Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-12

By the premature explosion ~ =
cannon fre-craclSer in Detroit Mich.
ON the 4th. George Boyer was fatally
burned and George FicIe was made to
tally blind. Both were boys
THE mother Of the late ten. BouIan-
ger died in Paris. ON the Sd. aged 81
FoRTv dwelling houses were de-
stroyed with their contents at hudson.
Mass. on the 9Th. The firemen worked
with a will. but their efforts were in
vain and II was finally found neees-
sary ~ blow up n number Of houses to
save the town from destruction. The
loss Is estimated at between $3.50. 600
and 81 .0oO. Oo0. mostly insured.
Ex-t;ov. EDWARD h. wISASs died at
his home in Hamburg. Mich. ON the
fth. of heart disease While he had
not b,.en in good health for several
months the attack which proved fatal
was sudden and of short duration
FRANK BESGDAUN. convicted of the
murder Of Lamanuel Bailey at Muncie.
Ind. was refused new trial by Judge
Monks. and Judgment passed on him
He will go tn the state prison north "a
spend a term Of ifte-n wears at hard
Z Labor.
OS the ssh Mai cen sehofeld an
,horizrd MAJ Gen Niles tn send sir
companies II regular infantry from
Z Fort Lravenworth. kaS. and two
companies of regular infantry from
. Fort Brady. Nieh-. "a Chicago
BIZ the assistance Of United states
inarShaiS. the Chicago 4 Alton road
got 900 bicckasisd passengers out of
Bloomington. Ill. on the night OF the
eth
THE packing 81 hogs. ascnr,iing to the
I Cincinnati Priee Curr-nt for the week
I ensied on the fth- amounted - esa CA.
against sso.aso for the corresponding
week 0f iaSt year-
THE santa Fe rzilrnad rai~ed the
bloekade in Colorado. on the ssh. on
both freight and passenger trains
ADvIcKs from H4yti. Of the s,h. stase
that a revolution m that country ix
[ imminent
Jack LkAcH a Pueblo iCOLl bar
| tender refused drinks "a n United
states marshal an the sth. and stepped
out on the sidewalk to talk K p
Taylor, a deputy. fearing violence,
shot Leach in the left eye. the man
dying in an hour
The ways and means committee II
the - Louis SchooI bssar-i estimates
the Gust u maintaining th.. schools the
coming year At si-5ss.ilS 80 AMI ths.
income AT >. .60o, So Is. leaving an esti-
mated balance of s5o..ssssss.
4 The lumber yar-iS Of J. H. worvien.
az Cedar Springs. Mich. caught fire on
the 6th- and were completely destroyed
| Two million fee, Of lumber were
burned The loss i covered BY insur-
anee-
| DEALERS at Galveston. Tex wired
their congressman. on the sth. asking
him To secure some consideration for
wool in the tariff bill from the con
ference committee.
| The keeper and guard at the ~.
Joseph Mo- wOrkhOuse were indicted,
ON the 7th. for falsifying the paw rolls.
THE Louisiana Legislature passed a
bill. on the 7th. authorizing sheriffs
TO maintain and use bloodhounds in
tracking criminals
president DEBs of the American
Railway union. in a proclamation tC
the strikers. on the 6th. said: Let il
be borne in mind that il the railroad
companies can secure men to handle
their trains. they have that right OuI
men have the right to quit, but theii
right ends there. Other men have the
right to take their places, whatever the
opinion of the propriety of 50 doing
may be. Keep away from railroad
yards or rights-of-way.7
| THE notorious Eva Mann has beer
induced to withdraw all claim To the
estate of Robert Ray Hamilton in con
sideration of $4,000. paid TO her by tbs
lawful heirs who wish to put an end ts
the litigation
| Mrs. WA LEHMAN shot and instantly
killed Herbert Letters in Chicago. or
the 9Th. while the latter was trying BY
fistie argument to induce her husband
to join the strikers. Lehman haC
taken the place of Burlington fire
| man
TEN dead men was the record mad,
by the great strike on the 9Th Min,
were shot and one killed in a wreck
The number of wounded was large
but the record was incomplete