Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-01

ness and = large amour, - hay and
grain. makes tho loss foot up about
SO 600.
The Congo Technical Commission has
formally agreed that America shall
have the same rights as other powers in
the Congo State. although The United
States Government did noe ratify the
Berlin act
Tue condition OF P 7. Barnum- the
veteran Snowman. Is much improved.
and his friends are beginning 10 be
more hopeful He rests great deal
easier and takes eouSiderzble food
IoHS BEENSAS. station agent nc BAYS
>tation- o. on the Toledo. Fiudlzy &
Springfield railroad. was murdered and
robbed on the night OF the I'D and his
body thrown into the depot. which was
then set on FIRE. How anch money was
secured by the niscreansa. or who they
were. Is unknown
The Masonic Temple a. Baltimore.
Md was destroyed by fire. on the s5th-
Just before the opening Of the afternoon
matinee in Forepauxh's Theater, en-
failing loss Of Sod. .oo0L
ESGLrsH manufacturers declare that
the new French taris viii practically
put an end to the trade with France in
certain lines of textile goods
The residence Of Peter Ernfre az VII
mot. Pa, was burned On the sssh. and.
Mr. ErTnire was burned 20 death Hls
wife and children escaped
IN n case at PhiladeIphis. on the sssh.
before Judxe Reed the Oleornargarinc
law Of Pennsylvania was declared 20
be unconstitutional
A LITTLE child. the daughter Of Oliver
Beckvith. was burned 20 death IN its
bed at Bolivar. " Y, on the morning
Of the efth-
NEvTS JAcKsoy. employed az NShol-
sons Eriek Works IN Stsubenville. o.
attempted 90 remove an obstruction
from the erIrSher on the 2ssh- lie
stopped over to reach for the stone
and fen IN Theimmense wheel ground
him 20 pieces
Dr. JoHS DAvIs, one of the most
prominent physicians of Cincinnati and
president Of the Law and Order League
OF that city. died suddenly, On the ssth.
aged sixty years He was an intimate
personal friend Of ex-PresiEient Hayes
FIEE AZ Piainville. Inxi. On the 18th
destroyed Jenkins Hotel. I.itteEfs store
aud other buildings Loss. sIs.s9as IN
sur7nee. 5000 Janss NcBriste. n
prominent citizen Of the town il ursier
arrest charged with firing the block
I0aS 4 JoHS~oS and Nahlou >perry,
wOrknsn. were literally blown into
fragments hy an explosion on the @sth.
IN the ezrtrid1e-house Of the American
Forsythe Powder Company, at Lake
H0pS.chouy. " J.
The Erie railroad depot at Port Jer-
Wis " " was totally destroyed by fire
On the 9Seh- IL was one of the hand
souest passenger dePoss on the line Of
the road. and had been built only about
three years
MEs- ELY GIBBONS. aged eighty
years was burned 20 death at her home
in Saratoga " Y. on the 18th It Is
not known whether her deash was 1eeE-
dental or case Of seIf-murvter.
oRKTS ENNIS. who was carrying
goods from n burning saloon in Ere
mont. Wis, on the ssth- was caught in
the fall Of the building and burned to
death
Mas JoFrS DEEDRtCH and three Of her
children were burned 90 death in the
destruction of their home IN Rochester.
NY, early on the morning of the sssh-
IT was reported on the sseh. that the
town Of Rec Heights. y D., had been
wiped out by fire
The Thermometer registered - d
grees below zero ~ Lyndo1viue. W.
Christmas night