Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-04-02
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awarded a eon;rse, for supplying 4. 5
and s-ineh shells and shrapnel eases To
the United states frO3~ctile Go. OF
Brooklyn. at sls5.59s
SECRETARY FoSrER returned 70 Wash
ington from Ohio, on the I'D. and ~
snTned his duties at tine treasury de-
partmenG
EvEKT possible preparation has b-srn
made by the municipal court of GsraSs.e.
France. to add 20 the pleaSurs. If Queer,
Nicforias visit 4 special police guard
has been assigned 10 the duty of guard
ing the royal residence. and the streets
and roads in and about town have been
put in the best possible condition
THE brooklyn fire hug. who had been
operating in the te2eEnent-house quar-
ter. was arrested on the sd. and made
a confession His name is Henry G..
Miller.
THE Merrimae river has reached -
feet at Lawrence. Mass. and Is rapidly
rising This Is the highest point
reached for years. Over 1000 opera
tives are now isile on account of water
stopping the mills.
The remains Of Lawrence Barrett.
the actor. were Land alongside the
bodies of his father and mother in the
family plot in the Central cemetery at
Cohassett. Mass, on the 18th
JAMES WATT. son of Millionaire
Watt. of San Francisco. was found
dead in n New York ten-cent lodging
house on the s8th- His death was the
result of dissipated habits
JoHS CowAS. the crazy pedestrian
whose mind became unbalanced in the
late six days walking match in New
York. was discharged, cured, from the
hospital on the 34th-
A FAVORABLE report of the commit
tee on labor on the bill making nine
hours n days work was rejected by a
viva voce vote in the Massachusetts
house on the 24th-
GUSTAV TAFEL was nominated for
mayor at Cincinnati by the democrats.
on the 24th. to oppose John Il. Mosby.
the republican candidate and present
incumbent
THE wife of Gen. John T. Cutting.
congressman from the Fourth Califor-
MIA district, died in San Francisco. on
the 24th. after long illness.
LIZZIE PoSD. aged -, while walking
along the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michi-
gan railroad at Anderson. Ind. stepped
from the track to escape an approach
ing train, but her clothing was caught
by the ears and she was dragged 100
yards. her brains being dashed out
against the ties
PRoTocors delimiiing the Italian and
British spheres in East Africa have
been exchanged by Lord Duiferin. the
British minister at Rome, and Premier
Ruelini
THE California state viticultural com
mission has received diploma and
gold medal awarded 10 the California
exhibit of brandies IT the Paris exposi-
ton
HONDURAS viii be represented at the
Worlds Columbian fair by full ex-
hihit Of its resources and products
MAJOR MCKINLEY was rendered an
informal reception by the directors of
the Boston Homo Market club on the
cath
The British steamer Strathairly went
ashore below Chicamacomieo life-sav-
ing station, on the North Carolina
coast. ON the cath. Nineteen ont of the
crew of twenty-siS were drowned. in
eluding all the officers except the sec
oEad mate The steamer Is a total loss
THE department OF Justice is informed
that the notification sent To the United
States district court Of Alaska by the
.upreme court in reference tn the seiz-
ure of the British bark SsywarJl has
been received No return however.
has yet been made by the local court
ALcEDE VADeEE- Greek immigrant.
who six years a-O inherited from his
mother fortune Of Ess5, 60. landed in
New York. on the ssth. IN Scanrh #
Job He had lost hiS money By specu-
iating in COTTON and t--stsng oa English
end French horse rze.rs-
UP TO the 15th the STAT. and navy de-
partments were s.ifI ignorant Of the
.tate Of Affairs in Chill II Is believed
at the departments that the telegraph
and cable lines are cEi cr else the party
IN control has established a strict tele-
sraphie eensorship.
The wife Of Congressman J. VI. Pat
tiSon. of Ohio. died At her home in Mil
ford on the 9Th aged g. She was
the mother Of four children. the young
sst babe Of two weeks
On the 18th Judge Duncan. OF Column
bus, O.. Overruled the demurrers to the
indictments in the Elliott murder cases
Two MINERS were blown to pieces by
an explosion in IN e Tamaraek mine. at
lalnznct. Mich. ON the 3Sth-
THE treasury department on the s5th,
paid out over $4,000 on French spolia-
tion claims.
SrArS win send an exhibit to the
Worlds Columbian exposition
THE treasury department has decided
that piano which Is used as means
of obtaining livelihood can be i'm
ported duty free
CoUNr FABRIco, president of the
Saxon ministry, died in Dresden on the
s5th-
The French cabinet has decided that
Prince Louis Napoleon Is not affected
hy the law banishing from the country
pretenders to the throne Of France. and
the prince can therefore reside in
France
The legislature of California ad-
journed finally shortly after midnight
on the morning of the 26th- During
the session 800 bills were enacted and
sent TO the governor for his approval
SE-ERAL cases of destitution are
already reported among the $1,000 en-
ployes of the clothing manufaeturersof
Rochester. Y. Y. owing 20 the lookout