Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-08-20

Ter tie Detroit lad at l. uisviile. Nv
Arthur Gardine- fol 10 a magnificent
race in ths one mile open. beating
sanger out by half wheel length in
s.0i ~, the worlds record time. sin lie
paced
Ar the races at Fort Wayne, Ind. on
the 18th Robert J. was sent - the
track Ia beat the record of s:o3st made
by himself and the great PAGER did the
mile in ..o3 fat
GEoRsE RrssEf.t. aged IS years. quar-
relied with his wife on the I4th at
Owossr. Mich, over the disposition of
some property TO their children. As n
result. both VIII die of their injuries.
Neither viii talk. but il was evident
that the couple had a desperate battle
with knives When discovered Mrs.
Russell had large knife imbedded in
her cheek to depth of five inches.
Russslrs throat was cut. but he was
still able to speak.
The failures for the week eniei the
I 18th (Dun's review were s9s in the
United States. against ia6 lat rear.
and D in Canada a-ainst J. Inst year.
THREE men were shot and one badly
hurt in a conflict which occurred at
Cleveland. O. on the evening of the
isth between a patty of the Brown
company strikers and several nou-
union men who were going home from
the works
The Manhansett hotel. fashionable
hotel on the Long bland coast. was
destroyed by fire. The guests saved
most of their baggage Loss. sI9o. .oo).
The town of Rama. on the Atlantic
coast of Nicaragua. has been sub
merged by the overfowing of the rivers
siqua and Rama. The losses have
been estimated at sl.Oo0.OO1 The
town exports bananas to the United
States
The +. =. v. train on the chesapeake
4 Ohio railroad. which left Washing
ton. ran into an open switch a, Ravens
worth. Va. about Is-l5 n m on the
18th AMI four of the six passenger
coaches were baily wrecked Several
lives were reported lost and is or II
Z passengers injured
An explosion occurred at Somerford'.
sawmili near Navasota. Tex. on the
several Others seriously hurt The ex-
{ plosiou was caused by the water in the
boiler getting too low.
The National Retail Butchers Pro
[ teetive association. in convention a,
Denver, Col on the 18th. instructed its
I police committee to enforce the 10y.
I cot. previously or lered .ainst all
meats handled by the Armoar Packing
E Co. The action was taken because. i,
Is alleged, the Armour company under
Sc Is the retailers in restaurants and
I hotels.
THREE masked men held up the hank
at Montpelier. Ida. aud emptie all the
cash in sight into three sacks and ther
T rode off in the direction of Jackson,
hole. The sheriff has organized poSse
and gone in pursuit
A DISPATCH of the I3th slid that
while Bryan is storming the cas-. Me
Kinley may 20 out into the west and
endeavor to unloosen the minds of the
people there from See silver. Th,
wisdom of having the republican can
didate take the stump was now receiv
ing serious consideration from the re
publican leaders
! SIR IoHS MTLLAIs. president of the
royal academy m London, died on the
18th.
Tox CooPER won the best and tastes
race of the year at Louisville, Ky, OF
the 18th, winning the two mile ma
tional championship race for amateur
and professionals in 4:26 s-l
IL
has signed articles to box Frank T.
Slavin, of Australia
GEORGE SHARP aud William Travis
at Dallas, Tex. were playfully lariat
ing one another when sharp's hors.
threw him and ran. dragging Travis
who hal been Iari4ted by sharp. an,
broke his neck
OvEE 30oo pouasis Of tlaci< lass wer,
taken out Of the szlononie river neal
Huntington. lad. with baekets tn.
fish having heeu driven % shore by
recent freshes which covered the watei
with oil
ANEw fokN asorni1g pa per pa abiishes
signed stzt-lz-rst. writiea bT T. +
Watson. the popaiiss nominee for vie.
president Of the United States. He fe
lieiiated the popniist party up0a tn.
fact that they had not bsen absorbes
by the democrats and made an appea
for ropulis:s To stand By him and re
pGdiate Sewsll lie declared he wouls
campaign in the west
MoITAH REsA. who asssssiuated th,
late shan of Persia in May last. wa,
banged at 1eheran in the presence o
an immense eoneourse of the people
/. The free and unlimited coinage o
silver at ratio of sixteen TO one wol
the day at the convention of the Ma
4 onsl Negro Democratic league at Chi
caso.
A DIsPATcH on the Isth stated tina
the total number of deaths in tn,
t;reater New York district during tn,
past week As the result of the torris
wave was estimated at from 100 (.
l.000.
JoRx THoNPsoS and Jaw Leonar,
were killed by lightning at sandusky
o.. recently.
SIXTEEN deaths from the excessiv,
heat have occurred at Owensboro, Ky.
in the three days ended the 10th
10th stated that ex-Judye Thomas A
Moran was prominently mentioned IN
connection with the vice presidentia
nomination Of the sound money demo
Gratis
THERE was a fight in the democrati,
state convention at wheeliug, w. Va.
over the question Of permitting thu
state committee to choose electors-at
large. with view to fusion with tn,
populists- The proposition was fnall,
voted down. the convention votin:
down all propositions from the popu
lists for a division of the state ticket
LOUISVILLE. o., was almost panic
stricken by boiler explosion at tbs
tile and brick works, one of the mos
extensive of the industries in the town
The wreck caught fire. adding terro
to the shock of conclusion. Two mel
were fatally injured and several other
received serious injuries
THE effect of the heat at Cam
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