Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-29
NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

4 - NAAN AHAAA No natives
had secured nnmheros Maxim guns.
which had arrived At Antauanari.a
BF the death Of Daniel Polk. at Den
yer, Col. on the 10Th. a conspicuous
ngure was removed from the social and
business life of that eitv. lie VA,
born IN Shelby county. XIV. in 1915
lie was one of the Polk family which
settled in Maryland two ccnturie, ago.
and aftervard scattered over Ken
lucky and other southern .tat~s
The oldest Towan vet discovered bv
the census bureau is Mrs Lucy Alex
snder, coiored, living at KeolSuIS. " hos.
age is reported at iI9 years She i a
native of Virginia. aud lives with her
son. Thomas. himself s4 years old.
JAsEs CooSET. who was born in
December, f-os. in County Wexford.
Ireland. and who came to this country
so"ut thirty years ago, died at Can
ton. Pa. on the 18th Until within a
week OF his death he was able to as
sist in farm work
Ex-AssocIArE JUSTICE WILLIAM
STRONG. OF the United States supreme
court, died at Lake Minnewasks.
y u on the 18th. aged :. years lie
was retired December !. is>0. De-
ceased had long been a sufferer from n
catarrhal affection. but the irnm.diat.
cause OF his death was . stroke Of
paralysis
The p m Chicago 4 West Nirhi-
gan passenger train. east-bOund from
Chicago. was held up by four highwav-
men just south of New Richmond.
Nici-. on the evening of the s0,h.
But little booty was secured A nax-
man was shot in the right groin while
signalling and seriously injured
THOMAS VI GRADY. a former cashier
OF the First national bank a, Marietta
Ia. was found guilty in the United
States district court, at Philadepkia.
on the e0th. OF emhezxiing the funds
OF the institution and making false
entries IN the BANKS books He wa.
sentenced to seven years in the East
ern penitentiary aud to pay a fae of
500 andcns;S
FURNACE III OF the Edgar Thorn
son steel works tCarnegie's plant At
! Bessemer, near Braddock. Pa. ex-
piosedi. on the e0sh. killing SIX men
and badly burning eight others. not
one OF those employed about the fur
nace escaping iniur-.
ForR carpenters Who were trvin~
tn saTe Northern Pacific bridge near
CEur d'Alene. Wash. on the 10Th.
were cut OF by the flames and eou-
p~lied Ia jump I75 feet to the bottom
of the ehasm. where they we're dashed
10 pieces
ADvicss from Honolulu. per steamer
Australia. arrived at san Francisco
On the =ISt, stated that the Hawaiian
legislature had granted contract and
exclusive franchise TO T. : Spalding
u lay and operate a teiegraphic cable
from San Francisco to HonolnIn. the
sote in both house. Of the Legislature
being practically unanimous
The business portion of 1t. Kilan. n
small town near West Bead. Wis. was
wiped out bv 6r- on the sSth The
total loss IS s.s.0oo. Insurance, g. aoo.
Many residences were burned 4nd
eight bushes. places DESTROYED
BT frr tina, broke out on tn. aft
ernoon Of the 18th. the laboratory Of
Johns Hopkins university. al Balti-
nore. Nd. was completely Quilted.
and the building otherwise badIy dam
aged.
The preliminary trial Of John
Walker. J. " Rodan. NJ d. w.R
P2dgett and Thomas Phillips. white
men. charged with IL ynchinz the negro
preacher Robert Bennett. on July 4.
took place At Lake City, Fla. on the
e0th- There was little evidence intro
dueed against the accused, aud thew
were discharged
II was announced IN Madrid. on the
ed. that .5.oEs fresh troops will en-
bark for Cuba in November
NEsroR r BEKSDox. of Buffalo. y.
\. was. on the eIst. appointed grand
receiver of the Aneient Order of Unit-d
Worxnen for the state Of New York
% succeed the late John Hodge, OF
Lockport The appointment was made
By Dr. J. = Armstrong. grand master
Workman of this state.
The temperature on Mount WASH
'ngtou. y H.. went down to - de-
yrees early oa the afternoon of tn.
eist- Snow was falling and the noun
ain submits were white. suggestive
II midwinter.
LoCIs EEzxLs promising 4-year.oId
sprinter Rzpa. Zap. dropped dead en-
tue track at Saratoga ~ v. on the
sist Heart disease Is believed TO have
been the cause.
Miss MARY MASSISs, youngest child
sf the late ex-Seeretary Of the Treas
sry Manning. Was married in Albany,
n \. on the slst. To Mr.. Julius Cor
aelias Won der Oudermeul0n, of The
Hague. Holland.
Ar the session of the supreme eouu-
II of the American Legion, held in
Detroit. Mich. on the sIst. the ritual
committee reported that no drafts of
-ituals had been submitted and recon-
nended. and that it was inexpedient
at the present time To make any
changes in secret work
The bix hy wheel in the Io-ineh mill
at the Oliver iron and steel works in
Pittsburgh. Pa. burst with terrific
force on the @.d- The mill was in full |
operation a. the time. but the en-
aoyes mirzeulously escaped serious
injury. Pieces Of the wheel were
hurled in all directions. wreckiux the |
rolls and engines and damaging the |
whole mill
OK the sist the president issued an /
,rder extencing the eivil-service rules |
% include all printers and presSmen in /
The executive departments
THE town of Coin. in the province of /
Malaga. Spain. was shaken By an
on the I'D. which lasted 1
twenty-five seconds The damage
lone 10 buildings Is very serious
SINCE the outbreak of cholera IN 1
Japan there have been e5. 900 cases aud
Ii. 900 deaths
IL ~ Indian camp 20 miles from
Azniwaki village. on the borieriand /
II the great northern forests of the
Upper Gatineau.. al India, named
Sraneois beat his l6-year-old daughter
- -eatk- The provincial authorities
have the case in hand
TH expenditures OF the government
icr the first two-thirds Of August ex-
seeded the receipts by s-.0os. eeS. bot
=fr-& a-.lt nsnsf l.