Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-01-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

CONSIDERATION of the house bill for
the repeal of the federal elections law
was begun in the senate on the 9th.
Its passage IS only a question of time.
THE Sugar trust advanced prices. on
the 9th. a quarter of a cent on all
grades
Mis- NJ F. LEASE has formed a part
Dership with Cyrus Corning. editor Of
the New Era. a sew paper, and will
o o begin the publication of a popu-
list daily in Topeka. Kss. The paper.
while advocating populist principles,
will wage a relentless war against Gov.
LewelliDg and the entire state admin
istration.
TIE Starr piano works at Richmond.
Ind. were entirely destroyed by fire
o2 the 10th The immense buildings
burned like finder. The loss is $780,
900, with an insurance of $50. 900. The
works will probably be rebuilt. One
hundred men will be rendered idle.
The factory of the winsted Conn
edge-tool works resumed operations on
the 9th, after being idle several months.
The Strong Manufacturing Co. the
winstead Hosiery Co. and the Winsted
Silk Co, have also started up. after
varying periods of idleness-
OS the evening of the 10th FIVE men
held up the Hannibal & St Joseph fast
train Eli" 4 miles east of ST. Joseph.
Mo-, and robbed the express and mail
cars. They placed torpedoes on the
track and swung a red lantern to stop
b train The amount secured by the
robbers was not stated.
WHEN the French chamber of dep
uties met on the 18th, it at once pro-
eeeded to the election of officers. VI.
Dupuy, who was elected president of
the chamber at the last session in sue
cessicn to NJ. Casimir-Perier, who
succeeded NJ. Dupuy as prime minister.
was elected president. Three hundred
and ~fifty-seven members voted VI.
Dupuy received 10 of the votes cast.
The radicals abstained from voting.
Born legs of Charles Bennett. the
noted baseball catcher. who was man
gled by a Santa Fe train at wellsviIle.
kaS, on the 10th. have been ampu-
tated, one near the ankle and the other
above the knee He may recover
THE United States commission of the
Antwerp exposition has announced
that the space reserved for the
United States exhibits. instead of be-
ing, as heretofore. distributed through
several buildings win be consolidated
in a portion of the main building i'm
mediately adjacent to the American
building.
-w-~ l-..-s.- Al ~
Pincus Cans tailor shop at 81 Avenue
d, New York. on the Ifth- Their in
tent was evidently to blow up the
whole tenement Dynamite was found
soaked in kerosene. with powder trains
laid in the alley. One eDloded bomb
is in the hands of the police.
The Dalton gang plundered the post
office at the town of Garrison. Okla,
on the 10th. taking all the stamps and
money and a wagon load of provisions.
A HEAVY shock of earthquake, last
ing ten seconds, was felt at several
points in the province of Quebec ON
the evening of the 18th
THE National Rank of Mexico was
robbed. or the 9th. of a bag Of silver
weighing nearly seventy pounds and
containing 5000. which a young man
walked into the bank. picked up and
carried on before the eyes of hank Off
Gals and employees, making good his
escape
UNITED STATES Ma RsHAL HAsrELI
on the 18th. arrested ]. A. Mack, alias
Jos \. Morgan. at Cleveland. o.. who.
about six months ago. embezzlei be
tween $4,000 and els. 900 from the
American national bank Of Kansas City.
IL Is said that Mack had made good the
mount embezzied. but was afterward
arrested on n charge of violating the
United States banking law and jumped
his bond