Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-28
NEWS AND NOTES.
d Summary of Important Even,a.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

-ff-'fNfhNhs ~ NHNlunttk.
ny. in report to the state de.
y" sment urges Americans Ia make
every effort possible to secure q s,-r,
exhibit at the Paris exposition i'm
1860 lie says that Americans who
have been to LeiPSic and Hrns,clS have
returned disappointed at the roor
showing made by the United states.
IHE fcrre liautcund.l Electric street
Car Co. went into the hands OF n re-
ceiver, on the 18th, as result Of levy
made hy the city treasurer for dcIin-
qucnt taxes, amounting to 50 0l0. The
company also owes $1,000 for stree,
Improvements, aud has heavy bonded
Indebtedness. RusseIl H. Harrison /.
president Of the company.
oNE-rHIRD Of the $40. oJo. .oO1 loan mt
on the Londoa market by the Dominion
government will be taken up by Ca
nad'sn banks and capitalists
CoUNCILoR AKIYANs. who attempted
10 commit suicide by carving himself
with yataghan shortly after his re-
turn to Japan from Honolulu. was re-
ported, at last accounts, to be in a fair
way 10 recovery.
CuAEeEs Of ineiiiciency in the man
agenent OF the Kansas City post Office
have been filed at Washington against
Postmaster Homer Reed aud Assistant
Postmaster {. VI. Seidlitz.
j. H. THUNSIsoS and wife. ot Mitch
ell, ). ID. were found unconsciou. in
their home, on the 18th. overcome by
the fumes OF gas from a hard coal stove.
THE Japanese government has dccid-
ed to apply the gold standard ,o the
currency of Formosa Immediately.
or the ElS5 900 in bullion withdrawn
from the bank Of England. on the 10th.
E;'S. Ooo was in American eagles.
\ LARGE barn belonging To- Robert
Berg, near Iianley Falls. Mimi. was
destroyed by fire recently. While
workmen were engaged in clearing
away the debris. On the 18th. the re-
mains Of four human beings were
found, but 50 badly burned that they
fell to pieces n soon n disturbed.
They are supposed 10 have been
tramps.
GES. WEYLER has ordered the releass.
from the Isle of Pines. the spanish
penal settlement OIL the coast % Cuha
OF II prisoners, who were. il was al
legged. connected in the uprising which
resulted ia the imprisonment Of S-no-
rita Evangelina Cossio CisnerOs. who
recently escaped.
Ir is stated by an authority on the
subject that several Of tue leading man
ufacturers OF bicycles will reduce the
price of their lsss wheel to SO. This
will bring them down To a basis legiti-
mate profit
FERDINAND CARIEsE. OF RimonsISe.
Quebec. disappointed oiiice-seelser.
made desperate attempt - shoot Sir
Nilfred Laurisr. the canadian premier.
at Ottawa. Ont, ON the 10Th. lie was
disarmed and arrested.
RICHARD NJ. SCEuGas. the St Louis
merchant who was charged with at
tempting to s,huggle certain articles of
jewelry into the United States ON his
return from trip to Europe. has been
exonerated by the federal authorities.
SENATOR MORGAN. of Alabama, VIII o
has just returned from his trip to fla
waii, declares that while he has fa-
vored annexation from the beginning
of the movement he was surprised.
upon investigation, to find that the
arguments in its favor had been under
estimated.
The stockholders of the Denver Con-
solidated Gas Co., on the a1th, ratified
the action of the board of directors ac-
cepting the city's proposition to lease
the plant at six per cent on an ap-
praised valuation for eight years.
An official dispatch received from
Gen. Galleni, the French commander
in-chief in Madagascar. says that q
band of Sakalavas had attacked a
French post which was recently estab-
lished in western Madagascar, killing
many of the garrison. including three
officers.
NEW YORK bankers are considera bly
exercised over the mass of fraudulent
drafts received from various parts of
the west, drawn ON New York banking
and business houses. A regular band
of swindlers appears to be operating
through the western states
GEORGE ID. MEIKEIJonS. assistant t
secretary of war. aud his party arrived
ia St Paul. ON the 20th. from Omaha.
and spent the day at Fort Smelling.
They left for the Yellowstone, thence
~ Fort Vancouver.
In connection with the increased
strength OF the British army the de
fenses of the colonies of Great Britain
are receiving unusual attention.
PERMANENT state organization of the
Union Veterans union was effected at
Cedar Rapids. Ia, ON the Goth. with the
election of full set Of officers
The statement of the condition of the
treasury, issued on the Goth. showed:
Available cash balance. $40. SOS, go,
gold reserve, si5l, ,5s4,sl2.
OWING to the prevalence of yellow
fever in Montgomery, and the fact that
all of the towns and cities of Alabama
have quarantined against that city, the
state government has temporarily been
removed to Birmingham.
The will of the late George NJ. Pull
man, after m aking suitable provision
for his wife. divides his immense for
tune equally between his twin sons
and two daughters. The sons portions,
however, are to be held in trust, for
reasons that were best known to their
father.
FIRE. on the Goth, destroyed the busi-
ness portion of Osceola, Ark. river
town about fifty miles north Of Mem
phis- 1T is believed the loss will reach
sI00, 900.
AMASILA dispatch says that scyclone
and tidal wave devastated portion OF
the island of Leyte. one of the Philip
pine group. Several towns aud villages
were destroyed and fully 400 natives
perished-
THERE were 90 new cases OF yellow
fever reported in New Orleans on the
soth-a record breaker-and six deaths
Among the latter was Ira L. Britton.
manager of the General Electric Co.
LEO. ID. WEI, of Chicago, well
known for his improvements in pkotog-
raphy and for his work in illustrated
magazine articles, has become insane.
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