Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-13

t'h tnc hrs' time IN ten years there
are open saloons in Topeka. Has. aud
as result something of a rebellion
has been started agains, the present
state administration.
THE statement of the condition Of
the treasury, issued on the sth. showed:
Available cash balance. $50. sss. so:
gold reserve. siss.ais.aia
JoHN l.. krNzE. The I.ii,l. German
Of Cronin trial fame. was convicted in
Judge fsyne's court in Chicago. on the
sth, OF operating a confidence game.
The jury fixed his punishment at i'm
prisonment in the pcniten,iary. lie
viii be given an indetcr,ninate son
tence.
WHILE moving apilc OF rubbish on
,'eorgc Haughurns farm. near Cando.
y. d.. On the 9Th. the dead body Of
VIM Bryan was discovered. The top
of his head was crushed. indicating
murder. Mr.. Bryan claimed 10 be a
second cousin Of VIM !. Bryan, and
was undoubtedly murdered for his
money.
SPECIAL dispatch from Athens az
ssrts that the Losses of the Greeks in
the fighting at velestino and rharsa-
los. on the s,h- were certainly 1000
killed and wounded. while the Turks
Lost fully s.eoo killed and wounded.
OS the sth the iiquidating trustee. Of
the Standard oil trusts declared a
quarterly dividend of Vi cents and an
extra dividend Of per cent payable
June II.
ELEVEN men were drowned. on the
Sth, through an inflow Of water into
the kelloc colliery. At Durham. En-
gland.
THE Turks occupied Pharsalos on
the 6th.
CHRISTOPHER NIckEIs. . laborer. liv-
ing in West indianapolis. Ind, on the
9TH. made n mur,ierous assault on his
wife. from whom he had been separa-
ted. then fled to the banks OF Eagle
creek. took a dose of Rough on Rats.
and lived only long enough To tell the
police who found him there what he
had done.
q. - JOHNSON, OF Alaska. will be the
next governor of that district. lie was
sent from Nebraska to Alasks during
Harrison's administration To all the
position of United States attorney for
Alaska and il very popular
THE conference committee Of the
senate and house reached decision. on
the 9Th. ON the Indian appropriation
bill on the basis of provision for the
leasing of the gilsonitc lands instead of
the purchase of them
CHARLES BUrToS, n capitalist for
mcrly of the wholesale drug frm of
Greene & Button. Milwaukee. dropped
dead while entering his carriage on
the eth.
RuFus y. VAssAa. grandson OF the
founder of Vassar college. was arrested
in san Francisco. on the 5th. charged
with embezzlement
Born houses Of the Iowa legislature
have passed . resolution making the
wild rose the official flower of tha,
state.
Gov. BLACK OF New York gave .
hearing to the anti-scalper bill on the
9TH IL is understood he will sign the
measure
THINGS have come 10 such a pass in
Athens that the members of the royal
family can not leave the palace with
out being subjected to insult in the
streets Even the queen and prineesses.
when they visit the hospitals. are not
exempt
Mrs. MARY T. WILCOX. who was born
in the White House during Jackson's 5
administration. has resigned her clerk
ship in the treasury department She
is the widow of Representative Wilcox.
of Mississippi. and 10 over 80 years OF
age.
A TREE was planted near the tomb of
Gen. Grant IN Riverside Park. New York
city. on the eth, by Yang Yu. envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the emperor of China, by order
of Ii Hung Chang.
Mas. KATHARINE CRoSIN, of New
Ross. Ind, celebrated her golden we'd
ding. on the eth, by fling suit for di-
vorce from her wealthy husband, Cor
nelius Cronin, whom she married in
England 80 years ago.
ROBERT ii. MARTIN. formerly treas
urer of the Columbia university of
Washington city. has been arrested on
charges of embezzling funds Of the in
stitution-