Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-03

What Is known As the independent
labor party of Great Britain ran ven
freight canIidates at the recent gen
eral election. at big expense TO the
supporters OF the movement. but NOE
oue % the nominees was elected
-EnicliEe hall. Sheffield. the resi-
aeuce Of Sir John Brown. the inventor
Of ar1nor plates has been sold tor slsa.-
COO Il i one q the finest residences
in south Yorkshire. aud sish a park
% - acres cnss twenty v~ar ago be-
tween s49a 90 and S1q0. @0
a Frcrcauaan having an Income q
$4,000 a year pays sLea9 - 4 in direct
AMI indirect taxes 10 the xuwerumenG
seyursiiux 20 n verT careful iuvsstiga-
tinu ~ " Beanrin-gsrwsSier made FIR
the Societe de >ratissiqa~s IN ether
words the French taxuaver must wurk
eiEhtv-sr days IN the year snaely 70
earn what i due - the treasury
The secretary % the AastreHHn-
gariaa CHAMBER - commerce. has fn-
formed the rurl3 a. large that a great
exhibition wfIt b held a. busta-Pe$tA
ue1. rear tn eenmsuoratian of the
foundation x the Hungarian kiugdan
unster Arpad. oue thansanf years agA
The exhibition wiIl he On a scale p
Tr-a. maxnideenee. arv1uizert amber
the auspices - Francis Joseph. apps
tolie kiug q Hungary
In tbe Punic csmet~ries % Tar
tha~e Father n~iattr@ has already ex-
aminesi one hundred AMI twenty-five
tomb~ lie has found n painted terra
Gotta mask. with oval fAe-. short sais
whssxers ami a eIa@e-Shaven cain. amt
bronze rings in the earSs and also a
disk % terra Gotta with n warrior on
horseback in relief apon Il anaer the
horse n running dog. and above the
Squire a lotus flower and a crescent
moel
1t Is reported that gigantic ~
mains - elephants have been found in
a new railroad emitting in the depart
ment - the Chareute. France Be
sides two tuslss. one 81 the extraer-
binary length % nine AMI cne-haif
feet. there are elephants molars and
bones. remains u mammothS, teeth OF
r-hinoceroses ami hipPapotamuses, and
Il large number OF lint implements
The discovery Of human relics with
remains Of such antiquity Is very IN
usual
-Germans wish 10 have the pensions
Of the wounded and widows ~ the war
Of $50 Increased. n generals widow
now receives $50 wear, and a private's
$50 Prices have increased greatly.
and. what i worse. by the treaty Of
peace with France. Germany having
agreed IN pay the pensions Of French
soldiers li-ing in Alsaer-Lorraine on
the scale in force In France before the
war. pays to a French generals widow
81, 900. and to a ~private's. on non-eom-
missionesI officers. from $50 TO st00
Gaping Ghyil. an uafathomed
abyss near Ingleborough. in York
shire. was recently explored By NJ
Martel. the French cavern hunter
After a stream which falls into the
cave had been diverted, he was let
down 20 a depth of $50 feet, and there
found a chamber followed out in the
limestone, 40 feet long by $50 broad
and 100 feet high. with a level bottom
covered with sand and pebbles There
were no bones either Of men or ami
mails. which Is unusual with these
caverus-
Lady Meux sent her servants with
her trunks from the country 10 Lon
don last year, and ut the station the
porter dumped the trunks of the plat
form in front OF n train, which de
stroved their contents. She sued the
railroad company but lost her case
on the ground that the tickets had
been sold To her ervan and not IN
her personally. ami that the trunks
were not the property of the servants.
The court OF appeal, however. has re-
verssd this Judgment. on the ground
that the tickets were bought with her
money and that her servants acted a.
her agents