Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-05-02
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Inpsrtss, Erss;a
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ington. weekly paper established By
Miss Field IN i-90. will be suspended
until winter. owing 10 ilI-hezIth of its
owner.
AT o'clock on the morning Of th-
I'D furniture wagon in which a party
of young amateur actors were return
ing TO Providence, z l.. from the town
Of Pontiac. was run into and demol-
ished BY an elecrie car. and s-e Of the
party were injured. one Of them. il was
thought. fatally.
THE Nicaragua governm~nt was
advised. on the I'D. OF the arrival Of
three British war ships at corinso to
enforce the British ultimztam- Presi-
dent Seelzya eahled to Lord Kimberly.
British secretary Of state for foreign
affairs. asking time Much surprise
was expressed that there was no Amer
iczn war vessel at Corinto
Julia GEos>. aged is. whose parents
intended TO send her 20 the HCsse Of
the Good Shepherd jumped frum a
fourth-ssory window of her home IN
New York. on the I'D. and killed her
self
CATHERINE scOrT. the oldest woman
ia Brooklyn. died. on the I'D at the
advanced age Of 100 years She was
born in ireland and came 10 Brooklyn
sev>nty years ago
O=cAR wILpE-s valuable collection
Of prints. Moorish pottery and bric-a-
brae was sold at auction on the .ssh-
The articles Sold included CzrsisleHs
writing table
A. Z.
officially stated on the .4th- that the
three British war ships in the hsrhor
of Corinto. Nicaragua. were there for
the purpose Of enforcing the demands
of Great Britain. set forth in the Brit
ish ulsimztum
REcrPpocTrT h<t-e~1 the Usited
states and Hawaii IN shipping rsgu-
iations has recsntlF h~.n brought
&bout By the action Of the treasury
I department. in yivin< 10 Hawaiian
merchant vessels the same advantages
eaioyed by American ships
PErrrIoSs FOR rehearinx % the in
eome t~x cases viii be heard in the
United States supreme court % May &
when it $ thou<ht. Associate JzSsse<
Jackson viii BE present and hreax the
tie
INSTEAD Of q few thoz~zza dollars
A. At 1rst supposed the defziezsioa %
the late Pzal >chaltz. who wxs land
agent Of the Northern Pzei6e rzfirozd
AZ TxeDnz. WASH will amount 70
500. .sno. and may Dc more By s-ou--
GO. according 10 the report Of the ex-
perts who are engaged in examining
| the zcsUun-s Of the srcezsec fsiS
shortage and disappointment IN love
are believed TO have led 20 his suicide
SIX roSs Of nitro-g yeerin- in the
factory Of the Ohio and Indiana Tor
pesfo Co AZ Lima O., exploded. on the
.sth- doing considerable damage in the
neixhborhood- No lives were lost
on the -ssh the president made the
following appointments in the army.
Brig. Gen Wesley Merritt, TO be major
general. Col :. Z Bliss Twerty-fourth
infantry, to be brizadier-generzl. Col
John J. Coppinger. Twenty-shird in
fznrry. 70 be brigzdier-generzl
>KrKErAKr GKxszAM- on the ssth- re-
eeived a dispatch from Mr. Hannis
Taylor. United States minister At Mad
rid. assuring him that Spain would ae-
II -[A~E ~ N~E AG~AA&A4sAe u sAAE =
States in the Alliance affair, and that
the commander of the Conde veuadito
would be put on trial for his osFense
for fYing At an American vessel outside
the zone.
FIEx a; SylvaEia, o.. on the esth.
destroyed seven buildings and a. one
time threatened 10 sweep the whole
town Toledo's FIRE department went
TO the rescue and saved the town from
destruction
MIS- ASS ~ STANLEY. wife Of ten
.. ). Stanley, governor of the soldiers
home at Washington d. c, died at
the Johns Hopkins hospital. Baltimore.
on the I'D. after long Illness, in the
presence Of her husband and daughter
A RxsoLrrIoS, presented BY Mr.. o.
Grady. was adopted by the New York
house of representatives. on the ssth.
fzvoring the annexation of the Domin-
ion of Canada TO the United States and
inviting the Canadian people 20 cas-: u
their 10. with Us
BT the burning Of Nc MeDouald's tohse-
co factory. in Heriga- a snbaro OF
Montreal. the largest of its kind in
Canada on the %sth. q large number
Of girls employed therein were com
peeled To jump for their lives from the
upper foorx None were killed out
right. but . dozen received fatal
wounds. and many were less severely
injured Loss. about $500. .ooO- no in
xurznce-
A DISPATCH from Vienna says that
the Russian government has expelled
Nine Modjeskz. the wellknown ze-
tress. from Warsaw, owing to . violent
speech she made against Russia in Chi
czgo Nine Modjeskz has also been
notified that she may not again appear
on the Russian STAG
Mas vIRsISIA MAksHALL BRovS
has been granted . divorce from Arehi-
bald Dixon Brown At Louisville. ky-
The defendant Is Gov. John Young
Browns son and secretary. and the
plaintiff 10 . member of one of the
most prominent families in the state
WHnk trying 20 escape from pursu-
ing officers at Buckhznnon. w. Va.
ON the ssth. Everett Miller, n green
goods man, jumped into the river and
was drowned His partner, C. d. Lew
i, was arrested
JozS MccABx- 90 years old. ex-ehief
of the New York 6re department.. com
ritted suicide in the NilhoIlznd club
rooms. New York city. on the e5th,
By shooting hinselfin the right temple
with . revolver
TEE Nicaragua canal board met at
the war department On the 25th. and
organized No officers were elected.
- Col Ludlow. il was understood. will
act zs chairman and disbursing officer
Application viii be made for the at
tzehing to the commission Of q naval
surgeon-
TEE complaint sworn TO before a
justice Of the peace on which Lord
Sholto Douglass was arrested for in
sanity ~ Bakersfield. Cal. Was with
drawn. On the 35th. before the ease
Was called up in the superior court.
and the judge At once discharged the
| prisoner
FrEx. on the ssth. destroyed the
| greater portion Of Minnewzakan. in