Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-11-17

her from the tu-s wers N vain aud.
after p0undinx ssa .ast the br~akwater
for several hpars. she finally wen, u
tre bottom * men. composing N.
crew ~ The barge. were rv.ra~,i br th.
hte-saviuw creW with much 3 aieuitv
~ Sparps % people Ner~ reported
sick anA many cattle hav. .iie,s ,hr,, N
drinSing the wates from The Roarinx
Pork river. which hss been made
poisonous thrpugh the cune~ntrators
az Aspen. Col. in which q ne o~es are
treated, dumping the tstlings into the
river Eancner> are taxing step. -
stop the pollution of the strsan.
n CnNrtTuENrARV hanqnst - ten.
Miles was given a. the aliort- Astoria
hotel. New for<. on the night % the
iith. leading politicians. military.
naval ard business men were present
10 he rumnesof 5ea ten Nile spoke
% the rvcrnt war with spain.
~ overturned kettle - grease
caught IRE in the t'rrAt Western tin
plate companv's ~ u al Joliet tlI IN
the ieth AMI owing 10 the hnrrican-
blowing tac plant Wa in ashes IN -
minutes The mill employed -
skilled workman Loss. si.a. go. IN
snrancr. s4s 0oo
NJ Rehpbeth. : G.. ase negrue~ laid
deaf on the 10th along the roadside.
another was killed the prrviou. dav
and four Others we're thought 20 -
dead In the wooslS one white naa
was buried. thrrc Others we're diving
and several more were wounded IL
wa, caused bv ;ruahle on election day
IN which two white men were killed.
fHE steamer Australia GA the 10Th
Brought aivirss from Honolulu 20 san
tTanci scu that sickness among the SOL
diers IN camp there wa- Increasing.
lvuhoid fever was rampant. the mtli-
tary hospital was crowded and the
uurN'ng focre wa entirety inasic4 uate
to the demands made upon H.
THE engine on Baltimore & Ohio
train ran OF the rails az Mount Vernon.
q. the other night turning over on
the side. The engineer was seriously
injured and another man sli ishtlv hurt
lHE worlds ten-shot pistol record
was broken IA rhiladeiuhia on the 9TH
hv & H. Tayior Of the Massachus-tts
Ride association lie ma4e th. limit
score 81 leo and placed ten CONSECUTIVE.
shots within 81 inches of the bulls
eve az - vards The previous rec
or,i. whlca has stood siae~ i-s-. Nas ~.
by = }. Darlington. Of Wilmington.
De-
THE kaiser gill visit spa n on his re-
turn from Palestine.
AHrHrR btLEE. voun- man % JEFF
ferson CITY. Mo. was accidentally shot
and killed at Sycamore. III. while duck
huntlng with party Of friends. In
crawling through a hedge and draw
ing his gun after him il was dis
charged. the eutire charge lodging "A
his side- His companions FASTENED to
him. but he called one by name and
said. 4 guess Fm shot Jim aud diced
LAKE MICHIGAN. swept ty north
east gale, WAS tearing great holes in
the sea wall and the paved beach along
the lake frOnt a. Chicago on the 10th.
The lincoln park commissioners hal
repaired the damage Of the storm Of
October =, but the action of the waves
undermined the outer driveway in Lin
coin park. after dispiacing the heavy
granite tl0cks with which the beach
WIS paved
1HE whaling steamer Thrasher ar
rived at san Francisco from the Arctic
With a big cargo She had the luck
that has followed most of the recently
arrived whaiers and stored away in
I her hold Is. go pounds of whaieboas
PAUL BROWN, a mulatto. was s-n-
fenced at Winnipeg. Man, TO be
hanged December - for the murder of
/ W ilbur T. burton. colorei, 10 that city
on May - last Brown Is a native of
I jefferson county. Mo-
1 f. {. BRUCE. night operator at the
depot for the Iron Mountain railroad
at Little Rock. ARK, dangerously
wounded Mrs Fred X Day and then
/ killed himself lie hai quarrel about
vacating his apartment
/ A POSSE Of cit zens OF North Grafton.
/ Mass, surrounded a gang Of burglars
who had broken into the post office
/ the other night and captured two and
I killed one OF the burglars
I WHILE crossing the Nickel Plate road
at New Haven. Ind. a freight train
was thrown from the track and. with
six cars laden with merchandise, went
4 into the ditch The loss To the com
{ pany was heavy. No one was injured.
SoxE one stole truck at New York
+ loaded with cigars The truck was
Afterwards found at Hohoken. y. J..
minus the horses and stock. The value
I OF the property stolen was 50. 0o0 No
elew to the thief
/ Gov BROwS's cotton gin. with cotton
valued at SD. 00o. aud the Seminole
nation schonl building. valued AZ ss1.-
001. burned at Wewoka. l. I. Cause
OF tire unknown.
/ AT Liverpool. o. Deputy STATE fae-
tory Inspector Hull ordered s0O chill
dren OF school age out Of the local fac
tories aud difficulty was experienced
/ in filling their places. while many of
/ the schools were overcrowded
The wholesale spsee house Of VI. y.
Packard < Co. At New York. sus-
I tanned a s50. 600 loss By tirr the other
morning
I THE Madrid correspondent OF ths
London Daily Mail stated that Bel
gian syndicate. under the presidency
Of King Leopold. OF Belgium. had Of
ferrd TO lease the Philippines under
Spanish sovereignty. paying spain .
I large rent
I TRAVEL on the Central Pacific rail-
roads was delayed about "a hours BY a
I IRE ia the snow sheds and tunnel be-
tween summit and Truckee, Cal
Much damage was done before the
{ flames were subdued
/ A RECENT special from Pelee island.
Oat, said that Fred White. Hugh
I Hooker and his two sisters were
I droyned from n sail boat between
/ kingsville and Pelee island
The new Josephine hotel, at Hot
Springs, Ark. was totally destroyed
bv fire and the occupants barely ~s-
eaped with their lives. losing all of
their wearing apparel and personal
property
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