Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-12-16

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THE employers in the Enylish cotton
raaie have abandoned their demand
Tor i've per cent. reduction in wages.
many frms bsing disinc.ined to en-
sorce It. The operatives are thus nc
.orioas in the struggle
lr Is deemed siguincAat in Berlin
hat I'D volunteers. Including a num-
Der Of members ot the aristoeraey. like
Count Won heSsier and the priaee OF
rhurn aud Taxis. arc 10 accompany
the expedition 10 kiao-Chaa bar. with
Prince Henry OF Prussia as its COM
nancer.
WALTER CEpoT. Of Newcastle. In
gland. who was defeated for the ban-
iam-weight championship Of the world
a, the National Sporting club in Lon
iOn. on the 9th. by Jimmy Barry. OF
Chicago died, on the 9Th. Of injuries
received during the contest
OS the sth the supreme court Of Cal
ifornia disPelled the last hops of w H.
I. Durran;. the murderer OF blanche
Lamont aud Minnie Williams, by dis
posing in u summary manner of his
two appeals adversely TO the con-
temned.
THE comptroller of the currency. on
the sth. authorized the Franklin na-
tional bank of Franklin. q. TO begin
business Capital. s5o.oo@
The plate glass factory at ElwOod.
Ind. employing 500 hands, closed
Down. on the 5th. because of the re
fusal Of the PO.ishers to accept the
change to payment By piece work in
stead of by the week
On the 7th Emperor William ordered
the number of volunteers for the China
expedition 10 be increased "a l.0e0 men
Nor later than January l. Is9>. every
wire mill in the United States may be
controlled. IL not owned. by one COM
psny. with a capitalization OF sisA.-
000. eoa. The mills for producing the
rods from which wire and wire nails
are made arc also TO be taken into the
trust
PRESIDENT SIMON SAN Of Hayti. il a
procl clamation. avs that Hiaytis gov
ernment had determined 10 resist ter
many to the end bu; tha, expected
support was withheld. and for that
reason submission was the only course
left
a PARis dispatch says that the re-
opening of the Dreyfus ease i rem
dered improbable. il not impossible.
by reason of the alleged connection of
the wife Of Maj Esterhazy with the
chief OF the general staff of the French
army
IoHS HARLoSs. the aged farmer who
was tortured aud robbed of ss00 by
three masked men at 6reeniown, o.,
iieS. on the sth- IIarlong was - years
old. His principal wound Was deep
eat on the head, made BY an iroa
wedge
| THERE will be attached 10 the pen
sion appropriation bill an amendmeni
| which provides that no woman who
hereafter marries an old soldier will,
in the event Of the soldiers death be
entitled 10 a y idow's pension
| THAT Germany anticipates trouble
AZ no distant date with Russia II mani
fest froun the Ortlers that have been is-
sued by the war department at Berlin
for the immediate rearmanent Of all
the forts along the Russian frOn tier
EDWIN Il. NoUEsE. engineer in charge
of the construction of the new railroad
bridge being built between Davenport
Ia. ana Roes Island. Ill. was instant
IL killed. on the sth. by tae fall OF a
derrick
BKFoKs sailing for Earope. on the
s.h- and encoantsring the periis OF a
Vlobe-troster. George W. Vanderbilt
rook out sl.Ooo.oO0 Insurance. on his
| life. The policy IS the lArses, ever ~
sued by any eolnp4ny in the world
JoaS scHwISSES, aged. out oi work
and despondent. jumped from the hign
bridge to the frozen surface Of ;Ae La
eolu park iChie2gOl lagoon, on the STA,
ana broke his way through to death 70
the cold waters
THOMAS o'NEILL and John oBriea.
,x, lonvsboremeu. were run down oy
an Illinois Central train IN chicago,
m he 9th. aud fatally injured
| RgAE-AnNIgAL JosEFE T. 1EsES- =
\ Trs.iredh died st his ho.Ais IN
Easo,l.ae, Mass. oa she .sA, iro.a
| sszp.lssssos Of diseases.