Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-08-18

we aged steer class aud that f.~a~r.
,aas fail Will fall short in their eaira.
lssions " thev anticipate fllinr an
their feed lots from Texas ranges
u, stNEss failrrrs in the United
states for ;he week ended the f.th
numbered is7. according TO RraA-
streets commercial report. sxains, 81,
~ the corresponding week % last wear.
|"HN PtLNsr. a brakeman ON an
es-ieound Southern freight train. -xas
sho; and killed by tramp~ early III.
otter morning AZ Leeds. Ala Thr~.
write and two n~gro tramp. were
oraing their way on the train. snd
wien fuikey attempted 10 make thea
get OF they tred upon him
TERRIBLE railroad accident o~-
eurrea rear NcClure. Ill on the Chiea-
90 & Texas Anumbcr of Italians en-
played ey the road were unloading
stssl rails aud in - doinx or~rbai-
srced large car loaded with rails.
which were thrown upou the Italians
killing three and s<riousiy ! in jarinx in
" collision between . pass~sg~r
train and freight train near Ponte
nAeeinss Italy. uine persons were killed
and % seriously iniured
n rstEsxkN fron Ar,lnore. / r.
stated that In the election for governor
Of the Choctaw natioa Dog Johzsoa
defeated II H. Barris by . ma Soritv q
-. on, of 80 votes ". T. Ward was
elected attorney general
The sixth rrgiEn~at OF MisSoari vol
uzteers broke camp at jefferson Rss-
rscks. Mo-. and left for Jacksonville.
Pa. 10 beeoDe Identified with the
SEVENTH army eorpS usa~r ten KIsx-
hugh Lee
THK state d~zsorrati. conveusion at
Springfield. No. nominated William
Casringtoa. 0f Greene coaniy. for su-
p~riaten1ent of pnbtie schools VIII
liam Z NeCalley. Of Maeoa oosnty.
for railroad cprnmissioner. and >am n
Cook. % Audraia eoantv. for chair
Ian % the state een,ral committee
Ar ar early hour on the nth 20
masked men weut 20 the county jail at
corinth. VI ~. and demanded the p-r-
soa of Nalloe< waIker. a negro. who
was charged with fatally a<<arltinx
Charles Isxeiie with a sanabax No
resistance Was made and Walker was
taken 10 the most central part ot town
and hanged 10 the guard arm Of one OF
the telegraph poles
JIMMY NfCHAEr- the little Welsh
ehampion. and Frsa Titus. % Ne-
York. me, n Baitincre. Md. on the
iith IN tAsir is-miie pae~a bicycle rsee-
Michael won easily By abost 80 arts
Time. ->ss. Is
THEsx hundred and sixty-<eveu
Thousand acres Of land viii b. restored
20 the pablie domain in Mlnn-~s,a
and On October S newt entries for
homestead titles can be made. The
land Is n par; OF the Red Lake Indian
reservation The are. Of xroand in
volved coDpri>es u townships
usxzH rsooDs and two other coal
miners were killed in GOES mines. a~.r
osensboro, ky-. by the c1siny in o.
heavy slabs of slate.
TIE Ansericaa arms sent into Csbz
have been used 10 good eject by the
eabsn soldiers un4-r tsenx GoEu-z.
Disx and Ro5ss and news of Caban vic
tories in the western proyioeeS has
reached key West. Fia The principal
battle was the sacreSsfal attempt Of
Gen Gomez with 1eoo men 10 force the
trOchA between Las Villas ami Cana
guey and make his headquarters with
the ofscers of the government OF the
Cubsn republic in the latter city
JrDsE CLsYToS's rule. ~ Maseoxer.
L T.. requiring Chief lsparhecher. os
the Greek nation. TO turn over 10 the
Dawes commission the rolls OF citixrr-
ship of the Greek nation had the de-
sired effect and the eommission i in
possession Of the rolls
The coal in the bankers Of the trans
port Morgan City eanght IRE when
three days out from Honolulu on the
way to Manila and the flames were
no; put out until after the transport
arrived at Manila The captain kep,
the fact from the troops for frsr o.
preeipiiztiBg \ panic and dzy and
night the sailors fought the ire Enb<-
known to the Idaho and Nebraska vos-
unteers aboard. who we're ignorant o,
their peril
NKs CAEsE- presidess Of the board
of trustees of the wonan's temple al
Chicago. stated that the reeonnend7-
Z ts0n that local W. c T. L. soeieties
aiseoatinHe any further effort 10 Pey
the temple wzs a most unfortunate de-
eisio1 and Is no: upheld By the rank
aud Gle OF the society Plans have
e~en sc: on foot by the temple trustees
20 paw for the bailding and some large
subscriptions have been received The
f. ehain-Ietter s-nt o1t by the loang
Peoples Christian Temperance unios
of Chicago Is also proving a great sue
cess
Gov. BsIsss. of North Dakota. died
At Bismarck on the 9th Of consumption
CHAPLAIN j. p. McISrYEs. of the
battleship Oregon. delivered \ lecture
At Denver. Col. recently in which he
gave the Oregon the bulk Of the credit
for the annihiI&tioa of the Spanish
feet on July 4 He said: sampson
reported himself within four miles o.
the CriStobal Colon when she palled
down her flag. lie did that 20 get his
share in the prize money. for ship
must be within four miles to share in
the prize money so sampson will get
$40, coo of prize money and Capt Clark.
w ho foaghs the oregon as never mau
fought ship before. will get only $500
Carr >IsssEK. who commanded the
battleship Maine. which was blown
up in Havana hartor. has been placed
in command of the battleship Texas
/ A RECENT dispatch from Pooee. Porto
Rico, stated that the s1vszes OF Gen
Miles army continued Five Of the
/ departments into which the island Is
divided are NOW occupied by the
American army. These departments
are Arecibo. with iss. SIS Inhabitants,
Nayaguez. with llo. sss, Ponce. with
,-0..45: GuayamA with 9s.sii. and
Humaeoa. with e1s5i-
FRANCIS Scorr KEY. author OF The
Star Sp2ngied Banner" was honored
on the 9th in Frederick. Md. his ma
tive city. by the dedieation OF hand
xome monument erected 30 his mem
ory. Henry watterson, OF Kentucky.
| made the Grafton
GES. BREckExRIDGE reviewed the
I ... -, r.rn ThamaS ChiexamaUr1