Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-07-09
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BHIEF.
PERSONAL ANo GENERA,

N 1850.
sErRErART NoRLx has appointed
non IL e Hallam, of Illinois. 10 b. as
siseant chief clerk of the pension ots;cr
vice Green Il. Raum. Jr.. resigned
ADvIcEs from Santiago. Arrrn.i,
Republic are To the effect that the re-
cent Peaceable revolution in thu.
province Is supported by all its in
ruential citizens Troops have been
dispatched to the scene BY th. GOVERN
ment- A commission has also b~s,
sent to the Province TO arrange the dif-
icuIty
WIN OK and his wife. nj Tov. en-. their
tongues out in an underground den in
the Chinese quarter of Sacramento.
eaL- on the 30th- Ok bIed to death and
the woman will probably die Of her in
Jrries- The paIr were old and poor.
and for the past two years the China
mans sight has been failing until he
had to give up work
kHBrRS j. BRowy. a sieepfn1-csr
conductor between Montreal and Ros-
ton has been arrested for smuggling
goods into the L nited States by conceal
ing them in the pillow boxes of his
ear lt Is said that the frauds have
been very extensive
The British Official Gazette announces
that, by order of her majesty. the name
of SIR William GortiOn-C umminr has
been stricken from the list of the dep
uty lieutenants of ElginShire. scotland.
The SUNRISE of the day IN Boston. on
the s9th- WAS the failure of J. VI Hill.
the wIdsly-known theatrical manager
and restar-auter of Boston The Iia-
bilities are said to be very large.
G. ID EVANS. compiler of the Mem
phis and the Philadelphia city direr-
tories. was found dead in his room at
Memphis. Tenn. on the night OF the
3oth- vial supposed to have con-
tanned poison, was on a table near his
bed and suicide IS inferred
The fires IN the seven large glass
factories at Nuncie- Ind went out. on
the s9th- for the annual two mouths
vacation which the 500 employees will
spend in reinvigOratiug their systems
and fresh-airing their lungs after their
ten months service with the blow
pipes.
The United States steamship Alert
left Victoria B. G., for Behring sea on
the 3gth- She Is in command Of Lieut.
Wainwright Coal and supplies for the
warships have been shipped on the
steamer Costa Rica-
THE Southern Passenger association
has made the rate of one lowest first
class fare for the round trip To the na-
tioual g. A. r encampment in Detroit
Mich. in August The Boston Passeu-
ger association has made n rate of SIS
from Boston to Detroit and return, Au-
gust ESQ
Ar MagtiaIena. v NJ. on the snth. W.
r. Newberry and w v Nolan. promi-
nent cattlemen- quarreled- Newberry
began firing at Nolan and two shots
took effect IN the groin Nolan returned
the fire with a Wincester. the second
shot passing through the heart, and
Newberry fell dead
REPORTS from various portions of
western Oklahoma GO To assure I'M
mense crops of wheat. cotton and corn
The wheat crop is being threshed and
is yielding from fifteen to thirty bushels
TO the acre Corn is insured by recent
rains and IS already in the ear The
cotton crop. it Is estimated. will yield
from n half to bale per acre
The friends and trustees of Kenyon
college, the old and wealthy Episcopal
institution at Gambler, o.. are greatly
excited over the discovery that s11- 1-0oO
of the endowment fund has been used
20 meet the running expenses of the
college For several years the treas
uTer-s reports have Shown small def
cieneies. but no one was aware that the
trust funds had been impaired
SAMUEL MYERS. an eraplcye of the
New Adirondack Il ST. Lawrence Rail-
road Co., went away from his camp
near Sararae Inn v Y, on the after
noon of the 2sth- for STROLL and has
not been heard from since Fifty men
with experienced guides have been
searching the woods for him
The Minnesota state democratic con-
ference gathered at Minneapolis. on
the fst. with $50 leading politicians IN
attendance The ostensible object of
the gathering was to organize the club
uovvreut of the state and discuss cam
paign plans
A SPECIAL from Bar Harbor, Me-,
saws that Mr. Blaine had bad turn
shortly after dinner, on the Ist- and
phvsieian was summoned The attack
proved to be not very severe
The Novoe vremya of St Peters
burg says unless France and Russia
make a formal alliance the parties TO
the dreibund will become 50 arrogant
that war will be provoked
WHILE a tug-sail boat was conveying
a pleasure party across the bay OF Ayr'
from Larvs 10 ROthe>ay- Scotland on
the rst. il eapsized- and eight persons
were drowned
TIE MARQUIS Irperizli secretary OF
the italian legation was at Bar har-
Dor. Ne, on the Ist. TO consult with
Mr. Blaine
SrcEErARY FOSTER il IS understood
has practically decided TO extend the
AZ per cent bonds at per cent inter
est
TIE Iowa republican state conven-
ton in session at Cedar Rapids. on tne
Ist. nominated Hon Hiram C. wheeler
of Sac county, for governor by ac-
eJamztiou: for ieutenant7governor'
G~orre Van Houten, Of Taylor county,
x,,,rer,ue iudxe. ; NJ Weaver Isup-rIn-
sendent OF public Instruction. Henry
sabin: railroad commissioner, Prank
T. Campbell
THE London police have warned the
I German and French socialists and
anarchists against any overt act turin 2