Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-02-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Tee Buuneii family. among the
most prominent people Of Czn6<id. q,
mother. daughter and two sous. were
arrested. on the nth. on n charge Of
nrson- Their dwelling uas burned re-
Gently and the agent for the insurance
company while inspecting the ruins
found that straw and hay over which
oil had been poured. had been scat
tered about the house
4 Ms BEoKAw, of Brooklyn who
IS described as a new woman. has
gone into the cemetery business. On
1 piece of ground in the suburbs she
is preparing last resting place for pet
dogs.
THE three-year-old daughter of VIII
liam Wilson. of Canfield. O.. while
playing with sulphur matches. ate of
the heads and died from the effects
of the poison within two hours of
the occurrence.
THE Vulcan coal mine, located in the
hog back just below the town Of New
castle, Col. was completely wrecked
and set on fre by terrific gas explo-
sion, on the 18th, and il was believed
that 50 workmen in the mine were
instantly killed
BILL NrEwas stricken with paralysis
at his home at Buck Shoals. eight miles
from Asheville. " c. on the night of
the 18th. and his condition was such
that his physicians feared he could no.
recover.
THE president. on the 18th. approved
the bill abolishing the post of chap
lain and professor at the West Point
military academy and providing that
q regularly ordained clergyman be zp-
pointed to serve as chaplain in civil
ian capacity for term Of four years.
PRfvArE WILLIAM H. IAxs. who
gained unenvizble notoriety for insub-
ordination during the great strike at
Homestead. Pa, was reported. on the
i9sh. To be dying in a Baltimore Md J
hospital from bullet wound in the
abdomen. received during an altercz-
tion with fellow-lodger.
A JOINT resolution 10 revive the
grade Of Henten4nt-general of the
United States army was introduced in
the senate. On the 18th. by Mr.. Elkins.
OF West Virginia. and referred to the
COMMITTEES On military affairs
Orr OF work. out of money ans.
served with dispcsses. notice, James
Mccartney. . New York bartender.
shot himself through the head. in his
apartments. On the 18th. while standing
with his wifeS z-as around his neck
Their six ehiidren were asleep in the
next room al the time.
n n
viii be- asked by the British admiralty
for the construction of four battle
ships. four 6rst-cl2ss cruisers. four
third-class cruisers and 90 torpedo de
stroycrs- the government will ask par
lament for large sum for guns and
men
TIE board of inquiry that investi-
gated the grounding of the steamship
ST. Paul exonerated Capt Jameson OF
any eulpability in the matter
The vote on the arizona statehood
| h;ll hns h>e- reeonSidered in the hous<
committee on territories. and il now
stands unprejudieed. a. IL did before
the vote sidetraeking il was taken
THE pardon of ex-Cnifed States Con
sui Waller. a prisoner in France on
conviction of treason in Madagascar
was sent TO President Faure. on the
18th. for signature
THE young king OF Corea has arrived
at -, Petersburg with the object o.
seeking the protection of Russia for hi.
country
4 DIsFArcH from Havana says that q
DAYS IS the limit which Gen weylel
has set for the wiping out of the revo
luton. He promised = delegation o.
sugar planters that by March Is tbs
country would be cleared of the insur
gents
TIE city os Guthrie. Okla, retain.
title TO Noble park. containing almosi
is acres. in West Guthrie. BY decision
rendered BY Secretary Smith. affirming
a lower ruling.
j. T. LkNBoES. wealthy farmer
was found murdered in his house a
Fall Leaf. KaS. on the 18th III.
murierers literally chopped the Oh
man % pieces They left no eiew.