Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-06-20

insane patient at the asylum. rt To-
reka, Mas, was found hanging to .
tree In from. Of the building uhere ks
nat been confined Mcdonald and
schaffer and Drusler. two other in.
sane patients. escaped by removing =
window and lstting thcm,eivcs down
70 The ground by tying bed elo,bc. t.
gethvF
fff tmpiuyeS OF the American iron
works in oswego. y. Y. one Of the
most extensive boiler aud engine
plants in the country, have received
notice OF a i0-per-eep. Ir-rcasS in
waFc-
InE federal jury at Duluth. Mirn.
on the 18th, in the SLs5o. 900 damage
suit Of Alfred Merritt vs. John ID.
Rockefeller, the Standard Oil king.
after having been out over four hours.
returned vcr,iie, Ct sat00c for ths
plaintiff
TIVE miners employed in the Jermvn
No. . eolliery, Old Forge. township.
near Scranton. Pa. were badly burned,
on the 18th. by the explosion Of a kes
OF powder around which they ~cte
sitting. A spark from lamp carried
~ driver boy, who was passing.
caused the explosion. One OF the in
Jure,i men died soon after
Thomas DoS. the crank who was ar.
rested on the Balmo-sl ru-d, ia scot
lardl recently. was. on the l4th. com.
mitted to a lunatic asylum on a crown
warrant When arrested Dor -as
prse;ieing With : revolver. and in
tc-r-ed his eaptors that he was on his
way TO Balmoral to obtain an inter
view with the queen
THE motions fs- new trials in the
two cases against Lum smith. pub
Usher Of the Philadelphia Herald. con
vie'ed Of improperly using the mail.
and sentenced to a fine Of $50 and
costs and FIVE months iHsr-i-oumefit,
were cverrnled, on the isth. by Judge
Butler in the United States court
THE Howard Harrison Iron Co. 10
Gated at Bes~emer. Ala. and operating
the largest irur-pipe works in the
south. employing i.s00 men. posto.i
rcsicrs, ON the 18th. that the wages of
their employees would Be increased ie
per cent. beginning on the 18th TA.
advance il voluntary,
MARTIN GiIGErr & Co. Of Baltimore.
Md. received telegram from Annoy.
Ihina, on the 18th. stating that the
latest adviees from the island of Tor.
mn>a were that bs,sinesS was entirely
suspended therr. and that there was
much rioting in the tea-producing dis
triet~
Carr. HoorKR, in command - the
cutter feet in the Behring sea. has re-
ported To the treasury departaen,
that hts observations south ot L na .aslsa
convince him that the seal herds uaov-
ing north are far less numerous than
formerlv- This scarcity. it is believed.
iS entirely due 20 the indiserinsinats
slaughter Of the last two or three
years
ONE HUNDRED AND ETsHrErx YEAR
ago the continental congress adopted
the stars and stripes ss the emblem Of
the United States, and, on tn. 18th.
the ahnises So , "a ta< .sy~E. --sS eeIe
brated as Flag day at many pfaees
throughout the country. In the pub-
lie schools special exercises were oh
served. while on pubiie and business
buildings the Stars and Stripes were
unfurled To the breeze.
THE steamer Dakar. from west Afri-
can ports. arrived at LIVERPOOL on the
18th. and reports that the ganboat lee
croft was lately wrecked a. night near
old Calahar by tornado. Sir Clsud
Macdonald. the Niger commissioner.
his wife and about forty others. whe
were on board the guaboat. were res
cued
HAREY ELDRED. Clay Millard and
Charles Cowie. aged Is. - and 81. ~
spectively, were drowned bT the cap
sizing of sail boat on 81. Louis bay
of West Superior. Wis. on the night
Of the 18th VIII PinkhaI=. who was
also in the party, escaped 6y 'clInging
In the boat until help arrived.
Pos IMAsrER TRIFPITo Of Fishers
Station. Ind. narrowly escaped being
blown up by an internal machine. on
the lith. He received the package
from Cincinnati The s-x was filled
with powder. dynamite cartridges and
Illuminating caps