Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-02-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

bhtCE SNENAET- aged ~ for sixty
years q resident of GAINESVILLE. Tenn.
and q of the most conspicuous char
aeters in the history, progress and de
velopuent Of middle Tennessee. died
ON the ed He was one Of the first en-
gagged in establishing n tobacco mar
ket IN C~larksville- operating stemmer-
les also In Missouri and kentuckv. His
wealth is estimated at 81. 900. COO
JUDsE T. l. HAMMOND. OF the federal
district court in Jackson. Tenn, on
n I'd concluded the famous case of
the United States against g. f. T.
Howard by refusing To direct that his
writ of errvr shall operate as a super
sedeas and to tx a bail bond pending
decision of the supreme court. Howard
has been taken to the ~peniteDtiary at
Columbus. o.
SCPr- STUMP Of the immigration bu-
rezu- On the I'D. intimated that he
would take sc-iy action in the case of
b alleged Importation of nearly 200
eigzr-makers froo Havana to work in
the cigar factories at Key West, Fla.
IL Is believed that he will order the re-
turn Of the mem 20 Havana. and possi-
bly, the prosecution of those who
brought them over.
Unless the unexpected happens the
Kansas City Mo- exposition building
will be sold under foreclosure Of mort
gage The foreclosure will be made
under the FIRST mortgage. which il for
about si5a.e00 The incumbrznce was
placed on the property By James Goodin
when the exposition building was built
The historical exhibits and the other
relics from the vatican. which were
loaned To the Columbian exposition.
are rot to be returned to Rome at
present They are in the hands of
Archbishop Ireland and will appear in
the Columbus museum IN Chicago
when that is opened for the public
Ir Is reported that gold ore to the
value of st-s. 600 was taken from the
Little Johnnie mine at Leadvifle. Col.
in one dag recently This beats all
Leadville records. the largest previous
output for a single day being slI0. coo
worth of silver ore taken from the Rob
ert ( Lee mine
A rRAxr was found frozen to death
on the highway near Pit,sburg. KaS,
ON the morning of the ssth. In Fort
Scott and Lezvenworth several per-
sons had their fingers aud toes frozen,
and at other places there was intense
suffering Coal car ruhbcries were re-
ported at several points
ArTEE celebrating for three hours.
on the night of the I'D the jury IN the
case of John b. Koeting. cashier of the
defunet South Side savings bank, Mil
wznkee, returned verdict Of guilty
on the second count This count
charges Koeting As owner of the
bank with having received deposit
after he knew the hank to be insol-
vent
Mas WILLIAM peasant. a farmers
wife near Columbus. Ind, WAS found
dead in her bed on the sd She helped
her husband saw wood all the day be-
fore Foul play Is suspected Pheasant
had served n term in the penitentIzry
for an attempted outrage SIX years go
TIE new Heavilon shops building
aanex &c Purdue university. Lafayette.
I'D recently completed and equipped
At q coat Of sisc. COO. was destroyed BY
Ere on the night OF the sd Loss e<
timated a. el7Soccs insurance. tf5. 600
Mn WuLIAx P. HAzES. Of the treas
ury secret service. stationed at Cfnein-
natl. is slated to succeed Mr. Drum
mond as chief Of the secret service.
The latter will probably be transferred
- some other station
A DISPATCH was received in London
from Rio Janeiro. ON the 81. which
stated that Efforts were being made to
arrange for the arbitration Of the diff
fercnees between the insurgents aud
the Brazilian government