Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-17


United states patent office finds its
work completed up to date. This
means that in all Of its thirty-three cx-
amiuing divisions the work i in such
condition that n new application fiiesi
to-day will bc acted upon on its merits
within three DAYS and an amendment
to-day will receive attention within
two weeks.
ROBERT HENRY. the negro who tried
to wreck the train ON which senator
Hill was returning to Washington from
the south in December last, was arrest
ed at Jacksonville. Fla. on the 9th
The attempt at train wreckinr was
made near Florence. :. C..
VI. CHALLENEr. LACorR was. ON the
10Th. reelected president Of the French
senate
Born houses of the California legiS-
iature assembled in joint session. on
the 10th. and cauvassed the state re-
turns James II. Budd was declared
governor amid great enthusiasm.
The south Dakota house and senate
on the 10th. suspended the rules and
passed a joint resolution Offering =. .0o0
for the arrest and delivery of the de-
faulting treasurer. W W. TAYLOR. III.
IL about ) feet inches in height.
weighs zoo pounds. has brown hair.
small mustaehe. blue or gray eyes ami
iorid complexion. He was last heard
Of in New York
THREE oil men were INSTANTLY killed
on the Prisser farm three miles west
~ 81.
Logan. John Pettigrew and W J. Me
Nally endeavored to thax out 100
quarts Of frozen nitro-glycerine with
hot water. II expiosie,i. tearing them
all into fragments. together with a
team Of horses.
The post Office department. ON the
10th. received official notification that
Cape Colony, regarded a. the mos, i'm
portant acquisition in Africa for the
Universal Postal union. owing to its
position as the entrance for all African
mails. had joined the union ON Janu-
ary 1.
A aODUs vIvENpf between the uitr,i
States and Cuba has been agreed upon
at Madrid. pending only the settlement
of the question of the date upon which
il shall become operative. BY the terms
of the agreement Cuba conc-des the
second column tariff in return for the
INSTRUMENTATION treatment
REPORTS from the immigration au-
thorities at New York show the whole
number of immigrants arrived during
December was i.IOs. Of this number
fi6 were debarred entrance as pauperS
and So as contract Iaborcrs. 10 were adj
mitted on bond
The town of Turtle Creek. 10 miles
east Of Pittsburgh. Pa. was badly
gutted by ire ON the night Of the 10th.
The town post office. valued at si0. .000
was torn down by the citizens to pre-
vent further spread of the flames The
damage will reach sIO0.ooo.
4 DISPATCH FROM Shanghai. on the
10th. said that severe fighting had
taken place near Jehol. Mongolia tn
miles northeast of Pekin- Hundreds
of wounded Chinese were reported ta
be arriving at Tien-Tsin daily.
FAMUREs for the week ended on the
ffth. as reported bv r &. Dun & Co.
were. for the nited States. go
~ -tA AAtS fhtI1Au& Wt-rh
of last year: and faF Canada, "a, against
- last year
CHESTER ALLEN. aged - wears. for
many years a prominent citizen of
Paw Paw, Mich. died ON the IIth- lie
was Formerly n railroad man. and
helped to erect the first railroad build-
ings at Detroit. lie helped to CON
struct the Chicago, Burlington e
Quincy road and the first works at
Pullman, Ill. He was wealthy at one
time, but died poor.
ENGINEER C. WooLMAS was killed
and Fireman J. K. Nettles injured. on
the nth. by collision between
switch engine and Wabash passen-
ger train in the Hannibal yards at
Kansas City, Mo. The passengers
were badly shaken up
SENSATION was sprung IN the
Legislature. ON the iith.
when IL was announced that Gov John
ii. McGraw had himself entered the
race for United States senator. Me-
Graw's friends maintained that neither
Ankeny, Wilson or Allen could be
and that Mcsiraw was the only
acceptable candidate for the nlaee.