Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-08-18
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ssn- OF starvation A week bcfor.
ne told his friends that n. wo,id a..
August :. his twenty-seroud birth5,~
hts prediction missed verl6~ation oDiv
four hours
MR. GLADSTONE in his address 20 ~.
commons on the 9th, in reply To the
queens speech, clearly outlined the
liberal policy of pushing home rule 10
the front W
>tx OF the houses of the mos. prop,-
inens citizens of Naytown. Pa. vrr.
entered oy tramps, on the night Of III.
stn. and considerable property was
stolen
THREE negro Iat>orers were killed ,,a
TWO severely wounded By a Iandslid..
on the Central railroad. near White
burg, Ga. on the night Of the sth-
fRxD LASGHoFF. who has been n
ranehman in Wyoming for ten v..r~
and who Is man Of means. was Iande,.
In the county Jail at Cheyenne. on the
stn. on the charge of horSe-st~aIiuU. II
Is claimed that he has been changing
brands and shipping to points in
Indiana Ohio. Kentucky. Illinois. Ohio.
Wisconsin and Michigan
SAMUEL HATE. a hitherto rrspect.bEe
farmer of Catawba. q, has been arrest
ed for sheep-ssealing. and has caused a
sensation by eoufessing to carrying on
a scheme of systematic stealing for the
past twelve years
THE execution of the eight-hour law
rs applied TO the construction of public
buildings. has proved 80 embarrassing 70
the officials of the treasury department
that the attorney-g~neral has been
asked for a legal construction of the
prvvisions Of the act
THE discovery was made. on the 9th.
that Rev j. G. Tate. of Nebraska. can
diisse for acknowledgement on the
republican ticket. i not a citizen, his
second naturalization papers not hav-
ing been taken out He was considered
one OF the strongest on tho ticket His
name will be taken OF
The death sentence of Col Ill Claw
King. condemned 20 die 1T Memphis.
Tenn. for the murder of David II.
Poston- was eommuted. on the 9th, by
tiov- Buchanan 10 Imprisonment for
life.
sTHE boys parade was the event Of
the secoud day of the Knights Templar
eouclave at Denver. Col. on the 10th.
and attracted almost as large a crowd
as did the event of the 9th The pro-
eessiou was over n mile long. and sey-
eral of the divisions were uniformed in
exact imitation Of the full rrgalia of
. knight
THE August report of the statistician
of the department of agriculture
shows q reduction in the condition of
cotton during July from 40 u s.-1
This Is the lowest average since Au-
gust, 1850, when the general condition
was one point lower.
RAIs fell at Topeka. Mas, on the
night of the 9th. accompanied by high
winds, almost developing a tornado.
Trees, awnings. etc, were blown down,
plate glass windows were broken, and
wagons and carriages overturned No
one was hurt
DURING a thunder storm st Nyack-
" v, on the night of the 9th Mrs.
Mathew Rose was struck by lightning
and seriously injured while asleep in
bed She was still in an unconscious
condition on the morning of the 10th
THE war department has decided to
retain four companies of troops at Wal
lace, Idaho. until the safety of the lives
of the citizens and public property are
assured Forty-two prisoners were re-
leased on bond on the 10th
EIGHTEEN Indians of the Balla Coolla
and wakeeneb tribes of British Colum-
bia were lost while engaged in a sea
lion hunt near Queen Charlotte isl
ands. In the dense mist their canoe
struck a rock. and the Indians were
precipitated into the water and all
drowned
Ar TaIladeea, Ala, on the 9th. r. l.
Rasberry, bartender employed by y
Simmons. was discharged Pulling out
a pistol he fred at Simmons and killed
him He then placed the pistol against
his own heart and fred Before he
died he fred two more shots at the
body of Simmons. lying near by on the
ground
The Iowa state institute sor the deaf
and dumb. located three miles south
east of Council Bluffs. was destroyed
by fire on the fIth- There were but
few pupils in the school az the time.
and all escaped without harm The
loss was estimated at tl5.0oo-
A NEW form of epidemic prevails at
Helmeta. near New Brunswick, v j..
which. up 10 the 10th. had already
claimed twenty victims More than
6fty people had been stricken
BESpER BRo.'s planning mill at Ham
iltou. O.. was burned. on the morning
of the fIth, throwing 100 men out OF
work. The loss Is nearly sioo,ooo- In
eendiarism IS suspected
SEVEN soldiers were drowned at
Neisse. Prussizn Silesiz. on the iltn.
while pr.cticing in the military swim
ming school
CRUISER Nc. II was ehristered the
..Narblehead- and launched st South
Boston on the iith-
Ms ELIZA RosERTs. from Battle
Creek. Mich, one of those VINO sus
tanned injuries IN the Santa Re wreck
near Denver, Col, on the 9th, died at
8. Joseph's hospital IN that city on the
r1,h. The husband accompanied the
remains home
CLAY KING. the Memphis murderer,
was safely lodged in the Tennessee pen
i,entisrv a Nashville on the ilth- the
threatened Iyrching party not having
beeu encountered King had been dr1nk-
ing 50 heavily for some time that ne
was In danger OF an attack OF deiirium
tremenS
THx Danish minister at Washington
h.s notified the state department that
n. has been informed BY his govern
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