Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-29

NJ soeiock on th- nornirr ~ sAs
list tue t'rand Rockisnd hotel a, Con.
gers ' v. vas destroyed bv sr-. VITA
81 it, eoutent~ IN. buildinr -,
$4,000 aud the furniture sis. .eta
~ response To Representations mad.
By Mr.. r r o'Connor In the EritfS,,
honSc OF commons. on the -. SIR
Matthew White Ridley. hon- seer~.
tary, said be would consider "a hrs iutv
70 inquire into the ease % NrS F1or.
enec Maysricis. serving a life sentence
for the poisoning 81 her husband
PEoF. BooxER T. wssHrxsrox. the
negro orator OF Alabama. has been in.
vited 10 deliver an address at the op-u.
ing % the Cotton States exposition in
Atlanta, Ga. September IL Washing
ton II president Of n normal aud in
dnstrial school for blacks at Tusxegee.
Ala He is one OF the ATTEST negroe.
In thi, country.
! oS the I'D the steamer Terre Bour-
from Kingston for Montreal. Can. with
several commanderies Of Knights Ten
pl1r on boarvi- struck reef ut the foot
OF Cascade rapids and sank Shorti-
after in the entrance to LAchine canal.
81 far as reported no lives were lost
THE Suffolk county tMa.sl superior
court decided. on the I'D thsts China
man has ~ much right te smoke opium
in his own house or apartments a. an
American las to smoke cigars or pipe
N his residence.
''NrsH- DvsAS, propg iesor Of the
American house. in Pittsburgh. Pa,
was assaulted by a gang of touxhs and
robbed Of si55 in cash on an Allegheny
Valley railroad train on the night ~
the .4l -Four Of the robbers we're
captured, but the fftk made his 60
cape. carrying of the plund-r
AsoSs the passengers returning from
Alaska by the steamer Queen. which
touched At Vancouver. Y g. on the
I'D. was Viee-Prrsislent Stevenson. ae-
eompzniesi bv his two brothers. Nessr~.
W W and J. {. Stevenson, and his
wife and two daughters
MRs. LORA PERKINS was arrested in
Minneapolis. MINI, on the s;L on a
charge Of having killed her sister. M-s
Lola Hawkins. By setting her On fire.
on the sth. for the sake OF S-.Ga lie
insurance.
THE schooner wsnderrr. vhich pu,
IN a. SAINT Beaeh. Mich. On the ..i.
reported the loss Of her captain. Aiex-
an'ier Spence. and q seaman name4
James Bo-iv. during a severe gale
The First national bank % Frank
lin. o, closed its doors on the -
Mr. MUrsI MININrTsr. Japzuese mir
ister Of foreign Affairs. has b-~a ele-
va.esi to the rank Of count
A MEMORIAL was sent 10 tsow Morton
OF New York. on the ssf. by the Ten
tral W. c 7. T.. of kansas C5sv. Na
asking that he pardon Marie IsarE--ri
the Italian now IN sing sing pris,su
awaiting electrDeutioa tor having mar
dered her false lover
JoHS ". kEsTES. who = .zii - \.
the wealthiest farmer IN Car esuasv.
Ind. was arrested on the ia. charged
with procuring s+00 of the state school
funds under falsr pr-teus-~ lie sald
a large farm tn John EiIey. ansi after
executing the deed i said to have mort
gagged the property
THE dreaded Russian thistle has an
pear-d ia the vicinity of ABILENE. Ka.
A, gypsum City the weed has already
maie considerable progress. amt j.
growing in the village streets The
los-aI authorities are taxing severe
measures to blOt out the pest It i
presumed that the seed was iatrosiaced
in ears from the infected regions
The board designated to.xamine the
dTy dock a; Port Royal. :. c. has re-
ported Ia the navy department that the
dock has not proven satisfactory and
recommends that il b. not accepted BIZ
the department The contractor VIII
be given an opportunity 70 bring il up
10 the requirements
ATTORNEY GENERAL HsRMoN. on the
Id. Instructed United states District
Attorney Clarke Of Wyoming to sue
out writs Of habeas corpus fer the
Bannock and Shoshone Indians. s=ho
are under arrest and E=snSton. W-o,
for violation Of the state game laws
J. MIR HAKpIE, Prcsiden; Of the in
dependent labor party Of Great
Britain. and well known BY his So
cialistic speeches in the last parlia-
ment. arrived in New YORK. on tn.
I'D. tnr . lecture tOar in this country.