Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-08-06
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important ETsu:a-
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

n ~ 1DEa "a EAa4tAA@ pm
are aceunulating in the state DEPART
meat on account OF American citizens
who have suffered in property and per
Eou FROM the operations of Spanish
troops in Cuba
DVR1xs recen. skirmf<hes In the
provinces Of Pinar del Rio aud Santa
Tiara. Cuba, the insurgents left Il
killed on the field, among the dead
being IN American, and retired with
their wounded
OSLr so many of the strikers AZ The
Brown Hoist works AZ Cleveland.
a.. as eould be used after retaining
over three hundred uon-anioa men
were taken back on the 18th. but
others were promised emplOvmen. a.
fast as the company could ind places
for them
A TEEzTFrc hzil-storIn. o1 the 9Th.
destroyed nearly all the corn and uncut
small grain IN n strip Of territory ~
miles Iong and three miles wide in
Preston. Grant. Freslouia and Meadow
townships. n the north part Of Piym-
outh eounty. Ia
A DESTRUCTIVE hsfisforn struck Gay
county. Nina. on tire S-sh. passing
uOrthweSterIy aer0Sx >abiR aud a. far
wood oa the east In many eases th.
destruction was complete
WHuE watching a game of ball n
{ YoEE EgStowa. q. Oscar Gflehriss was
struck N the ere by foal 9y with
sueh force that she eve was knocked
into a pGlp zad fell cut % his head
WuErAz IEExET >wrrH. late general
manager % sae Associated PrcsS. died
a. his hsGze IN LAKE Forest chicago.
On the @-sh He had been sick for s<r-
sral days with p1eumS1ia-
JAMES BTxES. axezs for tho vaa-
1aliA rasIroad Ansl Adams Express Co.
the s-sA- Bye~s was short IN his az
e0un-s with tire expr-ss easnPaav sz00.
and with the rzilrozf esmpa1v. SIS
Il THK s,1rr~S9onsIsns q the United
F-sSs al Ho1ngaiz. writing uas1 tase
of the =Iss. SAYS sAas the v1se1zo H.
izuea renewed Is activity. dariax sae
ai.-ht Of the lIsA. Azsi was worse than
ever
THx sae~traesissn % --cp<. live stock
All farra property Ia Yanktou e5aasv-
:. D b. the r--.zs hail s.ssrra : now
estimated - srloen- - sEe0.aaa
IL IS rEzzor~-A IN Coastan tinoplc that
The Turkish yawsruzsea euz.emplateS
tAe ssSge ef paper zluaev-
L A D1srxrrM frogn Bulawzvo. on the
sssh. said "A tsrce u imperial troops
= being hErrse,Ely pzsheI - she frOat
f-um Nz0izEsie AMI Na1xsx@ and Fort
TzzL The situation i he-ornznx ncre
se<issas every DAY
BxrSs fazad guilty n the British
hzxa cazrt u justice. on the @>sa- OF
vsalssi0n OF the foreign ezlissnent act
Dr. IamfeSaa was sentenced 10 afteea
nl@nshs- iznpri.en m%a: without labor.
MAJ >r Joha Willouxhby 20 ten
HaaasASs Maj r Wright ~ seven
zoutAs- and Capt Henry z Coveatry
'SaE of the earl ef Coventry. Col r
trey aai Col r. IL White 10 ave
nouths' Imprisonment each They
were taken a. once - Holloway prison
CHAzLEs CoRxr and Miss Nate Fill
Ea1z- hsxh Of Boston. were drowned
IN ths NisS1ra river. between Grand
Island and the Canadian shore. above
Nlagz-a falls. Oa the 18th The young
couple had Eire-t small boat for a
r0x. and N the rough water the boat
became annanzgeable-
THE gold standard democrats OF Ken
taexy viii heid a state convention on
August ~. IN LoaiSxilie. 10 perfect n
saoruG<h organization Of their forces
Kzi select delegates 10 ths national
sozrensinn Secisesi upon a: tee recent
conferences held IN ChleaSo
Tag CniteS states eonsuIs at Vera
Crzx and Aeupale0 telegraph the sur
re0u general Of the United States
marine hospital service the existence
0f yellow feEer az those points.
The fact hAs become known that the
reeeas food IN Colorado ea.irely de-
ssrovea the Cats<FI braaeh of the
uniou Paesfic- Denver ( Gulf rOad- ~
Eailes N leng.h-
PAKr Of the town Of ufraeombe.
DevoGShfre. oue of the EashioaabIe and
most attractive seaside resorts IN Ez-
gland. was burned ou she .sth-
ONE of the three men who partici-
pafe,; IN the reSe1s Colorado Springs
n1d Cripple Greek Col stage robbery.
Was captured hy deputy sheriff while
leaving a Denver train at Colorado
Springs. on the =ssh, but for reasons
unknown the arrest was kept \ pro
found secret until the @sth-
Ex-CoSG RxssMAs JOHN T. BR0wx died
suddealy at his home IN Fowler, lad
on the sSsh, of heart trouble He leaves
. widow and an adopted child in COM
Portable circumstances.
TEE notification committee appointed
BIZ the Prohibition national eonven-
ton. which met last May in Pitts
burrh. called upon Joshua Leverinx a.
Baltimore. Nd, on the 2ssh. and or
eiaIly informed him Of his nomination
for the presidency upon the prOhibi-
ton ticket
A COMMITTEE from the University OF
Chicago called upon Maj Mckinley ~
Canton. u. on the zsth. as representa-
tives Of the Republican club OF that
school to pay their respects 20 the re-
publican candidate and 70 present TO
hin lffe-sized marble bust Of himself.
made By Hans Hirssh- the noted scalp
tor Of that city.
RoBxzr GAKKErT, ex-Pre-5dent Of the
Baltimore Il uniO railway and head OF
the widely-known banking house of
Robert Garrett & Sons, died ~ Deer
Park. Nd On the 18th Mr.. Garrett
had been IN falling health for several
years
Az express train from PHILADELPHIA
eolIided with q special excursion train
OF seven ears Of Red Men near Atlantic
Il Ctr ~ j On the sCrh the DOuderous
trains coming together ~ right angles.
and causing frightful wreck in which
about forty persons were killed cut
right and twice that number ntared.
many of them fatally The wife ot
one of the engineers who died ~ his
post. upon hearing the sd news fell
dead from the shock
A PowDER magazine ~ Funfkirchen.
Hungary. exploded. on the soth- with
1 fatal results The shock Of the expfc-