Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-08-28

People Assem- hlei AZ
Lavrenceburg. Tenn. on the I9,h- ana
witnessed :he ceremonies eonpe..,es
Win the laying Of the cornerstone Of 4.
monument to the memory Of Davy
The Blue Grass Palace OF Isoo m.
formally opened At Creston. Ia. on the
-ist By Governor Boies. the earano,ia,
being prefaced with music, the handing
OF the keys to the Governor and hi. A..
cepsance Of them with an grafton.
iHE viii OF John Boyle O'Reillv.exe-
cuted in is'S gives all hi. pronertv
real and personal. to his wife. Mary A.
; OReiily. and her heirs. and appoint,
her executrix of tho will with full now.
er and without bonds or sure,ies
AT Whitestone, l. l., on the aIs,.
three young men and two girls belong
ing 10 an excursion party from New
York City were drowned By the cap.i.-
ing OF their boat while rowing on III.
bay
MRS HnDDoy SELrs. OF Brown County.
Ind. and her daughter Sarah, have both
become insane on account OF religion,
excitement
The steamer George Was burued on
the Volga river at Nizhnes Novgoroi.
Russia.on the 2osh- Many Of her passen-
gers were lost some being drowned
and others burned to death.
THREE persons were killed. three
probably fatally. and three seriously in.
iured by the falling Of = wall o, a street
Af1r4
IN Philadeiphia on the 2Iss
FOUR persons we're killed. I've fatally
and many seriously injured. while large
number of others were severely hur, in
an accident on the Mount Penn pal
Gravity railroad. on the 2ad. caused bv
the failure OF an air-brake 20 work on
down grade. the train being thrown
from the track from 4 curve a, the bot
tom and reduced TO K indling wood.
j. C. HUBISGER. OF Keokuk. la. is
the proud possessor Of the largest eIk's
head in the world Ii is that Of .'old
Pete, who worried the hunters OF Mon
tana for many years until one of them
brought him down in issS
The Progressive journals Of Lisbon
agreement relative to territory in East
Africa is not satisfactory to the honor
and interests of Portugal
THE people OF Eastern Arapahoe
County, Col, are in a state bordering
on starvation, owing the failure Of the
crops An appeal has been made for
assistance.
THE executive committee Of the
Grant Monument Association has form
ally protested against the removal a
General Grants remains from New
York.
A TERRIBLE storm passed over North
Adams. Mass, on the @3d. doing great
damage to property in the city and
growing crops in the surrounding coun-
try
ONE THOUSAND persons were made
homeless by the late cyclone ~ Wilkes
barre. Pa
SECRETARY NOBLE has instructed the
Commissioner of Pensions to make spe-
cial and thus expedite all claims for
pensions by parties now living in Okla
homa
uEoh"E hAsLf anu Dryu "vvNS cOA-
ored, were hanged as Rocky MOunl
Franklin County. Va. on the I'D. far
arson committed in October last
JESSE LEE and Jack Carter. both rail-
road men. got into an argument on the
Tariff question at Ironton, o.. on the
a2d, when Carter. in . 1t Of passion,
drew a revolver and shot Lee, killing
him almost instantly.
JOHN Morz, aged fifteen. fell from
the sixth floor to the bottom OF the ele-
vator shaft in the Cincinnati Times
Star Office, on the 2lst and was instantly
killed