rose, something that cannot be inflated
by the highest art and IS at the SAME
time one of the most beautiful th1ngs
in %naturer. And yet there are young
women writing to the papers for a cure
for blushing.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

Nor to return one good Office for an
other, is inhuman; but to return evil
for good is diabolica!. There are too
many v of this sort, who, the more
they owe, the more they hate. There
is nothing more dangerous than to
oblige these people, for when they are
conscious of not paying the debt, they
wish the creditor out Of the way.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
The Tariff Debate.

The debate in the house on the tariff is
expected to begin early next week, and it
is the intention of those interested to keep
it to the front until it is disposed Of.
Three weeks is thought to be ample time
for its consideration; but if it cannot be
completed in that time by holding day
sessions, night sessions will be held, so
that the tariff windmills will nave double
time. Effort will be made to limit debate
on each section, about which there is any
disagreement, 80 that the buncombe
speeches will be eliminated and only the
practical side of the questions involved
discussed. No long winded and unproft-
able discussion, such as has been the rule
heretofore. will be tolerated.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

TWAIN allow himself 300 cigars
AT the age of "a he stopped
:,,r = wear and a half. When
a to write "Roughing It," he
% weeks in writing three chap
hon he resumed smoking and
"A tbp book in three months.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

s,;als have decided upon the
# = large number of snow
ra the line of the Central Pa
',e company will depend upon
: g., large number of rotary and
snovploughs for protection
lockades.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

c. FREMONT, when in New York,
town every day, visits some of
}uaintances, and although no
A worker, he is deeply interested
lat is going on. He looks to be
Ill; he certainly doesn't weigh
. pounds, but his eye is clear,
81 Of the hand firm, and there is
.ov il his voice.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

.7rvF1. q farmer Of Orwigs-
has had a piece of wood an
a , half an inch wide taken
arm. 1t was q splinter from
,icb exploded in his lands
wears ago.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

.Ioimed in the meetings at
w celebration Of the forty
of modern spiritual
,+Iv that there are $4,000
~ in Boston alone, many of
scattered among the various
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

.,yrv11.LE, N. j., has a citizen
+iocers and toes. Some Of them
y cut Off because they restricted
Of action. The freak in
. oppears't to be a family one, his
vi his brothers and sisters hav-
seven toes each on the left foot.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

widow of a merchant and her
ter arrived at the Russian town of
AID put up at a hotel, registering
Merchant widow from
owsk, accompanied by her UNI
u daughter, Jasha, nineteen years
!, ,0.G0o rubles dowry, of fair COM
b, with light hair and blue eyes,
lip nose, dimpled cheeks. No
defects or special marks"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

CHEhAy, IN eastern Washing
.ey freezes. although in latitude
se, north. The reason given is
) 50 deep and the warm water
from the bottom to sup
ie cold, which goes down to
self. The Indians fish in the
all seasons and use salmon eggs
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

/ Oketinokee swamp in Georgia
yeen sold to a party Of capitalists
cents per acre, which was the
ST bid received. The area is up
Of 100000 acres. The buyers say
he timber is worth much more
vas paid for the property, and the
remarkably fertile. The swamp
{ drained for $3.50, 900, and the en-
!: who has surveyed it. says that
who have undertaken the
or;se will become millionaires.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
on THE TIMES.
80 Selection of Inter
esting Items,

.a.,;ng at Lancaster, Pa, the
resented with a cemetery
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

Mr.. SANG, a Chinese gentleman who
is making a visit to this country thinks
that America is a very funny country,
because here we do things exactly OPP
posite to the best form in civilized
China. We shake hands with each
other; the Chinaman shakes hands with
himself. We uncove the head as a
mark Of respect; the Chinese gallants
not only keep their hats on, but when
wishing to be very polite, remove their
shoes. We shave u faces; they their
heads and eyebrows. We cut our fin
ger nails; they consider it aristccratic
to let them grow from five inches to a
foot in length. The Chinaman whitens
his shoes, buries his head on the surface
Of the earth, and demands that his
wine be scalding hot when served.
With us black clothing is a sign of
mourning; in China white garments in
dictate the loss of friends. In the Celes-
tial Empire, not children, but old men
fly kites, walk OIL stills, play marbles,
shoot frecrackers, and, in doing this,
use their feet as much as possible in
stead of the hands. In China the men
are milliners, dress-makers and
"washerwomen." We live, cook and
eat usually on the first floor, sleeping
up stairs; but the Chinaman reverses
this order. In dating letters we write
the year last: they place it first. In
speaking Of the compass they always
say it points South. We pay u doc
tors when we are ill; they pay as long
as they remain we'll, but as o as they
get sick the pay stops. Here men kill
their enemies. A Chinaman gets re-
venge by killing himself. They launch
ships sideways, ring bells from the out,
side, and turn screws from right to left.
MI. Sang mournfully observed: "Amer-
lea may be a great country, but 1t is
truly the queerest of places"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

