Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-03-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

IHfErEES county prisoners at Grip
pie Greek COL broke jail. On the night
Of the l9th. and gained their liberty.
friends on the outside having knocked
the locks of and opened the dosrs
The arrest of W Z barrow. alias
W. F. shaw. at Sioux City. Ia. Mon
lay. for making counterfeit silver coin
vas reported to the treasury depart
ment on the s0th. A large assortment
Of tools. files. lathes. etc. was eap-
tured.
fSCESDIARfEs attempted to burn the
business portion of Clinton. la, on the
morning of the soth- An alarm called
the department 70 the residence part
Of the city. and immediately after two
ires were discovered in the business
district This necessItated a division
IF the department. and. with a high
wind prevailing, the fires we're only
subdued after much hard work
The dwelling Of the chief OF the
cherokee nation at Tahlequah. l. T.
vas burned on the night Of the lath
The structure was Il tvo-story frame
Nothing was saved. Chief Harris had
narrow escape. barely escaping with
his babe. in his night clothes. His
hands were badly burned
IT was reported in Athens. on the
sist, that an earthquake BAD occurred
1t TarissS- near the Gulf Of Salo7iea.
destroying many houses Particulars
were not ohtainabie.
THrRTEEN persons were injured in
he silt rwsGA -F aAn -.
and children. from the Mixed Ale
hats. n big six-story double-aecked
tenement house in New York. on the
list The panic was caused by a IRE
which destroyed the upper portion OF
the building.
The fOur-story public school build
ing in South Evanston. Il miles north
of Chicago. was completely destroyed
By fire on the sIst. loss. s5a. 0sns.
Several pupils were severely injured
BY jumping from the third and fourth
story windows
On March Is. al : n m. James Mel
vile. aged 30. n Steerage passenger on
the steamer Anchoria, en- route to New
York. and an American citizen. in a
moment of temporary insanity stab
bed Charles Macklehom. also a steer.
age passenger. causing n slight flesh
wound. and then jumped overheard.
Or the 2ist il was given ont that
Senator Coiquitt's bowels were par
slyzed. and his physicians reluctantly
admitted that his death was bu. a mat
ter of hours The absent members Of
the senator's family were telegraphed
for
The eighth annual convention Of the
Michigan Christian Endesvor union
met in Detroit. on the sist ahou,
1.500 delegates being present
JOIN H. PEBKISs, Of Lebanon. Ind
received a letter, on the 2fst. contain
ing y and a note saying: II sent
this for Jesus ChrSst's sake. There
was no signature to the note. About
eight years ago Mr.. Perkins store vas
robbed and about $40 worth of goods
taken. and the srpoosition IS that the
money he received was sen BY the rob
Der.
AT St Paul. Ind, on the s1<t. An
drew Gayheimer, Al aged and re-
spected citizen. climb bed 70 the top of the
railway bridge which spans Flat Rock
river. the top of which is 80 feet from
the river bed. xhieh IS solid limestone
rock and without saying a word de-
hberately walked 20 the edge and
jumped Every bone in his body must
have been broken
Princess MAUD. the youngest da1gh-
ter Of the prince OF Wales. and Prime
Minister Rosebery viii shortly be mar
ried- An Official announcement of the
engagement will be made within = few
days The princess Is the prettiestand
most vixacious member Of the royal
family She Is "a years old and Is q
general ~favortse.