Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-10

PERSONAL AND GENERAL
The British bark Oseo was wrecked
gland. on the Goth. and all hands. TWEEN
ty-four in number. were drowned
The Deievan house a. Albany. ".
Y. was burned on the night Of the
50th- One life was reported lost. and
several guests were injured IN their ef.
forts 10 escape from the building.
A DISPATCH from Pel<in Of the soth
announced that Ii Hung Chang had
been superseded in the supreme com
mand Of the Chinese armies by Kun VI.
ex-viceroy Of NanlSin-
Nuo Legs barber-~hop and lodging
house at Eiwood. Ind. was wrecked bv
an explosion of natural gas on the
SOFIA and six persons were badly in
iur~l
JOHS FFTzsEsALD. ex-preSident Of the
Irish National League Of America, and
cue Of the most extensive railroad con-
tractors in the country, died at Lin
coln- Neb-- on the sDsh.
iy the burning Of his residence at
Newayxo. Mich. on the morning Of the
30th. Charles White lost his lif.. in a
vain effort 10 save that Of hfs s-vear-
old son
TEREEBLK destisutiou exists in Per
Lins. Chase. Dundy. Lincoln. HAYES.
Hitchcock and Frontier counties. Neb-
aud the worst feature = the people
IN several localities are afflicted with
-
The city building a, BiddeEo-si Ne.
~as damaged TO the extent Of ssa.oog
by 6re on the morning Of the s0th
Besides the city Offices. the past Office
and police station. the building con-
tanned the drug store of Dr. Warren.
Mckenny Il Mearl-s hardware s,ores
MrS- Warts millinery parlors and ;he
York County savings hank. all Of
which we're damagcd By smoke and
water
WILLIAM l. STKoSG was induersd
into Office as mayor OF the city Of New
York. On the LIST. his election repre-
sentiaw very much the same conditions
and social elements that asserted them
/ selves, in 1872, in the choice of VILLA m
Havemeyer for mayor the main pur-
pose in the earlier case being the over
throw of the Tweed regime, aud in the
present case 70 correct abuses known
or suspected in the police and other
departments Of the city government
A Mas REryEcKE, wanted in New
York for embezzling $4,000 worth OF
diamonds, which she had smaggled
into the country for several New York
firms. was arrested in santa Rosa. Cal
On the ist- The arrest was made By
Mrs VI. E Dsrragh, sesrcher in the
New York customs service. who had
followed Mrs ReineeI<e zeross the con
tinent-
UNITED STATES AMBASSADORS EusrTs
and Consul-Generzl Morse held New
Years receptions at their respective
residences in Paris
MoRE than $1,000 prisoners will be
benefited by the ears decree of am
uesty- Many of them have been al
ready liberated
The Prince knitting works al Chiea-
go. employing $50 girls. were burned
On the I'd Thirty of the young ladies
were rescued from the thiri-@tory win
dovxs By the firemen- Cause. sponta-
neous combustion; loss. so. .09oo, partly
I insured
JoHs b BExsAxSI. % years Of age.
and his wife Kate. 20 years old. were
found dead on the morning of the I'd,
st their home IN New York They
had been suffOeated by escaping gas
The recount in the mayoralty con-
test in Winnipeg. Man. was completed
on the ID As q result AeHielxen was
anseated and GiIroy was declared
mayor by majority.
Two sraEEr CARS in Indianapolis.
Ind. eollided, on the 81, in 4 binding
ruowstorm- About twenty persons
were injured more or les seriously by
the accident.
on the I'd Gov. Morton Of New York
nominated Alva IL Dcty 10 he health
officer of the port Of New York, and he
was promptly confirmed BY the senate.
| An emery wheel burst in the Pope
Knitting Co.'S factory at Bueyrus. a..
on the I'd. crushing the skull Of Frank
Greenwich. 17-year-old employe.
The principal part of the village Of
Sherman, y. ". was burned ai o'clock
on the morning OF the I'd; aggregate
losses, $4,000
/ EIsHr business places. including the
leading stores and post Office At Per
rysville. O., were burned on the 2d;
Ioss. 50. 600.
FR4ScIs IL. the last king of Naples,
was buried. on the sd. from the parish
church in Areo, the Tyrol. Austria
THE decoration OF Count Won Wal
| dersee with the order of the Black
Eagle WAS officially gazetted in Berlin
/ on the I'd
The president. on the Cd. awarded a
medal of honor, for distinguished gal
Iantry. to Brevet Brig. Gen wm- II.
Wilmington L. g v. of Jackson.
Mich, IN voluntarily remaining on the
field. under heavy fire, at Ball Ran.
July. 1851, to aid hIz wounded superior
officer Gen then eolonell Orlando b.
Wilcox, resultiug in the capture OF
both officers
A sToBY was telezzaphed from Wash
ington. on the night Of the I'd. that the
New York 6naneiers. through Mr. J.
Pierpont Morgan. had demanded the
retirement of Secretary of the Treas
ury Carlisle, and that the president
would stand by Ar. Carlisle A New
York Dispatch. however. stated that
Mr.. Morgan characterized the story as
absurd
EDWARD McMULLrx. n hnenan In
the employ of the Western Union Tel
egraph Co, was awarded verdict al
Newark, n J.. ON the 81. against the
company Of sss.0oo FOR injuries re.
eeivsd while working among rha wires
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