Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-08-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

sunk her. Twenty-four perSous were
saved and Eve lost
SEv- J. n LEE died at HeruesS~v
OKLA. on the I'D. Of Old age. He va
- years old. and for the past .,vven,v-
four years had teen n missionary
smoug the Cheyenne. Arapahoe and
hlovva Indians, receiving his appoint
raeut from the ". Z church. Tarouvh
his Efforts dangerous outbreak Of the
Ch-Yenne Indians was avcKted IN Is-1
I HoS- X r CHxxET. president Of the
American Express Co. died. on the
-Sf. a. his home in Wellesley. Mas,
OF Intermittent fever. aged ~
| A SHANGHAI dispatch. received on
the s4th. stated that Japan demands
s. .soo.9o9 additional indemnity aS
compensation for the retr,-e~Ssioa 20
tAiaa OF the Lao lung peninsula
The Young Meas Christian assoria-
.iou baildiug on New York avenue.
near Fourteenth street Washington
city. was destroyed By ere on the
=tth- loss S39. .s0o. faIly insured
SIR WILLIAM NEESoS HkRcoU RI. WIN.
vas beaten IN Derby By the e~userva-
tive candidate. was elected. on the s4f.
frpn West MoamOGthShire bT naa-
/ Iority Of 5..s-- The ex-ehane,eIlor was
I opp-ss--i By w z Williams. eonse-ra-
tive The vote stood. IIarcourt. 7.ets.
Williams. i.95G In I,ge the liberal
/ majority in thfs district was s.sla
DE THOMAS y. MrSS died al Chan
Tau- k1S, on the I'D. aS the resnls Of
fail down his oEice stairs the even
/ ing rreviorS- His skull was crushed
AMI back broken He was a leading
deznocrztie politician. AMI was to have
been appointed SurxeOn ofthe Leaveu-
worth military prison
GEol ~ NAvEEscx. m attorney lfv-
ing as %-2s Locust street. ~ Louis.
and who Is visiting at AranSas Pass.
Tex. holds the record for shs. bi-w-<t
catch Of \ ,arpon this year Que day
/ ae landed four large fish. measuring 3
ises :. iaeh. feet II inches. 5 feet s
inches and feet 8 inches In the same
1arsy we're fozr other gentlemen who
.susied tzrpo1s measuring more than s
I fee.
THk Ir0atSa gOl ~aterworks were
euraed- on the essh- frun sp.anrau.uus
ssrszesESriou- The boiler bars. ard
r-recixe.i the bufldin<. The eitv i I~fs
without pr1seetioa in case OF Ere and
many in-iu>sriss siIl =. eS1sn2eIIed 10
shzt doUa= las, o=er 500. lss0
fSnEAS CozsxEssEsSxa gzawxrSs r--
-elref n Ea~ss4<e froua sxens T-ssr NJ
Fort Hall. on the .8sA- stating that \
Eerv ssrious cozssisioa of zssairs ex-
asled a1ou< the Ba1aoek IasI-aaS. and
zrgtn< that trsopzs ae seat 70 the Sexae
a. o1ce-
AS oGiesal r~powt frura Havana. on
the -sth. sad saat Sav1-ro-s azA A.
dawes columns. Under ecrnnznd Of
tsen- Lschauhrc- comprising 1000 in
fzntry and DO cavalry. with three
gu1s. arrived al Na@vit1s on July IL
\ cLSUp-ErEsr swept over the VII
age 0f Breo0a- o. on the night of the
81. and many buildings we're 6am-
a.yest- a1si a larzse nuuher OF cattle AMI
sheep were drowned Crnps suffered
severely in the southern part OF the
state
The American schooner Carrie z
lane lad n thrilling eaeoznter in
CEban waters. on Jaly u. with Span
lsh gunho4E Two skots were fred a.
the Lane bT the naz-of-xzr. and one
q the Sehooner's crew narrowly e.
ezp~d h~i1g killed by enc Of thera
The vessel vas made 10 heare 10 ar4
give an account Of herself before b~irx
allowed % proceed
Ma JAMES W FEExCu. for sue
years w1r.cR OF the NOrthern Indiana
Psaitsasi4ry a. Michigan city. has been
selected by At-nrzey-sSene-zl Harnan
as warden Of the United States peui-
tentiarv az Fort Lezreuworth. Ka<
Mr. Preach IS vel knsvn as \ prison
r<forzer.
Gov RICHARDS OF Wyouiux -e-
eeived \ telegram on the .s,h. from
Gez- sitter At Market Lake. saving
that notwithstanding reports OF q
sensational nature sent out from that
Point there was nothing new in the
situation and No authentic news Of
further tro1ble-
SECRETARY LAMONT has issued An
rider. by direction of the president.
transferring 10 the department Of the
Platte. all that portion of Nebraska
wing between the fOrty-fOurth and
torty-Einth parallel and west of the
Missouri river
THE engagement is announced of
Mss Pauline Whitney. daughter of ex-
secretary Whitney, to Mr.. Almerie II
P1get of ST. Paul. MINI Ex-Seeretarv
Whitney IS away on a yachting cruise.
md Miss Whitney Is soiourning in
New England
Ar the conclusion of the inquest at !
Toronto. Ont. on the s4th. on the body
II Alice Pitezel. q verdict OF wTIIful
murder was returned against H. H.
Holmes
DR ALEXANDER NcFAKLAS. protess- |
NJ of physics in the University OF Tex
- has been appointed lecturer in elee-
trieal engineering At Lehigh Pal uni /
Eersity- DIR. MeEzrlan's reputation rs
an Investigator in physics Is world
side
TIE governments expenditures on
account Of the collection Of income
laxes were S.. z3Ss taxes collected.
81. lSI. which viii be refunded
THE work Of the post Office inspee-
snrs who have been -'spotting- the let |
.sr carriers in the free delivery oeiees |
throughout the country continues 20 |
5ear fruit First Assistant Postuas-
er-Genersl Jones has sent orders 10
he postmaSters AZ Indianapolis. To-
edo and Syracuse. y n. 10 suspend
n discharge = number OF their car
.erS on charges OF Ioasnz and intern |
eerance-
AccoRDISG 10 adviees brought from
'zpan by the steamer Empress Of In /
dsa. there were "a cases aad ia
deaths from cholera throughout Japan /.
daring the tNsnty-four hoars ending
AZ noon Of July 81 This brings the |
total this year up TO ASS eases lsss On /
steamers chartered By the army and |
Z. sel deaths
A kEcESr addition to the portrait /
gallery Of the navy department IS a
rare old oil portrait OF Commodore
Naedonough. the naval hero who rem
dered Perry such valuable assistance /
IN his memorable engagements on the /
lakes II the war Of ISL. The portrait 1
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