Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-08-20
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| mas oached responsive chord ,r,s,,
all English-speaxing peoples. for vher'
ever the language is spoken or road n.
was known and loved as champiop os
trS'h, honesty, justice, freedom. rnsr,.-
and peace merry
| The state convention Of the ro.,..-
party Oh Maryland was held in Balti-
more on the lith.
| iHE chateau of President Carno. Of
france. at Presles has been looted bx
burglars who secured all the vaIusbles
including the plate. The house w.s
occupied by the presidents mother
| IHE semi-annual report of the LON
don omnibus CO., shows a decrease of
&I''ooo IN net receipts during the mas.
SIX months, which is attributed mainlv
to the recent strike.
FAMINE and pestilence have followed
the excessive rains in the Magura dis
trict OF the Cartcathean mountains in
austria The wet weather ruined the
crops, and insufficient and inproper
food has caused typhus fever and
| dysentery to prevail.
| CHARLES VAN WIKE. aged f2 wears
fell over the high bank of the Niagara
| river below the falls. on the iIth. and
was dashed to death on the rocks ia,
| feet below.
Tue heat at Naples is greater than
ior years and Is causing many deaths.
| A FREIGHT train on the Danbury &
Norwaik branch of the Housatouic
railroad. going at high rate of speed
ran upon an open switch at Danfori STA
| ton, Conn. on the 1ith. The depot was
demolished The locomotive was some
what damaged and five loaded cars
| were wrecked.
| IHE bureau Of American republics is
Informed that the first linen mill ,o h.
established in Mexico was formally
opened few days ago. near the CITY Of
Mexico The mill has been built by
Mr. J. Hammer. an Englishman. win
cover about A., 600 feet when completed
and will produce large range of linens
and other goods
| The United States deputy marshal at
| Pine Ridge agency. ;. d.. recently can
tured complete counterfeiting outfit.
including molds for the manufacture of
dollars. halves and quarters The spu-
rious coins were excellent counterfeits.
and a large number had been placed in
circulation before their character was
detected and suspicion directed against
Charles Wilson, who has been arrested
| The Peoples savings bank. of Atchi-
son. kasL. which failed last winter, will
probably pay its depositors dollar for
dollar, the good crops this year having
increased the value of many real estate
mortgages upon which money can be
realized
A COMPLICATED peruicious fever, the
same as yellow fever. or worse. is rag
ing at Port au Prince, Hayti
THE Mohican has not been ordered
from Behring sea to China. As reported.
THE Berliner Tageblatt states that
Frie,ilander Bros. n jewelry firm of
Berlin. have instituted proceedings
against DIR. Carver. the well-known
American marksman. for obtaining
credit for iewelry to the value of 3, ;s.,..5
and then absconding. DIR. Caryer's
whereabouts is unknown
AT $50 o'clock on the morning of the
l1th the volcano of CoIima. Mexico,
began to show signs of eruption, and
after time the whole city became COW
cred with ashes This is the most ex-
/, tensive eruption ever known there. and
there are fears that great many lives
will be lost
The application of Mrs. Walter
Beverley Crane. formerly Miss Alice
Cooper, of New York, for an nulment
of her marriage. on the ground that Mr..
l., . 80
to the wedding, and that the marriage
had never been consummated. was re-
fused by the London court in which
the proceedings were instituted
THE executive committee of the Ohio
Building Association league met in Gin
, cinnati, on the 18th, To receive new ap-
| plicatious for mem bership in the league.
HoS. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL died at
his home in Cambridge, Mass. early on
| the morning of the 18th. He was born
in the city in which he died February
-, 1919.
On the 11th, the last day on which
the stockholders of the Keystone bank
of Philadelphia, could pay their assess
4. ments as levied by Comptroller Lacey,
only twenty-six out of nearly 200
stockholders had paid the assessment
Out of the aggregate amount of $780,
600, only SCI, 900 had been paid to Re
eeiver YarCiley. He will Immediately
bring suit against those who failed to
pay.
A HEAVY hailstorm passed over the
region of Sawyer and Big Lake. Mimi,
on the 12th, totally destroying gardens
and crops of all kinds. The heaviest
part of the storm passed directly over
a village of Chippewa Indians one
mile north of Sawyer. demolishing
number of huts. No deaths are re-
ported
A GREAT sensation was caused IN Ber-
lin by the report of the Russian ukase
against the export of rye and rye meal,
this being an important article OF food
among the poor of Germapy.
SECRETARY TRACY says he Is PLAN
ming to have the white squadron visit
the gulf states this fall and winter. and
if possible go up the Mississippi as far
as Vicksburg.
MISS ZERrISA RosEyFIELD, type
writer, has secured a Judgment IN New
York against ex-Congressman John NJ
Glover. of St Louis, for 5000 and costs,
for services.
NELSON A. BRADr. who arrived IN
Chicago on the lIth- claims TO nave
made the trip from New York TO San
Francisco and back 10 Chicago on
bicycle.
Cor. G.. A. wooD died q. Chatta-
T.nn IN the 18th. of q COM