Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-05-14
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL

the 5th. rendered n decision that Gov.
boyd tdem-l was not entitled so the Of
nee. On the ground that he wa< not n
eitixen Of the United States. This DE-
eisiou made John VI. Thaver frrp1 rov-
ernor, who Immediately took possession.
OF the Office Boyd says he will take
the ease to the supreme court Of the
J2ited States.
The report Of the New Orleans grand
jury investigating the lynching OF the
italians charged with the assassination
OF Chief of Police Heunessy, was made
| public on the 5th- II jnStiies the citi-
zens and presents no indictments.
EX-SENATOR CAMDEN authorizes the
statement that 5000. 600 has been
/ raised To spend in railroad building in
! Sest Virginia in the next six months.
JUpeE SCHUYLER. of Easton. Pa. de-
eided. on the 5th. that the suspension
of Bishop Bowman by the Chicago con-
ference was regular and that minisse-
rial appointments by the bowman con-
ference are illegal
| BARON HIRscH denies that he has
bought land in Pennsylvania for use in
the establishing of Jewish coloay.
and adds that the scheme to devote
$1,000. 900 to assist the Jewish emigra-
tion Is yet in embryo.
| IT Is currently reported at Halifax.
I y. y. that the British war ship Pei
lean. now in Newfoundland waters.
had been fired upon by the Newfound-
land bait eatehers in Fortune bav.
1T is stated that the insuryent stea-
Il
mp in Csldera bay by government
torpedo with a heavy loss OF life. WAS
anchored at the time with a portion of
her machinery undergoing repairs
/ A RIOT occurred in Parma Italy. on
the 5th. owing To q rise in the price of
brad
Il The Delaware county uud-l infirm-
| ary WAS burned early on the morning
of the eth. and four of the inmates
/ perIShs,l IN the flames. The forty-one
rescaed inmates are being cared for at
| ueighboring farm houses and no fatal
results from shock and exposure are
anticipated The buildings were ex-
tensive and the material loss will prob
ably reach s50. 900.
/ The Moscow Gazette il indignant at
the English and American press for i.r-
noring RusSia's connection with the
Behring sea matter. and declares that
any agreement maie without RuSsia-s
consent viii be worthless The tsazstte
proposes that America ard Russia set
lie the question without reference 70
England
| PRESIDENT WAKNER MILLER and
Chief Engineer Nenneal Of the MIA
ragua CONSTRUCTION To-. arrived at
Tampa. Fla on the United States gun
beat Petrol frspu G.rvytosxn- on the 6th
and left at once for New York They
expressed their satisfaction with the
/ progress of the work On the canal
EBTroRs and managers of Catholic
newspapers from all parts of the United
States ~ tn. numbs.r IF FORTY, met IN
New York. on the 9Th. In unity the in
terests Of ths, Catholic journals of the
country and To establish n central news
agency
A MILITARY company \ to be formed
by the students of the Sheffield seien-
titie school. at New Haven. Conn. which
viii he instructed by Lieut.. e. A. Tot
ten. T. = y. the government attaehe
at the school The armory and ae-
eoutrements of the Second Connecticut
infantry will he used
THE sixth member of the Hartung
| family. in Denver. Col. died. on the
sth. from exhaustion or from the ef-
feet of arssnical poisoning Coroner
! Valley says he investigated the causes
of the deaths of the other members of
this family after arsenic had been
found in the viseera of the boy Otto.
and came to the eoncuSsou that Mrs.
IIartung. in n lit of insanity, had pos
soned the entire family.
DETECTIVE O'MALLEY. of New Or
leans. made n long statement. on the
9th. in which he says the prosecution
of the italian ass2ssinS was 4 hare
faced conspiracy and disgrace u civ
| ilizatiOu-
REPoKrs from the recent elections in
the second and third-elass cities
throughout Indiana show general demo
cratic gains. with the exception of New
Albany and JeffersouviIle. where the
republicans made clean sweeps.
A DIsAsrRoUs explosion occurred in
the Serio coal pit at SaarbruelSen.
Rhenish Prussia. on the 9Th Eight
persons were killed outright and seven
others were seriously injured
ON the 9th Gen J. =. T. Marshall died
at Kendall Green. Mass. He had been
manager of the Hampton institute for
Indians member of the staff of the Mas
sachusetts war governor. Andrews, n
'4e-er of California and n big sugar plan
tatiou-holder in the Sandwich islands.
He was born in Boston in ISIS
LEoPoLD BLOOM. one of the most dar-
ing of the millionaire operators of th<
Chicago board of trade, announces that
he has closed out all of his deals and
will permanently retire from the board
He says he has all the money he wants
and will spend the rest of his life at his
ease
INDIAN AGENT PATRICK has ordered
all strangers and everyone not an In
dian and not in the government employ
off the Sac and Fox reservation in In
dian territory. No one without per
NIT from the agent will be allowed to
remain The military and the Indian
police are enforcing the order to the
letter.
The bill to appropriate $4,000 of the
direct tax fund TO aid IN entertaining
the national G. A 2 eneamrrent at
Detroit this summer was defeated in
the Michigan house of representatives
on the 6th- The vote stood 81 to SS. ten
[ - 49, Shs v,a..sSszrx- two. birds