Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-10-21

NHffRAtc aui several other tribes ruu-
menced at Chelsea. l. r.. on the 18th.
The reason OF the meeting wa, to set.
tie the question whether they would
cmigrate To Mexico or remain aud take
the consequences of their tribal gov
ernmeut being abolished.
Eli SHAW was taken into custody AZ
Camden. y. j., on the charge Of having
killed his mother and grandmother in
order 20 inherit their wealth ~ that
he could get married.
THOMAS BoLrE. a negro leader. was
lynched at settlement ON Bayou
Barataria. La. for running the quar-.
antinc gauntlet
A. the result Of the orchestra at a
colored dance at Chicago refusing To
play until they had been paid Tor their
services six men, including a police
man, were dangerously slashcd with
razurs.
lr was announced tnat a Yay ear
would start over the Rock Island Svs-
TEN west OF the Missouri river on the
18th for the first time in i've years.
The company has rcsorted to this plan
of checking the pay rolls, aud in rail-
way circles at Omaha, Neb.. il was
said suspicious OF lot Of straw men
and padded pay rolls existed in the
minds of the Chicago officials.
Anorr l. miles south Of Muslogce.
!. T., two supposed cattle thieves were
asked their business by John and Joe
Jourden, respectable farmers. when
one shot Joe through the heart John
then shot both strangers dead.
AT the BAPTIST church under con-
struction at Plano, Tex, scaffold
gave way and i've men were killed.
WHILE Ruth Turner. five years old.
and her cousin. Howard Bagby. aged
five, were playing at NewiSirlS. Ok,
the other day the boy shot and in
stantly killed the girl with IA revolver
MoRroN +. ERicsoN, a young rcclusc.
hanged himself at Chicago because he
could not solve the problem OF pcrpet-
ual motion.
FIRE the other evening damaged the
/ United States steam mills in st Louis
To the extent of sa5, 900.
THE annual meeting Of the Western
Union Telegraph company was held
D
the old directors were reelected. Pres
ident Eclxert gave the amount Of capi-
tai stock outstanding as s9s. 35O. 001
| The revenues for the year were s..,-
d3s, $50. rs; expenses, sl6. ga6. $500 The
assets and liabilities were placed ut
si3s. 10. 49S. q, each.
4 RECENT New York dispatch said
that n whisky trust of tremendous pro-
portions was about Ia be formed. II
all the distillers who have been asked
to join il do so. il will represent more
that s5O. 900, 600 capital and will in the
future be in position to dictate prices
of all the whiskies made in kentucky
and all OF the higher class brands made
in other states.
CHARLES Pollock started in a balloon
| from Eas.bourne, Eng, one morning IN
an attempt To cross the English chan
mel The balloon descended safely in
the afternoon near Domart. in France.
| The trip was great succcss.
| An Abyssinian army Of }. 200 men was
raiding in Africa when the >omalis
bers and slaughtered all bat -, whom
they allowed To 90 back with the news
Of their defeat.
| ACCORDING To i dispatch from Con-
stantinople the sultan OF Turkey i
making strenuous efforts To obtain the,
withdrawal Of American missionaries
from Asia Minor.
/ Tue International & Great Northern
cannon ball train was held up on the
afternoon of the 18th near Austin.
Tex, by four men and the passengers
robbed. The bandits were unsucccss-
full in ritiing the express ear.
FIRE broke out in the sherman
house at Chicago at .-sa A m. and al.
though there was no loss of life ther,,
was the liveliest kind of panic. The
damage done only amounted to ahoui
s.. Goa.
Ar Chicago Florence Gleason. aged
10. fired a bullet into the brain Of her
lover. John Peters. aud then committed
suicide. The shooting was caused
through jealousy.
Ir i stated on authority in the French
capital that an association has been
formed in the United States with tia
object of securing the escape from hii
prison OFF the coast of French Guisaa
Of Capt Albert Dr,.yfus. who va.
drummcd out Of the French army Jan
uarT ). is9s. after having beea eaavict
ed Of having sold war department. plan,
10 Representatives Of a foreign govern
ment
4 SHEPHERD has been arrested neal
Lyons. France. on the charge of com
hitting a series Of jack the Ripper
murders. He has confessed to killing
three shepherds. three girls and tvs
old women
Tux National HorseshOers' Prote,
tive association convened At 81 Loui
ON the iIth. i4t cities east Of the Mis-
sissippi river and - west being repre-
sented-
wHfIE Robert Inglc was hunting il
the woods near IIolgate. O. be rar
across an eagle in the act of carrying
of a young child who had become sep
arated from his older brothers. Ingis
struck the bird over the head ans
stunned il and then took il into town
IL measured nine feet four inches from
tip to tip.
An epidemic of scarlet fever was re
ported in Burlington. Ia, there being
SO cases on the i3th-
/ A WIDOW. named Mrs. Emma Vane
and her daughter were shot and killed
by burglars at Camden, \. J., early
the other morning. A son was sick in
bed with typhoid fever and il wa
feared that the shock will have fata
termination
4 THERE were nine deaths from yellow
fever ut New Orleans on the 18th. Re
ports from other places indicate littlt
change in the situation.
THE situation in Texas on the i2tf
Wa reported to be panicky. owing t'
the yellow fever scare. Many trains
on the principal lines had stopped run
ming and every small town in the state
was organizing shotgun quarantineS
ABOUT wELL-kNOWN PEOPLE.
Chauneey Depew expects to purehas,
n farm of from 200 to 800 acres within
ten miles OF Boston. He has not We