Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-23
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80 NAu-hNeF Josephine wery. arrVsta,t
IN brooklyn on the 18th. charvea ,v;.b
having set fire To their bou<,s bv ~.
aid OF Kerosene. Both were held !,
answer ASaU I'd
bf the explosion OF a box of dvn,-
ME cartridges on the tramp shin II. c.
bootS. lying at the BruolSIvu wharf cv,
the ttth- two men were killed o,,, -
them being blown to atoms. ana to,
others were wounded A Iarve bola
vas etesTs n the starboar,I side of the
seeamshlp and she soon filed and went
TO the bottom.
POLICEMAN JoHS n. RYERSox- Of .rsr.
sey City. " J.. became involved !, n
row early on the morning of tbs, ra.b
with James Brennan. Lizzie. Rrpnra,,
the iatter's wife. interfered. Erenn,,
was shot dead and his wife fataIlv
wounded The injured woman was
taken 70 the hospital Ryerson was
arrested
IHE governor of Nizhnee Noxrorod
Russia, has warned the committee Of
exchange that spectators forming cor
ners 10 raise the price of grain. or other
wise trading on the growing necessities
OF the people, viii be punished and ex-
peeled from his jurisdiction.
PHINE-As VI. ANsUR. who was pr,bi-
oition candidate for governor Of Con-
nectieut Last fall. died at his home near
Middleton. on the 18th. aged Is. His
death was caused by heart disease.
TIE national editorial ,.,,nver.;o-,
met IN St Paul. Mimi. on the 18th.
about 800 members of the profession
being IN attendance.
THK petition committee of the Fraprb
senate recommended, on the l4th. that
the government favorabIy consider the
appeal OF the Panama shareholders
that it cooperate with the Credit Fou-
eier 10 raise funds to complete the
work.
THOMAS HINCKLEY. of Seattle. v-as ON
n spree ut Tacoma, Wash. on the 18th.
and IN company with man nar1e,i
Douglass, entered the Elk saloon and
ordered drinks for the crowd. While
the harSeeper was serving the drinks
HinciSley pulled his revolver and began
shooting. VIM Brannon, the proprie-
tor, and George Martin. city tax col
lector, were instantly killed: several
other persons were wounded. Hinclx-
ley and Douglass were lodged in Jail
PROF. JOHN LLOYD was shot and
killed at Murfreesboro. Tenn. on the
14th, and Tom Morton. his nephew bv
marriage, IL suspected of the crime.
He has disappeared, and it is known
that there was trouble between the
men.
ON the 18th Comptroller Lacey made
n call for report on the condition of
the national banks at the close of busi-
ness on the 9th.
OVER 200 Knights Templar. represent
ing nearly every state in the union.
many of them accompanied by their
wives, sailed from Jersey City. " j..
on the 18th, In the City of Berlin. for
tour of Europe to last from five weeks
to three months. The most important
places IN England. ireland, Scotland,
Wales, France and Belgium will be
visited by the entire party, while good
many of them will also visit the other
continental cities.
The Ohio democratic state conven-
tiou, ut its session in Cleveland. ON the
18th. renominated Gov Campbell on the
first ballot. Determined and noisy op-
position was manifested by the Hamil-
ton county delegation. Lieut--tiov.
Marquis was renominated by aeclama-
ton. A full state ticket was also placed
in nomination.
ON the 14th Emperor William left
England on the imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern for Norway
DURING 4 storm at Union City, Pa
on the 1ith, n thurderbolt struck the
residence of q. :. Kelly. Mr.. Kelly and
his son Willis. aged 20, were standing
on the veranda- The young man was
killed outright and the father so badly
shocked that he viii die.
Mrs. LUCY PRATT, young widow
with three children and slender means,
one of the trained nurses at the san
Francisco hospital for children and
trimming school for misses. recently sold
forty-fiye square inches of her skin for
500. A strip of skin 9z5 inches wide
was cut from her body by surgeons
and grated onto the leg of VIM A
Daggett. n railway mail clerk. who had
been frightfully injured in Il railroad
accident.
The steamship Columbia Of the Ham
burg-American line arrived ut South
amptou. on the 18th. with the foreign
commission of the Columbian EXPOSE
ton on board. consisting of Maj
Moses p. Handy. of Chicagos A. T. Bull
lock. of Massachusetts,; ex-Congress-
man Butterwcrth. of Ohio; Judge w.
Lindsey. of Kentucky, and f. ). Peek,
Of Chicago.
IS an inpromptu duel in a Birming-
ham (Ala- saloon. on the night OF the
10th. between Eugene Byers, an ex-
United States deputy marshal and
Wesley Garner, an ex-policeman, both
men were shot Garner was fatally and
Byers seriously wounded
CAR BRIcE has gone to Europe TO try
and interest English capitalists IN the
new enterprise to parallel the Lake
Shore system from Toledo. o. In as
near a bee line as possible. Mr. Brice'
while abroad, will close contract tor
a line OF steamships to run from the
seaport reached by his system 70
Central and South American points.
THERE is now every prospect OF
splendid hop crop in England, and the
growers expect good prices IN view Oh
the unfavorable reports from the mop
crop in the United States
DURISG a terrific thunderstorm al
West Chester. Pa. on the 18TH, TWO
Italians. named Valerie and Danarto
Ccnoto. working on the loop branch OK
the electric railway, were struck oy
lightning and instantly killed
Mus ANx w WCoD. OF Des MONIES,