Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-07-29

~ Sarago>S1 on the Cuban question
and in deuunciation OF the policy OF
the government has made a grea; sen
sation In Madrid.
A DISPATCH from Bourgcs. capital Of
the department Of Cher. France. on the
sis,, said that the northwestern por-
tion of that department had been de.
strnyed by n hurricane.
ULRv GAEsFoRD. a Tacoma (va.h. }
oarber. heartbroken by . wsywari
WIFE, ~ months ago buried himself
from the world In Alaska. and to-day
II scl- owner Of . KIondi<e placer
valued at 81. 0oo, coo. from which he has
already taken over ssa CD.
Tue feature of the meeting Of the
Wesleyan conference at Leeds. En-
gland. was an eloquent sp~ees ~ Rev
W. H. Milbarn. chaplain Of the United
States senate. In the coar>e CT hls re-
marks MIR. Milburn said t.lat Metho.i-
ism was cue Of the mighty forres bind
ing England aad the United states ~
g-ther.
THERE have been serious outbr~sks
and riots at Barcelona. spain. and the
reudarmes have been stoned by the
mob. The government sent large rein-
forcements To restore order.
SrrED STATES sSESAroRJAxEs r
oooLrrrE. Of Wisconsin, who has been
In the east for some time. is lying very
Ill at Providence. l. l.. Fnd is hardly
expected TO recover. MIR. Doolittle is
nearly ~ years old.
ASorHER drop in silver was recorded
in the home market on the ed. the
price quoted in New York city being
59'S cts. an ounce. There was q marked
absence ofdemand FOR the metal. The
value OF the silver in q silver dollar.
according to the price quoted is Just a
fraction over ~ cents.
MRs. AUGUSTA LARSEY. former wife
Of Michael Baumgartner, on trial at
oconto. Wis. for the murder of her
husband. was discharged. on the sad,
there being no evidence that she mur-
dered Baumgartner.
Ten thousand school children laid
iorai offerings at the base Of the Brig
ham Young monument in Salt Lake
City, Utah, on the 2ai. and then
marched in the monster parade of the
school children.
A RAIN. of the proportions of cloud
burst prevailed. at Waterbury. Conn,
on the 2sd, and As . result food was
caused, which gave indications of be-
ing the greatest on record in that
| city.
A HEBREW peddler was shot and
robbed at Beaver Ia. by three men.
A posse pursued and captured the trio
and then lodged them in Jail at Boone
The wounded man may die.
ALBERT >cHoDRosky, aged two years.
son of Mrs. Elizabeth schodroslxy, n ST
Louis widow, was run over and horri-
bly, mangled by Terminal engine No. D
ou the ed. The child was attempting
to cross the street in front of the loco
| motive
YOUNGSTOWN. o.. was visited by .
terrific eloudburst. on the evening Of
s3d. which caused food that inuu-
dated n portion of the town, and re-
suited in the drowning of many per-
sons and the destruction of much prop
erty.
HoS. EDWIN +. uHI- formerly ambas-
| ,ador of he United States To Germany.
arrived at New York on the I'D. on
board the steamer Normania from
Hamburg.
| OK the Esd a boat containing f5 en-
| pioyes of the Hamburg engine works
capsized in the River Elbe, and six per.
sons were drowned.
| Ar Trinidad. Col. six men and two
| women have beer arrested charged with
the murder of Deputies VIM Gregg
and VIM Kelly when they were in
1 search of cattle thieves in the spring
of 1895. Officers are in pursuit of two
| more men who are said to have been
| implicated in the crime.
On the Esd. during the prevalence OF
Q heavy rain and thunder storm a,
Wilkesbarre. Pa. the powder maga
zine at the Empire mine, operated by
the Lehigh 4 Wilkesbarre Coal Co. in
which 20 tons Of powder was stored,
was struck by lightning. The force oi
the explosion was so great that it shoot.
the foundations of nearly every dwell
ling in wiIkesbarre- John Higgins
who was driving by ct the time. WA
instantly killed