Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-01-30

THE Brown Lumber Con1panv'S kira.
dling-wood factory at whiteaeid. y m
vas burned on the slst Loss. ss5 ooo.
covered hy Insurance. Fifty men were
thrown out Of work.
The telegraph wires forming the
medium Of communication between Lon
don and the continental capitals we're
prostrated on the night of the I'd
III Is stated that the Porte has s-ued
an order prohibiting the use Of the
1reek language in the Crptan courts
rs the judges and lawyers arr lSzo-aa.
OF the Turkish language. which is or.
dered to be substituted for the Greek
tongue. the gravity OF the hardship i'm
posed can scarcely be estimated
HEAVY gale prevailed AZ Havrp.
France, on the 2ad- The wind backed
up the water of the river and the streets
were flooded Much damage was done.
In the Senate. on the sd. the crearn-
tials OF VIM A. Clark and Martin Ma
Ginnis as >enatorS-elect from the Stats
OF Montana we're presented by Mr.. Vest.
read and referred. The four gentlemen
claiming 70 be- Senators-elect wer.
pending the contest. admitted the priv.
ileges Of the floor.
NICHOLAS MEYER Of Chicago. on the
I'D shot his wife dead and then suicii-
ed Jealousy was the cause.
An undertaking is on foot to ship ex.
port American cattle over a Canadian
road with shipping point at st. Charles
Bay. Labrador. thus saving two days ir
time.
HENRY WILLIAMS. colored. made a
wager at Hartford. Ky. that he could
drink quart Of whisky in fifteen min
utes- He won the wager. and had a
largely attended funeral
IN 1904 four silver dollars were coined
by the United States mint. The where
abouts OF three Of the four has been
known for years. but the fourth was
missing Coin collectors valued il at
$500, and a few days ago IL was found in
the possession of an old Norwegian in
Minnesota. who had it stored away in a
stocking. He sold it for Si50. and the
present owner wants not less than 81. 600.
On the 2ith a hurricane swept over
many parts of Germany. destroying
houses and doing great damage.
On the 24th the erecting and repair
ing shops of the Huntington & Broad
Top railroad. located at Saxton, Bedford
County, Pa. were destroyed by fire, To
gether with a new engine and three coal
ears The total loss will reach $50. coo
The shops will be rebuilt at once.
An explosion OF natural gas in a
dwelling house at Columbus. o.. on Sae
evening of the cath. in which tvs PER
sons were injured. attracted thousands
Of spectators 20 the spot. when a second
and more dreadful explosion occurred.
dealing death and destruction on all
hands. runaway team attached to a
heavy ladder-w.gou added largely to
the list of killed and wounded.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY TIcHESoR has
informed the Italian Chamber of Com
merre Of New York that no good reason
Is perceived for change in existing
regulations relating TO claims for dam
age allowances on green fruits, more
particularly, he says, ~ their require
ments are regarded as necessary to pro-
tect the revenue from fraudulent dam
age claims
OS the 2tth Mr. Glynnpetre. British
Minister 10 Portugal teiegraphed "a the
Admiralty that the presence OF the
British war-ship Enchantress was no
longer required at Lisbon
The Treasury Department sustained
the collector of customs at New York in
his ruling that embroidered linen tia
bic coversi IN which metal forms on ap-
precisble and prominent fgure are du-
table AZ the rate Of forty-five per cent
al valorem. Is manufactures in part Of
metal"