Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-12-08
CURRENT TOPICS,
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

sSrhoNS tRysG, an eccentric
woman of Dover. Wis. retan.Iv -.
ner nome on trip to Milwaukr. o,
'ne way she was taken sick. carrie. ),
rarm house and died. An .x.r,i.
tion OF her premises brought .o l;rh,
sums OF money hidden in all sort,
OF improbable places. the arrr.g,,.
proving her TO have been quite wealtbv
IHE nnal count Of the Carbon coup,v
TWO vote makes the IerisIatu-,. -.
pa oiican on joint ballot. which will in
sure the election of q republican to
the United States senat. unIes. .h.
democrats and populists. who win so,-
20. the lower house, uaseat a number
OF the republicans.
srPxRISTEspKSr PORTER in his an
nuai report to the secretary Of the in
terror again recommends that tn. cen
sus Office be made permanent burrau
hEAvr snowfalls were reported in th..
mountain districts Of Greece on the
18th -" WIG
SENATOR Josxs. os the American
delegation 10 the Brussels conference
submitted, on the 30th. for the use Of
the committee on the Rothschild and
other plans q special Statement. on the
production and consumption of silver
The relatives OF Baron Reinsch. the
rich Paris suicide, while opposing the
disturbance of his body. will. it Is said.
not offer any vexatious resistance to
the authorities, should an autopsv be
determined upon.
The Hamilton WooIen Co. Of Au,rs-
bury, Mass. controlling sixteen mills.
has increased the wages OF all EMPLOYEES.
except spinners. per cent The spin
ners were recently given an increase Of
10 per cent
A FRAGMENT Of BieIa's comet must
have passed through New Castle. Col.
on the evening Of the 18th. from tbs.
fact that il left one Of its mementocs in
the shape of an immense bowlder. The
bowlder is buried in the earth. how
deep no one knows. but the earth is
sunken two to three feet and broken
from three to 1--WE feet around IL The
bowlder or stone is of n slate or mouse
color. and was very warm
B. T. RYSD. the Allegheny PA lum-
Der merchant. who recently failed for
over $780, 900, and who is charged with
having committed forgeries agyrcgat-
ing over SOC which is said by some
will when all the returns are in,
amount TO over s50. 900. has not fied to
Canada as alleged, but is confined in an
eastern asylum. suffering from a seri-
Gus and probably incurable case of
paresis.
The experts who have been examin-
ing the accounts of W. f. Snyder, con-
fdential bookkeepcr in the Cincinna ii.
Hamilton & Dayton freight Office. at
indianapolis. Ind. up to the a5th dis
covered a shortage aggregating a., 400.
and the inquiry was not half eonclud-
ed The eompany's money was lost in
the gambling houses of the city.
FIRE on the evening of the 50th de-
stroyed the Des Moines ua-l Water
Power Co.'S electric plant, causing a
loss Of probably 1000. The building
vas full of valuable electric machinery.
which is practically total loss
Ex-SEcRErARY BLAINE il gradually
recovering from his recent illness. He
is up and about the house every day
and is rapidly regaining his strength
The unseating of Mr.. Nathaniel
George Clayton, conservative member
of the British parliament, by the court
was because he provided hat cards or
servers to his adherents. and also money
used in getting up picnic.
GRAND ARMY posts in Hendricks, Nor
gan, Putnam and other counties in In
diana where the gravestones of Union
soldiers were recently painted red. have
passed resolutions of condemnation and
employed legal talent to prosecute the
vandals il captured.
The Japanese war vessel. Chishima-
rakan, from France for Japan, was
sunk in a collision with the British
steamer Ravenna The Ravenna was
badly injured and her passengers were
transferred to the British steamer En-
press of Japan, bound for Shanghai
The supreme court of California rem
cered an opinion. on the 30th- affirm
ing the decision of Probate Judge Cof-
fee in the matter of the estate OF Thos.
H. Blythe. that Florence Blythe was
the legitimate daughter of the deceased
millionaire, and entitled to inherit his
estate. valued at $4,000. 900.
GEORGE A. MoRsE, of Minneapolis.
Mimi, a weil-known real-estate dealer
and loan agent for eastern capitalists,
has confessed that he has forged his
fathers signature to paper aggregsting
sle5. 900, all of which has been nego-
tiated with local banks and money
lenders.
The emperor of Germany has con-
sented TO send to the Worlds fair what
will be one of the most remarkable and
attractive features to be seen IN I'm
cago next year. II will consist OF q
collection Of presents received oy nls
grandfather, the first William. his
father. Emperor Frederick and him
self from their fellow sovereigns IN Eu-
rope. The collection will consist OF
Jewels and other personal ornaments
silver plate, decorations and an INFINITE
variety of other articles, and Is worth
millions of dollars
President DrAz of Mexico. who was
inaururated. on the 1st. for the fourth
term. wrote TO Sub-secretary OF
Foreign Affairs Afhiraz declining to
accept the resignation of the members
of the cabinet, and requesting the suo
secretary to thank the members for
their mast services, and request them TO
remain in Office All OF the mem oefs
consented to do 50.
The committee of investigation re-
carding the Panama canal corruption
fund has succeeded in tracing two
checks. each for si0o. 900. as far as the
RothschiId.. but for what uses they were