Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-04-30

NINE EGIAxrrNK GACrTy. OF Wood
elf. y j.. after years Of hard work.
has suddenly found herself heiress e
the enormous fortune Of N-0o oO0
left her By her godmother, Emile Pr
maud. Of California
The joint Conferences Of Indian.
6ituminous miners and operators NJ
Terre Hante. on the s3d. agreed TO ds>
agree. and there msv BE- q strike May L
A Skw YoRK sculptor Is the arxs
American artist 70 whom permIssiou
has been granted 20 erect an outdoor
statue in France The statue will Be
that Of George Washington. and viii
he erected bv American women IN
Paris. IL will be the only outdoor
monument of an American In Europe.
Ar Tampa. Fla. on the ed. Hazel
James, who was wayvarsi. shot her.
self She was = member Of . leading
Georgia family. her grandfather haw.
ing once been governor
WILLIE SHAKFrxR . schoolboy of II
years. hanged himself in the cellar of
his home. in Philadelphia, on the 2ad.
Some weeks ago the boy told his moth
er that he had been Studying science
and learned from IL that he was AZ
nicted with typhoid pneumonia and
would not live long He continually
brooded over his supposed diseases. and
frequently predicted that he would not
live long.
LITTLE r. ANDREWS. n bicycle rider.
while racing with an electric car nj
Baltimore, Md. on the nd. was thrown
in front of the car and killed
GEORGE DrLLISxs, one Of the frst
settlers of Douglas county. Ill. died
on the 73d. aged 80 years One Of Mr..
Diilineris p~culfaritie. was his belief
that the earth was fat. and notwith-
standing the fact that strong evidence
to the contrary was presented to him,
his opinion wns never shaken
The wife Of Herman Scharnitxk.. .
wood carver. Ii9 YOnl<ers street. Clev--
land, q. on the I'D. tried to kindIe q
fire with the aid Of coal oil The oil
can exploded. burning her fatally. and
two of her children. I've and thr-s
years old. who were eiinging 10 hes
skirts, were burned 10 n crisp
The se.Ooo.oco Cuban republic bonds
placed on sale In New York were all
taken by investors
WILLIAM WILLIAMS. aged N. died ~
Warsav. Ind. on the e3d- He served
in the Forty-second and Forty-third
congresses. and was Q minister 10 Crrs-
quay and Paraguay under the Garfield
administration
BoorH- H-TUcxxK. the Salvation Army
commander. knocked out q tramp in
New York and reduced the bellixer-
ency of another tramp who attempted
10 assist his companion The trzmr
stuck a pin in a tender part Of the En-
xiishmaa's anatomy. and he was not
long in demonstrating that he could
fight as well as preach
MANUFACTURES Of steel nails. In
consequence of the rise in the prise of
steel. have advanced the price Of their
proStnet
A sxRIou.eouiies between Christian.
and Turks occurred at Episxopi. in the
island of Crete. There were two DAYS
fighting. and 80 persons were killed
and wounded The Cr~tans have ap-
pealed To Greece for aid
On the I'D Ezra Beamon Newton,
the oldest Shaker in the country. died
of old age At the Harvard Mass com
munity. aged I0L
4 DESPATCH from Buluwayo, south
Africa, stated that Captains Napier
and Duncan, with $40 whites and 1oe
natives. with Maxim and Hoschkiss
guns. met the Matabeles three miles
from Buluwayo The Matables num-
bered $4,000. and fought desperately,
At one time forcing the allies to fall
back The latter rallied. however,
and repulsed the natives with great
slaughter
Ina drunken row between Simon
Hasseibaelx. aged 10. and his son VIII
liam. aged Is, at Union City, Pa, on
the 2&th, the old man dre=s a revolver
and shot his son. and then turned the
weapon on himself and sent a bullet
through his temple Both were fatally
injured
WILLIAM TURNER and William r
Dunlop. the Burden diamond robbers,
were arraigued in the Marlborough
Street police court. London, on the
cath. and remanded pending the ar
rival of witnesses from America.