Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-30
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1ested IN the City of Mexico. and = b.l5
oy the police awaiting the action 81 ~.
kentucky authorities.
A MONUMENT to ''StonewaII- Jackson
was unveiled at Lexington. Va ON H..
list. IN The presence of an immense r,r.
course Of people. in the main made mn.
of ex-eorfcderate veterans and r,.,v,.
eers Of the @. A. r Gen. Wade Hamr-
ton presided. and Gen Jubai A Eariv
was the orator of the dav. The vi,
vas drawn by Julia Jackson Christian
granddaughter of the departed soldier.
IHE Kansas supreme court has cited
Judge Mckay, the alliance Judge of the
twenty-fourth judicial circuit. To an
pear and show cause why he should NO.
be punished for contempt Judge Nc
Kay has attempted to be a law unto
himself in defiance Of the supreme
courts mandates
oy the 21st Castor Robert. the IL
fear-old son of wealthy merchant.
while playing on a wharf at Tongue
Pointe, Montreal. Can, fell into the
water Agnes Laigne, a family dones-
tie, plunged into the river and attempt-
ed to rescue the lad, but both were
drowned
MRS FRANK HANCOCK. of Tiora cuuu-
~, Pa. confessed on her deathbed tn
the murder of her husband and four
children in 1859. She also named two
accomplices. whose names are for the
present suppressed At the time of the
tragedy il was supposed the father had
killed the children and himself owing 10
his wife's unfaithfulness.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Battenberr.
otherwise known as Count Hartenau.
is recovering from his recent serious
Illness.
THE prince of Wales opened the new
law courts at Birmingham on the sIst-
There was some hooting at the prince
by the less respectable portion Of the
ou-lookers. and there would probably
have been more bu. for the presence
OF the princess
F. W. Quick, said to be n wealthy
young Englishman from Loudon. IS
missing in Chicago, and it Is feared
that he has been foully deal, with He
was said to be travelling in america for
pleasure. and was plcutifuIly supplied
with cash.
The German steamer Nek0. bound
from Hamburg for Port SaaIey, col
lided with the British steamer Stain
cliffe in the English channel north OF
the island of Ushant. on m I'D. and
was so badly damaged tbst she sank
As result of disclosures made by
the experts who investigated ex-Treas-
urer Bardslev's accounts the arrest
and prosecution of prominent PeunsyI-
vania state officers is hkeiyto follow.
LORD MAYOR SAvoRY ofLondou has
been created baron. in recognition of
courtesies extended to thf emperor Of
Germany during his rcceit visit to the
metropolis
Mrs. EATON, the PRESIDENTS sister,
arrived at Cape May Poinion the ed
W. J. ELLIOTT, on trial lur murder at
Columbus. O.. created sensation. on
the I'D, by calling Prosecutor Huling
liar. when in his argument he re-
ferred to charges agaiFt female
member of EIliott's fafly.% Elliott's
lawyers tried to stop him but he wildly
gesticulated and continud: IF hang
want to hang like a getieman-"
THE physicians in abundance upon
Rev Charles H. Spurged, reported, on
the I'D. that he showed signs of i'm
provement-
Miss BLAINE. daughtd of the secre-
tary of state, arrived al New York on
the steamship Teutonii from Europe
on the ed
LAW and order trimphed at St
Paul. Mimi, in the mater Of the pro-
posed prize-fght beteen Hall and
| Fitzsimmous. The prssure brought
to bear upon Gov. Miriam was SD
great and of such a ehracter that "a
could not ignore it. al at nearly the
| last moment the maeIhery of the law.
even to the extent of lrierlng the MI
litia under arms. ws set in motion,
| and in consequence pc nght was de-
| clared off.
| The Sac and Fox 1dians assembled
| in national council attheir agency. on
the arst. to do honor Special Agents
Emory, Paine and W lker, and to pub
| licIy thank them the satisfactory
| way in which they lfe concluded the
| allotments- Chiefs lceusito and heo-
kuk approved the wfk for Its expedl-
| ton and the disinttestedness OF the
agents, and applaudt their zeal IN as
sisting the Indians tsnaSe use OF their
| advantage to secure ne best land
| MUTT ISLAND, off bughsneek, Mass,
| was the scene of arnteresting specta-
Gle on the I'D. The Id war ship Brook
Ivn was set on fire. pd while the flames
ate away the old v9el the imaginative
| spectator saw a ropnee OF American
history finished b3re HIM She was
| built in Is5s at thdhip-yards of Wes-
tervelt & Co, of NJ York, and was
sister ship of the Hartford, fensa-
cola, Richmond AMI lancaster.
/ A STATEMENT r}pared at the post
Office department lows that the num-
Der of post offic ces the country une
so. 1891. was 6i.3f sas follows
/ eI.ss 1ts. seeond-kss. $50; third-class.
. ,-g, fourth-eIass6l.fsa. This is an
increase of a.0oo dces during tne year
DE-. POWER. offomeroy, wash, mas
-. a fabulous IA strike on the Red
He has a bur-foot ledge abso-
luteIy thick all OF with gold Prom
III ....,r,,s IL is kenuine and wonder
full strike
The shipmenaof currency to the
rest 70 move lie crops" opened up
E-.l,~ IN washifou. on the ed. the
- s,ss ooo small notes being
shipped frora thfeasury 10 Clncinnan
and Chicago in Hchanse ior uepo7.'9
at New York
.rIy Il,o Cen sitnan's chief of staff,