Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-08

JAcua y. Sswr~ox. .he assistant prs,,-
ecuting attorney of L~nawwe county.
Mich. who was indicted for eonnivinr
st the escape Of Anton y. Christensen.
ARRESTED in New York city on a charge
Of cmh~xxieEs~nt. was srraignea b.
fore JHSsi-e Mcmahon. in general Ses-
sions, on tho lss. and released on 500
hail
NosH Rksr. on the isf. celebrated
his one hundred and tzrcnty-ffth birth
day anniversary in the Pisc.saway
IN j. pcorhouSe.
ir Is said that Hetsy Green l. about
10 begin foreclosures 81 mortgages
upon about 81. eco. ooS worth Of Chicago
property.
THs nomination Of B~njamin Hat
tsrworth. Of ohi.- A. commissioners Of
patents. was sent so the ~ena.e BY the
president on the ist-
Coz FKED GRANT decided. on th< ~. |.
TO decline Presiaen, Mekinley's offer
Of the Position Of frs. assistant secre-
tary % war.
Sxw Atlantic cable Is being manu-
faetured at Calais. Frsnee. and will
shortly b. laid.
NALxEr breaker. an Inmsnse struc-
ture operated by the Lehigh Valley
Coal Co at Naltby. Eve miles from
wilxesbarre. Pa. was destroyed by
fr- On the III. II was one Of the best
equipped coal breakers in the Wyoming
region. containing all the n.rieru ma
chinery. IL employed nearly 500 men.
and had a capacity Of 100 tons per day.
An explosion. on the night of the LIST,
wrecked the dryhouse of the Shame
kin PosSderCo@. four miles west OF Sha'
many miles The barn of David Han n
n farmer. living near the scene Of tbs
explosion. in some manner caught hrs
and was entirely destroyed
A sEKToUs riot occurrcd. on the ed al
Antequera. = miles from Malaga. in the
province of An.ialusiA. Spain caused by
popular uprising against the imposi
tion Of the oetroi tax Several people
were injured before the police wers
able TO suppress the disorder.
OK the III Fourth Assistant Possmas
ter-ueneraI i:ristow made his hrst ap
pointrBents of fourth-claSs postmasters
His presiecesscr. Mr.. Maxwell. did moi
appoint anyone for his last month
which left MIR. Bristow about : 500
places TO nil. caused by deaths. resig
nations and removals.
The four members of the Button
gang. Frank and Antonio Borrego,
f.aurisno Alarid and Pasrieio Valencia
were hanged in the Jail yard at Sants
re. \. NJ. on the III for the assaSsina
tiou of ex-Sheriff Frank Chavez. on ths
nightof May -. Is9s.
CoRSErIUs ODoSSErI and John Baird
two oil men of Pennsylvania, wcr
blown to atoms near Celina. o. on tn
I'd by an accidental explosion of nitro
glyeerine-
The steamer Griggs of the Queel
line, plying between Columbus. Ca
and Appalachieola. Fla. on the Chatta
hooehe river. was sunk IL miles nortl
of Columbia. Ala. at one o'clock on tn
morning of the ID Five persons ar
known to have been drowned and fou
Others are missing.
Ir Is stated on unioubted authorit
that the efficient manner in which tn
4 Il 0fAA-l lOlNEf WIZ A@%ttAAAa<a oAt III
Greek frontier is dur to German officers
and il Is added that all the plans q
campaign intrusted to them to carr
cut have been prepared by able strate
gisss in Berlin
The bishop of canea has sent a ines
sage of fervent appeal to the Christian
people of Europe. imploring them {
compel their governments to stop bon
harding. and to cease opposing tn
unanimous desire OF Cretaus TO e>cap
tyranny by a union with Crete
JoSErH F1ELp. the oldest person i
Monmouth county. " J.. died on tn
night of The LIST. aged ios years .-Unel
Joe was horn September %. I.s.. o.
the homestead farm in Middleton towr
shin. and lived there all his life- II
remained single till he was IS years old
JOSEPH Il. McMAHAN. owner of NJ,
Mahan's circus. was shot and satall
wounded at Wichita. HAS, on the "a
by j. p. Cunningham. deputy sheriff {
TAYLOR county, Tex. The shcotin
arose over the arrest of one of tn
circus performers named Purdy. o
the charge of burning the WindsS
. hotel in Abilene, Tex