Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-10-24
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

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MAL-Gx c. n KNOWLES was. an
the 18th gszetted commander of the
British troops in Exype
THE foundation stone os tb. ,.w
Deeside palace, 10 5e erected 10 .axr
the place OF Mar lodge. Braesner, Aber-
deenshire. Scotland. the highland resi-
denee Of the duke Of FIfe. which was
burned last June. was laid By the
queen on the I5th The site Is . few
miles from Hainoral
hAcxErT LEAHr. Is years of are.
while playing about a planning mill
near Lilly. Pa. on the Isth. fell
against a large circular saw. and vas
cut diagonaliy from the left shoulder
TO the right leg Death was instan-
taneouS
TEE board Of parions has refused to
take action in the case Of DssiousSa,-
the New Orleans councilman convicted
OF receiving brih~, aad he must 20 20
the penitentiary TO serve his sentence.
ss this was his last hape-
A BOILER Of a steamship living In the
naroor OF Spexzia- explosiesi. on the
18TH, killing four stolxers and baaI y in
1urtng one Of the engineers
AMBASSADOR RrxYox r~crfve1 n.
Berlin- on the 18th, from President
Cleveland a valuable silver cup To b..
presented TO Capt Aifre, Krech. com
fnansfcr OF ths Hamburg A naericza line
steamer suevIa. in recognition oF Can't
hreehs act in saving the crew of
eight men of the American sehaaner
Mary p Amsslen on February ~ last
ADvTcEs from ConstantinopIe. oa the
lsth. stated that most serious eoase-
quenees were fearef from the general
situation growing out Of th. renewed
Armenian agitation a1sf the reSaasu,-
ton Of riosing. The iaterveztiaa of
The powers TO restore orsier and en-
force reform was imminent
PADERxwsK. the pianist. sailed from
Liverpool for New York. on the i6th.
on board the steamer Teatonie-
MAUKIcE PEEk1Ss. n well-kno-~a
Newspaper man. formerly connected
with the New York Saa. while d~Iir-
ious, on the isth, ieaPed frosa third
story window OF the city hospital in
Indianapolis. lad. and was fatally
kurt bv the fall
The directors Of the Baltimore &
ohio railroad have again failed t.l de-
clare dividend oa the common stock
of the company.
The celebrated Hezskiah h. smith
will case. which involves an estate Of
oo.0o0. and which has been in four
different courts during the past eight /
years was concluded in the eourt of
eh7nccry nc Trenton. y. j.. on the
fsth. when the will was declared IN
valid and the disowned widow, Yer
ona> and the two sons of the dead /
Congressman were restored to their /
rights.
" A CAEIroS, of the government |
department Of agriculture. has heen |
sent 10 central Kansas to make expert |
nents on prairie wheat-growing. He 1
viii plant !, 900 varieties of wheat. loo 1
OF oats and many of corn. barley and /
rye, with n purpose OF testing their re-
sistanee TO rust Also he will attempt /
to secure, By crossing. variety CT /
wheat that VIII withstand the prairie /
winds and the long droughts.
Ex-CoNGREssNAS r W DUSHaM
was. on the 18th. awarded $1,000 dam
eyes by Chicago jury against Maj |
Allyn for alienation of his wife's af- /
fectionA Durham had asked $50. 600,
but as two of the jurors were in favor
Of a verdict for Allyn on the first bal
lot $4,000 was agreed upon as com
promise
AFTER long conference with j. R. i
ColeAn. the defaulting cashier of the
state bank of Fort Scott, Kas., on the
18th. Vice-President j. J. Stewart made
the startling announcement that the
amount Of his defalcation would pFoba-
bly, exceed $50. ZOO
JAMES Dixon, one of the prisoners
locked up in the jail at Buffalo. y. Y.
on account of the tragedy at Tona-
wanda. in which Capt Phillips and his
his cell on the 18th
On the 18th an explosion occurred on
steamship near King-Chow-Foo. The
steamship was loaded with Chinese
troSDs. and il IS reported that coo of
then, were killed
A BUESos AYRxs dispatch of the 18th
said it was reported that Brazil had
recognized the Cuban insurgents as
belligerents-
THE new steamer St Paul arrived at
Southampton at Sis a m on the nth.
She experienced bad weather most of
the way The machinery worked
smoothly. Daily runs: 3oi. 3ss. 4Oa,
4le. 4ss. ss4. 3so. to the Needles 80
THE North German Lloyd Steamship
ca is said to have ordered the con-
ssruction of two new steamers at
Govan. Scotland. which are to be
larger than the Lueania and Cam
2ania-
Mr. J. +. LAYcocK's steam yacht
valhalla. with Lord Duuraven on
board. passed Prawle point. on the
nth She left Newport. T. l.. on Sep
tember as
MAYOR SPASSAMAS of Reading, Pa,
has been arrested at the suit Of a
farmer residing in Lower Alsaee town
ship for trepasS. Other warrants are
lut
SARAH LEwNAS. spinster. aged &5,
died at Jeffersonville, Ind. on the
nth About 5000 was found hidden
about the premises Her estate IS
large
The next annual eneampment of
the Union Veteran league viii be held
in Washington city.
II was announced in Madrid. on the
Izih. that I2.0o0 troops would start for
Cuba on the 22d
AT . meeting of the executive com ,
uittee of the board Of trustees of Kan
sas City university. Of which Il J.
Heinz. Of Pittsburgh. Is president,
plans for the erection of buildings to
cost sl00 90 were decided upon the {
work upon the main building Is 70 be J
began Immediately An oter Of the
donation Of q museum valued ~ SSo.-
o0o was also considered Z
REV. T. DEWITT TAIMAsE. the IA J
nous divine. will soon figure in two
extensive lawsuits brought against a
him By western PennsyIvanians. unless
h~ can Suereet IN Suuariug himself ,