Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-01
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PERSONAL AND oeNes.,

Mhltthorne of the Seventh T.rr......-.
alstriet died at his home in CoIv-,,,,;,
lem, aged 65 years Mr. Whi,,h.c---'
mad been in bad health for 60
years e2a
rhhD hssNERER. wife murderer
o'efeotne with remorse and goaa.,l ,,r
oy the certainty that he xouIa -
hanged took his own life in tbs. r,,u,,r
jan q. Cleveland. o.. on the sls.
AHE crisis in the Italian cabiu-. = ;,-
e.sasing IN consequences Of n ssir~rr,g.,.
OF opinAon IN the ministry. on l.vv,r,-
tresh taxes made neceSS.rr h~ ~. -
creased cost of the army ana nav
MISS ELIZA BrrLxR. the vounvrx.
daughter OF United States senator N
L Butler. Of South Carolina. dies j,
nervous prcstrztion At the Hiyhlnn,s<
IN North Carolina. on the aist, af,-r .
very short Illness
WILLIAM - HIssrxs. who eaus..5 -.
death OF Aunt Tillie- Hunter. an a--e4
neEress, by setting her clothes on Sc
with \ lighted match in 4 Niiyvnus,-.
saloon September, l., was, on The I'D
held for murder
The banking fraternity of I.o,so,
has been startled BY the announcement
made public on the aIst. that tn. -
don * Westminster bank had b..D
robbed of a large parcel of bills "a
United from country banks. a-vrn~s,.
ing over million dollars No clewto
the thieves
The trial of the Hopkins-Searles
Will case was begun at salem. Mas.
on the ed All of the contestants wrra
present personally or represented bv
distinguished counsel
The correspondent of the London
standard at St Petersburg savS thS.
the Russian government has accepted
s9i4 as the price for the new loan Of
20. .ooo. .0o0 rubles-
A FALSE report that Carl Schurz had
been bequeathed s., 600. coo On the
death of his mother. was promptly de-
MED By Mr. Sehurz His uaothes di.d
fifteen years ago
The St Paul Mimi schools have
been closed on account of the excessive
heat
THREE men committed suicide in the
Cleveland(o jail within week recent
ly-
The bank of England shipped seoo.-
ooo in gold to the United States on the
I'D
Mr. VI. NJ EsrEE. of San Francisco.
who was the chairman of the Chicago
so1ventlou which nominated Gen Har-
-ison for the presidency. and subss-
luently one Of the delegates on the
art Of the United States to the Pan
American congress. who Is 4 LAWYER os
prominence. and in some respects the
foremost republican on the Pacific
coast. IS 20 be given place in the eabi-
EeS
Ar the close of business. on the I'd.
the treasury department had redeemed
sls.ese $50 four-and-a-half per cent
bonds. and continued So 9s0. so AZ .
per cent
THREE boys. ranging in age from II
to Is years. were killed 1t the Chicago
stock yards, On the sd. while stealing
\ ride on . Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne &
Chicago train They boarded \ car
loaded with lumber at Valparaiso. Ind.
and while it was being switched the
lumber slid upon them where they
were concealed between the piles and
crushed them to death
A wELL-kNowS Boston playwright
has presented to Capt A C. Anson of
the Chicago national league baseball
club. a plan to write n play founded on
baseball. and has suggested that An
son play the role of hero The latter
seemed to fail in with the idea
Gov. CAMPBELL of Ohio states that
he has paid the indebtedness for which
he was sued by p. W Huntington.
banker, and in proof of this exhibits
receipt The governor claims that it
was scheme to get snap Judgment on
him
A DEATH from supposed cholera oc-
CURED in London on the sd.
A csLD wave with hail has damaged
fruit in the vicinity of Paris
The bank of England shipped $780,
600 in gold to the United States on the
ssd-
Rev. DR. - BURcHARD was reported
on the 23d. as being dangerously Ill al
his boarviing-house in Saratoga, y. y.
and but slight hopes were entertained
of his recovery. His ailment Is peri
tonitis in an aggravated form DIR.
Burchard will be remembered for his
utterarce during the Blaine-Cleveland
campaign. which is popularity supposed
to have lost to Mr.. Blaine the prize OF
the presidency.
MRs. ZERELDA WALLACE, mother OF
Gen Lew Wallace, who has attained :
national reputation as a.pulpit lecturer,
was taken suddenly i'll while delivering
an address at the Methodist church in
shannon. Ill, on the evening of the
Esd and at last accounts was thought
10 be dying.
CAPT. JoHx LIGHTFoor died At Bloom
ington, Ill. on the night of the sd
He was one of the five men who organ
ized Post 1 of the Grand Army of the
Republic NJ Decatur. twenty-five years
ego. and one of the committee who
drafted the first ritual He was captain
IF Co. A. one Hundred and First Hi
nois infantry he was born In Ken
tucky in lsi4-
THE Grant triplets-Matthew A. Dan
ieI A. and William Accelerated their
.ever tieth birthday anniversary At Tor
rington, Conn, on the Esd These three
men are, as far as can be aseertaIned-
the oldest triplets in the world
MRs- INEVITABLE SrRATroS DAYTON,
tO4 wears old. rode in 4 carriage twenty
Eve miles over one of the most hIlly
and rocky roads in Connecticut recent
lv. and at the end of her journey de-
cIared with vigor that she never enjoyed
a ride more in her life