Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-07-23
NEWS AND NOTES.


native birds and sA~ means of proeecs-
ing sheHn from w~nscr dessruetivn.
II . learned that the insurx~nt ex.
pedissoa under Tea Rafael Porsuoadc
eRecsed landing as Tsnayo. Cuba.
This expedition carried 20 the insur-
--nts n large quantity Of anmuniticn
and dynamite. TWO eannons an6 1.D0i
aaifo<u2 Il ID also repursea that two
other exPestitions have landed. one
near Bsrscus and another ss shs Barrf-
/ yua beach
TEE r-por. ef Tho navigation barvsn
shows that during the year ended Jur-
Do. Isss. -us vessels. af III. n.aos yrv,.~ tons,
were built In The United States ansi
ofz1ci.lly aumber-d By the bzr~sa II
navigation. compared wfsh So. r-sselx.
Of ess.eso tons. sor LAST rear, an in
crease of -1-oog tons steam v-.~-l-
bufIs aurzb<red ~. Of rss.0sa toms
euupar-d "a ish cra Of sue ssns. far
the previous year.
Az extensive roe6sry ~ss reported
~ the Philadelphia police "a the Issh-
AZ 81 Jas<phs hospital Ge.ess In
money and iewelrY were ss1lea .rorn
Ar- and Ar~ Moore psts<nss As the Tn
ssiszSfun- wn H. TAomPsnn. . prv-
ss.sionAl nurss az the hospital sus-
Dess<8 Of ths robe>rr. h.s dix.pp<.r-.i.
THx s<<am~r Celamhia. Of the Paesar
Mai Ss-~msAip Co. CaVe Clark. went
sshor-- aartzx |. thiek fog On the Issh.
NJ Pfgesa Poins. . rucky pru*r<fson
ss1xs sslf wxr between San Fr.==.s<s
and Santa Crux Cal The latest adj
vices fran the se~ne sf tho a<xssi-r,
Stated that the CalombiA was IN .
1anr-ruus pss=itiou-
BCzsLAss visited -. PaaTs Episco-
pal church nc Clsv-laud. o. an the
f<sh- for the thirvf time within . year
The plate and 0eh-r val Is. aruouas-
inS 20 nos1. we're stolen
A <IssEx roa& agent. nnmaxx~,f aud
azder the lixhs of . midday szn. eol-
Iert<ss toll frsm Q half 4ozen sr.veLers
AIsnx the asr-h san Juaa road IN Cali
snrnla~ On tho fssA- two Of hi. victims
eoztrfbatiax considerable sazrasl When
As had s<rar-d enough 20 satisfy his
le~ar~. he Disappeared snd s~ar~h WAS
aziz for hirn IN rain
CH2nxs ROL0sr. secretary OF var
Bf the Cuban rebel xa~~rnm<nt. w~s
m N<~ York city On the 18th He
was travelling uad<r an assumed
came. azd expected 20 remain euIy n
tew daFss returning 90 Key Vest. Fla.
~ atrend - sone business with which
he had been inrrustesi b. hiz govern
nene
A DESPATCH 20 LI0ysi-s, On the 18th.
raid that the British steamer Curfew.
Cape Yarmouth. bound from Akyab.
for Nantes. had h~~n wrecked In the
R<si sea- and all hands On board lost
THx ting Active arrived ar San Fran
cisco. Gn the lssh. with the passengers
sf the Pacific mail Steamship Colozu btu.
which grounded af Pigeon Point light
ao1se. betxeea san Francisco and
san Diego, Cal. On the 18th The
hip was reported pounding herself IA
piec-s on the rs0es<x
THx United States cruiser Marion
Eaehor--t IN the harbsor at Panama On
the r&sh. AL were well on board
The officers reported that Cuban dli-
6ustering expedition was Etsing cut
Il Greyt0w1- Nicaragua
L A HEAVY rain-stSru. which was prac-
ticalIy eioudburst. a. about eight
O'Clock on the Night Of the 18th. did
xreat damage throaxhout Pittsburgh
and Allegheny. Pa Il s estimated
hat the loss viii reach o. .eoo. .eea The
Eeatker huresu ofneizls report LII
laehes of raiafal during the 50 min
ktsz which the Storm lasted, the most
sf IL falling within the arsf 10 minutes
TEE O1scial Gszet-e gHavanal print
I'd. on the 18th. the full text Of the i'm
pors.nt decree providing for the ohli-
| rasory registration within 10 days Of
I'll foreigners in the island. r-vivins
for that purpose the Law of July A.
ts-u. which. rs far ~ foreigners are
souerrned. has been long eonsidered ~
obsolete
A croCusrRsr struck Macarthur, o..
sn the night Of the Isea. .eeompanied
by Lightning. Store houses were
flooded six inches over the toor. The
reservoir broke. two bridges were
washed away. and the roof of sEzson'.
drugstore was blown or The EIke
cumpanyis store and three dwelling
houses were struck by lightning
The Columbas. Toledo 4 Hooking Val
ley railroad was badly damaged
THx report that Gen Jose Naceo haz
been azsas<inated BY white Cubans Is
ri<ticuled by J. A. DeHuan. the Jack,
sonville fla delegate Of the Cuban
iuntA Mr. Huan has fitted cut the
Three Friends for her alibassering ex
petitions. and when the vessel re
larnef from Cuba. On the 18th. her cap
tain brought Mr. Haan letter from
lose Mze<o This letter was written
since the date On which is is said Maces
was killed
on the afternoon of the isth Cinein
natl and Covinxeon and Newport KY
had n storm Of wind. rain and light
ming Of unusual severity The wind
attained q speed Of IS mile. an hour
Business was practically suspended
In Covingeo1 the roof Of Ledger's 20
oaero war~hoase was blown OF and
sl0. .000 worth of tobacco ruined II
West Coviagt0n opera house roof wzs
taken oR, - also were the roofs n
several dwellings,
TEE Minnesota populist state eonven-
ticn hzs bean called to meet August Ia
WHLk Buffalo BLis Wild West show
was p.radinx the streets Of Mas<llIon
Il O.. On the ieeh. an accident oecurre<
IN which two members Of the It2liaz
aide show band were fzrA1ly injured
/ The hand wagon was drawn by eigh
spirited horses. which became trixht
snsd ~ an .pprusehiag train. and
running away dashed into \ ori6g'
with great violeneeL Oeher member
Of the bad were seriously injured
Alzn
Tzx Jury In the ezse Of w. r. House
srsszizt&nt city attorney Of Pftez
h1rxh- p. On the lsch- rend<red /
verdict Of guilty Mr. Rouse wa
charged with aiding and ahetting u
the enbexxeneat Of city tun6< II
c1y-Ateorn<y Narslaa6 escaped triA
en- shs sans charge BY catering = pc
of ruilry when the e&sa was called 40
trzzl "a the ma
Tm labor leaders Of New York ar