Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-05

Of President Nckinfev taat /. a. b.
placed IN the state capitol nj Colaua
bus, o, arrived at New Yorx from
Naples on the 18Th
A rRArS was wrecked On th.. Central
Pacific ruad four mile. west Of Rem,
Nyv-- on the 18Th. >ix Indians wer,
billed and nine injured. 9uitr a NUN
Der of the train crew sustained in i,r
rir~.
>rArE COMMANDER nopsK has granted
The application tor the organization u
q. A. T. ps,a. at Notrr Dame. Ini.
the ssat ~ Natrv Dame univprsltv. IN.
membership ~ the post will be com.
po>e't " hotly ~ Catholic priests.
WORLDS amt national snrppinten.l-
ent of the department OF Srirntliie.
temperance instruction IN ths Woman.
Christian Temperance union. Ms.
Mary w. Hunt sailed. on the soth. FROM
Boston for Brusseis ~ fratsrual dele.
gate frou the W. q. +. e. 20 the Anti
Aieohol congress IN be held in that
city. She will return in September.
fzE Southwestern Passenger a~<,-
citation i apparently going - pieces.
The IT Louis & >an Franriseo has
withdrawn The Rock island ami
santa fr. il is reported. ar. about 10
do 81. and there will seeningiy not be
enough lines left Z maintain the or
ganixatiou.
THS great race between th. steam
yachts Pathfinder and Enqairerou Lake
Michigan ended, ON ths .9th. in a victory
for tn. Buffalo boat The Pathfinder
gave up the contest when of Waule-
gan, Ill. amt turned back for Chicago.
The loss of the whaler Cape Horn
Pigeon in the Japan sea during a fu-
rious storm was announced on the 18th
Capt >cullam AMI the crew u - were
saved. but 900 barrels of sperm oil
went down with tn. vessel.
MIStsrER >ASro- TRis.,. Of Portugal.
has received no information CONCERN
ing the alleged revolutionary troubles
in his country. He believes he would
have been notified Of any serious out
break.
Tue Belgian chamber Of deputies
passed a bill, on the s9th. compelling
all Foreigners who have hal a years
residence in that country To enroll
themselves in the civic guard.
JOHS h. RYAN and John t;raves. who
lured Lawyer Burt ;. Clark, of Brook
lyu. to fat in New York city. on july
10. and then robbed him and tried tc
force acid down his throat. were sen
tsnced. on the 50th. to l. years im-
prisoumsnt at hard labor
WORKING behind closed doors. j. n.
Hartlv ~ fhf..,.r, claim .. 49,. -.
duced. at n cost of ten cents a pound, a
metal which experts pronounce gold.
Several bricks OF the metal have been
purchased by jewellers. who declare il
good enough gold for them.
FAmURks throughout the United
States foe the week ended on the 30th.
as reported by T. q. Dun Il Co. were
s36. against Isl for the corresponding
week of last year. For Canada the fail
ures were ss, against 40 last year
The commercial treaty between
Great Britain and the German zoII-
verein. which has been in force since
May 30. 1864. was renounced. on the
3oth, by Great Britain and ceases to be
operative year hence.
JoHS ANDERSON and Hagens Nelson
were fatally injured by the tipping of
. derrick on a new building at Market
and Van Buren, streets, Chicago. on
the soth- The men fell from the sixth
story to the street.
By the premature explosion of
dynamite blast on Beeehwooi bouie-
ward. in Pittsburgh, Pa, on the s0th,
three men were dangerously hurt, one
of them probably fatally
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury. on tine s0th. showed:
Available cash balance, S9as, Isa, 596;
gold reserve. si4J. s1s, 369
THE crops in a strip five miles wide
and 80 miles long in Rock county.
Mimi, were entirely destroyed by hail
on the night of the s9th-
THE Japanese government has ae-
cepted the offer made by Hawaii To ar
bitrate ma tiers in dispute between the
two countries.
A DISPATCH from Lisbon says the
situation at oporto is alarming. Min
isters fear an attempt at revolution.
The governor of the town has been
dismissed and replaced BY Augusta de
Castillo, a naval officer