Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-04-25
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Evcris.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

WHILE Street Superintendent. Inhr
y" heavcr WAS grading ou Market
street in Havre he tsrace. Md. r-,-~nfIg
ne uncarthest portion q what wa
known during the war Of isf- a. the
nid Niilhoof house. vhich WI
burned by the British oa Nav IL. liza
Among the relics he found a canro,
BAH weighing eight p-aun,lS. beside,
the eh1rred remains of some of the tim
oers and masonry work. which vas in
a fair state Of preservation
DISPATCH from Berlin says that n
LIngulsr rumOr il current in that ei,v
10 the effect that Yield Marshal Count
famagata. the japanese minister Of
war. is the long-missing Arrhduke
John Of Austria. who went abroad
some ycafs ago under the name Of
JoEa Orth-
WHILE the Gillian minister's family
was at the theater in Washington. ON
the night cf the 1sth. Nine Gana's
room was entered and diamonds and
pearls said to be worth s5.o0o to =. o0O
and si-0 in money were stolen. Jos.
Brauer. the butler. was missing. AMI
the police were promptly notified.
~ A result of the advance in the
price of oil between 400 and 100 new
wells had been started in th,. Indiana
field in Blaclxforx. Wells. Adams. Jaw
and Randolph counties, MP TO The, 18TH.
On the morning Of the 18th tine large
livery barn of John q. Wilson al Tale
quah, l. T.. was discovered to be on
iire, and. before flames could b.
checked eighteen business houses Of
various kinds. four fine residences and
fourteen Offices were in ashes. The city
\ without waterwOrIxs or a fire com
pany- aud the fire was far-reaching in
- destructive work. owing 70 brisk
southeast wind
THE Nanderbiit-ISelin-M Morgan syn
dieate. which has undertaken 10 defend
the Americas cup. has decided to
name the new yacht now building at
Bristol the Defender
OwTSs to 4 combination ofuntowar,i
circumstances. the absence II th.. Ma
riBe baud. n bleak dav. turf damp
from recent ani frgqueut showers. the
annual chiidren's festival, known as
the Easter eEg-rolling. Ia the White
House grounds at Washington on the
18th. was not the usual sEecrsS
THE muef1-,;readesi army worm has
made its appearance IN Logan aud
many surrounding counties of Ken
tuei<y- There are millions OF them
and they are making a clean sweep
of every thing green tha. lies in their
waV-
The new American lean opened IN
London. on the isth.st IsI' and closed
unchanged
As rHx result OF the bursting of
water main the city Of Pittsburgh.
Pa. suffered 4 practical water famine
on the Isth.
The Ontario legislature was pro-
r1yued- on the l6th. Uith the usual
ceremonies The Lieutenant governor
in his closing address referred To the
electric railway act. aud said It would
M doubt encourage the construction
Of \ system Of light railways and thus
furnish cheap transportation for the
growing demands of the agricultural
and internal coramercs. of the country
AKTHUE- son Of President l. T. Clark
~e-lys. of smith eollelss. at NorthamF-
ton- Mass. a Harvard postgraduate
stRsiens. was founa dead on the roclss
a. the foot Of ss.~p bgHsf On the south
end of Mouns Tom oa the l-th- Two
parties Of 10 men Nere out searching
Tor him- He had started out two days
before To explore the mountain
Miss MARY VAScE. aged -. who
during the war was an assistant nurse
20 Miss D.Drothez Lynsie DIX. sister 10
Cen DIX. was reported ca the I7th- 10
be dying n a dependent AZ the home of
Mrs Robert Williams. her uiece. Ia
Pittsburgh. Pa She was one of the
most noted nurses IN the Union
service
The ST Petersburg correspondent Of
the Frankfurter Zrifa1g tslegrzph..,i.
on the 18th. that the Preach and Rus
sian governments were about % CON
woke meeting OF the powers for the
purpose Of revising the terms of pesee
agreed upon by the Chinese and
japanese representatives
Ar the meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Dsstiiling and Cattle Feeding
Co. neld in Peoria. Ill. On the izth- J.
L. tsreenhut was deposed from the
presidency and expelled from the cl-
rectory. He refused TO resign. and
when deposea rhreateued 10 take the
matter into the courts
The Cunard liners Campania and
Lue7nia have been added TO the list of
Subsidized steamers agreed to be held
1t the Disposal Of the British ad-
niralty- In the event Of war they
will be equipped with five-ineh breeeh-
leading guns and Sor,lenfeldt machine
guns.
LAKE shipments from Chicago to the
seabozrd b-gan On the 18th, two
steamers leaving for Buffalo with
grain
DISPATCHES from places in Bagot
>tanstead. Shenord and other counties
east of Montreal. Can. state that n
severe shock Of earthquake was felt
about II.30 a. m on the 18th No
damage was reported
NOTICES were posted in the mills in
New Bedford. Mass. on the 18th. of
restoration of the former schedule of
wages. following the action Of the
Fall River manufacturers
The bill recognizing the board Of
pubiie education in the city of New
York. known as the Compounds
bill. : Do sed the assembly at Albany,
on the nth. by q vote of = 70 81
The sailors Of the Spanish navy have
unanimously agreed 10 eontrioute =
dav's paw 10 the relief of the families
of the men of she lost cruiser keina
Regenta-
Dr. JcsEPH y. DICKSON. of Pitts
burgh. Pa. aged ~ years. recognized
leader among the skilled surgeons OF
the country, was stricken with Paraly-
sis. on the 18th. aud bis physicians did
not think he would live through the
night
THE statement that the British for
eiru Office declined to accept the reply
Of Nicaragua to the British ultimatun
was made, on the 18th. upon official
authority
THE annual meeting of the CONNER
eiaI Travellers Home Association OF
America. will be held at Buffalo. y
Y. October 9.