Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-09-27
NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Oo tue Atchl>on- Topeka x
santa Fe road. near Gorin. No. az !
o'clock on the morning Of the 18th
Their movements had been known 10
the officers of the road. and they were
met and repulsed By an armed guard
two Of their number being subsequent-
IL captured Is miles from the scep. ot
the hold-uP One Of the eaptives was
severely wounded
TWENTY Persons we're killed and a
large number seriously injured a.
Ninsk, REssia, on the 18th, BY the col
lapse of a large naptha warehouse.
rot VRrEEN-THOTsAND FIVE HUNDRED
Chinese prisoners were marched
through Ping Yang. on the 18th. and
hundreds Of other prisoners were com
ing IN every hour None of these men
were wounded Transports had been
ordered TO Ping Yang inlet TO convey
the prisoners To Japan
The Chinese who were taken prison
ers at Ping Yang are being fairly well
treated They viii be sent To Japan
In patches Of leo each
Law r MOEroS. ex-viee-p-psident.
was nominated on the first ballot for
governor Of New York BIZ the repub-
liean state convention at Syracuse on
the 18th
IHE hfth annual convention of the
National Letter Carriers asset .ioa
met in Cleveland. o. on the 18th The
appearance of Mrs. = > Cox widow of
the late Congressman -->uns.-t- Cox.
was greeted with applause. and she
was escorted to the stage AMID deafen-
ing cheers
THE Nivison 4 wiko. bottle factory.
at Elwood- Ind. resumed operations.
on the 18th. with 60 hansis at re-
duetiou Of y per cent in wages The
plant viii run at full capacity in ali
departments
ME z A TArLocK- OF sal, Lake
City. republican member Of the Utah
commission was At the interior de-
Partment- on the 18th in connection
with the fvrthe0mfng annual report Of
the commission
Gov FLOWER Of New York author
tzec the announcement. on tbs. 18th
that he l. not candidate for renoui-
nation and VIII not allow has name 70
De presented 70 the coming democrats.
convention
CHARLES + PHEIEIFs. n Wzll->tre~t
banker. was arrested "a the 18th. ON a
warrant from Philadelphia eharxfn..
him with having euabszzlesi AMI anprn-
Prfatesi 70 his own sss = large sum q
money in PhilaGelPhia seven wears ago.
when Phillips was president of the Co
lamhi3 savings bank there
TIE third member % a daz~~-ouS
gang Of eounterfeitsrs who have b~~u
foo.iiag southern O-e-un and northern
California with spurious eoin. was ar
rested, on the l9th. at >.eost NaIlev-
Cal By Detective Har-iS There we're
fifteen usnahers q thu gang. and thev
dealt in quarters, halves and dollars
THK cavalry troop a. Fort Bowie.
Ariz-- which has BEEN ordered to Fort
Logan. near Denver viii march tbs. en-
tire distance. 10 miles Absut fartv
days VIII be allowed f1r the march
wh ieh viii be the lorres. MAJ nv
eavalrymea since the opening Of rail
roads.
ON the 18th Supervising Architect
o'Rouri<e Of the treasury department
rendered his resignation 10 Secretary
Carlisle. as requested By the latter II
was promptly accepted
The Ohio democratic state eonven
tion adopted platform declaring pro-
lection fraud. favOring the coinage
Of silver at ratio Of Is to l. denounc-
ing Gov seKinley's administration
and -Mekinleyism,- declared in favor
of the election Of United States seua-
tors by the people. favoring liberal pen
Sjous and denouncing the A p A. No
candidate fOr senator was nominated
LOUISIANA sugar planters have ap-
piled for a mandamus 10 compel Seere-
tary OF the Treasury Carlisle 10 CON
tinue inspection a. under the bounty
law
PERRY Cook, the notorious crook
who was captured near Lincoln. Okla.
on the lzth, with several stolen horses
in his possession. was lynehed, on the
18th. BY committee of farmers
The eighth annual convention Of the
United Typothete met in Philadelphia
on the 18th One hundred delegates
were in attendance.
BLAKELr DURAyr. familiarity known
as '-Old shady died at Grand Forks.
" D.. on the 18th He was the body
servant Of Gen sherman during the
rebellion and was feelingiy mentioned
in the latter's memoirs He was the
'-Old Shady of the familiar war
melody.
NAL PHrPPs. in charge Of expert
ments with dynamite guns. has re-
ported 10 the government that the
dynamite gun IS 4 success
LAVE PRINCE a farmer, living two
miles from Nottingham Center, O, al
most chopped his wife 20 pieces on the
18th. and then cut his own throat with
n razor The woman died in a few
minutes. and the man cannot live.
MATTHIAS BROWNIE, JR. and Hippen
Drake. wood-sawyers of Valparaiso.
Ind, have received ssoo.0oo each as a
settlement for claims against = sI4.-
ooo. 600 estate
MANY casualties are reported in 4
fght between 100 police and 5000
mIners near Matherwell. Scotland. on
the 18th
A LARGE number OF women clerks
have been dismissed from the treasury
lately IL Is said TO mark
\ new policy in treasury appointments
in the future
EDwARD T. BAErLErT. justice of the
New York court of appeals. who de-
feated Isaac H. Maynard last fall, was
married. on the 18th. at the home of
the brides mother in New York city,
to Miss Annie Piatt- The bride Is
of the late Banker William
H. Piatt-
De NErTIEsHIP. the oeulist, has re-
Gently made another examination. at
of Mr. Gladstone's eyes,
and expressed himself as well satisfied
with the condition of the ex-prime
minister and gave ground for hopes
that no further operation viii be nee
essary-
The question of the establishment of
. direct steamship service between
Canada and Cape Colony is being care
tully considered. and II IS believed that
before many weeks some definite
scheme viii have been prepared for
m uhruiSsion 10 uarliament