Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-11-25
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

NIsoEpvs fight i being male to pre-
vent the Palisades of the Hudson from
being used by INSCRIPTIONS quarry men.
y DISPATCH from IT. Petersburg. on
The 10th. said. ''Ail day long herce
wind from the sea has driven tn. wa.
ters Of the Neva up the stream aad
Hooded the canals. the suburban ~
lands aud outlying portions Of the city.
Several bridges have beeu swept away,
aud the Hood continues 10 riss. threat
ening To assume grave proportioas.-
IA immense deposit ~ strontain has
heen discovered in Putin lay island.
Lake Erie. aud 80 tons were rce-ntly
shipped east The stratum OF stroa-
lain - many acres in extent and of the
finest quality. II Is largely used in the
manufacture OF fireworks
TnK president ha, delegated Hon.
John W. Foster to act a. special
plenipotentiary of the United states
to conduct negotiations for the settle
ment of all questions pending between
this country aud the Dominion govern
ment
On the 18th. W. II. Clemenrs and Riley
Wallace. while at work at the sheds Of
The ST Louis Cotton Compress Co..
which were wrecked by the tornado
last year. and are now being rebuilt
fell. by the giving away of a rotten
timber. distance OF 30 feet aud both
were fatally injured.
JUD6E EMORY r. BEsr. Of Georgia. as
sistant commissioner Of the general
land oiIice. has resigned. aud, ON the
isth. was appointed assistant attorney
geneai foe the interior department.
The final act ON the part of this gov
ernment in the ratification of the treaty
adopted by the recent Universal Postal
congress was taken. ON the 10Th, when
President Mckinley signed the formal
convention or treaty. aud Secretary of
State Sherman had the government
seal affixed. The treaty takes effect
January l. 1899.
The arrest of - Crotians in Bolivar
county. Miss. by an agent Of the i'm
migration bureau il only the beginning
OF active enforcement of the alien con
tract labor law against the imported
stave cutters aud lumber workers in
southern camps.
GES. BLASco has sent report to
Madrid as to the condition of affairs in
Cuba. in which lac indicates that. de-
spite the utmost vigor. extensive opera
tions in the east. where the Cubans are
very strong, will be impossible for some
weeks.
ACCORDING to reports from Jaruco.
Cuba. % To 80 reconcentrados die there
daily from famine. The whole garri-
son Is sick AT Manzanillo. Col. Oscar
do. who escorted provision wagons to
Guamana, found the garrison there
suffering severely of fever and lack of
food. One officer and 20 soldiers had
lied of starvation.
The president has granted a full par
Ion To ;. VI. Folsom. the Albuquerque
y. NJ banker. sent up for five years
for publishing false statements of his
banks condition Dcpositors have
since been paid in full
A DISPATCH from Montreal, Can, on
the 18th, said: The story telegraphed
from Quebec of terrible landslide on
the Duchene river and the loss of AZ
lives turns out to be untrue. \ French
daily published the story and added
details OF the disaster. but investiga-
tion proves that the whole story is .
fake
ALFRED ogDwAY. the portrait paint
er. died in Melrose. Mass. on the 18th.
aged - years. lie was one of the
founders Of the Boston Art club. and
was its first secretary and treasurer.
subsequently being the clubs presi-
dent
The report that the black plague had
broken out in Shanghai proves To- have
been unfounded- The rumor evidently
originated from the fact that in order
to prevent the introduction of rinder'
pest the authorities at Sagasaki. ia
pan. carefully inspected all steamers
carrying cattle
The first pay ment to the government
on account Of the Union Pacific rail
road purchase. will be made on The s:i,
aud will amount To SIS. 800 900.
In his present frame of mind the
president will give congress. through
his message. n detailed statement OF
what has taken place in the way OF
negotiations between Spain and thi,
country. but will notsend in the ofiieia
correspondence at once
| Ir was discovered. on the 18th. thai
there are SiI.00o more OF general fune
warrants of the city of Des Moines. Ia
in circulation than are evidenced by tn,
books of the city auditor. The matter
was laid before the council in q secrei
| session
THE secretary of the treasury. on tn.
18th, issued circular to employees L
| the effect that clerks receiving a states
salary who neglect to paw their debts
con ntracted for the necessary suppor
of themselves and their families. with
out presenting satisfactory reasons
therefor. will not be retained in office
| Mrs. CAREw, who was convicted
about n year ago of the murder of hel
husband in Yokohama, Japan. anc
| whose sentence of death was comrnutes
| to imprisonment for life, has been sen
to Eavland. She will be confined in
Woking prison.
AT Bear Creek, Mich. Edward yancy
blacksmith, aged ~. shot his sweet
heart, Nellie Skitman, aged 10. and hel
brother. Albert, aged 25. on the nigh
of the nth. Vancy's jealousy causes
the tragedy. His victims are mortally
wounded, and he is in jail.
SAMUEL j. RrrcHrE, arrested at Nor
ristown, n. j.. for robbing freighi
car at Port Morris. has been identified
as one of the gang which robbed the
Bradley bank, of Eldon. Ia, of $500
last February. Richie was captured
at the time. but escaped from the waP
peIlo county jail, after having been in
| dieted.
| GEN. QUENTIN BASDERAs, whom Gen,
! Gomez last September ordered to b
concentrated for disobedience of Z
special instruction as to military pro
cedure, has been arrested by order ol
the Cuban commander-in-chief or .
charge of immortality.
| rx-a por fcrvAy have been detailed Il