Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-08-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ME- Nssxo IATENos the Japanr>e mIn-
is;er. left Washington with his family.
On the SlSI for >&n Francisco. en- route
for Japaa-
4 VESSEL was chartered in Chicayo.
ca the Sfsr- 10 carry essrn 10 Port HUI
ruu- Nieh-- n thre~-gu4rters Of n esnt
per eaSh<A making new recurd for
lake grain rzse~- VeS~elraen >4y this
i the leuss>s sxure ever touehed rs-
garsfl~Ss q distance
JIN MrkFHN. an Atlantic and Pa
ci6c striker. has heea sentenced 10
sixty DAYS in Jail NJ Pre~eost. AriZ. for
eontempt Of eoart in attempting tn
prevent m-a working in the eompzny's
shops al winslow-
The Last spike in the Tehnantepee
national railraad was driven AZ noon
of the sth- marking the eozpletion of
trzek-laving oa Nexieois first trans
continental railway.
OS the sfss the eity council Of Hub
bard. a. suspended Mayor W. H. Davis
for drum xenness upon his refusal to re
sixn-
The chamber Of commerce Of Arm
steriam has Recommended the estab-
Iishnent of a new line Of steamers
ifrecs from Amsterdam 10 New York.
DIX WuIIAM GKISsrEAD. a pension
5fiee employ. who acted a. medical
p1rveyor TO Gen Grants army during
the battle Of shiloh and the seige Of
cornith. dieSi in Washington on the
slsc He Vas barn in England in lsIk
TEE last r~po-t Of the interstate
commerce commEssiOn shows that the
number of railway corporations in the
United States i /. 90. of which only
80 are independent operating roAds.
although ssS maintain operating ae-
counts Of the LIS. subsidiary eom-
panies. - maintain financial accounts.
h-inx leased o< oprr@te<a under traele
Agreements, the remaining 10 aPpAr-
entity having ealy a nominal existence
~ the slst viee-lar~siaent >tevenscH.
th-uagh his son Lewis stated that
there was No truth in the ssatenaents
widely pablished that ne had heea eon-
peled u interfere 20 pre~enf the mar
ri2ge of his daughter tn ono sseo<ye =.
cartis, clerk in the library Of the
senate
THE wages u the nen employed in
the ham department Of Ar-noar's pack
ing hou<e in Chicago were reduced 6f-
teen eents per dav o. the 3fst They
asked for a return % the cid wzge>.
which was refused AID they were told
that they might st<ike II they wznted
to- IL Is not believed that they vii
do 81
SHogr in his accounts. has det2lcatioa
discovered. requested to make good the
morey he had taken and harzS>ed By
aemands for the payment Of an old
debt in Evansville. Ind George y
Wells bookkeeper for the Royal Cigar
Co. in St Louis. ended his life. 90 the
slst- by taking morphine-
ASAvAL battle w2s fruxhf. on The
soth. between the Chinrs~ and Jxpan-
csc neets The Japanese sznk the Chi
nese warship Chen-Yuen- and two lzrxe
cruisers. supposed 10 be the Chin-Yu2n
and Foo-chinx, vessels built for China
by the Armstrong;. were captured OF
aestroyed by the japanese
Tak first hanging in Norfolk. Va.
for City years took place on the Hist
wher Madison Brown colored- was
hanged for the murder of John Dol
lard about sixteen months ago
A DISTRICT convention of miners of
the Pittsburgh district me; in Pitts
turxh. Pa. on the LIST. sixty delegates.
representing about 5000 miners be-
| ing in attendance The object OF the
convention WIS 20 try and force all the
operators in the district TO hive mp to
the Columbus agreement
| TEE oaseial report Of the German
health authorities. issued on the ID
shows one death from cholera in Dznt-
zix, two in Szgorsx and two in Kurze-
brack.
THx d Z stone furniture plant at
indianapolis. Ind, which went into the
hands al a receiver SOME time ago. w.s
sompl~tely destroyed, ON the 3D. by iirs
eanssi ~ lightning. Loss. 80. .eoa,
/ VITA sss.eoo insurance.