Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-12-23

Dan aresd1-. 81 New Z.-afarA a. w.
Work On the 18th for the midileu~ixh,
ehaiEpiou>hiP Of The world. After rs
lise-y rounds the latter threw ap the
sponge and aeisao-S led -..,i the Hoosisr'. |.
superiority
NuLtkN CARR waa hanged BIZ tn.
sheriff az Liberty. Mo. on the isth FOR
the murder Of bis thrpe-~rs-.cla
daughter.
While herd OF sheep. numbering
i1elc head. beloawiug 10 VI. q Nur-
Pay. vas being moved out q Schlefcher
eoGnty. Tex. - a new range. . deus~
fog srif'siealy came uP. The hersg--S ~.
bewtidered AMI the entire herd drif,ea
away AMI weEc not found. although
searching parties were out ssvera. days.
tAI >cHUHz was re elected prrsi-
dent % the National Civil Service Re-
fora league at the meeting ut Cinciu-
naii On the Eth A resolution was
PASSED scoring the attempts OF con
gre>SneG To repeal the civil service
laws
Two children % Albert Kelln<r. o,
NuchalSiroc&. Ia. perished in a fire
which consumed the famiiy's dwelling.
The mother had lef. the children alone
in the house
Two ehildrea named Maggie and
He7ry Carroll. aged respectively four
and six years. we're burned 10 death at
Newark. y J. Their mother had
locked them in the house while she
went out washing.
The business failures in the r-nitei
states for the week ended the nth. ac-
eorting To Bra5ssrecCs report, agyre-
gated -, against "a for the eorre-
spouiiny week 4 year ago.
TIE A. L. OF l. eonveution ut Nrsh-
vile. Tenn. on the 18th adopted reSo-
lutiOus for the government ownership
OF telegraph lines. against auts-scal D
ing legislation. for the aPpointmen,
of factory inspestorss aud for an amend
uient 10 the constitution depriving
courts o. the power to set aside laws
made BY the psoole- The proposition
to create n national department OF
labor was iniorsei and the fedora
tion's stand against the principle Of
compulsory arbitration was reiterated
The 10th annual meeting of the Ns.
tional Civil Service Reform league be-
gan a session of two days at Cincinnati
on the 18th with Ho1- Carl Schurx pre-
siding.
A rEEATT between the United States
and the Seminole nation was eolcindesi
aud signed hy the Dawes and >eninols.
commissioners at Nuskogee. l. T.. on
the i6th- II provides for the allotment
OF lands and division Of it, MONEYS
among the citizens after the tribal
governments are extinguishedL
A Nos iynehesi Tom Waller. a negro.
near Eankstc1 Perry. Miss. for being
IN aecoupliee Of Charley LeUis-who
had hesn hang a day or two before
in the murder Of Mr~ Smith and he-
four children
4 rKsrx on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois railroad ran into an extra train
nea~ Clinton. Ind. the other morning
and three employees were killed and
half a Dozen others injured Both en-
gines we're badly wrecked. the bag
gagv ear was taruwa down an embank-
ment and the mail car smashed
A Kxcxxr dispatch from Bayou La. /.
stated that the steamboat Pargogd
sank IN the Mississippi river iuss
above the mouth Of Ret river The
boat and cargo were in bad shape and
the loss was heavy
MRS ASsIK WxIL stepped on n parior
match a. - Louis. eausing !. 10
ignite. The blaze caught her unsier-
SKIRT and she MAS fatally burned
TIE date for the uafiopal eueanp-
naent Of the G-aad Army Of the R@pab-
he has been Exed for September s-ts
NJ Cincinnati
The aliwaaee guard Of "a. aoa Croa-
tiza e0loaists arrived in Dezver the
other day- The eo.ouy will loeate IN
the Shenandoah valley OF southwest
eru Colorado. where horls.s. sehc.sls.
ehurrhez azei various Industrial inst.
tations viii be erected. the Rio Grazde
railroad promising 10 construct a
branch into the country
FEzz Destroyed the Unitei States
courthouse AZ Arsinarre. l. T., On the
18th The records were safe in the
vaalt- bEs valaa5ie papers n the Offices
Of the marshaL clerk 1z3 commissions
were lost Oulv the bare walls were
left standing The ire also destroyed
the Cobb holSc. Arrh Mst,hexs' feed
store and 90 hales Of eogtsa IN \ eesn-
press yard The blaze was believed a
have he~a Of iHeensiLarY ori-sn-
AT least s.sos Of the Poor and IN
fsrtznase ot Kansas City sill be fed
by the Salvation army on Christmas
day n. Kansas City, No MAJ still
we'll the eumnanssr. h1s received suf'
eient money % assure dina<r for n;
least L 80 destitute people and be ex'
pects ensagh mssrs - give an Old Eng
lizh dinner 10 = aea.
TEE wholesale grocery house oi
B<ttss Fletcher 4 Co. II MARSHALL
town. la caught srs the other after
noon and Was entirely destroyed
Bx ire a. DGryez. Pa Two lives
we're Isss and nine store bnilEiinys
and fos- dwellings were destroyed
TAK - mines Of the Consolidated
AMI N1.liso1 Coal eo1Pzzses. !, shs
B<IIexsIIe. Ill, district have resumed
operarions and leoo miners have re'
turned to work The mining eompa
nirs aeeesied 10 the demands Of theii
men
TEX Virginia general assembly on
the i4ta re-eleesesl Iohn W Daniei Il
the Cuftet States senate
TIE next snnuag convention Of the
Natioral Republican league will es
held at Onzaha- Neb4. June His
Rxv- JUDsoS SMITH OF Boston n
chairman. and Rev h. " Cobb OF
New YORK, as secretary representing
the foreign missionary societies ol
America hare invited the foreign mis-
siouarv societies Of Great Britain and
Eu-ope To De represented by delegates
AZ an eeuuenieal conference on for'
elm MISSIONS IL take plaes IN New
YORK 0a April -. isso- and 10 eontinns
ten Savs f-oEn that date
TIE Az-~rieaa Federation of Labos
NJ its snsesiag n Nashville Tenn, On
the I4sh adopted resolutions against
the annexation of Hawaii and favor
inc the establishment CT postal saw
I iurs banss-
DASsEkoCs counterfeit SO silver eer'