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

HERMAN HARxa Of Utica. Mimi.
who has slept most Of the time for sig
c years. and whose ease has b~com.
famous. has again awakened and Is an
~rsreutly in a normal state. lie weigh.
less than 100 pouads. but has a good
appetite aud Is improving in health.
THE DEGREES expeIiing ex-kiug Milan
and ex-oueen Natalie from servia have
been Cancelled
TEE building on the Boone county
ulAl poor farm. IN which the ~ineura-
oily insane were confined. was de-
stroyed BY frc. On the night OF the
I'D. and eight of the nine inmates were
burned 10 death.
>EcRErAKr CARLISLE has sent a com
munieztion to the senate showing the
amounts due the United States from
the territory OF Utah on o OF
costs and expenses Of prosecution.
These expenditures began in 1871. and
continued ever since. the total mount
being s-s5,ssa 1t appears that the
law requires that these be
paid by the territory. but congress has
annually appropriated the money re-
quired-
The Union Pacific is preparing to put
in a new schedule of wages for organ.
lied labor. which will be a REDUCTION
on alllines. Nosllovance will be made
for excess mileage and the overtime
limit has been extended
BIZ the collision between a heavy
freight n a heavy passenger train
a Samara- Russia. five of the pas-
seuger coaches caught fire aud fifteen
persons were killed many Of them being
cremated.
RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL North Brothers
island. " v. i attempting. under the
direction OF the board Of health. To
cure smallpox with red light. The ex-
pertinent has succeeded in Bergen,
Norway.
ANARCHIST VALIANT must die The
French court of cessation. which
heard the case. has decided that there
are NO grounds upon which to base an
appeal, and it was therefore refu sed-
SIR GERALD HEKsERT BaKrxT. Brit
ish political agent aud eonsuI-yenerai
at Zanzibar. died in London. ON the
s5th, from typhoid fever
An intimate friend of Attoruey-Geu-
eral Olney said. on tho 18th, tina the
rumored resignation of Mr.. oiney will
become a fxet very soon
A DEAD tramp and an empty whisky
bottle were found side BY side . miles
from Pittsburgh. Pa, on the a5th.
A MAJORITY Of the members of ile
customs committee Of the French
chamber Of deputies still propose that
a tariff Ut eight francs be placed on
corn.
The khedive of Egyp. has yielded
to h demand of Lord Cramer, the
British diplomatic agent in Cairo. thu.
he publish a formal ~retraction Of the
structures he recently passed upon the
army and issue an order praiSinr its
condition and the efficiency Of the
British and Egyptian officers Naher
Pasha- assistant minister of war. who
was charged with melting the khedive
to Enake his hostile criticisms. has been
transferred by the khedivc-
The postmaster-gcnerzl has an
pointed commissioners to make a thor
ough investigation and report on the
needs of the New York and Chicago
post Offices The commissioners enter
at once upon their work
ALDERMAN JERRY NrLv1HIL. a Chi
Gags saloon-keeper. who was shot in
Hussey's saloon the p~revious night by
Mike Fewer. an Intoxicated saloon
keeper. died at the Presbyserian hosp6-
tai on the 18th
AFUErHER loss of $500 600 in gold
was reported by the treasury on the
.sth- This reduced the god reserve to
less than 81. aso. Goa.