Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-29

ports eighteen lottery inIirtu.ert,
found at Sioux Falls. = ~
IHE night agent of th,. Chfrar-, 6
Northwestern railroad AZ West s;4,.
Ia. was held M hv a burglar at E
o'clock on the morning Of the afst
who compelled him. nc the point of n
rrvolver. o. surrender the cornpanv's
funds in his Office.
ADvtcEs from Assumption. eapitaI Of
me republic Of Paraguay. report an
attempt 70 overthrow President Juan
=. ti"uzalrs. which was promptly sum
pressed ey the troops The insurgents
were compelled to ay. and sought refugs
IN The Argentine Republic.
NEws comes from Granada. Snai, ~.
FRESH and disastrous floods in that prov
inee. Many houses have been wrecked
and great number of cattle lost.
haiiway travel in the province is at .
standstill.
JoHS Z REDMOND said. on the I'D. IN
replying . an address of welcome to
Cork. that be spoke as the elected
leader II the parliamentary party
THE three men who robbed the En-
terprise tOre.l national bank some
weeks ago Of -. 500. were arrested at
kamela. Ore. on the I'D.
GILBERT VENDOR, president OF the
Gold Queen mine of Colorado. has been
arrested in Luusiou on the charge %.
misappropriating funds with which he
was intrusted.
THE Minueatta hotel at Hot Springs.
:. D.. was burned on the night Of tho
2ist: loss. S55, 900.
Ar meeting of the directors Of the
American Tln-plate Co held at Amber.
son, Ind. on the sd. contracts for the
erection of the buildings and furnish
ing machinery for the new factory a.
ElwoOi were let Work on the exr,-
vation has begun. and the contracts re-
quire the factory. which will employ
l.0a0 men. - be ready To run by March
I next
THE longboat belonging to the
French training ship Austerlitz. and
manned by twelve boys and two quar-
termasters Of that vessel. was capsizs,i
when in dangerous spot At the en-
trance of the harbor Of Brcst. on the
2;id. and all hands narrowly escaped
drowning They were found later
cliuging to the overturned boat
The steamship Wisconsin. Of the
Guion line. which left New York for
Liverpool. on the iith. and about whose
safety there was some uneasiness. ar
rived at Queenstown On the zsd
ACTTSG SECRETARY SPAULDfSG has
directed the collectorof customs at san
Francisco To commence both criminal
and civil proceedings against Bernard
Reiss for opium smuggling
The number Of eases Of diphtheria in
Mansfield, o.. is estimated at over 800
There are also great mum her Of cases
of scarlet fever. \ great many deaths
have occurred
THE name of John T. Glenn, ex-
mayor of Atlanta Ga. has been pre-
seuted - the president for appointment
To one OF the vacancies in the Interstate
commission.
THE Cork McCarthyites have selected
Martin Flavin. a merchant. to contest
the seat made vacant by Paruell's ;
death.
A FIRE iu-the stables ut the Council
Bluffs la driving park. on the I'D,
resulted disastrousIy. several of the
horses being burned to death. Heavy
losers are. II. Sweet. S23. 900: SearIs &
Ellsworth. s., coo. and Chamberlain. os
Denver. 5000. The driving park asso-
citation is also heavy loser
THE verdict of the cOrouer's jury in
the case of the negro, Smith. taken
from the Omaha tNeb.l jail and hanged
by a mob, is that Smith was fright
ened to death by unknown persons