Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-11

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

VIGOROUS fight II being made To pre-
vent the Palisades Of the Hudson from
b,ing used by unscrupulous quarrymen o.
The private bank of L. q. Baxter at
Darlington. Ont. was broken into. on
the ist, and the vault aud safe wrecked
by dynamite. About SauOO was taken
POSITIVE and final refusal was
given by the SO rOad. on the 81. to
the request that il become a party 10
the agreement To Withdraw commits
sions On north Pacific coast business
Before the 500 will agree to this prop
osition the other roads will have to
eoncedc il the difference il has bee n
demanding for two years on east-and-
west boand business Its competitors
arr equally determined that it shall
never be allowed these differences.
CYcLIsr J. A. BEIEegL left Chicago.
on the 81, bound for kloudilse. via FL
Paso. Tex, Los Angeles aud Frisco.
Cal. and Seattle. Wash. 4 large
crowd cougregated 10 watch the man
start on his long journey. His wheel
with outfit, weighed 60 pounds
L NJ SHAW (rePl was c.ccted gov
ernor of Iowa. together with the rest
q the state ticket by a decreased ma
Hriiy.
bJENG the progress of fire at Bor-
not's dyeing aud securing establish
meut in Philadelphia. on the 81. a
large can Of bcnzine exploded. Thir-
tecu tiremen were 50 seriously burned
that they had TO b. taken to hospi-
tai IL was feared that s5me OF them
might lose their eyesigaI
lT was reported ia KEY West. Fla.
on the lst. tina, the Cuban fiiibuster
rendezvous in the Bahamas bad been
seized By the British government aud
aqaantity OF arms captured and few
men arretSed-
CASHIER >n.FVERsEgs. Of the Copen-
hagen branch of the Mutual Life in
suranee Co. cf New Iorx. ~ no was ar
rested ou September =. charged with
cmbezzling 48.eo1 crowns. and with
falsifying his accounts. was. on the
II. sentenced 10 two years' penal serv-
itude.
Az English syndicate has purchased
Of Frank PhiScator. Of Bentsn lIarbor.
Mich. his gold ...s..~s "a. sa-- ssss'..-aa.>,
paying si.o0o. oo0 FOR three elaiins-No.
= ON Bear creek and two rich claims
oa Ii Dora.io. The ~ Indicate pays So
90 down and the balance of ss-o, 0o0
At the end OF one rear.
Returns Of the general election IN
Newfoundland. received from all but
two legislative districts. snow that the
opposition party. headed by SIR James
Winter, carried Il seats, the govern
mentc andidates holding only IL
J. HooE TYLER tdem-l was eleeted
governor of Virginia. Is was also the
rest Of the ticket bY from 81, oOo 10 g. .
ooO majority.
Col JoHS ROUSE MEEorr CHARD. V.
C.. the hero of the famous defense OF
Rorke's Drift. Soath Africa, in Janu-
sry, 1879, died ut Taunton, England, ON
the lst.
GuY STEELE, letter carrier, and
William Sidener. stamping clerk at the
post Office in CrawfOrdsville, Ind, were
arrested. on the Sd. ON charge Of rob
bing the mails For several months
letters containing money have been
disappearing. Post Office inspectors
placed 4 decoy letter eontaiuing money
in the post Office, and found it in Si,len-
er's pocket when he was arrested on
suspicion. Sidener confessed and i'm
plicated Steele, who also confessed
when arrested
RoGER WoLcorr (rep.l was elected
governor of Massachusetts by an esti-
mated plurality of So 0oo.
The bank of Shipshewana, Ind. wa'
entered by burglars. on the night oi
the 2i. and the safe was blown opeI
with dynamite. Two men were en-
gagged in the robbery. All the valu
able papers were taken, together Will
5000 in cash The burglars then es
capped on a handcar.
The republicans carried the state o
Pennsylvania by plurality approx
mating 40. 900.
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH. on tn
81. received the premier, Count la
deni, in audience. and they had Ion;
conference regarding the internal al
fairs of Austria, as developed by tn
recent disorderiy scenes in tine reichs
rath.
IL was officially announced, on tn
Sd, that the terms of purchase of tn
Universal and Commercial Fuel Ga
TO. of Chicago. from the Emerson-MS
MILAN syndicate by the Peoples ia
Light and Coke Co. Chicago Gas Co.
had been settled. and that the aetns
transfer of the property would b
made on the 18th. The purchase price
IS. 500, 600.
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, British seer
,ary of state for the colonies. was II
stalled, on the Sd. as lord rector OF IN
Oiasgow university. There was an III
mense crowd of people present an
Mr.. Chamberlain met with an ensh'
siastic reception.
AERoSAUr STEWART You've wa
drowned in Lake Michigan at the fo'
Of Monroe street, Chicago, on the =
while attempting to descend from n
balloon in a parachute Thousands
people witnessed the accident
The Paris Temps, in its co mmen
on the Greater New York munieip'
election, says: The resulto of the ele
ton Is deplorable for New York an
the cause of democracy
Mr. JAMES III. EcKELs. the com
troaier of the currency. will accept u
Presidency of the Commercial natlon
bank Of Chicago to which he wi
elected On the al.
Prof. GEORGE FRKDEREck HOLMES.
the University OF Virginia, died
Richmond on the sth-
Miss AKIE = HuSIIS6ToS, democra
daughter of Rt Rev. Frederick
huntington, Episcopal bishop OF ce
tral New York, was elected school col
missioner At Syracuse. n v lea
ing the ticket in her class She Is
leader in several charitable enterpris
aud is woman snffragist- She Is u
hst woman TO bold elective ouhes
Syracuse.