Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-02-11

The sd, ordered favOrzbly reported thu
btll amending the copyright las SO a.
70 prevent the fraudulent use of the
word ''coPyrixht~ and % strengthen
the law in this direction. it gives the
courts the remedy Of inianctioa n
sell a. penalty in such eases
THx Is-yrar-oid son ot Druggist
Dreis. % ~ Paul. Man. threw q
snowfall. 90 the n. at a nan in n cut
ter The ball. striking the horse.
caused i TO run away. and this re-
suited In three other runaways, caus-
ing considerable damage Two of the
victims called on Mr. Dreis. on the
9Th, Tor payment, when the latter re
tired 10 his oface without NorG and
seat a bullet through his brain
Tue American Coffee Co. was iueor-
Porated at Trenton. y. J.. on the 9Th.
with a capital stock Of sIOo. .O00. The
ineorporatorsareH Henry o. Havemeyer.
John Z >earles, John T. Parsons and
Thee Havemeyer
The Fairfield ship-building works
IN Glasgow were burned on the 9Th;
loss ESQ, 900. and ). .Ooo men were thrown
out Of employment
MrcH alarm Is felt throughout India
owing 10 the spread OF the plague.
Cases have been reported as far north
rs Delhi and as far south As Banga-
lore.
The bank of England reduced It's
rate of discount. on the sth. from 3 /,
to } per cent.
The plan formulated by the British
government for increasing the
strength and efficiency OF the navy
coutemplates the construction OF five
battleships and three hrst-class cruis-
ers and the addition OF IO,Oo0 men.
FAILURES throughout the United
States during the week ended the sth.
as reported by r u. Dun & Co. were
all, against 323 for the corresponding
week last year. For Canada the fail
ures were 50, against 81 last year.
The First national bank of Frank-
lin. o. suspended on the sth Capital.
slOo.eo, surplus, $40, 900; undivided
profits, $4,000; deposits, si35. GOO,
loans and discounts. sls5,V0a
JoHS l. SULLIVAN. ex-champiou pu-
gilist, had his application to take the
poor debtors oath discontinued, on the
5th. an arrangement cut Of at Boston,
court having been made with the
creditor.
THE Echo de Paris asserted, on the
5th. that fighting had begun on the
Sianese frontier between the natives
under French protection and the 81
amese- The date OF the fighting was
not given, and no details were fur
nishe1
EXPERT accountants. on the 5th,
found n shortage Of nearly $4,000 in
the accounts of Cashier c. L l.
Breeder. or the First national bank Of
Bethlehem, Pa Breeder had abscOud-
81. Tue amount was taken in small
sums, showing systematic peeulation-
Breeder was cashier % years.
IT has been found that the dry dock
at the Brooklyn navy yard Is two feet
shorter than the specifications call for.
The discovery WAS made by Lieut.
Peary. and may result in a eourt-mar-
tial TO fix the responsibility for the
blunder-
SrEPs were taken at the New York
ward the formation Of a National
Sound Nsney league, the avowed pur-
pose Of which IS TO oppose the free
coinage doctrine dnriag the next four
years
ANDREA MASRo, the Italian charged
with stealing $1,000 worth of dia-
monds from New Orleans jeweler.
was arrested in New York city, on the
5th, By Central Office detectives Man
ro's picture IS No 3.ss6 in the rogue,
gallery.
IN anticipation of the passage Of the
Lodge bill to restrict immigration,
thousands of Europeans who would be
excluded under the provisions Of this
measure are focking TO the United
States
SECRETARY OLSEr has received from
President Eliot of Harvard university
an invitation to fill the chair of inter
national law at the institution after
the expiration of his term of sofice in
the state department
The life of Mrs Henry Ward Beecher
was reported in a dispatch from STAN.
ford. Conn, on the 5th, as rapidly
drawing to a closa