Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-04-16

THE Anchor line steamer CircaSsia.
Capt Hedderwick. which arrived nj
Glasgow, Scotland. on the 9th. from
New York with fever on board. was
sent To the quarantine grounds oppo-
site Greenock- The second engineer
had died. and several of the crew wers
peostrated with the disease.
GES. GREELY. chief Of the United
States signal service. while in Calves
ton Tex on his tour of inspection oi
signal stations. asserted that he wa.
not candidate for reappointment-
The McIfale bill. which prohibits the
wearing of tights on the stage and com
Pels the use of at least n short skirt,
passed the Minnesota senate on the
9th.
FIRE is raging in the Pewabic mine at
Houghton. Mich The Quincy and
Franklin mines are full of smoke.
Work is suspended in the three mines
The hearing of arguments in the Say.
ward case before the United States su.
prerne court, set for the 18th, has been
postponed to the 10Th
THE Italian socialists have issued a
call. printed on blood-red paper. for the
workingmen to make a demonstration
May 1.
c. Il. HUNTINGTON. the railroad mag
nate, has purchased the Ohio Valley
railroad, extending from Princeton. XIV.
to Evansville. Ind
ir is reported in Winnipeg, Man. that
the Northern Pacific has offered to sell
out its whole system in Manitoba to the
Canadian Pacific Railway Co. and il i
probable that the offer will be accepted
LETTER To the marquis of Lans-
down, viceroy of India. declares that
after the massacre of the British at
Manipur the usurping rajah was put to
death by loyal tribesmen.
An enormous reservoir of water has
been found at a depth of Ia0 feet in the
Sahara desert near FL Cole, which
gives forty gallons of pure water per
minute.
WN- HE&Rsr will sell the race horses
owned by his father. the late Senator
Hearst. of California on Nav IL. the
day before the Brooklyn handicap.
GERALDINE ULNAR will not retire
from the stage as a result of her recent
marriage TO Mr.. CaryIl, but will take a
long holiday.
THE president, on the 10th. appointed
cx-Cougressman AIonzo Crcunsc, of
Nebraska. third assistant secretary of
the treasury.
BILL was passed in the New Hamp-
shire senate, ON the 10th. appropriating
$4,000 for the states exhibit at the
Worlds fair.
Born floor and galleries of the Brit
ish house of commons were crowded. on
the 10TH to hear the debate on the Irish
land bill
THE statement of the Imperial bank
of Germany. ON the foth. showed an in
crease of specie of 7.0eo. 900 marks
Mis- ANNA DICKINSON. the talented
reader. is undergoing medical treat
ment at Goshen. Y. Y.
MARIE Horror will Introduce the
operetta La Cigaie" in the United
States next season
Gov HfLL recommends that the s3-
600. 900 direct taxes refunded To New
York state be used To Ilquidate out
standing indebtedness. This would
practically free the state from debt
and reduce the tax rate
Az Over-issue of 2I.000 shares of
stock of the Boston Water-Power Co.
has been discovered The irregularity
extends over several years. The late
treasurer, W. d. Brown, is too Ill TO
give an explanation
WILLIAM BATES. who murdered
Policeman Harper, at Kenton, O., re-
Gently, was taken from Jail by mob OF
about fifty at , A. m. on the 10Th. and
banged to a maple tree near by.