Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-03-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERA,

=" 1.i.aA stssNc unsir.r tne direct tax This
Is the first payment made under an
thority of the direct-tax act
An explosion, ON the 10th demolished
the obdurman Egypt arsenal and
killed loo dervishes. The immense
stores of ammunition were DESTROYED.
the arsenal shattered and buildings in
the vicinity badly shaken up
Mr. AND MRs. CHARLES SHrIrz. of
Greencastle, Ind. have a prodigy in
their cradle in the shape of girl baby
weighing only two pounds. II was born
on the 9th inst, and is as lively and
healthy as any other child of its age.
The other children born to them were
of the regulation weight
A TERRIFIC mine explosion occurred
near Ashland Pa. on the 18th. bv
which two men were blown to atoms.
another fatally injured and others seri-
ously hurt
The decision in the Bovt-Thaver
gubernatorial contest in Nebraska has
been indefinitely postponed 1t i
claimed that Justiees Cobb and Maxwell
favor Boyd while Norval favOrs Thsy-
er's side
II has been discovered that C. Whar-
ton Rich. receiving teller of the Com
mOnwealth national bank of PhiIadel-
phia- robbed the cash box Of that iussi-
tuition of more than =. 900. and since
February p has been a fugitive from
justice.
On the 18th W :. Parl<er~on. of New
Orleans recSsTyed the following note.
purporting tO come from a member of
the Nafia society. You doomed man
and Goi Amity can't save YOU We
have il sworn Our comrades vou muir
feresi and we Kill you and your family.
You viii b. pslisen- The stiletto viii
d. for the wr-St-
THK treasury department has dsessss.sI
that moneys found ;o BE- due importers
as an excess of deposit on CERTAIN goods
shall not be Pasd said importers when
thev are indebted TO the government
On other accounts
The Italian factions in View Orleans
are mutually seeusing each other of
belonging to the Nsfia. and important
deveioPuleats may result
THE residence II David Kupp~ruaan-
a. Law rsnceviIie. Pa. was burned AZ
Midnight Of the 18th When the fire.
men arrived. although th. as1iTsliis- vas
completely enveIopsd in sarn.S. the
family had not yes awakened and but
for the cry Of an infant within al would
have been e-eEnatssi
HESEY H. DAY. the -. Louis SrxirsIier
who tried tc pass a bogus cheek for 81
100 in Milwaukes- Wis. was. on the
f7th- sentenced Ia imDrisonnenf for
f-uun one 10 seven years under an. good
behavior law. lie Is wanted in Detroit.
Indianapolis and elsewhere for similar
crimes
liz street duel in New Orleans re-
sultiBg from a quarrel growing cut of
the late trial amt massacre of Italia us.
Capt Arthur Dunn. OF counsel for The
prosecution shot and almost instantly
killed Frank Waters. an ex-journaliSt.
on the night of the 18th Waters
returned the fire. seriously II no, IA
tally wouuding his antagonist
Mr. MICHAEL DAvTTr. speaking ut
blackburn. England. on the 18th. said
tnat he had no longer wished for sepa-
ration from the empire as soon as he saw
chance for Ireland 20 gain her desire
by constitutional means He predicted
the thorough defeat of ParrelI in fu-
ture elections.
LATER intelligence from the marine
disaster in Gibraltar bay places the
number of passengers and crew of the
Inflated Utopia missing and probably
drowned at 5s9-
JUDGE BENEDICT. in the United
States circuit court, criminal branch. at
New York. on the 18th, sentenced Gen.
Peter y Claasen to six years imprison-
ment in the Erie county penitentiary.
Claasen was convicted of wrecking the
Sixth national bank.
The correspondent ut Rome of the
London Times states that investigation
establishes the falsity of the recently
circulated stories cf massacres st Mas
sowah- Only few spies have been put
to death
The AerTimae mills at Lowell Mass.
dismissed 40 hands. among them about
twenty females. for remaining away on
St Patriek's day
A LARGE part of jefferson parish,
La, Is being inundated by . erevasse,
and the loss will b. very great
UBUGUAY has arranged for loan of
$500, ooo with the Popular Baneo de
Brazil
THE two-eent passen-er-rate bill in
the Nebraska legislature = dead
THE statement of the Union Pacific
Railroad Co. for January. 1891. shows
gross earnings for the whole system at
SS. lis. SO, an increase of s546. 5ss over
January of last year. and net earnings
'9s3. SOS. an increase of s50s. .495.
A TERRIFIC explosion occurred in
pudding furnace in the Crescent steel
works at Pittsburgh. Pa. on the 18th.
by which three mer. were fatally injured
and six others received serious burns
and bruises.
AT meeting of the executive board
the 18th. il was unanimously decided to
continue the struggle until next August
IL necessary to win The wants Of
hungry families are 20 be supplied out
of the defense fund, which is increas-
ing
TEE betting clubs of Liverpool were
raided by the police. on the 18th. and
scores of mer of more or less promi-
nenee in sporting circles were run in
THE British admiralty has ordered an
inquiry into the sinking of the Italian
emigrant steamship Utopia az Gibral-
ta-, owing 10 collision with the British
iron-elads Anson and Rodney II Is
rumored that the iron-elads were not
altogether without blame having been
anchored in n place unusual for men
ot-.Sar at that station All agree, how