Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE vicinity Of Mount Pleasant. n.
has nearly had an epidemic OF roId
hunting. While digging a post-hole.
recently, Farmer RidIle found a pot
containing sFn IN gold. lie concluded
Il was buried BY his father and divided
The money among relatives. Now 9TH
ers have gone ID digging pest-hoIes.
NEWS was received on the 18th that
indicates that the long Threatened rev.
olution against the government of
President Hippolyte of HavtI has bro
ken cut It Il stated that battle had
been fought IN the streets OF L'Anse De
Mean. 4 settlement back OF Port-Irs-
Prince
SENATOR SHERMAN. from the finance
committee. reported a bill. on the r-th.
To suspend silver purchases after i'm
nary 1. Is94. and allow national banks
To issue circulation notes 10 the full
value Of bonds deposited Iswas placed
on the calendar.
Ex-PREsTDESr HAYES was reported
on the 18th, as lying seriously III at his
home near Fremont D. Neuralgia OF
the heart seized him several davs pre-
viouS While in Cleveland recently he
had bad spell and was hurried 10 his
home. He has since showed BAD symp-
toms. and is now under tAe constant
care of his family physician
THz Massachusetts buildings 1t the
Worlds fair narrowly escaped destrur
tior. on the 10Th. by fire. While the
watchman was getting drunk. five
blocks away. a stove upset IN the strur-
ture. The damage was not serious.
A TRAIN of several ears filed with
recruits. was running from >latrusls
to Samara, Russia. on the 18th. when
flames burst forth from the foremost
ear. The train was going at full
speed. and the tongues of fire swept
backward. and n few minutes al
the cars were blazing. The train WIS
entirely consumed with the result Of
forty-uine killed bv jumping from the
ears or burned TO death. and twenty
injured.
TIE extensive tobacco and cigarette
works. of Allen q eiinte-. at Richmond.
Va. were burned en- the 18th The
Valentine meat juice works were also
destroyed Loss. about s-J0.G0os IN
ss1resi During the fire two Erer1en
were bedIy fruzen-
The phenonenally cold weather con-
tinues throughout northern Europe.
and much suffering Is reported The
xypsies are the worst sufferers.
band Is eneampesi near koniggratz. In
Bohemia On the 18th sixteen of the
band were found frozen 70 death
BY the death Of a rich uncle IN Aus
traIia William H. and Robert Mitchell
and John Duff. Of Louisville, KY find
themselves heirs 20 something Ike
x3oe. 900 each Robert and William
Mitchell are broehers and are half
breeds and kaIf-bruthers 10 John Dun
All are butchers.
SwcarrARr JoHS W. NsBLE Of the
interior department. 10 beins sued IN
the Uuited States circuit court IN View
Work. bv W. T. Laphan for ss5.90a fur
defamation Of character LaphaM was
fcrrueri- IN the service Of the depart
meut of the interior as superintendent
of the division Of printing and stsir
tionery-
Az autopsy On the body OF ten But
Ter prerious TO interme1t- showed that
his death was caused by the bursting
as +. small blood vessel On the brain
caused hv vioEent as Of coughing. All
th. internal organs were found 10 oe N
-xrrIIeut condition His brain weighed
four ounces more than that OF DaEie1
webster. which was one Of the largest
On reeord-
Nrrrxys wrEEErr. the actress, y 9 y
srr Of cancer at her mothers home IN
N-w York She was boru IN S0iani-
bu-. XIV. and Is about y years odd
NssA r wooD. wife Of a rroEnine1s
,,;,,r.-r citizen Of Hardin county, Ia
S;~d NJ Uniou. Ia. on the 18th Of WnSs
!. said u have been leprvsy II IL ai''sl
Malignant form She bad been see-
-;,I.Ieu and utterly helpless Tor n'lirn-
br- Of wears. her body finally oss',''niinss
:, shranlssr. distorted 1nst disiiz'irSa
shas she SCARCELY reseabled a human
being