Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-08-20

vas stabbed To death by John smith
during quarrel. on the 18th. There
'au oeen trouble between the men for
a long time.
oNE OF the most terrific bails,orrp.
ever witnessed in central Ni,neso,,
passed near Melrose ON the evening 81
the 18th. Thousands Of acres Of IN.
nnest wheat in the county was knocked
down In few moments. many of ths
farmers losing all their crops, iucIud-
ing corn and potatoes
DR ARTHUR JoNEs. OF Scranton. Pa.
Killed himself at his home. on the
night OF the 18th. shooting three bul-
lets into his left breast. lie had GROW,
melancholy and despoudent over IN,
talk OF neighbors connecting him with
the death of his wife, several week, b,-
fore.
PRESIDENT HARRISON will visit Mont.
Pelier, Vt, on the 18th. and will h,
gwen reception by Gov. Page and ,hs
state officers at the capitol Attornev.
ueneral Miller and Secretaries Proctor.
Foster and Rusk will probably accom-
pany him.
The department of state has been in
formed by the minister of the United
States at La Paz that on June IS last
the Bolivian government issued a de-
cree revoking the decree of Nav %.
1890, declaring the republic in a state
of siege
A. BAckER. the NTv York dealer in
commercial paper who recently failed
Tor s4,ooO.oo0 and made an assignment.
was arrested. on the 18th. charged by
acreditor with the larceny Of $40, 600.
{ ~ PILLsBURY. the Minneapolis
Hour king, says that but for gambling
by board of trade operators. whea.
would now be selling at sls5.
The treasury department has decided
That the words British manufacture
may be accepted for the marking of
goods from Great Britain
The postal author titles have declared
the Tanquerry Portrait Co Of BROOKLYN.
~ Y fraud and the delivery Of its
mail has been stopped
EX-SENATOR BRrcE. of Mississippi.
opposes the scheme Of negro emigra-
tion to Liberia
MEssRs. BUrTERwORTH AND HANDY.
IF the foreign committee of the Column
hisn exposition, who had been in Aus
tria explaining the advantages of the
enterprise, went to Buda Pes;h. on the
18th, to perform a similar work in Hun
gary. They will visit Roumania. Bul-
garia and Servia. and. finally. Con-
stantinople, and expect to return TO
London about September 1.
LARGE twO-story building used a.
carriage factory in the village Of New
Midway, Md, was burned on the 18th.
Ii is believed that it was set on fire by
white caps, who objected tn its being
remOdeled into n school building
JosEPH FRANZRED. secretary of the
Camp Washington Building association
of Cincinnati. is accused of misappro-
priating $4,000 by means If spurious
checks An investigations is progress
ing.
THE remains OF Editor George ].
Jones of the New York Times were in
tered. on the 18th, after appropriate
ceremonies in wcodlawn cemetery.
A REPORT from Highstown. v j.. in
dieates that many Of the Jewish exiIrs
from Russia have been driven from
the old world only 10 be swindled in
the new by some dishonest manipuIa-
tors of the Baron Hirsch fund
The funeral of James Russell Lowell
took place in Appleton chapel, Harvard
university. Boston, At noon of the 18th
The services were of simple charac
ter. There was no service at the house
or the grave InterInent was in tbs
family lot at Mount Auburn