Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-20
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

charges as authorized br IN. las, r,-.t
ApPropristion bill. No man i 20 y.
aii"wed to purchase i disch.ryr 49,
IN deht to the zovernmen. or 80, =
mas served three months
AhotT 5000 strangers visited ,h.L
eality OF n Iowa storms pa,h ., \
stn- All went prepared TO go nis.-~
ana oevastation. but none expected -
witness the woefut scene th,, -.
tneIr sight upon their arrival IT,.
Inc list OF dead number nine,v-s,.
W. more OF the wounded having passed
away The MANNED number los Tn.
physicians say ten Of them can no,
IHE CoraopOliS OIL Refining Cos
works at CoraOpolis. Pa. together With
several tanks of crude and refined oil
were completely DESTROYED bv fire on
the 10th The loss is about $40 oooo
on which there is but $1,000 insurance
AN explosion of FIRE damp took place
on the llth, in mine No Of the West
Nirglnia central railroad property at
cumberland, Nd Ninety miners were
at work in the various drifts az The
Tune They made a Wild dash for he
shsft, and all succeeded in sScapiny
but two. who are supposed 10 have
e burned to death
CHOLERA has r~eappeared in Moscow.
hief and northeast Hungary. In Mos.
cow the outbreak is most serious
liner were t~hirtv-two cases and eleven
death in the convict forwarding prison
NJ that city between the LIST and nth
TEE trustees of Lane seminary. near
cincinnati. requested Prof. HENRI p
Smith to continue hi. relations with
the seminary for one year. but to .u.-
pend his work a. teacher pending the
hearing OF his appeal to she general as
scmbly. Prof smith rendered his res
tgnatiou- The trustees AZ fr~. refused
10 accept IL. but he insisted. and /, was
then accepted
Eos the third time within a few
years the village Of FairviIl-. a suburb
# ~ John y Il, was. on the 10th. al
most destroyed BY fire.
THKEE eases Of typhus fever have
been discovered in PHILADELPHIA and the
persons suffering from the disease have
been sent TO the municipal hospital
III three Of the u~nfortunates are immi-
grants recently arrived from Europe.
The German nav department has
sent a dispatch 20 the China station or
aering the war ship Wolf To proceed at
snce 70 Bangkok 10 protect German
subjects and interests in the Siare~~
capital IN the event Of an outbreak %
ho~tilitieS between the French and the
tizmeSe
The south Dakota buildiny az the
Worlds fair was dedicated % the 18th.
Many members Of the national eom-
niSSicn- upon invitation Of Gov. SheI-
don. w-rv present.
THE business portion Of the town Of
Maxwell. Cal. Wa destroyed By Sre on
the 18th Loss see. eoa. with one-third
INSURANCE.
4 NEErIxs Of the executive COMMIT
tee q the supreme sitting Of the Iron
Hall waS held in indianapolis on the
nth. At which IL was determined to re-
sumo business as soon a. possible.
The gold reserve in the United States
treasury was increased. on the 18th.
sl0a. 90. the total amount being s97.-
S-s.5sl The currency balance re-
manned a; about the same figure, s27,-
G5.ssI-
DR. ]. r. HUBBEIL- of the American
National Red Cross. passed through
Chicago. on the 18th. with a corps of
trained nurses and supply of surgical
dressings for the wounded of the Pom
eruy la tornado
AT meeting Of the Boston chamber
| of commerce. on the 18th. il was unani-
mously resolved to petition congress
for an immediate and unconditional re-
peal of the siIver-Purehasing clause of
the Sherman act
OcrAvIA ALLEN. aged 81. a onee-fa-
nous actress. who at different times
was leading lady for Booth. Barrett
and Keene. died at Fort Lee, y. j.. on
the IIth. of heart trouble
ErsHrY-FTyE cases of cholera were
reported in the hospital at Alexandria
Egypt. on the 18th Forty deaths from
the disease had occurred
CHARLES T. Bruce book-keeper at
the First national bank. of Kansas
CITY. Mo. died at his boarding house
early on the morning of the 18th from
the effects of whisky and morphine
The later was probably taken to induce
sleep after a prolonged debaueh-
Bruce was - years old lie was a ma
tive of Milton, = C., where MS father
and mother now live
Rr. Hox. Mr. RSILL, lord mayor OF
London. has been made a arone oy
tie queen 1t is customary to confer
knighthood upon the lord mayors I
London when they retire from once
but TO be made a barouet Is n % CON
mon an honor. II is believed that the
elevation of Lord Mayor kniI Is que IN
part to the prominent part taken oy
the city of London in the celebration
of the recent royal wedding
The cruiser Yorktown now az New
York navy yard, is in dock being paint
ID and in a few days n VIII proceed
70 the Pacific station. She will BRING
mr. =. San Francisco, unless vents IN
perm seem TO require her TO stop there
She will then be cleaned n put IN
shane for service TO relieve o OF the
,.xseIs at the Hawaiian islands
Orr of the $40 members constituting
the Italian senate, 100 are charged VIZ"
.ompIicitv either direct or indirect IN
,he hank scandals About 100
~ the chamber of deputies are similar
IL implicated 1t is proposed hat :
.nar. sitting as high court OF Jus
tiee. demand that the accused senator's
resign w.re
70 Jamestown, y u, on the
,ssh from Watts Flats, where tney
.s-5.5 an installation Of officers