Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-03-16
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

PERSONAL AND GENERAL
sOHS LOWELL an aged hermit ard
nlser, living three niles south of -
anou- Ore. who was known 2, H..
considerable money in the heu-e w.
found murdered In bed On tb. An
EFeryehing N the house was torn 70
p'ees'' the walls being broken ana
noors torn up IN search OF the money
" RING the past eight years SIS. 900.
Vo1 has been saved 70 the rpvernns,.
oy purchasing bonds prior 70 their ma
turing
IHE government 0f Brazil has s..i-s.,f
SIX cars OF arms destined sor the -
VOTERS who are besi-yinr Ssres S7a
ne cargo Of the schooner Carrzslir,
has also fallen into the hands Of x1r-
ernrens troops
ALL Long Island felt what Is supposed
TO have been an earthquake az ra.so
clock on the morning OF the ssh. At
Long Island City the shock vras esp.-
ciaiiv severe. in many instances shaking
pictures from the walls amt creating
havoc among china ware and bri,.-a-
erac- At several points persons fed in
terrur from their houses - the. street In,
th>t- Et-as -'shes, sssFfsssziTf- that the
houses were settling or falling.
THE British tramp steamer Erfa1-
tine. frun Rio Narino. arrived as Phil
adelphia. on the Tth. with the crew Of
nine OF the lost British bariSsntine
Chiseihurst
TEz returns issued by the London
board Of trade show that during shs
month OF February the imports IN
creased =. To. 900. and that tn. exports
decreased - 30. 600. rs compared with
these for the corresponding month last
year
A SPECIAL messenger frvm Lapwaf
brings the information that n ma inritv
OF the Indians gu the Nez Perces rsser-
vatior have signed an agreement for
the opening Of the reservation
The steamship PfIShuben. from Ham
burg arrived at Baltimore. Md. on the
Tth- with the German <uverum-n.-s
exhibit for the Worlds fair.
HAEvARD and Yale have combined
and sent a challenge 10 the winner OF
the sOxforSi-Cambri,iye race t0 come ID
this country 10 participate IN an inter
national r1ce-
PRESIDENT eLEvELASD. On the 9th.
sent - the senate message withdraw
ing the Hawaiian treaty which had
been pending n the senate
On the sth Secretary Carlisle ap-
pointed his sou. Logan Carlisle, chief
clerk OF the treasury department., vice
>soses. resigned
The residence of A D ChIldress. pres
ident OK the Los Angeles gCatl City
oanA- was destroyed oy nre on the seh-
loss. sdo.0od
HE New Jersev house. On the sth-
passed the bill appropriating sio.0oo 20
the state com missIcrers OF the World ;
fair
p TO noon. on the sen- no news haa
been receiving OF the missing freighter
Narunic-
The empress OF Austria viii not come
10 America 10 attend the World fair
AsoSG other nominations sent 20 the
senate BY the president on the 5eh-
were those of Josiah Quincy. OF Nass1-
ehusetts. TO be assistant secretary 81
state. Isaac & Gray OF Indlana> % De
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotenti1ry of the United States 20
Nexicos Patrick A Collins. OF Aass1-
chusetts to be eOnsal-generaL AZ Lon
don. and James H Oakley. Of Illlrots.
TO be an assistant sUrgeont In the mar
inc hospital service
The eity of Boston was visited By
most destructive con nnA-rsiei1n gu el1
10th. Nayuiiesnt buildings recent
ly erected on the burnt district of
Than kSgiving day, iss9- together with
their contents. 10 the value of sA51o.-
600. were burned The most distress
ing feature of the fire. however, was
the awful loss of life. estimated AZ over
+. score. and the serious injury -f twice
aS mauv more.
OK the 10th Secretary Carlisle re-
cefved offers from Chicago bankers to
exchange &. 600. 900 Of gold foe = Ike
amount OF small treasury n"ees q s1e
denomination. Of fves. tens and TWEEN
ties. Estimates were m1de that the
amount of small notes that VII De
needed will reach SO. 900. 600. for which
y,ld will be paid.
PSEUNoSIA Is cutting Nue
in the ranks Of the New Workers who
,v.,t %, Washington 70 witness the IN
,r-,,-,tiar. In TO the 10th four Tam
rsnv politicians had died as result OF
-,n.,sars while on parade in Washing
,,1 and az least 100 others were con-