Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-05-19

DcKSs the pyrosechnic exhibit;.,, 80
sae mississippi at 81 Louis. o, tn. ri~h,
OF the iith. in connection With ~. ,
y = ". celebration, Msttie S,or-i ana
an unknown man were crowded sr,,,r
wnarfeoats into the river and w.
drowned.
F"-rSksTER-tsESERAL wAxsw.xrn
mas received an unsigned and unaa.-,,
ietter containing SO. go. In his l~.,er
tne writer ayS; This - th- h.l.r~.
oi interest owe of the sum I ,n.,s fr,rr,
me government IN IsSs. have now
PAID Prin-pal and interest. in all sl--
10 No man has suffered zsor- ts- M.
er'Tne than have. and I now pray the
Lcrus forgiveness for my sin
c"~FASr has hen Organized for ,h-
construction % one ~ the ia-w-~. All
neiai reservoirs IN the world The .ite
taken l. the Box canyon. 600 Yards h--
low the junction. NJ Tcuso creek and
>Ait river. in Arizoua- The h~srh. NJ
the dam u 20 he 80 feet. and the back
water viii extend sixteen miles 4, the
SIERRA Aneh Mountains. making a ca
Peeity. accounting 20 report Of the eoun-
" surveyor. Of los. .o5s, 0so. 800 cubic fee,
Of water.
MRS NANCY CHErsrr. eolor,-l. e-I.-
nratesi the one hundrrsith anuiv-r.a-v
Of her birth az Harrisburg. Pa On the
l-th- >he was bpru in N-rr~r<hu-v
Franklin county. MAY n. 1877. and rr-
moved with her husband to HARRISBURG
m ISIS Until she was IS years old she
worked on a farm near M~rr~rsbur-.
and attended school in the winter. Ms
Chris'y has been blind for the pas, four
y-arS
IoHS BoErTrHER. an aged German
resident committed suicide a. wilk-~-
barre. Pa. on the i2th. hv shooting
Two months ago he sold . small farm,
for nominal sum A week before his
suicide coal was discovered on the land
which increased its value to SIS. 900
The discovery Of this fact - pr~v-s. ON
his mind thz, he became partially in
sane
On the 18th Frederick Allen eolored.
aged los years. died at Richmond. Ind.
II Is claimed he was the oldest citizen
of Indiana He came west in ISIS from
Virginia and often related his ot.~~rr.-
tons of George Washington. whom he
personally knew.
An English firm has bough, an acre
Of land. two blocks from the Singer
works at Elizabethport. y. J.. for the
manufacture Of administer and wilton
carpets and rugs Of the finest quality
RI HoS- J. W. LowrHEK, psrliamen-
tary under secretary for the British for
eign Office. said in the house Of com
mons. on the 18th. that the report of
Carroll ID. Wright upon the effects ~ the
Mckinley tariff would he placed in the
library Of the house of commons as soon
as received from America
The steamer Conemaugh, bearing
-four. grain and provisions from Amer
lea destined for the famine sufferers Of
Russia. arrived in Riga roadstead at
midnight of the ieth- At n m the
work Of discharging the vessel began.
being pushed as rapidly as possible
JACK POWERS. JR. and ]. C. and l..
IT. Hall were buried in \ cave-in in the
Old Tunnel mine at Cherokee, Cal. On
the 18th. and instantly killed The
Halls were natives of Montana
ELuAH CHEvER<. the murderer Of
Deputy Sheriff Culpepper. was hanged
~ Washington city on the 18th
TEE proposal 10 hold Worlds
Fair in Berlin Is beginning to attract
considerable attention. and scarcely n
week passes without meetings to dis
euss the question
The Dumas sale Of pictures in Paris.
continues 70 excite great interest
Carrots '-Paison a Cheval- Brought co.
scc francs. the buyer being Durandruel