Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-10-19
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL

ton ON the i2th. All hut three of the
ci,rgy VI that rank attended.
Col. \. :. FROST. First South Dakots
volunteers. has been appointed major
o. the Thirty ninth volunteer regi-
met Mt.
In reply 20 the formal inquiry Of Sir
Alfred Miner governor OF Cape Colony
and British high commissioner in
South Africa. President Stcyn of the
Orsng~ Free State announces that the
stat. will make common cause with
the Trans,aai.
Formal declaration OF war has been
Illuminated by the Transvaai govern
meat against England. and the Orange
Pre-. State. by formal proclamation OF
Pr, sident sseyn. hs- joined -its lot
with that OF the South African repub-
lie
brigham II. Roberts. the Mormon
cobgr. Ia said to ne in hid
ing in brooklyn. a, the eastern head
quarters Of the Mormon church. pre-.
side,l over by Leader Snow. son of the
head of the Mormon church.
Vermont gave welcome TO Admiral
Dewey on the 18th. AZ Montp,l,er. with
n parade and a reception at the state
house. The weather was perfect. and
3n.O0c visitors joined with the hero's
tcvnsmen in the celebration. Never h.
fore has there been such massing of
people and 50 elaborate a iemonstra-
tion in the history Of Vermont.
William J. Bryan. on the night Of
the 18th. at Angus. Ia. received a tele-
gram from New York notifying him Of
the resolutions passed by the demo-
cratic state committee of the Empire
state recognizing him as the leader Of
the national democracy and the logical
standard bearer In 1900.
Thousands OF TepncsSeeans attend
ed the presentation Of a handsome
sword 20 Lieut.. Valentine Sewer Nel-
son of Knoxville. Tenn. on the i2th.
who was with Dewey on the Olympia
at the battle of Manila bay.
Pearl Hart, the female stage robber,
incarcersted at Tucson, Ariz.. awaiting
trial ON an indictment in the United
States court. broke Jail. on the MORN
ing OF the 18th. by cutting i5-inc.i
opening through the wall ten feet
above the level of her cell floor. IL /.
supposed she had confederate. AMI
is attired in male attire.
ON the morning of the 18th the
Scotsman Of Edinburgh. asserted that a
hattie had taken place between Gen.
Sir George Stewart White. command
ing the forces in Natal. and the Beers.
who entered Natal by way OF Reenan's
rass. Gen. White, the report added.
WAS very sanguine of success.
James Bisb. popular young man Of
fort Scott. Has. on the 18th. shot his
gffanced. Miss Clara Stainuook. and
AS she fell. Bish sent bullet into h.s
"sr brain. killing himself. The your:
woman will recover. They had qua--
r,lcd over the date of their wedding.
Tn, sixth annual convention OF
Omaha, Neb., on the 18th.
\ train on the Northwestern. limit
el. out of Chicago. on the night of tn.
i3;h. was held up at Dekalb. ILL.,. the
engineer shot and severely wounded.
the express car and safe dynamited,
nrd the latter rified of its contents.
The Cape Town correspondent Of the
London Daily Mail, telegraphing. on
thc 18th. said: II learn ON good au-
thority that the Beers are attacking
Mafeking. They are reported TO have
suffered severe repulses."
Rural free delivery service will be
established. on the esd, at Davenport
ia., covering - square miles of terri
tory.
The ocean steamer Porto REQ was
launced at Toledo, o.. on the isth. a,
Craig's ship yard. and at once started
Tor New York to enter the coast trirle
ietwcen that city and Porto Hico. She
was built for the Porto Rico Steamship
Co.
4 threshing engine belonging TO
fe'er Anderson, 12 miles southeast OF
Triton, :. d., blew up, on the 18Th,
killing four men and seriously injur-
ing one more. Two of the dead men
were negroes.
The British ship st. Enoch. from
faaama. for San Francisco. was quo.-
eli. en- the 18th, as overdue, Is per cent.
reinsurance being offered on the riss.
The Forty-eighth United States in-
fantry (colored). mobilizinis at Fort
/ honas, Ky.. was filed TO its maxi
mum on the 18th.
w. G. Hamilton. a millionaire lum-
herman of Fond du Lac. Wis. died. on
tie 18th, of apoplexy.
Six men blew open the vaults at the
Scheii City MOI bank, early on the
morning of the 18th, and stole 81. 900.
At Scvierville, Tenn. the same night,
three masked men attempted to rob
bank. One was killed, one was wound
ed and the other committed suicide.
Beers derailed an armored train
south Of Mafeking. on the i2th. shelled
the wrcckage and killed Is British SOL
diers, taking many prisoners and Sc
curing seseral big guns This was the
first bloo,i in the war.
The headquarters Of the Dominican
friars in Manila were searched and a
number OF Mausers and some ammuni-
tion secured. The friars protested the
guns were not kept for unlawful pur-
poses.
German officialdom seems in no
haste to clear the mystery surround
ing the African agreement with En-
gland. The Agrarian and Pan-Ger-
manic press do not conceal their sus-
picions that the government is keeping
the agreement secret because il made
a bad bargain. undertaking apparently
that il has effectually tied Germany's
hands.
Niedringhaus Bros. OF ST. Louis.
have closed deal by which they sell
350,oO0 acres of minera ! and timber
land to the Tennessee Central Railroad
Co. The land lies along the line of the
road in Fentress. Cumberland and
other counties. The consideration is
not announced.
Serious doubt has been entertained
BY officials whether the ship yards. in