Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-10-13
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

the Behring sea waters AMI -. -
ION Islands BY United States Fi<h -
missioner Alexander are In he -,
upon oy the time the case i finally
settled the seals will have disAppear.,i
hr. Alexander declares that III. far
al has already been virtually ex,er.
minated This may be 70 .orn- .X,,.,,
an .xaggeration. but there Is li,,I.
doubt that determination is rapjdIx
approaching.
IN the recent voting coutes, among
the commercial travellers assembled .,
~ Louis on ''drummerS' day.~ i
Jones. OF West Plains. Mo-. wsSswar,,-
ed the prize for being the ,hinp-..
man. James 4 Scudder. Of Ts--.
hause. Ind. for being the uglie,,- and
Hilbert Bond, Of sullivan. Ind. for b.
Ing the fatte.t.
The work which was lately begun bv
q number OF farmers in Iowa 70 change
the course OF the Missouri river bv ditch
ing across the narrow ixthmus near
Bellevue, where the river describe.
four-ffths Of circle. has been Stopped
~ an injunction IL Is estimated that
mad not the work been stopped about
1900 acres of land would hav. bsep
changed TO the other side of the river
JACK RAMSAY. the pal of Fr,nk
Cooley. who was killed BY sheriff Ne
tcrnlcks posse on the evening Of IN.
ID was captured near Fair Chance. Pa.
on the 3D. and lodged in Jail II Is b.
lieved that since the death % Cooler
and the capture of Ransey the r--
mainder of the gang ot 6e.p~radoss
will leave the country.
J. BARLOW NeozEHEAn. a vouuv H.
tor and manager Of the Young Amer
icsn" theatrical company. committed
suicide in New York city. on the "a. as
per agreement with a suicide club. Of
which he was member. He sp-nt his
last nigh; of life drinking wine with
friends. and then went to his room and
ended his life with a pistol bullet
FEAEs are entertained for the safety
of the two-mastesi schooner Nellie Nav.
which left Providence. T. l.. August y
for Brava. Cape Verde Islands. a paS-
sage that is ordinarily accomplished in
about n mouth She carried twenty
four persons. ineluding passengers and
crew
LORD HeUsHroS. the new vicerov Of
ireland. took formal possession Of Dub
lin castle on the ad- His public entry
into Dublin was made with the usual
ceremony
LoRD TESSYSoS. pet laureate of
England was reported. on the ID a.
being seriously III With a complications
of influenza and z0ut at his home in
Surrey
on the evening Of thu II Edward :.
Damn, the Buffalo N Y hank wrreIxer.
died a; his home in Buffalo from The
effects of dose o, opinu taken with
suicidal intent
CHARLEY Mitchell, the pugiist- was
in the prisoners 6nrk Of the Bow-street
police court. Lonsson- on the 9Th. tn
answer \ charge Of assault, upon an Old
man named Salvage. He was re-
mandsd to await the result Of closer in
guiry as to the old mans condition
HoS. PATRIcK EsAx. minister pleni-
poteutiary of the United States 70
Chilli. arrived at New York on the
steamer Newport from Panama. on the
sth, in the best of health and spirits.
He brings with him treaty which pro
vides that ali claims on the part ot cor
porations. companies or private indi-
viduals shall be submitted to three
commissioners for settlement: also the
indemnity money for the Baltimore
mem
An important decision was handed
down. on the 4th. by the United States
court of appeals for New York in the
case of the Edison Electric-Lixht Co
against the United States Electric
Light Co. granting an injunction. with
an accounting for profits and damages.
in a patent issued to Mr. Edison on an
electric lamp January -, lsS0- The de-
cisiou carries with il monopoly IN the
incsndescent lamp
PILGRIMAGE to Troitsa to celebrate
the five hundredth anniversary Of the
death of St Sergius. will begin on the
10th. from the kremlin in Moscow
The pilgrims number 5000 and are led
by 1900 clergymen with images and
relics At Troitsa the Moscow pilgrims
will be met By some 75.ooo pilgrims
from other parts of Russia The peo-
ME carry their fOcd with them and
sleep by the wayside a. night
Mounted Cossacis along the route pro
tect them and keep straggiers from
wandering from the road
CouSr SrANsEaBURs. one Of the
long-distance riders from Vienna, ar
rived at Berlin AZ a M OF the Stn-
he was only IL hours and % minutes
On the road. This was the best record
made up to that time By any OF the
riders
C.xovAs DEL CASTILLO. Spanish
rr;une minister. arrived at Huelva. on
the sth, and was greeted by popular
ovation. He delivered the opening adj
dress at the congress OF AInerieanl>'S
Prof Adams. of France. speaking IN re-
ply. s;,o. =.
STATE of Indiana. died at the Grand Cen
trxI hotel in Indianapolis on the Seh-
~. vas one of the most widely known
politicians in the state
Tar annual convention of travelling
Messenger agents met at the MetroPoH
tar hotel in Washington on the S.n-
About seventy-fve agents were present
TIE reports OF an aPProaehins eaOi-
net crisis in Germany and friction oe-
tween Count Caprivi snd Count Zuien-
burg are denied officially
2 GARcrA has been appointed Oaate-
mal.n consul general in New YORK
.;,v In plaee Of Jacob BaiE- the Late
consul general -. "
Ex-PREsIDEST CLEvuASD iei, NeN
Sor. for Buzzard's Bay, or the Stn' On