Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-08-25
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PERSONAL AND GENERA,

sioi, aied att'uthrie. Okla on, ~. t-.L
@se't 90 He had been a v~-v -
nens educator all his life .,d h-tt
MANY prominent positions in E,n.-
@nn Vnio before going to OkIab,na
IHy train bearing the b,.tv -
reseh'a'ive Warwick Of the SIXTEENTH
CONGRESSIONAL district Of Ohio Ise,
NAsaingtou-o On the evening Of tn. rs,h
lor Msssdlon. his former ho,ne W..
18th "ei" on the
hkk rHoCsASD nobIescf the Mvss;..
sh'-l with cleaning ISncrS anS h-s1-
iiant uniforms. afoot, in carriaor..s -.
On camel wen'i..d their way through
iae oasis Of Omaha on the evening ~
tne 18th The caravan was n uuag,,.,-
cent Spectacle and 20. 600 p..,,plr vath-
erSc along the line of march 70 VITA.
the grand parade.
Ns- CEDAHT. n cnntrar.or % ~
OF Phillips & Cutahv. az the ,ff,bi,-,n
state prison in Jackson. was kilI,d =.
knat institution. on the r5th. b- n IL.
prisoner named Henry Bio.s1nan. VII,
II DONG time for numbering hi- Wiz.
and family
"oHS DvSBtR. agr.t =. wad-si b.vonI
his depth while sefnirg fish. inviola,i.,,
OF the state law in the n,-~ Yofre~
river near Dayton. Ia. ou th. tsth. ,,d
was drowned A DOZEN eounanfc,x
watched h1m drown unwilling tn risk
their own lives IN trying 10 save him.
sHKRITS J. L LoFEz, Of Las vsuas
y NJ telegraphed 20 Chief of Poli,v
harrigan of 81 Louis. on the 18th In
send Ann hangmaa's rupe by express
immediately. as they had a man ont
there. supposed - be a horse tbi,f
that th~y wanted to hang right away
The sheriff said the execution would b.
legal and proper.
~ consequence Of the dread prevail
ing IN Teherzn. the Persian capital.
over the invasion Of cholera. the shah
has taken up his residence at a cau,p NJ
Elhurz, twenty miles frur Tehe-
ran In the city there is an alarming
increase in the number of cholera cases
reported daily Every day the deashs
average 800.
CANADA's sheep trade with Great
Britain has been failure this season.
shippers have sustained heavy losses.
and are now dropping out of the market
altogether, 50 the season y practically
over. The shipments up to August Is
amounted to 76s sheep. against =, I'D
for the same peri,'t last year
The body Of Russell Benedict. who
died In Austria. July 10, has reached
Danbury, Conn, deceasesi-S former
home, eReased in a solid silver easlSet
embellished with gold On
the top is gold cruciix two feet long.
The easlet Is carried by means of eight
gold handles, and is supported by six
lions legs. Festoons Of gold flowers
are draped around IT. In each of the
corners is a gold angel six inches high
Oy the 18th Major J. Houk- of Bald
win, Mich, met his wife Stella. from
whom he parted two years ago. in com
pany with her sister and Frank Gray.
Pulling his revolver he shotand killed
the woman and probably fatally
wounded Gray He was prevented by
bystanders from killing the sister.
The town of Delmar. Del. was almost
entirely destroyed by fire on the 10th
The burned area comprises about three
acres and includes all the leading
stores. two churches. railroad station
and repair shops of the Delaware rail
road company; the postOffiee, Delmar
hotel and $50 dwellings. Hundreds of
people were rendered homeless with
the loss of all their possessions
THE names of the members of the
new British cabinet were made public
on the 18th The list comprises many
veteran statesmen of long experience in
various official positions. some of them
having been with Mr. Gladstone during
former terms as premier
AN itinerant Italian. travelling with
his little son and trained bear, took
shelter from a storm under a tree N
the Adiruudaeks. The tree was struck
by lightning and all three were killed
The duke of Devonshire was married
ut Christ church. London. on the 18th.
to the dowag~r duchess of Manchester.
with whom his name had loag been
associated
SIX worlx1nen were killed and fifteen
In jured by the wreck Of a construction
train, caused by an open switch near
o.. on the 18th
DRAFTS Of the order Of the Iron Hall
On VI. C. Davis. the supreme cashier, [
which have heretofore been honored BY /
The Meridian national hank Of Indian
,poliS. Ind, through the clearing house. |
went to protest. On the rita Judge |
Tavlor having is>ued an crstrr that no /
more checks or drafts be honored pend- |
ing the hearing of the pstition for the
. .ppointr1ent Of a r~eeivsr-
TIE Brown ketchum ircu works Of
has made the lowest pro- I
,o-aI for the interisr irou work of the !
state hnu>e extension
md VIII probably srvt the es1ntr1et
THx fruns wall cf NV building be- /
,nufux 10 Eoscer anf Bal az Tw-nty- |
sourth street and sixth avsnze. v Y !
ell on the nth. burying i've men IN
he ruins
T- Teune~s-e miners captured Oh !
rer Surirgs convict camp. On the isth- /
without a struggle. the militia sur
rendering
-OcARAyrrSE has been established ~
.verv port of Denmark against vessels
arriving from Russian ports. 70 prevent
he introduction of ehclera-
Gov T1rrMAS and Col Yeouzzns met
l. Newbury. 5. c, at political speak
M on the 18th \ quarrel ensued and
,lood.hed was narrowly averted By the
,ortruate breakdown Of the platform
,u which the friends Of the parties had
.ruwded- pistol IN hand
OS the 18th supreme Cashier DAVIS
pf the order of the Iron Hall refused to
,his books to the investiga-
ion committee. and soon after dlsap-