Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-11-15

hH an carry no0r On the morning OF
the 9Th the residence Of Charles Gil
man. AZ Black Rock. Conn-. was de-
strOyed bv fire- and ths. occupants mar
rosxly escaped with their lives, loss,
sSe.ec0
Tux speed trial Of the torpedo b-sat
Ericsson. built in Iowa. which was Ia
have occurred at New London. Conn.
on the sth- was postponed 20 the f-St
fair day on account Of the prevalence
Of q herce snow storm
The First ational hank of san
Beru7rdino. Cal. closed its doors on
the Sth.
FcrR HUNDRED men employed at the
Canton copper works in Baltimore.
Nd. were formally notified. on the
9TH that on next payday their wages
will BE increased 10 percent The pro-
prietorS say the new schedule has been
struck owing TO the prospective in
crease IN the profits Of the eonceru- \
reduction was made in the wages of
the employees in Novembr. Is9a. i'm
nediately after the general election
GEoEsE W Bosss. ex-eity treasurer
Of Toeoma. Wash. il under arrest,
charged with the emhezzienent Of s.s. :
,0o s. public funds. He was releas. s..d.
on tbs 9Th. ou 5000 bail
The spanish euaSt sse=-.er Ter
nsndo. foundered twenty miles north
of Bahia Honda. Cuba. on the 9Th Ten
of her passengers and crew were
drowned
The failures during the week ended
ar .kas =. ~
States. against S5s last year. and 81 in
Canada. against u last year
GtLLsCxE LoUfs FTGrIR- the French
chemist and scientific writer. died in
Paris. on the 9Th. aged - years
OK the occasion of the funeral of the
ear $1,000 Of >t. Petersburg's poor will
Dc provided with dinners.
DISPATCH TO the London Times
from Yokohama says that the two
Americans who were arrested at Kobs.
are torpedo experts who had con
traeted with China to employ their
own inventions tn destroy the Japa-
nese feet China promised them s.. =
fss9.eo0 for each warship they de
stroved and proportionate sum for
each merchantmen they Suecse,ied in
blowing up
kUNoR- are once more afis1at eumreru-
ing the reported engagement ot Osletse
Tyler. the acsrrSs. 20 Mr.. Ha-xar,E
Gould tisasSiP has is that the engage
m~as- whieh was declared ~ ssae
aao1ths ago. owing. il was said- % Mss
Tyier's re--sutiug al 0hisc,ian on n.
part % youax Mr.. Goula-S family. =
now "a sxzin
AFrxK a haif century - e,sEansreias
prosperity the >chuieu hurs-- E..l..,ssS-I.-r
Lumher Ce. q - Lours u,asf- an A.
sivuZea.. "a sa- SEA. sar the b.eaess u
al - cr-ss it.lrs. ma king Esz--cue g. Ties
Ian the 4ssigruse~- The tazSa.< Erm
pi7crs - zs,<ts a. ssa. $50. hur z.s IN
ssruzatian > given u.ar can =. olsta 5slsss
euas-rruia< - liabilities.
krFTT p.sansas - avnamise -xpia.s~,l
ga shs Hallvs.ssl & Ker-r -~vrr e,su-
srzes NJ Hznsfn<srn- tns3. cu The sgh
1ahn Hxrtz.Aa aaA Norteu KesFe-r us-,s
siiied an JoAa F1vuz zss fatally in
isEr~sf Eesisi~nreS IN elo>e proxi-nitr
ws-~ sadly wreS<-SL
Ix several of the governmeus d~par,-
zs~nsS a quss>sioa has arisen a. to when
tAs rsS<nz orsi@r of the president ex-
sea4asg the eiril service rules went into
e@e,sF- azd i has h<rn definitely de-
cissess that the day It was signed It WAS
@r~rzsive aS law.
kEzESr nCHS, superintendent of the
Eagle Bird mine at Maybert. Cal, fell
So fert down the shaft on the evening
ot The ssh- aud was instantly killed.
The BODY was horribly mangled. HUM
was a mining expert well known
throughout the eo11try.
\ COMMITTEE of twelve negro minis
oers. apposnted by 1000 eOlOred MEM
hers Of the international Emigration
ss>ei~sv 20 90 10 Africa to arrange for
sAe colonization of the negroes of the
ssuth in that country. left Birming-
baa- Al. on the 9Th. for MOnrovia
Liberia VIA New York and Liverpool.
Bkzs--SsES- ALEXANDER McDowELL
Mcce'aN has been appointed ma jOr-gen-
~ral q the United States army. vice
tsea- q. q Howard. retired. and Coz
JAMS W Forsyth % the seventh cav
arr has teen promoted to hrigadier>
<-1eral 70 succeed NeCo<ix