Oxford eagle., 1896-07-02
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


THE cornerstone of the new Meth
odist college at London. Ky, was laid
on the esd. The exercises were con-
Quoted by Bishop Hendricks. OF Kansas
City. The school will be under the
supervision of the wOnen's board OF
missions of the VI. T. church. south.
and when completed will cost $4,000.
WHILE making an excavation at
Parras, Mexico. recently. a subter-
ranean passage was discovered, which
was explored and found to lead to all
parts Of the city. Several large cham
bers were found. and in one Of them
were several casks filed with Spanish
gold coin amounting 10 $4,000
On the ed ex-Congressman A. T.
Walling dropped dead of heart disease
at Circleviiie. o. his home
JoHN l. CowAS, the Young lumber
merchant who disappeared from Pitts
burgh. Pa. last winter, leaving an in
debtedness of ss-0.O0O, and was later
arrested in Central America and
brought back to Pittsburgh. was found
guilty. on the 2sd. on three charges of
forgery.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND returned 20
Washington. on the e5th, from his Po-
tomae river fishing trip.
DAVID BELAsCo recovered Judgment
in New York city. on the 23d. after n
long trial. for $4,000 against v n
Fairbsnk, a millionaire Of Chicago. for
training Mrs. Leslie Carter for the
stage Interest at 1--WE per cent from
II IL 4. 81. "A
tion by Fairbank for a new trial was
denied
NEs. HAxET. the keeper of the Sec
tion crew boarding car At Rock Springs.
Idaho, and her six-months-old child
were shot and killed. on the I'D. by a
man who was recently discharged from
the section The murderer then com
mitted suicide.
The big pottery Of Richard - Rem
mey & Sou. located at kensir gton. Pa
was destroyed BY Dire on the e3d- The
loss on stock and buildings will
amount to s75.o0s, partially Insured
Nearly 100 hands are thrown oct of
employment
An attempt was made about mid
aight. on the night OF the ss,h. 20 as
sassinate Rev A Cornish. pastor Of
the United Brethrra church. one of
the largest churches In Fort scott.
kaS lie had been driving boy thieves
from az orchard and was armed lie
dre'4 four shots AZ his asSailaut. who
ted. but none took eject
Ex-CoSsKEssNkS 7. r HrDp died at
his home in Green Bay, Wis. on the
I'D. Of paralysis OF the heart He was
one Of the best-kaovn politicians OF
the northern part of the state
Mas ErIzAExTH BURY. wife of
Daniel BURY. who was hanged for
his share in the Phoenix murders. in
Dublin, in lsss. died in Chicago on the
sd
DURISs a sharp thunderstorm at
Sioux City, Ia, on the 25d, lightning
struck and instantly killed Mrs. Mary
Paulsou while standing in her dining
room
DURING the political excitement in
Chatham, Ont, on the night Of the
Esd, a balcony of the Royal Exchange
hotel collapsed while crowd stood
underneath Fifteen persons were Sc
verely aud some probably fatally in
jured-
EDWARD KASrER died at his resi-
deuce in Detroit. Mich. on the cath. of
Bright's disease, aged - years Mr.
hanter was the founder of the Ger
man-Ameriean savings bank of De-
troit, and was well known in New Or
leans and other southern cities
DENNIS GRIFFIN, a hod carrier, %
- s,NA ~. -.
Brighton lodging house in San Fran
cisco when it collapsed. died from his
injuries. on the cath. making the
fourth victim Of that distressing disas-
ter.
EVERY state in the Union was repre-
scnted in the fifth annual convention
Of letter carriers, which opened in To-
ledo, o., on the cath.
BENJAMIN +. SHIvLEY, of St Joseph
county, was nominated for governor
of Indiana by the Democratic state
convection, on the 24th, together with
a full state ticket
A CYCLONE swept over a section of
country four miles south of Clayton,
Wis, on the 24th- number of dwell
fngs and barns were demolished One
man. name unknown, was fatally in
jured.
on the 2+th the republican editors OF
Michigan paid their respects to Maj.
Mckinley ut Canton, o. They were
introduced by Hon James O'DonnelI.
editor of the Jackson Citizen. formerly
congressman from the Third district,
and prospective candidate for gov
ernor.
A cLoUDBUKsT did immense damage
in Marshall. Tyler and Wetzel coun-
ties, W. Va. on the 24th. Several in
stances of teams and cattle being
washed away are reported.
JAMES EVANS fred into a crowd OF
young men gathered at his house in
Newark. o., ON the night of the e+th,
to bell his daughter Lizzie, who
was married early in the evening, and
mortally wounded James Arlington,
aged "a, one Of the belling party
THE jury in the case of ex-Stste
Senator l. c. Oil. of Youngstown. O..
on trial at Columbus on a charge ot
offering bribes to influence legislation,
returned a verdict. on the s5th. after
seven hours deliberation. of not guilty.
CoL- A. @. BRACKEIT, retired, died
at his residence in Washington city on
the 25th.
SIX THOUSAND Sioux, the remnant Of
the most powerful fighters of the
American Indians, celebrated the great
event in their war history--the TWEEN
tieth anniversary of the destruction Of
Clusters command on the Little Big
Horn June e5, 1870
AN organization was formed at EN-
poria, Kas-, on the 25th, for enforcing
the fish laws Within a week over 81
dynamite explosions have been heard
at night in the Cottonwood river in
Lyon county, and the river was filled
with dead fsh.
EDwAED A. TRAsk, who was sem
from Chicago to the joliet penitentiary
in 1899 for Is years for his gigantic
real estate swiadles. is dead. He sue
cumbed to consumption on the nigh
of the cath. Trask was notorious fol
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