Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-26

IHr steamer Queen arrived frorr
ALASKA. at Victoria. n C.. ON the 18th.
bringing news Of the struggles and
disasters Of the Argonauts Of g5. In.
ward OF 1000 men were encainped Al
Skaguav when she called there. while
camps OF others equally unable 10 re,
through extended at intervals Of three
or four hours march.
IiiE two counterfeit 81. .O0a bonds re.
Gently received at the United States
treasury from Louisville. Ky. Nrc said
10 be the elevcrest specimens that ever
troubled the secret serviw people
They were the work Of lsroc'kway. the
king bee OF the counierfeyts~
oN the 18th, Cell killon. living near
wabash. Ind. found what physicians
pronounce To be the charred bones OF
human being under the ashes Of n
hay stack which was mystcriou<ly
fired somc days before, when his barn
and four valuable horses were burned.
IL was positively announced. on the
l'th, that Mrs. Margaret Ferris,
widow of the builder of the great Chi
cago wheel. had been uvlrried in Pitts
bnrgh. Pa. ~ Francis Schiatter. tn.
divine healer OF Canton. q. The ccrc-
mony was performed by Rev. Mr.
Ward. pastor Of IT. Petcrs Episcopal
church.
TuE French cruiser I.ruix, which.
with the cruiser Curcouf. was cscorting
the eruiser Pothuan, with President
faure and his suite ON board. on the
way To CronStadt, returned to Dunkirk.
ON the 10th. with her machinery disa-
bled. The battlcship DIpuy de LONE
Immediately started to replace the
Bruix.
tivE-YEAR-oLD .IouS CONWAY. whose
parenlsrsside in Albany. y. v. and who
had been at the mercy Of kidnapcrs for
three days, was returned To his home.
ON the 10Th, through the efforts Of
private detectives and reporters in the
employ of the Albany Argus.
GRAIN is moving out of Nebraska at
rate of 800 ears a day. Thrce-fourths
Of this is new wheat and the balance
corn. Everything ON wheels that will
hold grain is being utilized by the rail-
roads 10 get the shipments TO market
ON quick time.
FREDERICK Il. CoUDERr the famous
authority on international law, was re-
ported, on the 10th. dangerously i'll
from nervous prostration at his cottage
at Bar llarbor, Me-
tNcoNFiRNED reports were in circula-
tion Mt Valencia. Spain. ON the 10Th. To
the effect that the Carlists in the dis
trict of Chelya were preparing % rise.
lsN a close vote. On the 10Th. the New
York produce exchange decided To
continue the branding and grading
of Hour. \ proposition had recently
been made to discontinue the practice.
\ DISPATCH from Ni,ch, Servia. SAYS
that during gunnery practice there, ON
the 10Th. n she'll belonging To one of
the guns of the fortress exploded, kilt
ing six artillerymen aud badly injuring
four others.
TnE commission of Ethan 4. Hitch
cock, of ~. Louis. as minister to Rus
sia, was raade out at the White House
ON the goth. The appointment dates
from August 10.
Boys PLAYING IN the second story of
Geir's hardvdrs store at Ortonville.
Mimi ~ the Goth, star.sd +. sre thu,
resultei in the destruction of nine
buiidngs and a money loss of $3.50. 900.
.sstributed among 30 firms aud individ-
ials.
THE president. on the Goth. appoin ted
lanes Jegrays, of Camden, Tenn, and
Ross Griffin, of Kansas City. commis-
'ioners to allot lands in seyeralty Ia
he Indians of the Uncompahgr eser-
ration in Utah.
The body of II. II. Key. to.rist
rom Wisner, Neb., was found near
he summit of Pixies Peak. on the Goth.
With bullet hole in the back of the
head at the base of the brain.
MICHEL ASGIoItI.Lf. who shot and
Silled Senior Canovas del Castillo, the
premier of Spain, at the baths of Santa
Aguera, ON the sth, was garroted at
san Sebastian on the Goth.
THE Peoples savings bank OF Mt
Pleasant, Mich, closed its doors. on
the Goth, and is now in the hands of
the commissioner of banking. No
statement was given out. According
to the last statement, made III January,
the capital stock of the bank was sie9,-
200, with 500, 900 in deposits.