Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

AhE ouSAy VI ocptk Souu>bu.
Swede. aged IS, was found hanging
from the limb of q tree in Forest park
In st. Louis on the I'D. johnson was
out of employment, and il is supposed
that brooding over the fact that he
could not send to Sweden for his sweet
heart to come over and get married led
to the self-murder.
MICHAEL J. OBRIEN, the Chicago pol
itieizn and west side saloon keeper,
who shot and killed his wife about two
years ago. was sentenced, on the sd. TO
the penitentiary for life.
THE widow of the Baron de Hirseh is
credited with the intention soon to give
81, 500. 600 to divers benevolent enter
prises in America
The opening sale of seats at Cincin-
natl, on the I'D. for the coming en-
gagement of the Metropolitan Opera
Co. was the largest ever known for a
similar engagement in that city. More
than 800 people were in line at - m.
nearly 100 having held places all night
One purchaser alone paid s7oo for seats,
and over 81, 900 was realized from the
sale.
NJ. A. PELToy. machinist at the pa
per mill at Watervliet, Mich, was
caught on q shaft between two beat
ers. on the I'D, and literally torn to
pieces His head and arms were
wrenched of and he was otherwise
horribly mangied-
THE magazine of the Rock Glycerine
Co., located a mile and = half frofE,
Wellsville. n. ", blew up, on the ed,
and Shooter Youngs, his team of horses
and wagon were blown to atoms Dorr
Clark and Thomas Meyer. who were Al
work 80 feet from the magazine, were
quite badly hurt.
In a wreck on the Cleveland 4 Mari
eta railroad at Eagle Hill, O., on The
a4th. Fireman Dye was pinioued be
tween the engine and tender and death
seemed certain to him from the flames
Of the wreck. but with rare presence oi
mind and nerve, he called upon min
er, Ed Jones, to take his pocket knife
and cut his arm on, which was done,
saving him from = horrible death
THE president promptly signed the
joint resolution, which passed congress
on the s5th, authorizing the secretary
Of war to furnish tents to the sufferers
of the Mississippi river foods
Two GROCERY stores, q meat market
n warehouse and q residence wers
burned at Andrews. Ind, on the nd
| The FIRE is supposed to have been in
cendiary; loss 5000 Fred Reeves
and David Olive were burned, the lat
ter fatally.
The family of Louis Perez, an insur
gent chief. consisting Of two sister
and eight children, have been capturct
by Spanish troops and placed in tho
prison for disordcrly women in Ha
vana-
CArr. SAMUEL C. LENLY, judge advo
cate general of the navy, went to Pitts
burrh, Pa, on the cath. to receive the
honorary degree Of doctor of laws from
the Western University of Pennsyl
vania-
TIE Cuban insurgents captured Hol
ruin, in Santiago de Cuba, on the 21th
| The town is . very important one and
| the news OF Il. loss has cast gresi
| gloom over Official circles in the city ol
| Havana
TIE celebration of the centenary o.
Emperor william l. who was borr
March y, 1877. was obssrved through
out Germany as . national holiday.
BorH antitrust bills introduced BY
the Lsxow trust Investigating commit
| Tee have been passed by the New Yors
| assembly with out amendment
The president and Mrs Mckinley at
| tended the Last indoor cavalry drill al
Fort Myer, Va They drove over with
Col. and Myron r. Hsrrick. Of Cleve
Ysud. who are stopping at the whits
House. Secretary Porter and Ars- p5-
| n were also OF ths party.