Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-05-16
NEWS AND NOTES.
A sanm,r, Of Impcr.an. Er-as.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

furLr neg ecCeff ErIg v-rrz Ut rT-S-r = fTFr
own suppiies sf all xins.s. and the pr1-
dactioa oe mere grain and vegetables
VIII materially promote her prosperity
LORD rrrsLks % HswFcK. eldest
surviving son of the marquis of Queens
berry. and Rev Stewart DsHe,flasn.
well known NJ a ssaaneh supporter of
stage dancing. appeared In the Bow
street posiee court. London. on the
9Th, and hecsule sureties for Oscar
Wilde.
OS the -th the committee appointed
to seixct a course and date FOR the race
Detueen tsae b..atu ersxs of GoIumhia,
Cornell and The University of pennsvf-
vania, decided tn hold tbs. race on the
Hudson river At PoughlSeepsie. y. Y
on June 81 The course viii be
trianx'Slar Que. IS
MEcHfSAN CENTRAL freight ears were
broken open. on the night Of the 6th,
between Niles anil jackson Mich. and |
pluudered Of tseir contents No estf-
mate Is given OF the loss, which Is be-
leved 10 be heavy.
On the 9TH notices were posted in the
Berkshire Mass. cotton mills that on
and after the s0th instant, the opera
tives would receive an increase in
wages
Ir is claimed by the London police |
that an ex-soldisr named tsrainrrr. a
native Of Cork. now doing a ten-year
term of penal servitude tor stabbinv a |
woman in the WhitechapeI distric. OF
London. Is the real Jack tbs. Rfpp.r's -
The Paris newspaper La Lanterue.
in an article on the result Of the pro-
tests against Japanese occupation Of
Chinese mainlHud territory. saws:
Russia has daped France unless she !
returns the service in Egypt which we
rendered 70 her IN Pe-Chf-LL-
IN an explosion Of dynamite at the |
AIbrigh. coIiiery. near LleweIIyn.
Pa-. on the 7th. one man was killed \
and several others injured. perhaps ia
tally
Os the sth four srsixh. eousfuetar |
ana eight hraxemen IN the Nicse 1
Ffate raj roasi. Who ksd seen long in /
the service. we're discharged Tor via-
lstioa Of a g,eueraf order 20 the effect
that al traiamen. eixi neers Ansi fire-
Enen seen entering or t.svinx salosu-
either xisil-l on or OF drey. wssaEd e~
immediately discharged. FORTY q her I
employees we're orsiere,i - report for /
examinzti0a On similar caa-.r-s
THE stage euaeh running b.-tNeun T
Calistoga and Clear Lasr- ca. was (
held mp and robbed. On the IN. bv tive /
masked men who secured about q saa
cash and loote's Weif-Farxa.s treasure /
box
FIFTEEN workm@n employees IA the !
Jfheens cement qga-ris.a a. eefas.neuiIi... I
Ind. were re ported. on the stn. IN /
critical condition fruEu asnhvxiatinu. /
as n result Of the inHHx of gas and
foul air, generated BY blasting INTO
the quarry where they mere working
The quarry h fully 50a Yarsis deep. I
stretching underground, backwards. {
from the edge Il pond
A DTsPATCH from shanghai. ca the +
Tth. said that the Chinese emperor /
had sent an autograph letter "a the (!
ezar, and another To President Fanre. /
asking Russia and France 70 assist /
China in bearing her war expenses.
and promising special commercial ssi- /
vantages in return
Cot JoHS Z GowxS. who died re-
Gently at Paris. France. after an Illness /
Of three days. was born in Lynn. Mass.
March s. Is-5- He was an engineer Of
distinguished ability Il was he who /
raised the Russian fleet. sunk IA the
harbor OF >ebastopol BY the Russians.
after the Crimean war
EDWARD Il. CLARK. a tool dresser. was /
caught IN the rope % hosting der
rick near FiniiaF. o.. on the sth. and
his body was carried 10 the butt w heel |
lnd literally cut into fonr pieces.
CHARLES JOHNSON. a post office rob
Der. wante-l in the Indian territory.
escaped from United States deputy
narshals between Olean and >ala-
manca. v Y, ou the sth- He WAS
captured in Brooklyn and was being
taken west in an Erie train He was
handcufsed % n seat and was seeming
" in safe custody.
NATHANIEL SrRoCGHER. I04 wears of
age. eelebrated his birthday anniver-
sary, on the sta near English. Ind. |
and took part in the festivities with
more agility than many present. who
were almost half hundred years
Younger than himself Mr.. >trougher
j. one Of the oldest. II not the oldest.
men in the state He Is native Of
Tennessee.
The question Of intercollegiate foot
ball was brought up again, on the sth- /
in the meeting Of the Harvard faculty
No Official statement was given ont.
but il was learned from authentic
sources that n motion prohibiting the
students from taking part in intercol- /
legiate football contests failed to pass
by n good majority.
h L. BURROWS. Mayor Stroug's eoufi-
Dental secretary. on the sth. delivered
10 Clerk Kenyon. of the senate. the
mayors approval Of the Lexow New
York city bipartisan police commission
bill. together with a memorandum stat
ing his reasons for approving IT.
DR. :. g. HOCkER- mayor of stanford.
ny. prominent business man. COM
mitted suicide. on the sth. by hanging
with a small cotton rope in his meat
house He was g. years old "A family.
consisting Of widow and two chill
dren, survive him His enemies bad
accused him of Illegally selling whisky
in his drug store. and were continually
bounding him
A WAsHtNGfON dt>pateh OF the eth
said: Unless there is decided change
in the sentiment of Justice Jackson
toward ts-e ineome-tax law. he will
vote against that law In that event
the whole section of the Wilson-Gor-
man act Will be stricken from the
statute books
ROBERT h GOODWIN, assistant cash
ier of the wrecked bank of Lexington.
Va. was found guilty on the evening
OF the sth. of having made fraudulent.
entries. and his punishment fixed BY
the jury At four years in the state
prison AZ Richmond
Ir is understood that Russia will
not make any opposition II Japan aug
ments the war indemnity from China.
This will be sort OF return for the
abandonment Of the Lao Tung prov