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


Iur~d- Five car were demolished
u NJ h Tim. of ~ Louis. stated /.
day or two ago that ~Aiasks =. a gold
heid u one mammoth swindle into
which thousands Of American eagles
have been snnk never 10 be redeemed.
u is inpos>ibie for me % picture the
Pinabie condition o, rcarly % coo
penaiicss fortune-haut~rs scattered
throughout the Alaskan rrgisu and
Unless the government turns its at.~n.
" their condition there will be few
ieft 10 tell the tale next spring.
lnE manufacturing giAut 10 the
Americas Cutlery eonpany at Chicago
oa the i-th wss damaged So 80 by
Ere live hundred empiovs. were in
the building. but all were r~seu~sf
- sNsEFIsID DESNts . negro hoy
not u ysarS old. was legally haag~si at
Snow Hiil. Nd. for killing his sep
father. who had whipped him for he-
ing Larry
NniLN party % six youny folks
we're returrisx frsa bstAia~ near
Angois. lad. the host eapsix-d ana
LEONARD Robr. Aabarn Renpis and
{ Miss Lena f-mPs we're drowned in
70 feet % water
Gsx- >HkFrxR sent the falIo~Enw
sanitary rrPor, for August II. Total
numeer Of siek. 1s.e. tos:l numt-rr Of
fever casrs. t.1si. total numh-r Of nes
eases. 81: total nunb-r Of fever eases
retarnet 10 daty. ~
Tn two masted >paaish s<ho-an~r
>alvs Nara. Of about . toaS ~.
wrecked On the shoals rear kev west.
fla. ca the 18th She was a total
loss Her crew was saved
1HrKs waS a tyht for two hours b.
fore davbrvsk a. Cape San Juan. Port,
k'e@ light hundred >p4niar,iS at
tempted 20 retake the lixhthsas~
~hieh was in possession q 20 Of cur
soldier~ We hat ose uaa voanssesi
and the enemy bad 100 killed AMI 4sre
f fore-d 70 retreat
In >uAS~aN at Central city. y n.
shot Judge Giddisxs and Jaek Wear.
bat his wife over the head with re-
volser untii he thoasht She wax sea4
and then esmmited suieid~- The tr,.s.-
be was caused by bis being j-.,oas %
his wife
WotFE CooSE. a afsil-b.oot. and Wat.
Llancan. haif-bre~d. werr nominated
for principal and assissan, ehiefs of
the Cherokees At TahIequah. l. r The
nominations n~sa that the fuli-bJools
will bitterly resist anv chzuges pro-
posed By the aitei stats
IL the midst OF a raging trphoa,
with Tremendous doxnpour % rain.
Spanish forcr. estimated at 105l
men. attempted - snrPri>~ the Amer
iean camp near Naiafe. Philippsae
islands. ON the night of the sist O-r
pick-t> weTe driv~a a and the trrz-he~
assaulted Men raa right - TO the
attacking >Paaiaras ana rno-~si them
down Nlth regular voif-vS The enc
ny was r~pli>~d ani y sreat~d IN Dis
order Gen. Merritt giv~s th- elsual-
;iss - niae killed. nine seriously
wounded ans = slightly ~oaads.i.
The spanish loss Wa 20 Killed and 40
wound~d
A coNFLNTE surFr5ss Vas furni~hed
ia the art eayi> r4eeS Al the l. A "
national Eaeet At I1siianzpoiiS. lac
osen kinbie. -oia Kaintue<. proved
the two-mil@ ehanPioa ~ Au<rics.
time ~ Taylor was second. B1Id
E third and Cooa~r foarth
Ar New Ior< Policeman Henrv TIax-
iey- while IN a drun<-a rage. Shot biz
Z wife. his mother. his foar-yesr-aiA
son. his six-yrar-o,d daughter and then
E himself
/ MUNITIONS states and thrr~ Cana
dian PcOvinees ~ere represented Al the
recent session ia Detroit Mich Of state
and provincial boards of health Of
North Am~ries-
A HEND-0S eolliSioa oeeurred ~ VII
loa-kby. q. between a special ear on
the PainesEiIie & Eastern suburban
line and . regular motor. Nixander-
standing Of order, caused the accident
Eleven P<rsoas were iaianrd. many
Seriously. but noae fatally.
ixFoK~srIox was received at San
Francisco that IL p-rrsoas hasi persisted
in Alaska IN . party calling themselves
the Coiambiz Exploring eonpaEy.
A TsLEGMsW was ~~nt TO Gen- Miles
oa the :i,h giving him directions A. 20
tariff and other charges IN the island
of Porto Rioo The ne~ datie> will be
similar in general oatline 20 those pat
in force pr~ii aiaariiy n santiago
" n DAVE died At his hozse near
Beverly. NJ. rec~ztiy Of u.lars1i
fever. 4grd "a years lie waS ose of
the o~ranix-rs q the Grange move
@<nt snd was the fr~. Erasd master
of the order
Tar thr~e transports ~ "A sailed
from >sn Frzncss~o wish tsesL Nerritt.
bat u hieh wer~ 6~layea a. iIooOiala.
arrived at Casite on the 6th- The
moaitor N0ater~y also arrived
CEossK WELLS. eoiaued. mas fatally
stabbed in the nee< by W1iiam Grey.
also eol0red. during /. quarrel at 81
Loais over the zisapPropriatiOa br
GREY of = few cents belonging &c
Wells
TIE board Of sarvey appoined to re-
port uPoa the circumstances attending
the informal issuing At >aa Francisco
Of blankets. shoes and clothing By
First Lieatenant l. C. Smith. regimen
tai qu,rtermaster of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment reported that Lieut.
Smith should be held responsible for
the shortage and recommended that he
make good the value OF the lost sup
ysies. which is approximately $50
FIVE negroes two men aud three
1 HDrDC4-&ct@ nan <c1 W ANN, - tt&A-
endon. Ark. By mob and Mrs John
T. Orr committed snieide- IL was said
that Mrs Orr had hired the negroes 10
mnrder her husband
/ Pkos. PKTrcHErr. the superintendent
of the eo.st and reodetie survey. act
ing under instructions from the presk
dent and the secretary of the Treasury.
sailed from san Francisco for Homo
lalu on the .eth TO arrange for making
a survey of the Hawaiian islands
Ex NAYoE >CrRo of San Francisco.
died on the sth- lie was the larges,
individual property owner in San
Francisco and his wealth was esti-
mated at about 81. eoo. ooo
THx foods in the Seioto valley have
covered over f9.oe9 acres of corn land
ia the Scioto bottoms in the immediate
vicinity of Portsmouth, D. causing .
loss Of over Ssoo. 600
IRONICAL IFS.