Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-02-14

ETnER %ouS FoRNEr. ~ the Gerula 4
Baptist church Of Abilene, Has, died.
GA the sth. aged "a. lie had one Of th.,
largest families in Kansas Ills house
holt Ia the third generation. has mum
s'ered ifs. of whom III are living. di-
vi'iesi a. follows: Children. Ii. grand
children. =; great-grandehildrrn. n.
~ the 9Th + cable dispatch from the
seat % the Chiua-.Iapan war announced
the sinking. in the harbor ~ wei-Hai-
Wei on the 5th. after heavy fighting.
OF the Chinese iron-clafis Chen Yusn
and her sister ship. the Ting Yuen. and
stated that the other ships Of the Chi
nese fleet were almost within the grasp
OF the Japanese.
ALL the sugar refineries IN Phuaslel-
phia cut the price Of n fired sugars
one-sixteenth of a cent on the 7th. The
reduction Is said to have been caused
BY Moclenhauer. the independent re-
liner of New York. and = subsequent
reduction BY Hsv~meyer.
ALEXANDER G. JoNEs. The. United
states consul at Chia-Kianr. China.
denies that there has been any troufls.
involving the of'ieers ef the United
states gunhoat Concord or any other
Americans temporarily residing there.
OK the sth Ex- Empress Frederick II
Germany invited Miss Anna Boccxer.
the only woman saved from the wreck
Of the Elbc. h visit Ossb,rne. on the
tith- - meet the queen aud herself.
THE British brig Nelson Price went
ashore on the sth. near Douglas. Isle
Of Man Il WAS thoaght she would %
to pieces and all her crew y. drowned
before help could rcach her.
ioS- JoHv l. STEVENS. ex-minister
TO Hawaii, died az his home in Angus
IA Me- at O'Clock on the morning of
the >th, Of vaivular disease of the
heart
Pullman ear was wrecked and, to-
gether with another coach. barned.
and a number Of persons were injare,I
By rear-end collision On a tsrand
rrunk train about a nile west of
Weston. Ont-. on the sth.
AZ explosion occurred in foundry
at Joinville, in the department of
Haute-Aarnc. France. ou the sth- xiii
ing three men and injuring fourteen
oSE HUNDRED houses and business
bGiidiugs were swept away al cape
Breton. ISLAND. on the sth. by an ax-
ful tidal wave Il : believed that
many lives were lost
The storm that ragged all over the
nisei States oa the -th did more
damage - life ami property than any
other in the last Sftv years. not even
excepting the storm e March. fSss IL
sprcaa over f1ur times a. much terri
tory. and there came with il an extra
ordinary se-umpaniment of death and
wreck aud arc- II imp.-,lsd travel in
81 directions AMI paralvze-i railway
traffic IN nearly every city in the eoau-
try.
M woED had been received II ths
Freueh liner Ia tssss.sryns. seven davs
oxersiae, up IA tbs. morning. q ths sth.
and the graxest fears We're entertains..l
fur her safety The marine under
writers had raised the rate - insurance
On the ships cargo - % and se per
eent.. indicating palmer than vrssv.is
can tell that th~-ss raFaerteasersr usxa
we're alarmed
oS the sth the vacant rank - ma 5sr-
@eDFfAts EAA~SNt Nf N4Ae kTRsAxAss+# n 81
Mai-t;en >ehoEeld to the grade % liea-
tenant-generai Of the army. Vas SLED
hv the nomination Of Brig ten Thomas
a. Rnger. Gen Ringer i in command
of the department Of the Missouri. with
headquarters IN Chicago
A TIDAL ware swept Gp she enastS Of
Rhode Island. Massachusetts, and
Maine. on the STA doing an immense
amount Of damage to caast;ng craft
and inundatiHy many Of the coast
towns and villages Among the ves-
Ssls broken up was the presidents h.s4S
Ruth. at Buxzarsi-S BAY.
DISPATCHES % the sth announced
that the japanese. having captured
everything in sight al Hai-Wei.
and Destroyed the Chinese asset there.
Immediately turaed their attention -
Chr-Foa. with the apparent intention
u adding that place 70 the LIST of their
eanaueStS
MaroE1Ax JoHN FLArrEY was fear
falIy ard probably fatally injured a.
- Louis. ea the sth. by being c7ngh.
between two ears znd rolled their en-
tire length. the space being only sight
s~ fsr ussbs4s