Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-23
or GENERAL INTEREST.

OF SENEHSE ~
The biggest days receipts in the
history Of the Brooklyn brblge were
taken on April 80. 1850. the day % the
centennial anniversary celebration
They amounted TO s5OiSs0.
"A story comes from Lander Nyo,
that an unknown hunter was killed by
a silver-tip bear. the hunter also killing
the bear. The bodies Of the bear and
man were locked together in a death
grip The bear was killed by knife
thrustS while the man was crushed to
death by the silver-tip's powerful and
fatal hug
Two Frenchmeu, the brothers
Forre, have invented a new kind OF
harp, made entirely Of wood. Instead
Of strings, the inventors use strips OF
American fir. The sound is produced
a. in the ordinary harp. by h contact
Of the fingers; bat the players wear
leather gloves covered with resin The
tone Of the instrument is of remarkable
purity.
"A workman At ElizabethP5rt was
hit in the neck by a steel splinter from
a machine at the New Jersey copper
works recently. The chip penetrated
the flesh and lodged in the windpipe.
The next day he was seized with a vio-
lent 81 Of coughing. which loosened the
steel and he ejected it The wound
BLEED freely after being inflicted. but
tho man j. now we'll
Students passing through 4 ravine
near the poor farm at Charlottesville,
Ind found what they at first thought
was a dead man. lie vas only in a
trance. and. a. he disappeared five
weeks ago from the poor house. Il Is
believed he was in a trance all that
time. His clothes were rOtted of. and
he was covered with vermin- He had
eaten nothing in five weeks
a resident 81 Washington street,
Waterbury. Conn. has invented a new
plan To cirrumvent chicken thieves
He Uses eopper rods for roosts. and
these he has connected with a battery
in his bed room When n thief tampers
with the hen coop a. alarm rings at the
Proprietor's head. and BY pressing a
button n shock is sent through the
roost and the whole congregation Of
fowls crow and c.uck in vOciferous
unisou
Il Chine bevgar does not often
appeal % white families Tor ait. bot
~ came D. a Portland Ore. residence
the other dav. was taken in and given
4 lunch - chops potatoes. bread and
~ IT, ~AanH go - --~FwM4aL 49,.
vilest kind u a vile Chinese cigar. calm
" lighted Il and. eu-rking his feet on
the table. Sled the kitchen with smoke.
When told - 60. he said. mo waa;e
20. heaPe likee hsre. heap enjoy self
In one minute and 4 half a~fterwarf he
was kicked out % the house
Il goose with an artificial leg Is the
hapPiest fowl in \ pharetta. Ia II
belongs 10 Mr.. J. q BroaiweIL. ard
some weeks a-o an aceitent deprived
i of a foot Therefore. when the
goose Travelled, Il had u move slowly
With a cDmIcal hop. and could not keep
up with the rest Of the geese. Mr.
Hroadweil took 4 Joint Ut cane and
fitted the leg of the goose in the hollow
of the ans. bound it to the leg f the
goose with a eort and cut Of the lower
end % the cane even with the unin-
iured foot The goose now walks with
eaSe.
Father Won der Heyden. Of the
Catholic church Of Boise City. took a
bag Of gold to the assay Office with the
view Of obtaining the cash It was
valued at S95. was assayed fifteen years
ago. and the stamp with the date was
leglbly to be seen thereon. Il had be
longed 10 a party in Idaho City, who
had kept Il all Of the long year~ Mr.
Cunningham. the assayer in eharre
paid the cash On the bar. The interest
on It's value at 10 per cent for fifteen
years would have amounted u 81. sat 50.
or II placed at compound interest az I
per cent a month TO a little more than
Sf.0o0
The singular sight was witnessed
IN the harbor one morning of a man in
a small boat making a cruise with a
shark for motive power. says the Pa
nsmaS star and Herald Boat after boat
went 10 his assistance, until a string of
seven, manned by twelve hands was in
the procession. bat the sharks move
ments increased with the increased
weight, and after leading his captors a
merry dance for a long while he Suc-
eeedsd in throwing out the harpoon and
efteettng his escape. We hear that the
length of the brute was estimated at
being nearer twenty than fifteen feet
a customer not to be rashly tackled sin
gie-handed-