Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-09-03
CURRENT TOPICS.
AA1 akwS IN 6kIEE.
PERSONAL AND GENERA

olty. No. On the sl,h w.re e. -
"h'eh Is the greatest number Of - -
Mneat ever received ther,s 4, on. -
The largest number rscciva.f =, a.
heretofore. was col cars. in fsss-
a SALT LAKE city carpenter pa-,a,,
MhI Sheriff.. while out driving s,or,,,...1
ms buggy in the residence pa-. ~ -.
city, and. tying his horse To a ,..l..,-,-,l,
pole, shot himself through the 49,.
Inc effects of the morphine habit l..a
20 the suicide.
FRED MAsox. secrptarv of , LEI.
c''npany' was shot and fatally wounded
near Elizabeth, Col. on the s4,h- bv
one OF the herSlers OF the covnnznr
named ; W. Parry. who escaped. Ma
sons home Is at vergenneS. Vt
JOHN Rowland. a wealthy hat MANN
iacturer Of IOnkers, y. Y, aged G,
years. fell from a window Of his fac
tory. on the 25th. and. striking on the
stones 100 feet below. was killed.
X w PIrIsEURr's cooper shop and
eight residences in Manchester. \. H
were destroyed By fire on the ssth.
Loss sS0.o coo: partially insured.
BY the premature explosion of =
dynamite bias, in quarry a; Kingston.
\. =. on the sSth. Daniel Hager,r was
killed and five of his fellow-woTkuen
badly injured. some perhaps fatally.
THK sixth annual eucampuen. Of ~.
mon veterans opened at Cleveland.
D.. on the eith. with a number Of Old
soldiers present from all parts of the
country.
The state department i informed
that President Balmaex,ia of Chilli has
removed F. A Beelan a. Gillian eon-
sul-reneral az New York. and appointed
Charles K Flint TO fiji the vacaucv
Mr. Beelan has represented Chilli \.
New York fo< tyventy-six years SYM
pathy with the revolrtionis;s Is given
as the reason for Mr Be-elan-s removal
EDITORS and reporters in Mexico
whose productions do not suit the gov
eminent are being ordered out Of the
country or imprisoned on trivial
charges The government Is lust now
trying TO trace the isicntitr Of an Amer
lean writer who sent TO his papers 4 long
article rejecting upon President Diaz
and his following
IN the boodie investigation at OF
tawa. Ont. on the Ssth. Mr. Lanriir
testified that siIS 60 Of the subsidy 70
the Bal Des Chaleu-=s railroad had
been enhexzled lie real deposition
J. A. Taylor. = contractor. 10 that
effect
A CONSTRUCTION train. S0uth-b0uui-
on the railroad between Savannah.
Ga. and Columbia. = {. was wrecked
- miles wes: of Savannah On the sssh-
Two men were instantly killed and fsve
wounded. probably fatally
The sixth annual MinneanoliS fNfru
Industrial exposition was opened with
due ceremony on the ssth- The '-S5ege
of Vera Cruz- and the Mexican hand
are among the leading attractions
TEz only surviving osseer 81 the hat
tie of Waterloo. Gen Whicho:.e. died
in London on the eth
MAXoE FETvUHrT. of Harrisburg Pa.
has opened war On the electric street
car company. and On the sssh. pat a
hundred of its employees in jail for at
tempting - make an unauthorized
connection between its two lines
VERA CEUZ Mexico. is still infested
with yellow fever. many deaths occur
ring
Az Italian bandit organization sSn.-
liar in every respect 20 the New Orleans
mafia. has been located in South Brook
lyn. " v Ii may be branch Of the
New Orleans malta or not At all
events its principles seeEa - be Of \
similar character The rufi1nS CON
posing Il want monev OF life
IN the Georgia legislature, on tEe
e6.h. the tender Of the Confederate
Veterans home AZ Atlanta established
by private contributions. 10 the state
was rejected by the votes cf the ALI
ance members. who. under TIE plea %
economy, declared that the Poor-ho1Sss
were good enough for people who eoald
not support themselves There Is much
indignation throughout the state
United STATES MARSHAL GRIMES of
Oklahoma has received special ins.rnc-
tons from Washington To send = large
pose of deputies into the Cherokee
strip. with orders TO arrest all persons
attempting 10 make settlements or burn
the grass
Gov. PACE of Vermont having no.i-
fed Secretary Proctor OF his intention
TO appoint him United States senator.
vice Edmunds. resigned. speculation Is
rife as to Mr.. Proesor's successor in the
cabinet. Ex-Ci0v. Cheney of New HanP-
shire, is mentioned among the PosSihlii-
ties
THE belief IS growing that Musgrave,
the fugitive from justice who was al
legged to have been cremzted n burned
cabin near Terre Hante. Ind. pat up \
lob TO deceive the authorities Color :
given to the belief since il Is 1seertained
that he carried so. ooo life insurance
TIE British merchant ships which
were mt 10 Inconvenience and some
what damaged during the fighting IN
Pisayua. Chilli have prepared their
claims for damages for presentation 10
the Gillian government The vessels
claim TO have been made cepots Of ref
rQe for thousands of nOueon batants
during q period IN some instances OF
six weeks
AIErrER from Cape Town says the
GeAuars in Damzrzlznd are thoroughly
sick of their attempt TO settle tha, part
of Africa. and King Hzrmsmo says
they must 20 home The king has Jus,
awakened TO the idea that the Germans
got the best of the treaty, when ne
signed when drunk, giving them hls
country for few trinkets
DIR l. c. DRAPKR. the noted his
toriau. died in Madison, Wis, on the
s6th. He occupied position quite