Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-03-19

a rELEaR.xa received at London on
the f3th said that Mark Twain. the
Ameriean humorist, was seriously i'll
st Jevpour, India
GKDRGE ToDD. wife and family in
Logan county, o.. avose and found
ths house on fire. One child was
bsrned to death, girl will die and the
father and others were badly br.xned
A NEW YOKK dispatch on the 18th
sfatsa that the chess team match bv
cable, eight ON sisie between Amer
ica and England. had begun. At the
add numbered b1arris America pIavs
white and at those of even number
black
DfLE TAYLOR. Robert Taylor and
wife. and another son ani daughter of
Dill Taylor living near Craig. Ill. were
pnisoned from drinking coffee Dill
rnEtor died and tine others were ex-
pested 10 die at any time The eoffee
grunn ; were thrown into tina Sion and
sven hogs died from eating it
A rELEGENM from Rome on the nth
n<ztett thas quiet once more reigued in
ItaIy. Negotiations with King Mene-
hk- Of Abyssinia, had been opened and
= was thought permanent peace vouIa
sDon be concluded
ABoUr 10 boys burned spanish tiag
at SMYRNA, Del, on the 18th A large
eruwd of citizens watched the -rrsua-
tlon- but there was no attempt made
10 stop it The boys had previously
paraded the town with the foreign en-
blem- accompanied by two American
bags
Ar the indianapolis. Ind. collegiate
6ratDriaI contest on the night of the
f5th Butler students Haunted in the
faec of 100 students from EarIhana an
umbrella covered with the Butler col
nr< The Eariham Students made
h-isif tor il. when the Butler students.
ZDo strong, arose with n wild yell and
the two parties began fighting. Po-
heeuen had to separate the combat
ants
Ar Bantam CIermont county, O. the
residenee of Valentine Mushbaelxer, a
wealthy farmer, was burned. aad he
and his daughter, aged Is, and veter~
IN soldier named Isler. who was living
with the family. were burned To death.
The failures fur the week ended
March u Dun reportl were Ia0 IN the
United States. against an8 Inst year.
and 80 IN Canada. against 81 last year.
The anti-eiyaretrs bill. previously
pnH.ed by the Iowa house. passed the
ssnate on the 18th. and unless vetoed
goss into effect July h The bill pro-
hihits both the manufacture and sale
Of eigarettes and cigarette paper ex-
e<pt by iobbers for use outside the
skntes
LABOR men Of Canada have decided
to tnrm Canadian federation of labor
Independent Of the United States
A DISASTROUS prairie IRE ragged for
three days in Beaver county, Ok. doing
nnny thousands of dollars damage.
A FTKE ut Sussex. y. &, destroyed the
Bank Of Nova Scotia and several small
s<nreS Loss. sIf5.0o0-
A DTsPArCH from GreenvilIe, Tex.
xaid that the uorthbouud Katy was
honrtied by n masked and armed man
wno entered the sleeper and went
uwuugn the passengers The amount
mDred was small As the train neared
u1neitF he jumped OF He had n eou-
Akware
TMK clearing house returns for the
wank ended March s for the follow
Ing cities weres New York. s529, ILL.,
1T Chicago. So. 35s. 40. St Louis. ses.-
d9a. sss. Kansas City, -. -ss. III. st Jo-
ssph. 81. ..f1. .0ss: Topeka. ssas. 4..;. wieh-
itz- s45o. ass Omaha. -. SIe, $40
soaE uissreant threw n switch on
the Union Pacific railroad near Poca-
teila. Ida-, for the purpose Of wreck
ing the early morning express ON the
tIEh, but fortunately tina engineer saw
hin and reversed ais engine. and. al
thmgh tina train left the track. no one
No. in nIured
N the session Of the national e1u-
fnrsnes called by the committees of 100
m INC iI4tzrs<s CO ==-sss=4 national rs-
1n<n as Pittsburgh. Pa On ths 11th il
wns decided 10 name the new party the
-Natioual Reform Party" and a na-
t5nal convention was called 70 meet
- Pittsburgh On May -
xHE Pope Manufacturing Co. s build
- ut Boston was completely Quilted
~ Ire On the Issh. The irs eansed
- of between $50, 600 and s4ga000
H contents. which were completely
1uinsd. consisted Of l. -10 nav wheels,
II secondhand wheels and about a.
- pie<es of bicycle fittings. besides
mmz4l thousand tires
4 soMza Of n locomotive attached to
oorn1 train an the Delaware & Susgue-
ma road exploded near Gum Run.
- ON ths lIth. killing four men and
D1UllY inluring another
1kcK DAVIS. of Lafayetts. Ind. and
0rmzs Elliott enlnred. hghtweights.
III IS rounds near Lafayette On
90 sth- The rsferee decided il draw.
ABoM En- explosion in n foundry 1t
49,. Belgium. killed Z persons and
M<red many others
FrEE On the wharf at Mobile. Ala.
M Ne 11th destroyed 3.6-1 hzles of
p en- Loss. sod. 800. fnsnrzne-. q 20.
Tha cause If the 1rs was ur-