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


the seat in the House Of Commons made
vacant by the death of Mr. Maruna.
member fox North Kilkenny. ireland.
resulted IN the return Of Sir John Pore
Hennessy- the anti-parneIIitee candidate.
By handsome majority
The Portuguese Government has
shrewtily granted valuable e1ucesssons
n the disputed portion Of NanicaIand.
South Africa tn an English company
which Is actively campaigning in be-
half Of the Portuguese claims and
against the British South African COM
panv-
SEVERAL OF the English iron masters
m the Cleveland district have gwen no
tice that on account of the conditi0n Of
trade they viii be compelled TO make
large reduction Of wages IN January
A BALTIMORE man signing himself
William DuvaIl has been working all
the prominent Senators At Washington
by pretending 10 have namesI his frss-
born son for them and appealing 10
their generosity and pride for material
essistanee- and IN many eases vas srse-
eessfuL senator MAna4ers0a. Of Ne
braska. however. unnasSSed the fake.
Rev DE- ALwcy wheel. n minister
Of the Baptist church. died al Fort
Wayne. Ind. on the I'D aged ninety
two years
The citizens' committee. consisting Of
members of the Beard of Trasse and
the Oregon Board of Immigration have
raised q guarantee fund of sfee, 500 for
the purpose of starting an independent
Democratic newspaper in Portland Ore
THE trial of the cruiser Newark. on
the I'D was a.rrunouneed succsSs and
was completed without any hitch or ae-
eiient- The logs showed a speed at
tanned of 1915 knots per hour. while the
engines developed n little over 9.0ea
horsepower II this Is borne out by the
official report the Cramps viii realize
s5a. go premium
JAcOB THxSrs. aged sixty-three, died
at Madison Ind. On the I'D. of an awful
and n peculiar disease Huge ulcers
had formed all over his lower limbs.
eating holes IN his flesh as bf-r as tur-
nips~ These sores gradually extensied
mp until they reached his heart and
lungs. hence his death
BEE EUBAS.s pleaded guilty to the
murder of his sister Mary at Bedford.
Ind on the I'D and was sentenced 70
life imprisonment His father, Mortimer
Eubanh<s, indicted as accessory. also
pleaded guilty. but sentence was d.
ferret
A SCOTCH syndicate. with James
Logan. of Glasgow. Scotland. at it,
head has secured control of the plant of
the Forest Milling Company at Cedar
Falls. Ia The sale also includes i've
other oatmeal mills IN that vicinity
The Kansas Insane Asylum at Topeka
Is 80 crowded with patients that the SUI
psrintendens has notified the Probate
Judge Of AtchiSsn that thirteen OF the
thirtv-hve Atchison County patents
therein eonfned wi1 have 10 be removed
% some other place
THOMAS HOBBTys. employed in the
st. Peter Starch Works at Des Moines.
Ia. fell against a rapidIy-reyOlving
shaft on the I'D He was whirled at a
speed Of 40 revolutions a minute and
thrown a distance Of fifteen feet, alight-
ing stark naked in tank of water.
His injuries are probably fatal
ON the ed Mrs. Johznne Daily was
found dead in bed AZ Lafayette, Ind
The discovery was made by Sheriff Nc
kee- who had gone to the house 10 eviet
her, the result of foreclosure OF mort
gage The loss Of her home deranged
her mind and she took dose of arsenic
She was eighty years old
A RUMoR was current in Buenos
Ayres on the I'D. that plot TO over
throw the Argentine Government had
been discovered Several persons are
said 20 have been arrested for completely
in the conspiracy
JAMES C. McGREGoRr one of the
Ind, was instantly killed. on the I'D.
while out hunting five miles north Of
the city He leaves a wife and three
children The deceased was about fitty-
two years old and retired from the uler-
camille business
A uoSEss discovered lurking near the
Hzlebank railway station IN liverpool.
England on the ed was shot Its
presence. which created terror IN the
neighborhood. could not be accounted
for
SxAR South Louisville, Ky. On the
I'D lille Van Arsdzle- girl sixteen
years old. was struck by train and
killed She was On her way to school.
walking on the track which Is double.
and when she heard the train approach
ing stepped CT the wrong track
THx East-End street-ear stables at
Fort Wayne. Ind were burned On the
night Of the I'D sixty head OF horSez