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

GEORGE II. HoFFMAN, a wealthy
butcher of New York. aged So years
shot and killed himself on the 10Th.
Grief over the recent death of his wife
caused the act
The Brazilian minister at Washing
ton. Senior Mendonca. on the 10Th re-
ceivcd a c~ablegram officially
ing the end of the rebellion.
DURING the absence of his wife, on
the 18th, Lloyd Rodabaugh. a prosper
Gus farmer Of Calhoun county. w. Va.
hanged his two children. aged 3 and 5,
years. and then took his own life.
The naval stability board has sub
mitted to Secretary Herbert a report
Of thorough tests of the three great
bsttleships. Indiana. Massachusetts
and Oregon. to determine the question
Of their stability. The result Of these
tests was entirely satisfactory. and is
held to show that these ships are SUI
periOr to any warships ahost Of CORE
spending size
REV. GEosGE BURROWS. d. D.. wide
II known as a Greek aud Hebrew
scholar, died at his home in san Fran
6AG A@Ab- LC was tic 1uku0E
of n well-knOwn commentary on the
Song of solomon. a portion Of Scrip
lures he Is said to have read in the
original Hebrew 5O0 times DR.. Bur
rows had read the Greek Testament
AS times
Dock BISHOP and Frank Latham
were lynched. on the 10th. by the set
tiers living near Watonga. Okla. for
horse stealing Both men belonged to
a gang that were systematically steal
ing horses from the settlers and driv-
ing them into the Panhandle of Texas
The Wabash Railway Co. has settled
all its'lOsses caused BY the accident at
kingsbury. Ind, last September. by
which twelve persons wer. killed and a
large number injured The cnmpanv's
loss was $3.50. 600. Of which 500. 900 went
TO salts fy claims for the deaths and in
i~uries-
A DISPATCH from Perry. Okla. on the
10Th. announced that a desperate battle
had been fought between a posse under
Chief of Police TighIman OF Perry and
the Dalton gang near Ingalls,, Okla. in
which Bill Dalton and others Of the
gang and two of the pOsse-eight in
all-were killed Confirmation of the
report was anxiouSlv awaited at Perry.
The Indiana state asylum for the
deaf aud dumb at indianapolis caught
ire on the night of the 18TH Seven
hundred deaf mutes are inmates, and
the FIRE e3used much c-Onsternatiou
for awhile No lives were lost. how
ever. and the damage will not exceed
ss-0O.
PRIMROSE Day. the anniversary of
the death OF Lord Bcaccusfeld (Beu-
iamin D~israelil. who died April 10. IssI,
was more generally observed than
usual in London. The Beaconsd-ld
statue was lavishIy decorated with
primroses-
Ex-Gov. J. +. JARVIS. of North Caro-
lima. has been appointed by Gov Carr,
and has accepted. the United States
s~enat0rship 10 succeed the late Sena-
tor Vance.
A PROCESSION of over 1000 working
men formed in Omaha. Neb., on the
Goth, and started to Council Bluffs -
demand Of the railroads hat thew al
low a train to be chartered to take
Kelly's industrial army eastward At
Council Bluffs the procession was
swelled by the addition Of thousands.
but the company refused the demand.
and sent men to tear up the track to
prevent the possibility of a captured
train moving out
WHILE Bell telephone linemen were
repairing a wire in Philadelphia, on
the Goth. it became entangIed with =
live electric light wire Two of the
wOrkmen were killed and two seriously
injured.