Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-08-11
OXFORD. MISS, THURSDAY, AUGUST IL. 1892.


psnF. HEyRr PARx. the trick hicv
ehst. made a most wonderful a.s....r,,
ot f1Ses peak. on the ri. using but one
~ne~t OF an ordinary and having
ns'tther handles nor brake.
The Swiss government has rr,.,.iv..,,
rom the nitsd states an ap,lc,-v ~,
the arrest BY mistake II an attach. of
the SWISS legation at Baltimore. Nj
FRANN CLreAsE. aged 5g wears. died
~ Atchison. EaS. on the n and N.
nnuy was taken % his old home at
Starysvlile. o. The decreased in early
NE was Interested with the Obi, star,
10, operating in Ohio. Indiana and ms
no'sN and previous to the late war. with
the southern Overland Mail Co. on the
me aertSs the continent from 81 I.aui,
VIA II Paso % >an Francisco.
The Spanish caravaI SAINT, vari,
sailed frpm the port Of Pain<. on IN.
"a. for America. being the four hum.
dredth anniversary Of the sailing OF
christopher Columbus on his VOYAGE. ot
discovery The santa Maria was -
c''rtet TO sea by large fotilla. incIud-
ing fifteen war ships.
THE state department at wa~hingtan
has decided that Johnston'S island. in
the Pacific, said 10 have been seized bv
the British man-of-war Champion. Is
1tte,i States territory. bv reason Of ,h.
claim made TO it By the Pacih,. t;uano
Co. VIII" left men in untEiSputed poSses-
ION 1T the iSlanL
JsT tsoULD has arrived at tbs. cnu-
eiusiou that the maintenance Of a
steam yacht such as the Atalanta :,
too expensive a luxury. even for a nuI-
ti-nillionaire, and he has offered her
for sale at less than half her c,st-
The steamship Teutonic has broken
all previous records for a single dav's
run at sea having covered 5ss miles.
but she broke one of her screws doing il.
II G. FRICE. Jr. infant son of the
general manager Of the Carnegie steel
Co, died On the Sd
On the night of the al, masked rob
hers held Hp a scgth-hosrsl pass. q -cr
train near Coils. Cal. broke open the
express car and robbed the safe Of an
unknown amount Dynamite bombs
were used in breaking open the express
car and safe. and the messenger was
badly injured. several ribs being broken.
The yacht Alva. on which w.K
Vanderbilt spent nearly million dol
lars. aud which was sunk Off PolIosIx-s $
Rip. was sold at auction in New York,
on the 4th. for $500
Ir Is stated On the highest authority
that John Morley has agreed ~ take
the chief secrvtaryShip for Ireland in
Sfr. Gladstone's cabinet
The porcelain works of KahnIenz &
son. at krOnach. Prussia. were burned
on the 4th.
The Brazilian commissioners q the
Columbian exposition had an audienc.
with President Harrison on the ath
There were M formal speeches
A ROLLER IN the Thirty-thirrI street
mill in Pittburgh. Pa. named Termer.
brother gf the oarSEnan Teemer. j. be-
Geved by the policc u b. marked tsr
death by the strikers for having twice
deserted his lo.ige and worked ia non
union mills. The officers have warned
Teemer - be on the lookout for
violence Teemer. however, leaves the
mill at vii. and says he fears no one
SIX persons were drowned by the
flooding Of mine at Dcwsoury. En-
gland. 0n the 5th- The water rushed
IN - suddenly that the victims, whn
were in a remote part Of the mine. had
No oppo rtunity TO escape
RKv- FRANCES T. ISsALLs. u. D..
president Of Drury college 1t >pring-
field. Mo-. and brother Of ex-senator
John J. Ingalls,. Of Kansas. died IN
Springfield on the 5th, after an Illness
OF three weeIsS