Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-09-24
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary Of Important Evsn,L
PERSONAL ARD GENERAL.

steamer Aurau.a. for New or1.
Hon WI. Y. ALLEN. chairman Of the
fopulist national ce mmi;tc,. sent to
ion- William Jennings Bryan. bv
mail. on the l4;h. official notification
OF his nomination as presidential can.
dida;e by the Populist national con.
vention
Ii hUNG CHANG sailed for China on
the steamer Empress of China. which
left Vancouver. H. G.. on the i4th. As
the steamer left the wharf the Chinese
stafted fusillade of firecrackers
which was kept up for over an hour.
u a lengthy letter Senator Butler.
q North Carolina, on the I4th. ofii-
eially notified Hon. Thomas T. Wat.
son. of Georgia, of his nomination a.
ce-preSiceutIsl candidate Is the Pop
u!lSt national convention
HENEr LsCkET was killed at Waura-
Soneta- -. on the lg:h. bv "a ball w /. ici,
h'' vas taking Z - Watering trough
The animal hutted him until lie vi a. a
snape-esS mass % flesh.
THOUSAND Harrison county ioI
wool growers PAID their respects %
Maj Mckinley At Canton. -. on the
Iith. AMI had a very pleasant visit
with the republican, presidential uouli-
uer-
lr = nov ssid that the arrest - Pat
rick J. lyman and three other dvna-
niters by and at the instisatiou -
the British police aEtharities broke
mp an extensive dynaa aalitir- p.ot ryhseh
had for ils ohjectives British and Z -
sian royal p>rsoua~es-
THE London Fall Mall t,zzette. Of
the 18th. asserted that j. was the de-
sign Of the eonsPirator lyman 10 biogv
up Marlborough hoazc. the. rrsi,iencr
of the prince 81 Wales. when ais rovaI
highness should be there As..-orlInsy
to this yarn. the dyaauiterS intended
to reach the princes house By tunnel
ing from the hoase opposite.
II letter written 20 tssn- Powell
Clayton, Of the republican national
eomm.itee, sien- Joe >aeiby. q Mis-
souri,. uses tise following language
Il pledge you my eor,iial cooperation
in sveriing the perilo1ss condition,
which must Inevitably follow she ~lsc-
tiva Il Mr. BRYAN WEat~ver 1 can
10 in that dir~cti,rn I wnI ch-erfailv
'l9 to the fal.est extent
I NoTwTrHsrANpESs eEerts - preS>.
clergy ami .~aslias- citizens generally.
Isl1re taan THREE EuzslreI a1cu. "a saaen
and ehil.zrru sAllesf sraaa Wan-r-as
tan-- b. the steamer Moravia- on tie
i51h, for the sssar plantati rs iu FRA
III Il uas expected that tie govern
EEsEt woull preFrnz the departure Of
the vessel hat Is sas learned that it
eoald d. nothing.
I BIZ the arrest - Harry iarrawav.
E rsiiruad porter. ia Detroit. Mich. oa
the 18th. tie past oflicr AUTHORITIES
claim 70 have stopped pilseriux uf the.
anadi2n uaail> b~twern Chlearo au,i
{ Detroit. IN which thousands - dollars
were extracted fram the Bank Of
Montreal and ether letters
{ l. L >WETzER- receiver Of th. shiea-
20. Indiana X Eastern railroad. has
stopped all trains and indie snitelv sus-
pendeti the operations IF the road.
which has been running Al loss lie
has asked for court order TO sell the
rolling stock and pay pressing claims
/ "ToN- Mann. the English labor
1 leader. WIS arrested at Ham burg. ter
many. On the 18th, where he had ar
/ ranged 10 address severed meetings to
| be held in connection with the pro-
posed simultaneous strike of dock
workers throughout the world.
THERE i rumor afioat that Mr.
Sewall will retire as the democratic
candidate for vice-presiden;. and tina;
Chief Justice Clark. of North Caro-
Tina. will be place.: on the ticket 10y the
| democratic national committee.
The United States cruiser Bancroft
allied for Constantinople ON the 18th.
She will touch at Gibraltar for orders
from Secretary Herbert before pro-
| seeding To- her destination.
The new law enforcing the use Of
the metre system Of weights and
measures in Mexico went into sorce on
the 10th, the anniversary of the declar-
alton of Mexican Independence. which
event was celebrated in the City of
Mexico with grea, splcndor-
The Jury in the case of o. ". Win
throp. charged with kidnapping and
robbing Millionaire Campbell. OF Hon
olulu. in san Francisco. some weeks
ago. returned a verdict of guilty. on
the 18th. after a consultation of five
minutes
FRANK A MORRELI, the proprietor
of the Harlem hotel. White Plains, y.
y, was found dead in his room in the
colonial he tel. New York city. on the
18th. having committed suicide by in
haliug gas
TnE secretary of the interior, on the
10th, approved list of lands selected
by the Ceatral Pacific Railroad Co. .
containing -. .s95 acres in Susanville
Maryville and Sacramento land dis
triets in California
THE annual reunion of the Society
of the Army of the Potomac met in
Burlington, VI, on the lath. for a two
days session
The new British armored hat,leship
| Hlustrious was successfully launched
/ from the Chatham doekyards on the
nth. The llustrious is of II 900 tons
/ Her engines will have an indicated
horse power of i2.Oo0. and she will
carry l6 guns.
A STRONG shock of earthquake was
| felt at Baie ST. Paul, Que. on the 18th.
/ The shock was of about minutes du-
/ ration
WHILE acting as marksman during
rifle practice at the District VOlun-
| teers' camp at Niagara. Ont., on the
nth, Private Hatton. of Owen Sound.
was struck on the head by stray bull
| let and instantly killed
THE board of national soldiers home
| managers, during business session at
Leavenworth- Kas.. decided on issuing
an order against admitting any more
veterans to the home at that place.
/ The home is overerowded, and the
board has no money to put up new
barracks According TO this new order,
10 more veterans can be received at
/ this home the coming winter.
Mrs HENRY HAYES. of Montgomery
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