Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-12
NEWS AND NOTES.



Cara. Cuba. an expedition landed re.
erntlv frsSn the Florida coast. Little
secrecy was observed The Cubans had
a f1rce of .a1 men there ID protect il.
and as the >paniards were only sno
strong there they did not attempt "a
attack IL
THERE is bug blockade OF wheat a,
Stocston. Cal. caused By rise OF the
price n 81 Farmers are rushing in
grain ~ fast that 1t can not be handled.
The tevee il piled high with sacks ot
wheat. and moro is constantly arriv-
ing
THk recent hot winds have ruined
many thousand acres Of promising corn
in central and eastern Kansas. Hun
fre,is Of fields which promised yield
Of 50 bushels an acre have been parrhei
sv the intense heat.
OFFrcERs of the steamer Mowers.
tust arrived Mt Vancouver. h G., say
that Honolulu harbor il dotted with
British, Japanese and United states
warships, and that n condition OF un-
rest pervades the people OF the city.
OS the I'll Acting Postmlster-GeueraI
Merritt appointed J. p Green. colorrd
politician of Cleveland, o.. as United
states postage stamp agent Green
Immediately qualified
SENATOR JoHS T. MoHsAy. senior
member Of the foreign affairs commit
tee on the democratic side. is going To
Hawai- for the purpose of making q
PERSONAL examination of the conditions
Of those islands.
THE crews of the 20 life-saviug sta
tons Of the United States government.
stretching along the New Jersey coast
from sandy Hook to Cape May. went
on duty. on the fss. after being out of
service since Nav 81.
Az extensive robbery Of art works
and other articles of great value took
place at the vaud cannonal museum in
Lausanne. Switzerland. on the Id
IaE Chinese water course, com
monty known as the West river, has
finally been opened To trade and com
merce as far westward As oo-Chang-
Fa popularity known as Ny-Chau,
which has been made q treaty port.
Rkv. HKSRY DAY. ID. n. widely
known throughout the Baptist church
sprcacher and editor. died. on the ID.
Sf paralysis. Mt his home in Indianapo-
lis Ind He was born at Westfield.
MaSs., in ISIS.
The Hammond EIge Tool Co, ss
oguntz, n suburb of Philadelphia. re-
sumed operations. on the .d. after
shutdown of two months. About one
hundred hands are employed
SMALL tornado passed through the
northern part of Greene county, Ia. on
the 2d. sweeping away barns. houses
and stacks Of grain Several persous
are reported slightly Injured
Two NES. known a. Henry Duff and
]. H. Edgar. whom the police believe
ID have been noted crooks. fought a
duel in small room in Denver Col
lodging house on the ID Duff was
Instantly killed and Edgar was fatally
wounded
BALL BRos., of Muncie. Ind. among
the largest fruit Jar manufacturers in
the world. are preparing 10 introduce
machines for blowing fruit Jars.
Ir was announced. on the sd. that
the rising of natives in Bechuaualand
had collapsed and that Chiefs Toto and
Lukaiaulos. who had thousand fol-
lowers. had surrendered ID the British
Work was resumed, on the al, at
the bohemian branch of Wheaton q
Co.'S glass works, Melville. v J.
IN the race for the queens cup At
Cowes. Isle OF Wight, on the III. the
prince of Wales yacht Britannia, with
his royal highness ON board, beat EIn-
Peror Williams yacht Meteor on time
allowance.
EVERETT RUssLEs. OF Stockton Cal,
has just discovered that the lady whom
he recently welded Is an heiress. The
bride has been notified that she is en-
ctled to cre-seventh interest in a
s'So.0o0 estate IN New York
THE Rome Ca cotton factory has
obtained = government contract for
l.s00,o ,ooo yards OF heavy duck for mail
sacks. the contrset price Of which Is
ESD. 600.
IKE steamer Noyo sailed from San
francisco, on the sth. with lao pas
sengers For Dyea- Alaska of the pas
sengers booked. ten are women VINO
will make the journey over the Chill
koot pass to the KIondiIxe gold fields
THE Chicago agent Ut the Travellers
Insurance. Co. of Hartford. Conn, has
received instructions from the home
oaiee not to insure any person going to
the klondike region- Ii is n risk that
the company does not desire to take.
The frst importation Of Mexican
cattle under the Dngley tariff law was
made through the eustomhouse at
Nogales. Arix.. on the Sd SIX hun
dred and forsy head OF steers. the prop
erty of Z ). Newman. were brtsght in
the duty being 81, I'D. % over the duties
nxed By the Wilson law
FIRE broke out IN H. T. Bells store
At LewisburY. w. Va, on the 3d. de-
stroying Strsttoa's hotel. two banks,
two drug stores and ten other build
IngS Loss about S-o,000- Insurance,
ssSssoo. The fire was incendiary. and
the result Of . second attempt within a
week
AL deparsmenta Of the Cleveland
o.l rolling mill opened on the ID
about , 900 men were given work
Two PERSONS were instantly killed
aud I've were probably fatally injured
n the wreck Of the Fazt Flyer on the
Kansas Pacific railway, on the 3D. oy
going through small bridge which
spans CcEaneke creek. between Byers
and Ssrssburg. 20 miles east Of Dem
YER. Col
Nusos DissLEr, father of Congress-
man Nelson Dingiey. Jr-. died at his
home in Lewiston Me- on-the 3D. aged
" searxs Death was due to stroke of
paralysis Mr. Dingley lad been IN
remarkable health up to the night Of
the soth. whsn he was stricken with
paralysis. He rallied. but . sssoad
esrpxe folScwed uroginr fxtal