Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-07-14

fhE most disastrous fire In ~. h,.
tory OF St Johns, y. r.. broke ON, or
tne sth. during heavy gale. in a snail
wooden building on Tongo hill pear
the top of the mountain The b;.rh
wind carried live embrrs in All d;r,....
IONS ana soon score Of confiaVrations
were spreading destruction Throughout,
'ns devoted city. \ long list Of costly
puoilc structures were among IN.
ouiid'ngS destroyed. and over : 600
persons were rendered homeless. Tb.
loss reaches mp into the millions.
iHF transatlantic steamer Narech.I
oanrobert was sunk. ON th. sth in col
lls'on with the French ironclad
ioche,oh Planter, nine miles south west
OF harseilleS. There were eightv-fiv.
passengers on the'deck of the Canroscr,
watching the maneuverS. when the
hoche, which is the flagship of tn.
squadron. crashed into her side All
nut seven were rescued. though the
eanrobert sank almost INSTANTLY.
oN the sth RudyarI Kipliur and VIII.
arrived at Victoria. r. C.. from YoLo-
mama on the Canadian Pacific Co :.
steamship Empress Of Japan.
THE senate. in secret session On ,b .
fth. confirmed the nomination n,
Ernest q. Timme. Of Wisconsin. as fifth
auditor of the treasury.
W. II. LAMONT, residing near TIamil-
ton Ill, arose from bed on the MORN
ing OF the sth and went out of doors.
An hour later his wife went out to the
barn and found his lifeless body hang
ing from beam in the hay loft. He
was 40 years old.
NEAL JACKSON, the man who muir
dered Alex Holden in Fort Scott. Kas..
about three months ago, was. on the
sth. found secreted in n closet at his
mothers house by CITY Marshal Robin
SON lie was lodged in the county mil
charged with murder IN the first de.
gree.
A CFRTRAL railroad section boss
named W. j. Mcdonald tried to extort a
check for 81, 600 from Judg. J. II. Clint.
at Albany, y. Y. on the sth. at the
point ola revolver. The judge yrappIe,I
with Mcdonald and held him until an
officer arrived and arrested him.
ES-CoUSTY TREA-UREE CHARLES n
Paul, who was tried in the distric,
court at Hastings. Nch., on a charge of
embezzling $4,000 a. treasurer of Adj
ans county, was found guilty. on the
sth. the jury after being out two DAYS.
recommending him % the mercy of the
court
MAKrrS TROLL. one of the oldest buSi-
ness men in sullivan. Ind. committed
suicide. on the sth, by taking strvch-
nine and laudanum- He opposed the
doctors effort To save his life. and re-
joiced that he was more successful this
time than when he attempted suicide
several years ago.
INITIATING the DR. ParkhurSt crusa-
ders of New York. n band of Norwich
Conn citizens have organized them
selves into law and order league.
whose purpose il Is 10 expcI summarilv
all the keepers of disors!eriy houses
from the eity
The American friends Of Charles VIII
liam Riggin, who was killed during the
assault upon the sailors of the United
states cruiser Baltimore BY the Val
pa-aiso Chilli rioters. viii b. permitted
- give him an American burial on
American soil Intendente Reujito Of
Valparaiso has issued a permit for the
exhumation of the murdered sailor's
body in response to the request of the
American minister.
ROBERT LINCOLN OBRIEN, of the re-
porters' staff of the Boston Transcript,
has received the appointment as private
secretary 10 ex-President Cleveland.
and has entered upon the performance
of his duties at Gray Gables, Buzzard' Z
Raw