Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-19
NEWS AND NOTES.
a Summary Of Important EvenA
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Ar meeting of number ~ prorni.
i'ent Jewish eitik-ns of san Francisco.
ca the 9th. the general sentiment was
Spressed by the speakers that the col
onists now in that city oaght to be
helped, but that others who contem-
plate coming should be discouraged.
THE steamer City Of Para. from Pan
anna, was immediately sent into quar-
.2atiue upon her arrival at san Fran
cisco on the 9th, A. frerere. French
cabin passenger, having died at sea,
on the 5th, OF yellow fever.
GRAVEL train on the Chicago &
Northwestern railway struck a street
ear which was passing over the main
track OF the road in Janesville. Wis.
on the 9th. injuring seven persons.
The statement of the condition OF
the treasury. issued on the 9th. showed /:
Available cash balance. sass. ISL. 5o2.
gold reserve. si4o. 5ss, 4s5.
NOTICES have been conspicuously
posted about the town of Clayton, y.
I.. warning all negroes To leave before
August Is. Nearly all the negroes there
are preparing To go away.
.iuDGE JosEru KUHN, an attorney Of
Port Townsend. WASH, expects to con-
duct party of gold prospectors to the
Copper river. Alaska. in the spring, n
section that is peopled with n hostile
tribe of Indians, numbering about
|. 900. with no less than 200 braves. IL
Is considered . very hazardous under
taking.
A TERRIFIC storm struck Paterson.
y. j., on the 10th. The rainfall was
the heaviest in - years, and much
damage was done by the cyclouic wind
which accompanied it, Trees were
uprooted in some places, signs and
fences carried away and trolley cars
were stopped
The Morning Tunes, of Cripple
Creek. Col. has been sold by J. 4.
>iley to Frank J. Atkins and Gail
Iloag. two well-known newspaper
men. both of whom have been for
years connected with the Rocky Noun
tain News. Of Denver. Col.
WHILE flying kite during a heavy
electrical storm. on the 10th, Walter
vinsou. n ls-year-old boy. who lived
In Chelsea place, Kansas City. kas-.
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed.
TuE inhabitants Of Thomasville. Ca. &.
are intensely excited over what appears
To b. the existence of volcano near
there. The crater is about p feet
II ~
smoke issue from it.
DEsrrrE diplomatic denials Madrid
reaching Havana virtually
confirm the report that President Me-
kinley and Secretary sherman have
given Spain until January l. next TO
end the war in Cuba
The queen regent of Spain has de-
creed that the military honors observed
in the case of the funeral of n marshal
shall be accorded the remains OF the
late premier of Spain, Senor .Canovas
del Castillo.
sana, ON the 10th. of n decisive battle
between Spanish troops and insurgent
forces in Matauzas. According TO this
the Spanish troops were
routed, after hard battle. with heavy
losses.
j. NJ. TRAST, who killed James Fleet
wood about ten years ago, was assas-
sinated in his own home ut Ryan, l. T.,
on the night of the 10th, by unknown
persons. Traut was the terror of his
neighborhood and had many enemies.
WM. LAMB PIcKSELI.. of Boston, the
celebrated artist, died in Martlehead
Mass, on the night of the 9th. lie va:
45 years of age.
Ex-KiNs MILAN of Servia. is so seri
ously ill, in Vienna that some anxiet.
is felt By his friends rs to his eventua
recovery.
A SPECIAL dispatch. on the iith
from Paris, said that Planas. another
leader Of the Spanish anarchists, haa
been expelled from France. being con
Quoted to Havre. from which port h.
will come to America Both Marine
and Pianas. the dispatch added, called
themselves Cuban patriots
WN. Z. QUISBY. of Detroit lately
United States minister to the Neither
lands. arrived Mt New York. on ths
10th. on board the steamer Western
land from Antwerp.
1T is said that the Philippine island
insurgents are now following the Gu
bans tactics, surprising conveys an'
detachments of Spanish troops. AM
that up to date they have been gener
ally successful in almost all the en-
counters. this being really the onl.
means by which the liberators hav
acquired the large number Of Reming
ton and Mauser rifles and supply o
ammunition they possess ut present
The first tin plate manufactured IL
America to be sent to Europe is. &C
cording to the local manufacturers
that started ON the lIth. by the Ameri
can Plate Co. of Elwood. Ind, on it
way to Italy. IL was a carload con
sisting of 500 boxes Of the most expcn
sive tin plate made there The com
pany made n similar shipment to En-
gland on the isth.
UMPIRE Tin HURST. who threw
beer glass at the spectators during
game in Cincinnati and severely in
iured Fireman Cartyvelles, was fne'
500 and costs in the police court II
that city on the lith.
GEORGE J. GOULD has brought sui
against Hiram Graham and his broth
err. Aaron Graham for trespassing ol
his trouting preserves in the wilds o
the Catskills.
ALDERMAN WN- MASGLER OF Chics
70. was, on the 11th. sentenced b
Judge Dunno to pay fine OF 81. 900 an
serve 30 days in the county Jail for con
tempt of court
EuPERoR WILLIAM of Germany ha
appoiuted the Grand Duke Nichola
Nicholaievitch to the honorary col
orelcy Of the Magdeburg hussars-
DAVID DELRIcH and his wife wer
found murdered in their home, thre
miles south OF Beilefontaine. O., o
the 18th. The house had been ran
sacked throughout
THE rumor is revived in London tha
George L. Watson is designing q ne'
Yacht to replace the prince OF Waiei
cutter britannia
JACOB 5. CoxEY was. on the It'll