Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


PnIxRosE day. the anniversary of the
deash Of Lord Beacunsfi<id. WAS OBJ
served in London, ON the 10Th. with the
usual display Of his favorite fiowsr.
The decorations Of the Beaconsfield
statua surpassed all records
The statement Of the condition of
the treasury. on the 18th. showed.
Available cash balance. ss25, 3s3, 00s;
gold reserve, sl54,s59, SD.
o. shs 18th the senate agreed to vote
% he arbitration treaty On May ) u .
p m.
THE statement Of the condition of
the treasury, oa the soth. showed.
Available cash balance. $s2&. 06g, IT'D;
gold reserve, SisA I'll, ,364
TuK White Squadron. under com
mand Of sRear~Admiral Bunc<, arrived
At New York. on the a0th. from Fort
rvss Monroe, to take part in the Grant
monument dedication The squadron
includes the New York, flagship; the
bsttlesnfps Maine and Texas. the cruis-
er Raleigh and the coast defense vessels
Amphftrite and Terror.
BunsLAs FRANK CoSyoRs and High
wayman Ben johnson. desperate Grim
inals, seriously and perhaps fatally
wo7nded Jailer Charles Fay at the
wyandotte county Jail in Kansas City.
KAzL. On the 2nth. while attempting to
| escape.
Gov ADAMS of Colorado, on the Goth,
vetoed the bill regulating the maau-
ture and sale of olsomarwarine. The
veto messags was sensational in the
extreme. as the governor included in
his message letter from . Denver
lawyer to an oleomargnrine manufac-
turer in Chicago, going To show that
tho bill was passed by means Of the
most open and bare-faced bribery
SHxRiFY BURR, Of Los Angeles, Cal,
received telegram from the sheriff Of
Hennepin county. Mimi, on the 3oth,
requesting him To arrest Mrs. Laura
Austin on . charge Of sbducting her
own child. which was awarded to the
custody Of her ex-husband oy the SUI
| perior court at Minneapolis.
| The sons of Confederate Veterans
held . meeting in the Hotel Maribor-
ough. New York city. ON the 3oth. and
| perfected arrangements for Partici-
| pating in the Grant parade on the sTth-
Is /. expected that there will be about
500 sons in the Parsde, mnss OF them
mounted
| The Pennsylvania board OF psrdons,
On the 20th, recommended commuts-
! tiou Of the death ssnsenee imposed up
On James b. Gentry for the murder Of
| Actress Nadge York TO imprisonment
for life. Gov. Hastings approved the
| recommendstion-
Tn interior department. has granted
permission to Chief Joseph, tho Nez
Perces warrior, to accompany Col
Cody in his Wild West show Chiei
\ Joseph Is the famous Nez Perces ehief
! captured by Generals Miles and How
ard in 1877, after . pursuit of nearly
d 5oo miles toward the British frontier.
1 THx barkentine City OF Papeete,
| which arrived ut san Francisco. on the
efst. from Tahiti, brought news con-
hrming the report that Queen Nsmse
| of Raiatea, one Of the Society islands.
had been captured by the French and
sent into exile with her husband and
| principal chiefs.
FRANK EVANS. the lightweight pugil-
ist. died of conclusion Of the brain, on
the ssi, caused by right-hand blow
On the chin delivered by Matt Semichy
In the fourteenth round Of y fight be
\ fore the San Jose Cali Athletic club.
| Seuichy was arrested for maaalsugh-
ter.
TuR presi<lent, On the 3fst- sent %
the senate the nomination OF Charles
H Smith. to be surveyor OF customs 81
the port of St Louis.
/ WuLIAM Haas and William Wyiie.
Cincinnati murtAerers, were electro
Ieuted % the Ohio penitcntiAry snnex'
the first under the Ohio law, on the
morning Of the srst Both elecsrocu-
lions were eompiss<ly suecsszfnl. not
hitch occurring.
NANCY ALLISON McKuLxr, mother
a the ns.sa's prssidsnk e<lshr.ted her
eirhty-eixhth, birthday anntvs<sary, On
| the a3d, at her homs In Canton. d
she was in excellent health. barring
slight attacks Of rhsumatin4
| Fnx broks ous In store houaas mum
her one and two Ia the wAahingsua
navy yard. On the ssS sad caused s'osa
Of ~. .9ck