Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-15

Acz~ On her spsed tria1 on the -th-
TEE statement Of the condition Of
a. srrasury. tssuea on the sta show Ell:
Aralshle cash balance. ss.A -, 81
Goa rc-erve. Ssh. .sse.oea
aHruoE was In circulation in pariA
"a thu esh. that the king Of Denark.
A The instaner u< the exar. had be~n
...ed to arbisrzte the Crvtan question-
AvnxG the nominations sent 90 the
-na-e BY the president. on the sth.
wa< that Of Alfred y. Buck Of Georxia.
70 be envoy extraordinary and minister
pleuiposentiary OF the United States to
japan
Frsv inches Of snow fell In rndiana
AMI ohio on the 9TH II accumulated
90 the poles until either the telegraph
and telephone wircs broke or the poles
in many cases tcppled over under the
weight
TEr United States weather bureau.
On the nth gave out the startling in
formation that 500 square miles of the
STAT. os Arkansas was under water and
tia; the Mississippi river woald con
,inae TO rise
Tug president signed the resolution
t,r the relief of the food sufferers on
,he eth He also authorized the <ecrse-
tary of the navy to secure . ship for
the transportation of grain 10 the fam
me sufferers Of India
TKk United States snpreDe court On
the 5,h. refusrd to grant the motion OF
Joseph Iixigi- late consul general Of
Turkey at BOSTON, for writ of habeas
eorpus releasing him frvsn arrest ON
the charge Of embexxlement
THE Minnesota hpase. On the 7th. by
vote of 81 to -. pa1cd . hill prohibit
iax sectarian instruction OF wearing of
see;arian garb in the public schools.
,nd providing for fine and imprisou-
ment for violation Of the act
PRESIDENT KErsEk of the Transvaal
has ordered that his grand~oa- Lieut.
EIoS shall be placed on trial before
special court tor offensive language
used By him in . public reference to
Qsrsu Victoria at johannesburg.
COLLECTOR WISE Of san Francisco
ha> received Instructions from the sec
RETRY u the treasury To rueet the new
Chinese minister ou his arrival. and
aford every facility for landing him
aai his suit without any red tape.
The supreme court Of the United
States. on the Ssh. grantei the motion
10 aivanee the ease of the Joint Traffic
assoeiatioa- but set il for the second
Monday of the October terra thus re-
t1sinx n hearing fur the presen: exn-
THE people OF the submerged district
Of the Red River Of the North have de-
.iined the $4,000 government aid
noted them by congress. on the .sh.
zying- The water is receiing fast.
aad the damage is not so great Is ex-
pected--
THR Honduras congress has decited
% grant concession to Honduras
syndicate acting in conjunction with
party Of New York capitalists for an
nteruceznic railroad from Puerto Cor
'sz. on the Atlantic. 20 Amapalo on the
R1sifc-
CABLE advices received on the sth
announced that . revolt had broken
cut in Porto Rico against the Spanish
zovernment- and that engagements
had taken place in the towns Of Yaeuo
and Adiunta~ The report was later
lsnied from Havana
BEts--GEs. JouS r BRooKk. com
handing the deparfnent Of the DHko-
t7S. received An Official order from the
war department. at Washington. on the
sth, assigning him 70 the command of
the department. Of the Missouri with
headquarters At Chicago.
A NUMBER Of tobacco plantations at
Nasalanta- state Of Vera Cruz. Mexico.
have been invaded By destructive in
sect which has devouFed the crop. The
heat is remarkably intense on the coast
below Vera Cruz, and the mercury al
ready registers summer temperature-
The Poughkeepsie IN. " glass
works were completely destroyed by
ere on the 9TH The only part of the
faetory that the fremen were able to
save was the Office and some sheds un-
der which new goods were stored
The loss approximases about 500. 90,
Insurance. "a, CO.,
CAKrER II. HAKm$ox tdem-l was
elected mayor of Chicago, on the 6th,
ey plurality Of zAoo0. and clear ma
ari'y over all the opposing candidates
The entire democratic city ticket VS.
eleetsd- OF the - aldermen a6 demo-
Gratis. four republicans and four inde-
pendents appear 70 have been elected
tSIrED STATES CoxsrL TASKY. At
Belfast reports to the state depart
Hsnt that Italian ennnsd s00sa0es aRe
saPplanting the American tomatoes
largely used in Ireland owing. - Tie
eealers sag. 70 the fact that the Ameri-
can Vegetable ss overlooked n over
npe. and eoasequently is not = nrn
when orened - the Italian tomatoes
SUSIE T. SwIFr. one Of the best
sno~n among the hsikndisrs ef the
saivation army. has snnOuneed her
CONVERSION to The Roman Catholic
i2lsh IL - understood that this was
orousht about through the influence
2, Rose hawthorne Lathrop. with
.non Miss Swift became acquainted IN
'hs course Of her work among the poor.
JULIO SAxGUHLT, the Cuban-Ameri-
can citizen recently released from ar
rsst IN Havana as the demand of the
Cnited states, va arrested in Jackson
vile, Fla, with others. on the zth.
charged with setting On foot . military
expedition against the people and
Property Of the king of Spain He was
recessed on his own recognixAnee pend
ing . hezriur.