Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-15
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND ceNee.,

government Is neruti-
ating treaty Of commerce. with p
tugaL In this connection /, ! 49,;
mated that no future Spanish ,r.,,,,.
VIII contain the favored-natiop clan
TIVE men were run down. on tho
'th, hy train on the PsnnSvlv,rs,
railroad. at sharp curve in the Tr,;o,,
tunnel. between Pennsylvania avenue
and Fulton station, Baltimore. M
Two OF them were instantly killed and
the Others We're fatally injured. Thev
were employed as traclS-waIkers in m.
tunnel. '''0
In confession made To \ ne,vsn,rr
respondent, on the 9Th. ". T.
Irombour, assistant treasurer of the
L lster County IN. " savings bank
said that The bank was rotten n the
core, and has been robbed from ~.
time 1t was Incorporated forty wears
ago"
A VALPARAISO dispatch saws il is
evident that there is now disposition
ON the part Of the authorities Of Chilli
TO observe the usual courtesies toward
United states Minister Egan. Visitors
10 the legation are no longer troubled
by the police;
The second ecumenical Methodist con-
Terence began its sessions in Washing
ton city on the 9Th. There were 800
members in attendance. representing
all the various branches Of the Metho-
dist church in all parts of the world.
THE treasury department. on the
7th, redeemed sol. .45O four-and-a-half
per cent bonds. making the total re-
demptions sls.s4i, 200 and leaving out
standing s6, 6sa, 900.
IHs twenty-third annual reunion of
the Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see opened with imposing exercises at
the Auditorium in Chicago on the 9TH.
1T is reported that yellow fever is
raging at Coneyver, small town of
Hayti. and that many ships crews have
been attacked with the maladv.
TwESrY-THREE houses were burned
IN Santander. Spain, at midnight of
the 9th. and number of persons were
injured.
SIR JOHN PoPE HESNEssY. VI. z. for
Kilkenny, died in London on the eth.
GEORGE ;. DUNCAN and Sheldon 4.
birmingham were putting burner into
an oil stove in Detroit. Mich, on the
9TH. when Birmingham lighted Il match
and the oil in the stove exploded. Burn
ing oil flew over the men. and the clothes
of both took fire. Birmingham was
burned to death before assistance could
reach him. and Duncan was removed to
the hospital in a dying condition
Town TREASURER l. T. BoorH. of
Newtown, Conn. is missing. There is
shortage of several thousand dollars
in his accounts with the town lie also
improved the opportunity to rob the
Episcopal church, he having full con-
troll of the funds of the treasury,
amounting to about si2. .OOo
THE queen. the prince of Wales and
all the cabinet ministers and the lead
ing members of the opposition have
sent letters of coincidence 10 the family
of the late Rt Hon. William Henry
Smith.
JACOB BARE. a wealthy farmer of
Bethlehem. Ind. jumped into an ash
pit at the Louisville * Nashville rail-
way yards in Louisville, a few weeks
ago, and layTor many hours before be-
ing found lie suffered eoncussion of
the brain. of which he died on the eth.
OVER 81 900 worth of beer was spilled
by the sheriff and deputies at Creston.
Ia, ON the eth. on an order from a
Justices court.
Dr. HIRAM H. WRAY. aged - years.
prominent and promising young ply
sician of Adams, Ind. committed sui
eide, on the eth, by taking poison. lie
had Just returned from completing a
course of lectures at Cincinnati
SADIE, the 1s-year-old wife of Charles
L. Irwin, attempted suicide at Indian
apolis. Ind, on the evening of the 7th,
by firing a bullet into her breast She
will die.
A STUBBORN fire broke out in the attic
of East Divinity hall. Vale university,
on the night of the 9th, and before it
was brought under control damaged
the building to the extent of about slO'-
600.
WHEN the case against Detective
O'Malley, indicted ON a charge of brib-
ing the jury which acquitted the ital-
ians accused of assassinating Chief of
Police Hennessy of New Orleans. came
up for trial. on the sth, the state was
unable to offer admissible evidence and
the prisoner was set at liberty.
A FREIGHT train on the Albany 4
Susauehanna railroad jumped the track
Il miles east of Blnghamton, y. n. on
the sth, and fifty-five cars were wrecked
Engineer James Patterson was killed.
and two other employees were injured
The loss will foot up si50,OO0.
CASHIER JoSEs of the Phillipshurg
Ra. Banking Co, issued statement
OF the banks affairs, on the sth. which
shows assets of s45.. 900 and Liabilities
of sSss. coo. Mr.. Jones is confident that
all claims will be paid in full.
The bodies of the last of the victims
of the Richardson colliery mine disaster
at Glen Carbon, Pa, Thomas Clancy
and Thomas Walsh. were recovered on
the 18th. They were fould buried under
a mass of coal
The grand jury of Kings county. \.
v. has indicted Mayor Gleason OF Long
Island City for assault in the second
degree on Alfred Nelson, at meeting
of the board of health on June 80.
THE first snow of the season at Bea-
yer. Pa. fell on the 9TH The streets
and houses were thickly covered.
PARSER, WEBB & Co.'S packing house
in Detroit. Mich. was damaged $780,
600 by fire on the sth. One man was
burned 70 death and about dozen
others were riore or less seriously IN