Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-06-06
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important EvsatA
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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Ffsx destroyed almost the entire
business portion OF Galen. Mich. ou
the ssh Only two stores and the post
Office are left Que man Was injured:
loss. so. eco
The French steamer Dom Pesiro was
wrecked 90 the s-sh. Oft Cape Corfu
bedoA She was bound from Pasax~s
for CariIlo She struck the Bales Cor
ruhedo. when her boilers exploded.
sinking her IN a few minutes Part OF
her passengers and crew were saved
but los persons were drowned
AESDAL HowARD, an American. who
was arrested and arrairu..d in the
Bow Street police court. London. on
April 30. on the charge Of having In
his possession quantity OF engraved
/ plates and other matter tor forging
notes. was. on the 3sth. committed for
trial without bail
DISTINCT earthquake shock was
fels Mt BrattIeboro, VI. about rf-Is n
IN on the 18Th The vibrations seemed
% be from west TO east. and Continued
from ten 90 twelve seconds, acrompa-
uied By heavy. rumbIing sound Res
itsnts IN several parts Of the village
rushed from their homes IN great
fright The shocx was f-ls in other
parts Of the county. and was the heav-
/ lest ever known there.
/ MIS- HARkY b >Nrrs. wife os the
auditor-eieet Of Marion county. Ind
slipped and fell az she was entering
her yard on the nth Both limbs
were broken. one above and one be-
/ low the knee, and one kne~caa was
/ splintered She Is q heavy woman
and was returning after playing lawn
L tennis Her tennis shoes were slip
/ perry and caused the fall
NoRx cavalry regiments for Cuba
embarked At Cadiz on the s-th. A
battalion Of infantry which had been
ordered TO the Philippine hslan.Is was.
a. the sane sin-. dFvrxte-f % caAs-
JAcoB HESsoS. euioresi. unsfer sen
tenee of death AZ EiIicos. Cftv. Nd.
for the murder Of Daniel T. Shea. was
hanged by lyuchers about o'clock ca
the morning OF the 18th A nIacaryi
was left pinned TO the dead mans
breast On which was written We
respect our court ant iuixese Gov
Brown forced the laz-sbiding citizens
~ carr cut the verdict Of the Jury.
White laps.-
BrRGLARs entered the store Of W NJ
Brown. United States trader a. White
Eagle Indian agency. n few miles north
Of Perry. OKLA. on the night of the
s7th. and stole sl..Ooa from the SAT-.
Brown Is head trader for four 0r i've
tribes of Indians CleriSs we're sleep
/ ing in the store at the time q the
burglary
GRxAr iestirntion IS reported in n
strip of country embracing a par, Of
Grant county. Okla While nearly all
of the territory has had splendid rains.
there is n distance extending from .
miles south Of Eaid north a distance
of % miles. almost to Nedfsrd aud
from miles west Of Roand Pend east
nearly TO L4mon-~ distance Of 10
miles, where there had been No rain
since October until quite r-centiy-
The trial of Herman Mudgett. alas
II. H. Holmes. alias Howard n Phila-
delphia- on the charge Of fconspirinx 10
defraud the Fidelity Mutual Lift. asso-
eiation cut Of $4,000 By the imposition
of a corpse as THAI Of Beni +. Pitezel
WAS brought To an abrupt ending GA
the 18th when the prisoner pleaded
/ guilty. Sentences was deferred
/ LAFAYETTE PKTScx. the Cleveland
/ CO.. wife-murcerer. was hanged in the
/ peuiteutiary annex at Columbus. On
the =sth- He had professed religion
and was calm and unmoxed 70 the last
II rs neck was broken By the drop.
II
tiou. which met AT GAINESVILLE. on the
.ssh- nominated Gen- Asa A Bushnell
for governor
THk first issue Of the Chicago Chron-
iels. the only denoeratie newspaper
IN Chicago. made its appearance on the
ssth
| THE Episcopal convention for the
diocese OF Kansas. on the ssth. elected
Dean Millspaugh- of Topeka bishop to
saeceed the late Bishop Thomas.
ON the night of the 18th Frank Ryan.
for many years n prominent figure at
the St Louis Merchants exchange. and
Whose operations were on 50 large .
scale As to gain him 4 national repasa-
tion. died in his rooms at the southern
hotel Mr. Ryan had suffered foe sew
eral years with diabetes and an en-
larg~ment of the liver
ERASMUS FKkDER1Cx shot and killed
his former employer. John H. Lewis.
superintendent Of the Benton Manu-
featuring Co. ST. Louis. because the
latter insisted on pCtsin9 Frederick
OF with Ss6ss for sl4 worth Of work
which had taken two weeks to accom-
pIish-
ON the s9eh Inspector Waterbury, at
salt Lake City. Utah. arrested c. W.
Carter. accessory to the robbery Of the
post oEiee At Rock Springs. wyo
on the ssth the steamship Colima.
with 80 persons er board. insladin<
passengers aud eIev-. tsunderei of the
western coast OF exieo. Fourteen
passeExers and i've members Of the
crew are al that were known 20 have
been saved. though hopes were enter
tanned that other boats. containing all
or nearly all Of the missing, wcula yet
make the land
OS the ssth il was stated that the
hall of the ll-tAted steamer Chieora
has been found lying At the bottom OF
Lake Michigan about miles from the
pier At 81 Joseph. Mich
OS the 2sth whilst the military were
in lire waiting the order TO fall IN for
the Gresham obse9uies IN Washington,
Capt Whippls- Of tke ordnance barsau
Of the war department., one Of Gen
RHger'sstzn.w was Prostrated By slight
stroke OF apoplexy- He WAS taken &c
the Emergency hospital, whence be
was later removed To his home.
Or the s9th the Illuminating hooss
|, OF the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co. st New Haven. Conn-, blew M
An employe named jeremiah SPiilans
wzs killed.