Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-07-12
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

WITH the election Of new member
for Midlothian Gladstone's career Of
sixty-two years. almost continuously
spent in the British parliament. will
come 10 n close Five years before Vic
toria aSernde'i the throne. the young
Oxonian had delivered his maiden
speech And still queen and commoner
do not harmnnize as well as they
might
REQUIEN services in honor Of the late
n Carnot were held. on the Ist. in
most of the Leading cities of Europe
and were attended by the French diplo-
mats stationed in the various cities
Memorial services were also held in
New York and Washington
THE jury in Judge Payne's court. at
Chicago. after two hours deliberatiou
returned a verdict. on the I'd. finding
Patrick Eugene Prendergast not insane
or a lunatic, and therefore responsible
for the murder of Carter Harrison II
no other legal teehnicality intervenes
the assassin will be hanged on the
18th
THREE lines of railroad were forced.
ON the Ist. to abandon their tracks at
East Atchison- Mo-. ON account of en-
crOachment by the river.
yIcE-PREsIDESr HARAHAS, of the
Illinois Central Railroad Co. on the
s0th. gave George VI. Pullman a most
unnereiful scoring on account of his
responsibility foc the prevailing costly
railroad troubles. declaring that If he
looked into his affairs more and took
the word of syeophantie subordinates
less such a state of affairs might not
have come about.
The effects of the great railroad
strike were beginning to be felt seri-
Ously with the opening of the month
in Chicago and other cities dependant
upon outside supplies of food stuffs.
the prices of many commodities. by
reason of the real or anticipated searei-
", having been raised to almost pro-
hibitiye figures
The national administration, on rep
resentation of the railways, has ap-
pointed Edwin Walker, attorney of the
st Paul road to assist United stats
Attorney Nilchrist. at Chicago. in pros
eeuting offenders against the postal
laws.
A TRAIN ON the Florence & Cripple
Creek railroad went through a bridge,
near Canyon City. Col, on the I'd, and
a labOrer was killed
The noticeable feature Of the spread
ing of the railroad strike in support Of
the Pullman boycott, was the organiza-
ton on the Ist. of strong A. r L.
division in Philadelphia
CLOSING arguments were made in the
Prendergast insanity trial. in Chicago.
on the I'd. Mr. Harlan. for the defense.
making the opening speech He closed
with the declaration that Prendergast
| was no more insane than the assassin of
President Carnot of France Mr. Nor
rison spoke for the state and Mr. Oar
row closed for the prisoner
The senate passed the sugar sehed-
ule, on the cd. practically as il was
adopted in committee of the whole.
The executive board of the Chicago
| Trades and Labor assembly were. on
the night of the LIST. given power TO de-
clare strike in all the branches Of
trade in the city in support of the Pull
man strike
ACCORDING TO a treasury statement
issued on the I'd the public debt. inter
est and non-interest bearing, is 81, ,016.-
| ss7. .sls
The peoples state convention of Wis
eonsin, held at Milwaukee. on the Ssh.
| nominated ID. R. Frank Powell, of La
Crosse. for governor
THE populists of Michigan in con
vention at Lansing. on the 4th. nom
mated A. W. Nichols. Of Greenville. for
governor
| The latest project for a monument in
which the people of Washington are to
be interested Is in memory of John
Brown. of Harperis Ferry fame The
monument Is not 70 be in Washington.
| but on the site Of the old John Brown
fort at Harperis Ferry. A COMMITTEES
has been appointed Of which Fred
Douglass is one Of the members. 70 50
iieit subscriptions
The Southern Railway Co. held its
restibuled limited twenty inmates Al
Washington. ON the night Of the 3D. II
,rsier to enable vire-President Steven
son 70 catch the train after the passzgs
OF the tarim bi,i- The vice president
with his daughters and several friends
were booked for 6reensboro, =. G., b
this train for the Fourth.