Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-06-18
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urer BarSisley on the s.b IN.
priSonmcne '"i-
IHE new train on the PennSvlvani.
railroad, known ss the '.Kevstop. -.
press which left Chicago AZ to-s,
M on the 9TH. arrived in New YorL
city AZ : p m. on the sth. promptlv a,
time, carrying full compl.r,.n, =.
Passengers This train Is eouiur..,l a..
same as the famous Pennsvlvania E,,,-
ited but no extra fare il CHARGED or, !,
| ArroRSEr-GENEEAL MnLrR has de-.
eided that the North American Corn.
mercial Co shall paw rent for the ~ral
nsherics IN proportion to the catch
Inc OASIS OF the contract limits the an
nuai catch To Ion. coo seals- The yearly
rent Is $4,000. As the catch FOR this
season Is limited to $500 seals. the rrn,
will be s., zoo.
| "A DYNAMITE cartridge was expIoic,I
IA front OF the police station at C1irhw
France, ON the 9th The station ard
other buildings in the nei-hborho.,.I
suffered much damage. IL is suppoSsd
that the outrage was committed bv an
archists in revenge for the activity q,
the police in suppresSing the May-iav
demonstration
JAMES HUGHEs. labor leader. was. on
the 9th. sentenced to serve one wear /,
the Monroe county IN " penitentiarv
for extorti1g $1,000 from Adler Bros
clothing manufacturers of Rochester.
The London World saws that British
troops are being concentrated in Africa
and that war Is probable in that rp.-iou
this year To settle the eonficting
claims of the various powers.
THE funeral of the late Hon Iobu
Macdonald. premier of the Dominion Of
esnada- took place on the 10th
HARKT EDWARDS. the actor. died r..
New York on the 9Th lie was born IN
England in lsS0.
| SECRET SERVICE officers are NOTIFYING
jewellers throughout the COUNTRY tina;
hereafter they viii BE- prosecuted for
eounterfeiting IN ease they are caught
gOld-plating silver or nickel eoirs fpr
use as bangles This action Is tahe.,
because il has been discovered tha,
some of these plated coins hare been
passed as the gold coins which they ~
semble in size
As the result Of fover-specuiatioa IL /,
estimated that Argentine securities
have shrunk in value S4l5 00O 90 below
the highest point reached in ISSo. tax
ing no account Of losses incurred BY in
vestment in eedulaS While the greater
part of this loss falls upon British in
vestors. il Il also borne in Germany,
France and Belgium
On the 9th Peter T. johnson. the gray
headed Indian who figured 80 conspicu-
ously in the saving of the lives Mt the
City of Columbus disaster, was fouIlv
murdered on Egg island. Mass, by some
person unknown
| ASSISTANT SECRETARY COUSz of ths.
treasury department has made n ruling
in regard tO the free entry of sO-callesI
tools of trade Under it machinery
and tools intended for use in a manu-
featuring establishment are not exempt
from duty whether brought in by i'm
migrants or not
Il BLOODY battle took place ut Graud
Rapids. Mich. early ON the morning Of
the 10th. between the striking street
ear employees and the police, in which
clubs and revOlvers were used by the
officers against sticks. stones and fire
arms in the hands of the rioters
Many persons Were severely and some
fatally injured The officers finally ar
rested thirteen of the rioters
SIR WILLIAM GoRDoS-CUNMTyG was
married. in Holy Trinity church Lon
don. on the 10th, to Miss Garner, eld-
est daughter of the late William
Garner (son of the millionaire cotton
manufacturer who. with his wife, was
drowned by the capsizing of their
yacht in New York harbor in July, 1873
The brides income Is estimated at s.5,-
coo per annum-
ANNIE ALLEN crept up behind Belle
Rogers, a rival in love, at a picnic in
Chicago. on the 9th, and plunged a huge
dirk-knife five times into Bellies neck
and back The victim died in ten min
utes- The murtieress clung frantically
| to the officers who arrested her. begging
them not to allow the crowd to lynch
her.
A TERRIBLE wind-storm struck Pierre.
s. D.. on the 9th 1t was accompanied
by binding storm of dust. which en-
veloped the city in total darkness The
storm lasted twenty-five minutes To
add to the phenomena the mercury fell
from % in the shade TO almost the freez-
ing point
A DELEGATION consisting of seventy
five southern gentlemen, headed by
Senator Ransom, waited upon Presl-
dent Harrison. on the 10th. and invited
him to attend the southern exposition
1T Raleigh, n. c., in October The
| president said il would give him pleas
ure to accect the invitation if the state
of public business at the time would
admit of his being absent from Wash
ington
JOSEPH r. REED. of Council Blurs'
Ia, Just appointed chief justice Of the
new court of private land claims. was
born in Ohio in 1855; served throughout
! the war in the Union army, studied
law. was appointed judge Of the dis
| trict court of Iowa in ls.s and judge OF
the supreme court in 1851; was MEM
Der of the Fifty-first congress He Is
LAWYER of high standing In politics
he is republican
/ FRIENDS of Sir William Gordon-Cum-
ming now claim that the jury was
hacked. and that so far from the de-
| fsnse being surprised at the questions
which the juryman addressed to the
prince of Wales. the questions were
expected and arranged in advance,
| in order TO give the prince pretex'
for declaring his belief in Cumming