Oxford eagle., 1891-03-05

evening of the asth. was found in the
lake, near the Northwest<, depot, on
the Goth.
GREAT ihrongs Of people gathered al
Portsmouth. England. on the s6th- 10
see the royal pageant accompanying
the launching of the new war ships.
the Royal Arthur and the Royal sover-
eigu- The queen ofsieiaied at the ecre
mony.
The ceremony of the baptism Of ths
infant daughter of Count and Countess
Psppenhein, nee wheeloclx. which took
place in Berlin. on the ssth. was quite
society event Count SchouvaloH. tn.
Russian ambassador. and MIR. Phelps
the United States minister. were ths
godfathers.
GEN. DA FoSsEcA took the oath of Of
flee as president of Brazil. on the esth,
in the presence of the two houses Of
congress. The president received the
individual congratulations of the mcrn-
bers and afterward reviewed the troops
OK the 25th n fire broke out in the
lower hold of the British steamer Tri-
poll Capt. Dunn. of Liverpool, from
Galveston, at Liverpool. and before the
flames could be quenched 800 bales of
cotton were damaged by fire and water.
Mrs. MATILDA vosE. aged nearly l03,
died on the s5th, in Hyde Park. Mass.
from the effects of a recent fall She
had been in good health and was about
the house as usual until few days be-
fore her death. when she slipped from a
chair while replacing curtain fixture
and broke her hip.
Ex-CoUSrY CLERK HARr of Ashland
county, Wis. was exonerated of the
charge of being defaultcr by the coun-
ty board on the 26th. Supervisor Fisher
was censured for making the report
charging Hart with embezxlement.
Hart had simply made clerical error
of SIS. 600 in his accounts
THEODORE HUxrEKT. Of Milan. Ind 4,
told his wife. on the night of the s5th.
that he was going out to lie down upon
the railway track and let the cars run
over him She told him to go and sober
up. A few moments afterwsrd he heard
a train coming. and laid down as he
threatened. and was instantly killed
CART. JOHN W. MARKLE. one of the
early settlers of Dubuque. Ia. died on
the a6th. aged ~ He settled in Du-
buque in is3S. with the few pioneers
who crossed the river at the close of
the Black Hawk war. He commenced
business as miner. and afterward en-
gagged in steamboating as captain of
the old line steamboats, He was lieu
tenant of Company F Of the Thirty-sev-
enth Iowa infantry.
WHILE three men were returning
from work on handcar at Santa Cruz,
Cal, on the 27th. the car jumped the
track and passed over their bodies, kill
ing all three instantly.
IT was announced on the 37th that
United States Treasurer Huston had
resigned and that j. A. Lemcke, ex-
state treasurer of Indiana, would be his
successor
SENATOR BLAIR of New Hampshire,
was. on the zTth. appointed minister To
China and the appointment was prompt
" confirmed by the senate on the same
day.
Spring Hill IN :. mine secretly used
open lamps while at work in the breasts
i To be investigated
DR. BLANC. chief sanitary inspector
Of the Louisiana state board If health
has announced that there are in the
city Of New Orleans twenty-five fully
developed cases Of ieprOsy. and that M
steps can he taken for the care of the
afflicted people a. M provision has
been made by the ctr no state govern
menss 20 look after them ant prevent
the spres nj Of the te-rihlc dssezse-