Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-02-08

The Swedish bark Wilhelm
with coal. from swansea fo~ AIeient.
was wrecked on the coast OF Cornwall
on the soth- TIE captain Of the bark
nve of her erew were drowned
THERE IS little probability that the
naval committee viii report an appro-
priasion for new ships at the present
session of congress
PRINCESS MARIE Louise. wife of Fer.
dinand. prince Of Bulgaria. was ae-
eouehed OF = son on the 3Dth. The
prince and princess were married April
20. 1896
The special elections in the Four.
teenth and Fifteenth congressional dis
tr1ets Of New York, ou the seth. result.
cd in tre election of LemueI T. Ouiay
trepsi in the former and Isador Straus.
tdeml in the latter. The Fourteenth
district had Formerly given nearly 9.Ooc
democratic majority.
DIVINE to the illness Of Attoruev
Irude, ofth prosecution and Attorney
Wade, for the defense. argument for 4
new trial in the ease Of Patrick T..
Prende-gast. the murderer of Navor
Harrison of Chicago. has been again
continued By Judge Breutano until
the 18th
A FURTHER loss Of $500. 0 in gold
was reported, on the 31st. at the treas
ury, leaving the gold balance on tina,
day at $500, 90. or a loss during the
month of January Of SIS. eco. 600. or at
the rate Of $500. 600 4 day.
ON the sIst Thomas l. Ferguson. OF
Maryland WIS nominated By the presi-
dent to be envov extraordinary ard
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Sweden and Norway.
FIFTEEN cases of smallpox had. IN
to the 5fst. developed at Lewisburv.
W. Va The greatest vigilance on the
part of the authorities had failed to
stop the spread OF the disease
ST. RosE Catholic church in Cinein-
natl was burned on the 5Ist- Loss.
s50-sao, insurance. less than so. eco
A SUEBEK Of striking puddIers at
Noorhr1d.s iron mills >~harpSbur-,
Pa made an attack Gu the nineteen
or twenty men who were at work in
the mill shortly before midnight on
he 50th- and drove them out of the
mill
fHE directors OF the Bank OF En-
gian4- at their regular weekly meet
ing on the 1T. reduced the bank rate
Of discount from 8 per cent TO II per
! cent
II was announced from s. Peters
burg. on the lSt. that all danger to the
ear from his sickness was past.
IKE great silk stores OF Favre &
LicGx. in Lyons. France. were burned
/ on the fst
THE widow Of the late French paint
er Nillet died in Paris on the iSt.
A BOMB with 4 lighted fuse attached
was found ON the first floor Of the city
hall At Versailles on the 81 The
burning fuse WAS extfn-ui=hed. and
the bomb vas turned orer . the pc
lice
LEE SASs. aChineSe h~ighbindsr. was
hanged at san Quentin. Cal on ia.
al. for the murder Of a feIIo~-ountry-
MAR
THEoCsa daily train service between
Vancouver l. &. amt seat h. Wash.
has b~es iuzagurzse-A
NJ Fz&Sss1s CaFPE. the weIl-xaown
Frvneh Etrrrzssar. = seriously IL
TIE Arunlaie street railway sheds
and machine shsp At Cincinnati we're
burned early N the moruinx Of thu
3D. enszilsng a ksss estimated AZ <fT5.-
a8.s Insurance $40 9sa There we-e
s~eventy<ighs or eighty ears in sh-
shet<
In i announced that Res. r Dewitt
T4lmag~. the famous BROOKLYN preach
er- has completed arrangements for .
tour Of the world duriHg tie coming
spring aad summer.