Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-05-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

TBE organization of the seventh an
nual convention of the Order of Rail
way Telegraphers was completed in
Chattanooga. Tenn, on the nth The
report of Secretary Cox. read during
the afternoon, shows I70 divisions and
?, 5S6 executive members in good stand
ing The protective fund amounts TO
seo, O0o- ard the treasury's general fund
TO $4,000 The circulation of the Of
ecial organ semi-mOnthly, IS 80. 600
CLOCD-BURsT. on the morning of
the 18th. caused the waters of the river
Floyd which passes through the center
OF Sioux City. Ia, to overflow its banks,
and IN a few minutes large portion of
the city was inundated. and. although
the work of rescue was promptly inau-
yurated. number of the unfOrtunates
were drowned Seventy-five houses
were carried away, and 500, with their
contents. were ruined
SIXTEEN cottages in the lower por-
tion of the city of New Orleans, valued
1T ss0. 600. were destroyed by fire on the
18th Loss covered by insurance in To-
eal companies
The earl Of HOpetOwn. governor of
Victoria, refused to postpone the exc
cution of the murderer Frederick Bailey
Deeming. is set down for the ed
THE mail carrier from MarshalOt
carried news to Guthrie. Okla. on the
18th, of hattie between United States
deputy marshals and horse thieves in
the Sac and Fox country. in which two
II a. L. e
were killed These are the thieves who
killed William Stormer, of 0rland, re-
Gently.
WHILE riding in New York Central
express train Albert l. Stetson, an en-
ploye of Cross & Begun. dealers in dia-
monds and jewelry in New York sud-
denly became insane Just as the train
was passing Hyde Park, y Y, he
leaped from his scat. shouting They're
after me- in loud voice, and standing
in the aisle drew q pocket-knife.
plunged il into his throat and with two
twists of his wrist drew it to the right
and left, cutting his threat from ear to-
ear.
PRINCESS CHRISTIAN, third daughter
of Queen Victoria. represented her
majesty at the second drawing-rOom of
the season. held on the 18th, at Buck
ingham palace Mrs Robert T. Lin
coin, wife of the American minister,
presented Mrs Potter Palmer, of Chi
cago. and Mrs. Grubb, wife of the Amer
ican minister to SPAIN
MR H. h GARDEN gave dinner at
the Manhattan club, New York, on the
18th. in honor of ex-PreSident Cleve-
Land. ex-Secretary of State Thomas z.
Byard. ex-Minister 10 England Edward
]. Phelps. Mr.. George G. Williams and
Mr.. George 5. Coe, comprising the ad-
yisory board for the bondholders of the
state of Virginia There were also pres
ent Gen Fitzhugh Lee. John lnnan.
Senator Brice, ex-Secretary Fairchild
and others
JoHS X. WADE. a book-binder, went
hunting on the 18th. in the vicinity OF
Laramie. wyo. His dead body. into
which had been fired two charges OF
shot. was found eight miles from town
at dusk. Investigation indicated that
Wade accidentally shot himself IN the
groin. and that after suffering intense
Iv for some time he ended his misery BY
emptying the second barrel Of his gun
into his heart
TIE great relay bicycle run between
Chicago and New York was begun on
the 18Th. at noon The riders carry .
dispatch from Gen Miles to Gen How
.ri. and no delay is made day or night,
each relay being ready and started to
receive the dispatch bag. Much inter
est Is manifested by wheelmen along
the route
LORD SALISBURY. the British premier,
made = speech at Hastings. on the lsth-
10 which ne surprised his hearers oy
declaring Ihs. the free-trade PoAsy 0,
England had been carried TOO 'ss' sne