Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-03
NEWS AND NOTES.


JUSTICE P. ". WALL. at Leadvflle.
7 Col. IN the case OF The People ~ RYAN.
for arson, has rendered a s,ieciSion dis
missing Ryan. and holding that there
Z i no law in Colorado prohibiting q man
from burning his own house
CHARLES EDWARD DuFFEE. aged -.
died at Mobile. Ala. On the ssth. of
consumption He was well known as
Home Run Duffee. an ex-menber Of
the st Louis Browns Of the national
league and the American association.
and also of the Washington club OF the
national league
THK Cliff house al san Francisco
was burned on the e5th. The none
tary loss is not great. probably not
over s2o.0o0 The Cliff house was a
w1rid-famnus resort. A. il overlooked
the seal rocks II was part Of the pos-
session of AdoIph Sutro. san Francis
eos mayor-elect
AIrHoUsH Japanese rule IS accepted
BY the COreans generally. the Tong
{ HakS are still active They hare lust
captured Lzi Ju- capital Of the prov
fnee Of Haido- They expelled the gov
eruor and installed one OF their number
IN his place
HARRY MESIER the English bridge
jumper. made a successful leap frulu
the top rail Of the Poughkeepsss y. Y
bridge. a distance % n. feet with his
parachute. on the 18th The parachute
worsSesl successfully and Menier struck
the water in just eight seconds after
he started He was Piel1ed up hy
friends in waiting
HsRRT ;. DEcxER. the ex-baSebal
I player. was held in bonsts 70 the Grim
NAL court in Chicago. on the zsth. 10
answer charges of obtaining SAT- ami
So On worthless checks frpm h r.
Ayres. Of izi Ashland boulevard. VITA
whom be boarytcd- After MS releaS-.
on bond be was rearreSts.st on a var
rant sworn - BY \ g. Spzldiar. rhe
sporting-goa.is maker. charging him
with forging >palding's name "a checis
for >I0o.
A SPECIAL from the Citv Of Mexico
sayS- 1T j. evident there Is an o.
.ganizei colony - several hundred
persons scattered about the city en-
ploy@d N making and circulating spu-
r5gas cains Thousausls - dollars u
the stufF have bsen naassd within
few weeks Arrests af s1ernh.sr-s of the
uand have been MAIZE daily. and now
80 II theI1 are in Belem prison await
ing trial The industry still asGr-
isheS
Mas. PrrCHzR. wife ~ tea Thomas
+. Pitcher. died az her reSsi.nee in
Washington city ON the ssth. Mr.
Pitcher was well known in society err
sies. being especially prominent during
President Grants administration
CAPr. r IL. ECSERsoS. Nineteenth
infantry. recently examined for retire
mental Fort Wayne. Mich. was. on the
-sth. ordered 20 return IN his proper
station
II February the W. c T. t. viii
present 10 congress Il polvglot petition
against the sale or manufacture Of Iiq-
uor or opium
JAMES II. GRIDLEY. manager of the
Washington office Of the Scientific
American died suddenly at his resi-
dence in that city ON the night Of the
ssth- Mr.. Gridley was widely known
as a patent attorney.
IS Fulton. in the lower part Of the
city of Richmond. Va. i've boys were
diSfirured for life. on the .5sh, by the
explosion OF gunpowder which they
were using IN firing toy cannon.
LIEUT.. c. z. VEEELASn. naval at
I tache to the United States embassy in
Berlin. arrived in that city with his
family ON the s5th.
Two INCHES Of snow. the first of the
season. fell at Roanoke. Va. on the
nth
Ex-PoLIcK CsFr- JOHS L STEPHEN
[ SOW. the first Of the police officials
tried and convicted as an outcome Of
the exposures brought about By the
Lexow committee. was sentenced bv
Z Judge Ingraham, in the court of oyer
and terniner. in New York city. on
the esth. 10 three years aud nine
months imprisonment IN sing Sing.
and to pay 81 600 fine.
FoUR new cases Of smallpox were
discovered IN Washington city. On the
.sth- and several other persons are IN
der suspicion of having the disease
All the victims are eOl0red people fiv-
I ing in the alleys and small streets uaar
the government printing osfiee. the To-
eality where previous cases have ex-
isted.
RUNoRs were circulated in Brook
lyn. ON the night of the ssth. that n
shortage had been discovered in the ae-
counts of an ernploye IN the afiee of
the treasurer Of Kings county. Il was
said that experts had been engaged
and were at work on the ease The
u "a =. Il .rsaslf.
Tue grand jury at Chicago. on the
ssth. ordered Assistant State Attorney
Bottnm TO Leave the iury-room. went
into executive session and planned an
investigation of the alleged crooked
ness in the states attorneys ofice.
TEE British steamer Abeydo. Capt
True. from Valencia for Liverpool. i
believed ID have foundered OF the Isle
Of Man with the loss n all on board,
about 30 in number.
Rezr OFFfcE INSPECTOR STEWART. of
Chicago. arrested man named Blake
IN that ETY.. on the 18th. whom he be-
lieves to be the leader of the gang that
has been robbing hundreds OF western
past offices during the past two years
The arrest was made on the confession
of one Of the gang, and other arrests
were expected ID follow
HENRY PAcKER's residence. on the
outskirts of Piqua, O.. was entered by
sneak thieves. on the morning of the
e-th. and robbed of s.. $50. The money.
which was in bank notes. was tied mp in
rags and hidden in an old trunk The
family was absent at the time Of the
robbery
ALBERT NEEaAEs. whose home was
near Morenei Mich. John Moreland.
an old soldier. who lived near Elton. o..
and an unknown man of Chicago were
found frozen u death on the morn ng
of the S-th-
REPRESENTATIVE AND >ESAroz-KLzcr
GEAR. Of Iowa who was taken seri-
ousIy i'll in Washington, on the 9sth.
was mnch better on the @6th. and his
physicians pronounced him out Of dan
ger
II WAS reported on the -Tth- that
the Chinese forces had evacuated New
I Chxwuum