Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-02-28

William Penn cuiiierY at puttSVille
IA. On the eiss. bv which three ~ the
employees were haslly burned. the lives
of two of them t,eing despsirs.sl of No
great damage was dome u the collicrv,
but operations were suspended.
TuE Lawson flag bill. forbidding the
display of foreign flags on public
buildings. was passed by the New
York senate. by vote Of 70 toe. on the
eiSt.
A CLEVELAND syndicate has heconc
interested in the Little Mlnro mines
lease at Duluth. Mimi. and the prop
erty will now te developed The new
shaft Is already down thirsy-six feet in
tine quartz. aud in a few weeks tho
stamp mill at Raiuey Lake City viii.
again b. in operation
IL w. IiIkET. If Montgomery county.
Kas. soliciting aid for sufferers in
that section. says the people of Mont
Gosnery and ncighborine western Kan
sas counties are eating horsefleSh. not
heing able u get other fo~sd- Cows
are being trained to draw pluvxS. etc.
tn put in a crap this spring.
Ar the cioSe of business On the Lon
don stock exchange. on the slst. the
United States loan was quoted at 5 /.
premium The purchases os the new
iosn were chiefly for the New York ac-
count. confirming the trriicf that
nearly all Of the I.onion scrip will
come to the United states.
THE failures in the United States,
a.
ported by Il. g. Dan .S Co. wer,a asr.
against -. for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
nreS numbered ,. against 81 last wear
FoUR men who Ss.i ont from New
Orleans. ON the 18th. under the gui,i-
ance Of John KarrninStcr. a colors.d
uimrud. for n hunt in the Alliance
wousls. were found, On the I'D. frozen
tn death.
JoHN GETeaER. pioneer resident of
Norfolk. Neb. received notice from New
York city. on the I'D. that his brother,
who Recently died. left his entire e.
tate. valued at 81 .sao. os.n. Ia him.
WAKp MCAIIIsTEE the late Lauder
Of the New York Pour Hundr,..t- left
nn rcai estate. and his personal prop
erty. IT i said. sIocs not exceed $40. .Ola
HENEy c. >rTILwET.I- young clerk
in the employ of the Bank of Califor-
MIA at san Francisco. shot himself
through the heart on the eist. He
had been caught in the ac; Of abstract
ing $50 treasury note from bundle
e notes in the hank. and promptly dis
charged. wherenpan he fired the fatal
shot
EIsEr valuable pet dogs were poi-
soucst by nseans Of strychnine admins
tered by soHie person or per~ons un-
Suowu At the Westminster ciab dos,
show on New York city ON the ed
The anisntlS for the deed i thought a.
lie in JEALOUSY II other ownerS. the vie
Tins seing TsriKs, winners
THE dwelling of l.. D. HayfoEsi. at
khineisudsr, Wis. was destroyed by
iire. on the @zd. and child aged >
years was buruesl IA death. TwooisIsr
children trissi to take the unconscious
child Ia a window. bat xcrs. unable to
10 50 They jampe.i IA the ground and
roa-~si their mother. ON the firSt fis.sr.
beat the rt,of fell bef0rs. th.v could save
the little enc.
" DE wrrrx, the minister uf finance.
i taking meaSurs.S for the urpF.lafiun
of cotton growing in Russia By his
plan the state hank will advance Ia
grUwcrs a working capital. and will
grant loans to enable them 10 par
chase raw cotton for manufacturing
purposes.
\ DErurArToN of French senators and
members Of tine chamber of deputie~
waited upon the minister Of hus5,andrv.
ON the I'd. and discussed with him the
question IT the importation If Amer
lean wheat They also urged upon him
the prohibition Of the importation Of
American cattle
Gov MoTsroS of New York celebrated
Washington birthday anniversary by
signing the bill prohibiting the display
of foreign fiags ON public buildings in
the state
THERE was unveiled at Baltimore.
Md. ON the I'D. tablet tn mark the
site of The old Courthouse from the
stairs of which was first read ta the
people of baltimore the Declaration of
Inslep<udenese