Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-04-30
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THE NEWS IN HRTET.


RatAAaAtfu uL NFFuHttlEr
guards. stationed at Chelsea barracks,
London. are in a state Of insuborrfina-
ton. an Offense for which the SECOND
battalion were. about a wear ago. sent
"a Bermuda
rT-rEAR-oLD boy named Ferdinand
Meyers committed suicisi. ut his home
IN Philadelphia. on the sfSt. bv shooe-
ing himself through the heart. because
hrs mother would not buy him a new
suit Of clothes.
The dead body OF Miss Magri.s Nor
rissey, an adopted daughter. was found
on the lawn of the residence of Mr.. Z.
Prece. about four miles from Baltimore.
Md. on the list A bullet wound in
her breast had caused her death. out
whether it was q ease Of murder or sui
eide has not been determined.
ABoUr 200 of the 80 street car en-
pioyes OF Detroit. Mich. went On strike.
On the sfst. because of the discharge of
several conductors and drivers who
were organizing a strike ID come off
later Several of the lines were com
pleteiy tied up.
The meetingef the National academy
Of sciences began at noon. on the s1sc.
IN the hall of the National museum. in
Washington. PruE D. C. Marsh. of
Y ale university. the president of the
academy, presided
FRANK V. EMERSON, with his wife
End child. was driving frum Lebanon.
" H. tu his home at East Lebanon.
On the east. when hrs horse appeared To
have n fit and plunged over a bank into
the Nascoma river. Mr.. Emerson sue
cee,iet IN getting out and saving the
child but Mrs. Emerson was drowned.
The channel of Swift river having
been changed at Byron. We. gold has
been discovered in the old bed. Miners
ARE fiocking there IN great numbers.
A GARDENER named Damn. living in
the village of Albrechtshain. Saxonv,
murdered his wife and four children
with a hatchet. on the ead. and then
hanged himself He is supposed I'd
have been iusa-c over financial truu-
biess
FREEMAN REYNOLDS. a winter in the
Ryan hotel. at st Paul. Mimi. while
washing an outside window ON tbs.
thirvi foor, ON the I'd. fell tu the stons.
pavement. He was seriously injured.
ansi may die.
MRs@ MARY SULLIVAN, aged SIS. of
Pittsburgh. Pa. sIazglesf hcr sleeping
husband with a carving knife. ut $50
o'eioc< on the morning of the s-.d. in
dicting several severe wounds After
she had been disarnesi she went up
stairs and cut her own throaf with a
razor. she viii die
AC0UHr-aARrffE has been ordered bv
the secretary 0f the navy to meet in
View York to tEv Lieut.. Com George A.
Biciknell. charged with negligence IN
allowing the nits.si States steamer
tsalena and the tul- Nina so be stranded
On the coast of Massachusetts. near
Martha's Vinevarsi-
The L0nsipn Standard says il is au-
thorizesi oo deny that Portugal il con-
eiuding ! treaty. with the Boers or cun-
uiving at the proposed founding of
republic IN Mashoualand or Manicaland
FsR the third time within six months
the post office ut eireenvilie, Del. was
robbed. on the 33i. and the thief
-augnt in the act Two men are now
serving terms for robbing the same
office.
Gov MERRIAM of Minnesota issued
. reguisItIou ON the governor of New
York. On the ssd for the return of Carl
Benson. now under arrest at Buffalo.
siiarged with embezzIing 81 500 from
the >sandia Mimi bank in June last
A STATEMENT prepared at the treas-
urv department. shows that the receipts
from customs revenue at the port 0f
New York fur the first twenty DAYS IN
April 1891. were - 81. .lIssa. a. aI-ainst
ss.5sb.d dos for the corresponding period
of last year. making the falling Off
neariy 80 per cent. The receipts from
customs at New York are about two
thirds of the totaI re,eipts from Gus
toms of the United stairs.
IL the British house. Of commons. on
the 3:si. Chancellor of the Excile,gus.r
G0seIlen submitted the budget. He said
il showed an excess of Il. -sd 00a in the
surplus over that which h. had sulr~
gesteti IN IS90 would be shown There
was no certainty, however. that the
ratio of increase would be maintained
in coming years The Irish relief meas
ur- had already increased the expendi-
s1=es zoo. 0oa.
ELIZABETH MULvExTLEE. of Frester~
Icix c1unty. Va, faintesi in the treasury
department. ON the I'd. Just after she
had finished signing ber name for So
545. u and recs.ived the draft for the
same. The money was dae her under
the Bowen act for property destroyed
bv the federal army during the war,
and the claim had been pending for
years
The insurgents of Chilli have had an
ether engagement with the government
forcess IN which the latter were de-
featesf The battle was fought at
Iquique. April 0. but no particulars
arv given. The nsurzgent war vessels
are concentrating about Valparaiso.
and bombariment Of that city IS
threatened
THE -00 members of the New York
Stone Nasons' Protective union struck
On tine 33d. for the eight-hour rule
The union is composed almost entirely
Of Italians who have been receiving
So 50 day of nine hours. They now de-
mand the same wages for eight hours.
The outdoor May-dav demonstra-
lions of the worhmen OF Brussels have
been authorized bv the burgumaster,
who viii himself decide upon the route
of the procession
A PORTUGUESE newspaper, IN COM
menting on the recent incident on the
Pangwe river, urges the government 20