Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Two men we're killed azd nine seri-
1asly INJURED by an explosion in rEs-
perznza silver mine. in Parhasa. STATE
OF Hidalgo. Mexico, on the night Of the
9Th
BErGADFEK GENERAL BENJAMIN H.
GRIERsoy was placed on the retired
liss Of the army on the ssh-
De- JoHS AoSrEE. OF Days Gap, Ala.
killed bis four children. on the 6sh. and
then committed suicide. L Is thought
he was insane on the subject OF religion
A GKSrLENAS who lives as WaverIy.
O.. the former home OF Mss Lecouey.
who was murdered AZ the house Of her
uncle in New Jersey about 4 year ago.
says that since ChaIkley Leconey-s ac-
| 1uittaI important evidence has been dis
covered tending not ouly 70 establish
his innocence. but pointing strongly in
the direction Of another
DURING the race foe the DrexeI stakes
a. Washington Park. Chicago. on the
sth. Jockey Abbas. who was riding No
retta- was killed his mount falling and
rolling over upon him. breaking his
neck The horse was not seriously
hurt
THKKE HUNDRED rfosous strikers at
tempted On the 9th. 70 put stop 20 a.
Labor in West Superior. Wis. ant had
welI-nigh succeeded when they were
dispersed By officers and fremen with
drawn reVolvers Their idea vas 70 Sc
-ure 8. \ day for all common labor-
A NUMBER Of petitions from n half
iozen or more States were presented IN
the Senate. on the ssh. praying for The
Acknowledgement ot Almighty God and
the Christian religion IN the C0nstita-
sion OF the United States
A COLLISION between freight and
passenger train on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad forty miles south Of
Birmingham. Ala, on the ssh- caused
by disregard Of orders. resulted in The
death Of five persons and the fatal
soundinx Of another
An issue Of bank notes % the amount
5f 500. G0g. 0G0 fer the relief0f the an4n-
-iaI crisis has been authorized By the
President Of the Argentine Republic
THE nomination Of General BSsehsl-
Ter. L. :. \. 70 be QU1-sermaster-tiez-
sraL was. On the 9th. confirmed by the
Senate
Ms. ELIZABETH WHFrE, OF SewbGry,
Mass. died. on the 9th aged one hunt-
red and one years and seven mouths-
The present cotton crop OF South
Carolina promises % be the best on rec
ord
wM woopsIDE. the bicyeliss- died Of
yelIow fever 1t Rio lie Janeiro rees nt-
Iy-
The Fort Dodge ia servant girls
are forming a protective union
AKrHUz Boo<TSGEE AGED twenty
While getting hay in out Of the rain
near Springfield. o. on the st1. was
struck and instantly killed eY light
ming. His clothing. with the exception
Of uart Of his shirt. Was torn from MS
body
The laundry building Of the Hotel
EszterskfIL. CaEsksn mountains. was
fessruyed BY fire on the 10Th Fireman
B. Smith was burned 20 . crisp WhlLe
attempting 10 rescue the employees AZ
II whom escaped serious injury
THE House committee on iaoor nas
authorized = favorable report on the
House bill constituting eight hours
laws work for AL Iaborers employed oJ
the Government
NR- CaAKLES KENDALL ADAMS. presa-
isnt Of Cornell University, was mar
ried in London. On the ssh- TO May
Matthew Barnes. widow Of the lsss NJ
fAS Rarues. the welI-known publishes
Of New York
RCDoLPH LC-GESs. a - Paai MIN
-irar-mAxsr. became diseouraged De-
sxuSs he could not earn as much as some
Of his fellow WORKERS. and banged Elsr
ss.f &C Sss ie.1.