Oxford eagle., 1893-03-23

mission. Minister Rober, T t.ineo,r
however, has indicated hi. wish 70 n.
relieved. ~ 70
h bowES. an extensive operator Of
bunaio, y. Y, will be immersed i,
iger creek at Enterprise. y. y on
May ;, in the name OF Cleveland ,,a
free Trade. by Dr. John L. Hobbin~.
N settlement OF a wager on the preSI-
Dental election. Mr. Bowen is ST vearx
oid lie ducked DIR. Robbins in IN.
name OF Harrison and Protection four
years ago.
iBE name Of Secretary Gre.han,,.
new private secretary il Kenn..av
Mountain LasdiS The father Of vounv
MT lands was a soldier in Gr-,hs MS
regiment When Gresham was wound
cd IN the battle Of Kenncsa-, mountain
Mr- Lands insisted on bcS,owiur IN.
peculiar name upon his in faut son born
about The same time.
MIS-. SARAH r. Hicks. who wa. nm
doubtedly the oldest person on Long
Island. died Mt her home a, w.s,h,,,-
on the evening Of the 18th. Mrs. Hicks
was in her one hundred and third ycar.
>he was born at Cedar Swamp. Queens
county, small farming section. now
known a. Greer vale, aud was IN.
daughter Of Stephen and Sarah Rush
more
THE original constitution Of III.
! nited States. during its exhibition a.
the Worlds fair, will form a part Of
the state department exhibit, and a
new ease has been constructed 20 pre-
serve the old document from possible
injury or loss II is in a fairly good
state of preservation. though showing,
the eject Of yesrs OF repo.- in a cvlin-
drical tin case, which slightly mutt
lated the edges
+. EnwIN EDwrrr. the sculptor. 81
New York city. has received the con-
tract from the Gettysburg Monument
commission To make an equestrian n
statue Of Edwin Winfield Scot, Han
cock. to be erected at a commanding
point on the Gettyburx battlefield
The statue viii be Of heroic size. and
will represent the hero of Gettysburg
SEATED on a horse and directing the
movements of the troops on the historic
field.
At l1:ao o'clock on the night OF the
18th Miss Mollie NiellSou. n former
trained nurse of Bellevue hospital. New
York city. inauguratci her attempt. in
a Pittsburgh Pa museum. to abstain
from all nourishment. water included.
for thirty days
The Bethlehem pa Iron Co sent a
consignment Of armor - the Brook IN
navy yard, on the 18th. consisting of
curved turret plates for the Terror
Several shafts for battle ships Nos. /
and we're sent - the Cramps on the
I6th.
Tag Alamo hotel al Colorado Springs.
Col. was almost entirely ds.struve,i by
tire on the I7th. los. sl0.o00 The
guests eSeapei from the burning build
iBg anal much excitement
The body Of Charles L. ODione. an
other victim OF Eoston's yreat fire. was
found. on the 18th. in tho debris This.
II j. believes. completes the list of the
dead. which numbers hvr.
JuHN Y MCDoSOUeH. chairman %
the Massachusetts, Democratic state
committees, dropped dead at o'clock On
the morning u the isth. at the dinner
of the Tammany club
oS the 18th Secretary Carlisle s;gned
a warrant fsr ssssss. drawn in favor
Of the governor Of New Mexico. in pay
Hent of New Mexieo's proportion OF
the dir~c. tax
WHEErER's opera house. the old-s,
theater in Toiesio. o. was destroyed by
dr. at a m 81 the Isth
MK GLADSTONE had so far recovered
from his recent indispositiOn as 70 be
abe To drive 20 the house Of commons
On the l7th-