Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-10

announced that the Belgian govern
meut had prohibited the importation
Of American cattle. alleging the preva-
lenee of pleuro pneumonia in thu
I nited states as the reason. Dr. SAL
mon. chief of the bureau Of animal IN
dustry. says there has been No pleuro-
pneumonia In the United States for
two years
The census Office made public a re-
port. on the I'd. showing that the own
ers Of farms and homes. regarded a.
substantially the land owners Of the
United States. own more than % per
cent of the wealth Of the country.
HAMILTON FIsH was. on the 81. elect
ed speaker Of the New York state as
Semblv.
GUARD TEMPLE. who recently shot
and killed Convict o'Day in the Ohio
p~uitentizry was. on the 3J- exon
Grated by the coroner. who rendered a
verdict Of iasti1able homicide
The United States cruiser Detroit
arrived at Port said. Egypt. on the I'd.
on her way fr0n Naples 10 China
ALExAyxE BrDk. the Fr~nch artist.
died in Paris On the ID.
Ms. MARI r. LArHEAP. president %
the Michigan W. c. T. L.. died a. her
home in Jackson on ,hs. ii. Of AGATE
neuralgia aged IS years She had
been III about a year
EoBEHr BRuCE. the head of a Chi
cago directive agency and one % the
best-pusted men in the country on
criminals. was found dead in his ofiice
on the 81 he had been drinking
heavily
FEASK p. MOoKE was arrested at
Savannah. Ca. on the eth. for using
the nitet States mails for fraudulent
purpss-e~ in sending ciairvoyant eircu-
lars through the post Office lie Is said
70 be wanted IN Cincinnati for similar
ofEenSes.
A WARRANT was sworn out. on the
eth for the arrcs of ex-City Treasurer
George swartzkapf.of Valparaiso. Ind
On the charge Of eEnb~xzlinx city funds
10 the amount Of sI3. so duriax his two
years service as city treasurer
AS enormous crowd gathered AZ the
state house in Denver, Cod. on the sth.
10 listen 10 GOV waite's final message
Az Austrian polar expesiitiou will
leave Bremerha~en in June. i-ssG
Julius PRAYER viii BE- in charge Of It.
SNow fell in Nice. France. on the
4th. to the unprecedented depth Of ave
inches
MICHAEL BERRrCK and his tvvo chill
dren. Joha and Michael. aged ; and 8
years. respectively. were sEnoths-red -
death in the burning Of their hsrr1e IN
View York on the ssh.
OK the night of ths. fih irs dsssruves4
th- upper stories Of the Iron block in
Niiwzukee and ala of the haildins adj
joining owned by the Martin estate
The los on the Iron block Is sisa. 90.
and that of DelorrEe a Que1tin- the &C.
eupantS. l. 50. COO on stock The Mar
tin estate loss i sso.ooa
A. w Inn. superintendent of the
Wabash Ind paper mill dropped dead
Of heart disease af Marion. In.i-. On the
evening Of the 9Th He was az the Big
Four station awaiting a freight train.
To return heuse, when he fell dead on
the platform
TiEx secretary Of war has written a
tcNleF % eonkre>s recon- tlze nj sris- the
appropriation Of si5.77t 20 pay the
damage done By the explosion Of an
ammunition chest in the streets Of Chi
eago last July
oS the accommodation of PaSfmas-
ter-General BiSsell the president. on
the fth. issued an order extending the
eivii-serviee regulations TO all superin-
tendents of stations in the past Offices
of the United States The order taxes
effect immediately on its promulgation-
sEcKxrAET HEKBEzr has decided To
send a naval zttaehe - the United
States legation at Toxic. and has Sc
lected for the post Commander Francis
". Barber
Ir i practically settled that the
naval appropriation bill, as reported
To the house. will contain provisions
for two and possibly three battleships.
at n cost OF about s4.Oo0. .O0e-
THE United States post Office de
teetives made 4 most important arrest
at Pittsburgh. Pa. on the 4th. when
they captured NJ r. Strayer. . sub
letter carrier, in the very act of riding
letter containing money.