Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-05
NEWS AND NOTES.
PERSONAL Afso GENERAL.

found ammunition and medicines.
Many arrests have been male.
Ir is stated that ten. Maxine Conner
the leasier OF the Cuban insurgents. ha,
rvafirmsd his determination not To ne
cept n compromise with the spanish
government. but to adhere to his de-
nand for the absolute independence OF
Cuba.
The steamship City of Mexico left
Seattle, Wash, on the sJth. carrying
fur Dyea over tOs passengers. - horses,
about t.sDo tons Of freight and - dogs.
nearly all bound for the gold fields.
Irisstated that the Turkish military
committee will go ut once To Thessaly
To meet the Greek Officers and mark GU
the new boundaries. IL il expected
that the treaty of peace wilt be signed
oy August /.
Tss whaleba steamer Everett. now
on its way from India. where she has
been with supplies for the famine suf
ferers, will make regular trips from
san Francisco To points gu the Yukon,
in Alaska. on her return
MAJ. SAMUEL +. CsSBY. ot vancou
YER. Wash committed suicide. on the
18th. by jumping from the steamer
Mascot. which was about TO sail for
Portland. Ore.
MR AND MRs. GLA~roSE celebrated,
on the 18th. the tifty eighth anniver.
sary Of their wedding Many visitors
joined in the family rejoicing at Ha-
warden. and scores of the townspeople
saluted the venerable couple while on
their way to church
MIS-. GEKrrE Il NAcK-ScHooLrAS
died. on the asth. in Jersey City, y. j..
in her one hundred and first year.
She was born in Prussia. She saw
Napoleon march into Prussia. and
waved red handkerchief at the great
emperor
FATHER Ton SHERMAN. sou of Ten.
VIM r. sherman. has arrived in seat
tie. Wash, from the east. He is bro
ken down in health and went to Seattle
for recuperation-
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury, On the ssth, showed;
Available cash balance, sea9. sT3, s+.J;
gold reserve. SIt5, 5s5, ,sts-
The steamer City of Topeka arrived
at Seattle. Wash. from Alaska on the
18TH The Topeka brought no Klon-
dixie passengers nor glittering gold,
but reported that the miners were
tioeking toward Dyea by the score
from Juneau and sitsa. and that both
places threaten To be depopulated.
Ar Watson. W. Va, locks have been
put on all the gates and deputies called
for. which places every mine in the
county under the eounty's protection.
This is doue by the operators so the
county will be responsible il any ot
their property Is burned
Coz J. FESroS SEYMOUR died in DEN
yer, Col. on the eth. of Bright's dis
ease He was born in New York state
in 1854. and went to Colorado IN 1850
In the early days Cot Seymour oper-
ated stage lines. Later he engaged in
mining
THEODORE C. ScgISrz, n Chicago law
yer and real estate dealer, who recently
failed to the extent. it is said, OF nearly
a million, was arrested. on the 2-th. on
a charge of alleged fraud in selling a
trust deed for s., 600. He was released
on bail
Orro WEBER, who was arrested
recently, charged with being an ae-
compIice with John SehlegeI in the
sensational street murder of DIR. Lyman
A. Barser in Kansas City. Mo-, was
liberated. after his preliminary trial On
the sTth.
TmE British government has pur-
chased from the Maryland steel 20. oi
Baltimore, $50, 900 tons of rails, that
company's bid being Es,6s5 less than
the lowest British bid
The St James Gozette, commenting
upon Japau's protest in the Hawaiian
matter. says: According To European
usage IL amounts to a threat To resist
the transfer of the archipelago by
force, and is equivalent to warning the
United States that they must give ur
their views rs to Hawaii or prepare for
war;
OS the sTth the president announced.
among others. the following recess ap-
pointments: 7. " Powderly, commits
siouer-general of immigration, Robert
J. -rxcewelL, comptroller of the treas
ury, and Alexander L. Morrison col
Iecsor of Internal revenue for the dis
triet of New Mexico.
A DISPATCH received by the state de-
partment from the United States con-
sui at Mozambique, on the 18TH said
that the French steamer Alphee, which
cleared for Beir.. May 81. for Mozam
biaue, had not been heard from and
that il was feared she had foundered al
sea- IL is probable she had mails from
the United States ca board
TIE stock Of the Glucose Sugar Re
hning Co. has been placed in the List
of unlisted securities on the Chicago
stock exchange. The official announce
meut. issued on the 3sth, stated that
the total issue Is "a. oe0. 600. Of wkich
SCI. 900. 600 are common and slt.ooo,ooe
preferred shares
Nrss GRACE ALLEN, the Kansas school
TEACHER. on trial at Chandler, Okla,
was acquitted. on the ssth- OF the
charge of poisoning Miss Phronis
Eckes. her rival, and the latters moth
er. The verdict received the com
mendation of the public
BIDS were opened at the treasury de-
partnent, on the 2sth, for the founda'
ton work of the Chicago post Office
huiIding. There were - bids. Of which
that of Macarthur Rros- Co.. of Chicago
for Sos, 45s was accepted
ApxrEAL WALKER Capt Carter and
Prof. Haupt the new Nicaragua earsl
-.,..n-sssion- held preliminary meet
M in the engineers once ~ tis wal
deuarsmsat on the s9th. Although
rAeY have nos Fsessyed their eou1als'
s.os~ tAsy discussed - sene lesSth
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