Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-08

the lake was exactly Eve feet eight
inches lower November Il, 1880, than in
issa
WARRrS CrorGH. who has been un-
justly confined in the Nebraska State
penitentiary for fifteen years on the
charge of numbering his brother Stew
art, was parSioned by Governor Thayer
on the lst- II appears from recent de
relopments that the murder of stewart
Cfough was committed BY Jack Trett
and Charley Stewart
The shops of the Illinois Steel Works.
at Chicago. except the blast furnace,
have been shut down. throwing i.sco
men out Of employment The officers
Of the company are reticent in regard
to the length of time during which the
mills will remain closed but say that
some repairs arc necessary and IL was
thought better 10 close down now than
later on
Dr. HESKY CHRrsrrAxsox. one of the
most noted ply in North Dakota
was killed at Belmont. on the night OF
the 3ist- While making q rather sharp
turn In the road his road-eart struck n
large stone and tipped over. In falling
out DIR. Christianson caught his foot in
the wheel and be was 30 badly mangied
that he died in an hour
SCOTT THOMPSON. a negro living near
Bayboro. y. C.. went TO church. ae-
eompanied BY his wife and oldest child.
leaving in his house Eve of his children
and two grandchildren. whose ages
ranged from few months to fifteen
years During services at the church
Thompson's house took fire and all seven
of the children were burned to death
WHEN a carload of supplies sent
from Lincoln to the drought-s.rickes
farmers Of Chase County. Neh. reaehe.
Venango. the county seat, the famished
citizens. without waiting for the form
ality Of delivering of the carload TO the
county clerk. broke open the car and
devoured or carried away the contents
AT the session of the Farmers' ALI
ance in ST. Paul. Mimi. on the I'd con-
siderable business was attended TO.
Resolutions were adopted and a new
constitution was favorably acted on 4
resolution TO indorse the Osala Ola }
platform was heavily defeated. and the
subject of sub-treasuries was ignored in
the regular resolutions. while the Con-
ger Lard bill was indorsed-
FRANK b. JEFFEEYs was arrested at
Baltimore. Nd. on the I'd. for tapping
the wires of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company which supply the pool
rooms at Arlington, Baltimore County,
with reports from the race tracks A
complete Office outfit, including bat
terry of fifty cells and two instruments.
and fifty pounds of wire were captured
Dr. BooEs, of kasehau, Hungary. has
discovered a remarkable cure for diph-
liberia He has been using il in his
private practice for some time. and re-
ports that only two and half per cent
of the cases treated proved fatal
ADMIRAL MAsoS : CooPER. of the
Haytian navy. the eldest son of Rear
Admiral George H. Cooper. of the
United States navy. died of erysipelas
At his home in Brooklyn. ON the ID
aged forty-three years
The inhabitants of Rushville. Neb-.
are calling for arms and are organizing
home guard
FIVE Red Cross ambulances have ar
rived at Pine Ridge. ;. d.
AT a. m. on the I'd the tow-boat
Anna Roberts. of Pittsburgh, Pa, blew
out a cylinder head near Portsmouth,
o., instantly killing five men and terri
bly, wounding many others
Two DISTINCT earthquake shocks oc-
CURED at San Francisco. at two minutes
past noon. on the I'd There was but a
few seconds intermission between the
shocks The vibrations were nearly
north Ynd south