HE long-talked-of scheme to utilize
Niagara Falls as a water power is at last
taking definite shape. The Niagara
River Hydraulic Tunnel Power und
Sewer Company is now in working
order, and the fact that such men as
the Vanderbilts, Chauncey Depew,
Drexel, Morgan 4 Co., and other we'll
known capitalists compose the syndicate
gives the assurance that the enterprise
will not lanquish for lack of funds. To
harness and control the mighty energy
that has for countlesslyears spent itself
in a fury of foam and noise has long
been a favored dream of engineers. The
idea ought to be practical. Certainly
greater things have been accomplished.
The enterprise has also been seriously
considered from an aesthetic standpoint.
and there seems to be no tenable objec-
tons to it on that ground. A tunnel
will be constructed from above the falls,
and along this the manufactures will be
built. But a visitor to Niagara Falls
has no opportunity anyway to give HIM
self up to the grandeur of the scene.
He is so beset and harassed by hackmen
and other sharks, and has so many toll
gates to go through, that he finds him
self in anything but a sublime mood
when he arrives in sight of the tumultu-
Gus waters. On the whole, the scheme
seems to be a good one, and their is nc
reason why the manufactures should
not be started and the savage waters Of
Niagara be tanned.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09

(IAAEcH is suspected of having
Fne over thirty duels, and that he
fu' tour is certain-one Of them
an Englishman; but not one was
[oSesed by the authorities. In the
aS s'st of punishment his name
[.eS our times, but only twice for
'1s oftenses. The firsti is a sentence
PA days Imprisonment for oficiat-
as a second in a duel. A~ssassins
: Twice paid Bismarck the compli-
OF attempting to "remove him."
nrst attempt occurred in 1866,
Julius Cohen, better known as
~ aA adopted son of Karl Blind,
! him in Berlin. Bismarck
leo us aggressor by the arm and
oim till the police arrested him.
NS' VI Cohen, committed suicide III
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
Want Mexico Annexed.

A delegation of twenty citizens from
Mexico arrived in Washington: Tuesday.
They are here in the interest of Mexico's
admission to the union, and appear to be q
lot of stayers. They are rapping hard and
are loaded down with reasons why Mexico
should become q sister.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-09
FROM THE CAPITAL.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO vEsTERS-
ERs WIRED FROM WASHINGTON.

n fostoftice Investigation Probable-Mex-
'co on Hand with IL Proposition to Come
Interests OF Various Sorts.
Ills likely that there will be an i~nvesti-
CATION in a few days in the affairs OF the
house of representatives postofice, and it
may be that some new regulations will be
provided for in the management of the
Office. CD. McCord, who is an employe
OF the Office, and a son of Representative
McCord, has filed a formal letter of charges
against James L. Wheat, the post
master, in which, among other things,
it is claimed that Mr.. Wheat is an
unfit person for the position which he
holds and has been guilty of gross
Irregularities in conducting. the business of
said Office; that communications, newspa-
pers and other publications addressed to
members are thrown in the wastebasket
every day; that letters to representatives
have been tempered with, and that he is
arrogant, %tyranical. despotic, overbearing
and insulting to those around him. A
good many complaints are made, chiefly by
employees Of the capitol, Of delay in get
ting their mail, and members complain Of
their mail getting mixed. MIR. Wheat is
from Wisconsin and has not been long in
his present quarters. The investigation,
it it takes place, which is more than likely,
will be watched with interest by those who
want q clean administration of that office.