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

EBsyxxEH NAxBAUsH. aged -S. and
wealthy. of Centerville. Ind, tied q
rope to Q door knob. then the rope over
n door. got ON n chair. tied the other
end of the rope around his neck and
kicked the chair away. He was dead
when found. His wife died recently
Ar Latrimer, Pa, Angelo Dougola
enteresl the chamber OF Mrs Anna
Annutx. as night. but fed on her rais-
ing an alarm He appeared the next
morning and begged the woman 10 for
give him or kill him She did the lat
ter, firing five shots into him
The hattle-ship Indiana is paving
her first visit 70 New York She is the
biggest United States warship. and
naval experts ssv she can whip anv-
thing her size afioat
Nor since fs.5 has the prospects for
peaches been 50 fattering in Delaware
The trees are in good shape, and are
filed with buds on every limb and
twig.
WILLIAM MuLIGAS, Of Cascade, To.
n veteran of the Mexican war. died ON
the Goth. aged S. He served under
Cen Scott and was present at the cap
ture of Mexico City.
ACCORDING To n dispatch from Paris
Pere Hyaeiuthe. the distinguished pro-
testing priest, formerly Able Charles
Lovson, will marry Laura, daughter
of the late William Buckneil. an Amer
lean Pere Hyaeinthe is 81 years old
MADRID dispatches. on the sist j.
stated that the minister of colonies
was preparing to put into effect in
Cuba and Porto Rico the refor ms
which were passed b- the eortes and
promulgated more than q year ago.
AT the Baltimore conference of the
A. NJ K. church Bishop Gaines made
an address which created somewhat of
4 sensation He told the ministers
that all who used whisky or were
receive any appointments. 50 that 10
they were left out they would know
the cause.
FUErHER advices received from Ber-
Der in the soudan. on the sIst, say
that in the recent fight among the
members of the khalifais bosiyxuard al
Omdurman. 500 men were killed in
stead of 50. rs first reported.
A SPECIAL passenger train from Hal
flax. on the Canadian Pacific railroad.
carrying $50 European immigrants
bound for Minnesota, the Dakotzs and
Washington. ran into a washout. on
the .Ist. killing three seeond-elass
passengers and iniuring many
WHILE sitting at the sapper~table.
On the I'D. entertaining friends called
IN TO celebrate the arrival of his mother
from Denmark. Christian Andersen.
living near Greenwich. Conn. was
struck in the face BY thunderbolt.
which entered at an open window. and
instantly killed
TEE Dominion department of rail-
ways and canals. on the zed. sent out
notifications that efforts were being
made to have the Welland canal
opened rs soon ss possible. but that il
was feared il could not be got ready
before May l.
Hon FRANCIS Jxwrrr, of Lowell.
Mass, died. on the I'D. in his sixty
SIXTH year. He wzs . member Of the
firm of Jewett 4 Swift, which shsps
dressed beef from Chicago to the east
ern market
LOUIS P HxnzxAxS and Charles
Pustolka. both wite-murderers from
New York city, were electrocuted at
Sing Sing prison on the s5d-
PHEsIDEsrCLEvELAxD recently spent
day zt ex~President Hzrrison's pri-
vste fsh-pond near Leesburg, W. Va
He fshed hard all day, but only sue
ceeded in landing q few eroppies-
TELEaRAPHIc communication with
Buluwayo was cut OF at Fig Tree. a
small place near Mangwe. southwest
Of Buluwayo. On the sd. and. In view
OF the serious condition of affairs. il
caused soasidsrasls anxiety IN Cape
gswa.