Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-03-14

PROFANITY the country will hear no
more extra session talk this year. Ali
the appropriations bslis were passed and
signed and the president has gone of
on his vacation.
IF France follows the example Of
Germany in excluding American dried
apples, the supply Of foreign cham
psgnes in this country may be con
siderably disturbed
Ar Hawks Nest. W. Va. John Rus
sell put cut into the New river in 4
fran skir on the 9Th He was swept
over the falls and drowned in sight OF
hundreds of Mortified spectators on the
bank As the sixiff went over he waved
farewell To the watchers.
THOMAS JONES. who helped j. Wilkes
Booth TO escape to Virginia after the
assas.inationo of President Lineoln. died
at La Plate, Md. ON the attn. aged "a
years
A rxRRrFIc explosion Of natural gas
at Anderson, Ind. at o'elock on the
morning of the 5th DESTROYED the busi-
ness block containing the When cloth
ing store. Prather's shoe store. Had
ley's drug store. and a large number
of business Offices. and demolished the
froats Of all the stores in the vicinity.
The street was ripped up and tele-
I phone cables torn down Loss. fully
sos. COO
The German reIehstag. on the 9Th,
by vote Of lsT to 81. rejected the bill
20 restrict Jewish emigration
CRAWFORD NJ KESDEtcK aud his
brother Charles. who have stood high
in st. Louis business circles, and who
have had the entree 10 the best society
Of the city for twenty years. have sud
denly disappeared. leaving an alleged
Indebtedness Of sl0o. 600, with very
small assets They are supposed 70
have gone 10 Mexiso.
Ii HCSs CnANs and suite started for
japan On the ssh. armed with full
powers to treat for peace All of his
rivals have been dispersed. and the old
diplomat Is once more on the top rung
of popularity 1t the Chinese court
JOHS NUEFEK. he engineer whose
recklessness Is believed to have caused
the Interoeeanic railway disaster in
Mexico, by which so many lives were
lost Is said 20 have eiuded the Mexican
authorities and escaped into Texas.
IT was reported in Wall street, New
York, on the 5th. that the Union Pa
eifie reorganization committee would
dissolve on account of the impossibili-
" OF accomplishing any results until
after the next congress eonveness
The Chinese war-shfps captured at
Nei-Hai-Wei have arrived at Yolxo-
hama, Japan. in charge Of japanese
crews The japanese government will
make every effort TO raise and secure
as prizes the Chinese warships sunk 1T
WefHai-wei
The treasury statement Of eireula-
ton for February, issued on the 5th.
shows n decrease for the month of
February Of $50. iss. 95s, reducing the
aggregate circulation of all kinds of
money 10 .s74.sSs. s57. decrease for
the year ending March l of sII6,00o.-
eoa The circulation per capita. based
on 90. s.3sI.eoo of population. has been
reduced to sse-60.
The last measure signed BIZ the
president. on the tsh. was the anti
lottery bill. in which a great deal of
interest has been manifested
PRINCE ALEXANDER Wow HoaESLoE,
youngest son of the German ehaneel-
ior, has been besrothed 10 Princess
EHlanuella of >alm-Sprzunfels
STATISTICS FROM the immigration bu-
rean show falling of Of 20 per cent
in arrivals during the past seven
mouths
The president left Washington. on
the 5th, on the lighthouse tender vfo-
let for an outing of a week or ten days
for duck shooting in the North CarOli-
m sounds.
News from Havana. on the sth,
stated that the Guantanamo troops
had attacked aEd dispersed the insnr-
gent band under Berez Brooks at Luzo.
Several of the band were wounded The
troops captured Ell their Arms. ammu-
nition- etc The provinces Of Puerto
Principe, Matanx2s. Pinar, Rio and
Havana were quiet
SoCrH-BoESD steamers arriving At
New Orleans. on the ssh. reported the
burning Of the little steamer Laura
BANKS in the Tennessee river with the
loss Of several lives. the victims all be-
ing negroes. excepting \ lad named
knight. the 13-year-old 500 of the cap
tain Of the boat. who was in the boiler
room when the fire started and could
not escape
A rxKckPrrBLK shock Of earthquake
M of the 5th- The disturbance lasted
half . minute, and manifested itself
by shaking houses and causing win
dows and furniture to rattle
THE city of Port-of-Spain. Trinidad,
suffered from . S{.0oo. 900 eonfagra-
tion. ON the 9Th, and but for the as
sistance rendered BY sailors landed
from American and British ships in
the harbor, the whole place would
doubtless have suecumbed to the
flames
OTIs z JOHNSON. the Wisconsin lum-
herman and capitalist. died in Racine.
on the sth. aged 80 years. leaving an
estate estimated as high as sl0. ooo.-
ooa He WAS = partner of the late SEN
ator Stock bridge, Of Michigan: Gen
Russell A. Alger and ex-senator Saw
yer. of Wisconsin, He owned millions
Of dollars worth Of property in the
California redwood country
An imperial ediet has been issued
abolishing the knout in the infiction
of punishment in Russia Hitherto
the peaAntry have been completely at
the mercy of the local Judges The IS
suanee OF this edict Is due TO the fact
that statisNes were submitted to the
ezzr. which showed that within the
last ten years 5000 persons convicted
Of petty thetz have died from the ef-
feets Of tn xnout.
On the IN Ne Preach government
received frtcs1Ation hy cable from
zAnzihar - Freneh had seized
The isl.na ezsixey. lying south
vest q Ms y.