Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-04-26
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Paris police. acting Dor n clew
which they had been following for
fome time. rzideda house in the village
Of ROuillso. nea Angouleme. on the
18th. and discovered one of the most
complete eounterfeitiug establishments
that has been discovered by the au-
thOrities in many years
In the British house of commons. on
the 18th. MIR John p. Nolan. member
for North Galway. moved the repeal
of the coercion act passed at the in
stance of Mr.. Balfour in iss7 The
melton was seconded by Mr.. VIM Red
mond. member for East Clare
MADELINE POLLARD says she intends
to remain in Washington and support
herself by her pen while she is living
down her unenviable notOriety.
SIX THOUSAND pilgrims embarked at
Barcelona, IN the 18th, on their way
to Rome They were accompanied by
several bishops and a large number of
priests They were not molested-
MANY guests we're slightly injured
by jumping from the windows of 4
burning hotel in Bangor. Ne. early
on the morning of the 18th
NISErT-THREE Oil-paintings from the
collection of the late - A. C0ale. JE-,
of St Louis. were sold 1T auction in
rooms of the American Art associa-
ton They fetched sia.eg7. The sale
had been literally advertised. but the
prices secured were pitifuIly small
when the character Of the works is
considered
A SHOCKING domestic tragedy &C.
>urred At the courthouse in OskalOOsa.
Ia, on the 18th, George Croft shooting
and mortality wOunding his former
wife. who had just secured \ divorce
from him. and then turning his re-
volver on himself with fatal results
The assignment of Samuel L Glenn
ems, known over the entire world as
Mark Twain. and his partner,
Frederick J.. Hall. who compose the
frrn Of Charles l. Webster & Co. book
publishers New York city, was fled in
the county clerks Office on she 18th
The weddiag Of the Princess Vic
toria of Saxe-cOburg and the grand
duke of Hesse was celebrated in CO.
Il uITE 1A L1C A@ADA AnCEAAF was t1CACA
with royal and imperial guests for
eign visitors and German sightseer<.
Every building in towi was decorated
MAJ. CLIFTON Comfy. president Of the
| ordnance board, Is dead He was
stricken with paralysis on the 18th.
while directing the tests of the Crosier-
Burlington disappearing gun carriage
at the Sandy Hook proving station and
died on the 18th
JAMES GORDON BENNETT withdrew
his offer of $4,000 for the yacht Vigil
LIANT and, on the 18TH. the syndicate
who owned the vanquisher Of the
valkyrie sold her to Mr.. George j.
Gould for $1,000 This intelligence
viii be a great surprise 10 yaehtsmen,
as Mr.. Gould was never thought Of as
. possible purchaser.
The New York Herald says that
Mgr. Satolli. the PapAl ablegzte. has
prepared charges against Archbishop
| Corrigzn Of New York. backed with
proofs. of conspiracy against him. and
that the New York divine has been
invited to Rome. where he IS to be
formally accused Of intriguing zgains:
| the papal representative
IN the Golden Gate park at San
Francisco, on the 10Th. sequoiz chap
ter, California lodge of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, planted
a liberty tree" in historic soil that
the women had been gathering for six
months past
A 6ooD many of the coxeyites who
were carousing in the town of Han
cock. Md, when the start vas made
on the 18th. were lef.. and had to walk
the tow-path in the wake of their more
sober comrades
SENATOR SrocKBRIDGE. OF Michigan
was reported. on the 18th. TO De Sc
riously i'll in Chicago.