Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-12-07
TOPICS OF The DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
After an all-night session ~ the I-S-
islative assembly al Melbourne. Nc
toria. the ministry 81 Sir oeorge Tur
ner was defeated. on the ist. b. n
votes ON a resolution Of want II con.
fid.nce
Two members of the crew u ~. ht.
tie gunboai Jr,laneta. who recently
escaped from the Filipinos. report tha'
the boat made a gallant fght. Cadet
Woods was mortaIly wounded. Mitch
ell. Drummond. Sloan and Grey were
killed. and At last accounts October
5Ol Farley. Herbert aud Burke were
alive and well.
Gen. Lord Methucn. cn the nth.
sent to Gen Forcs'rcr-W slker. at
Cape Town. urgently derna ndins ~
inforc-mcnts. \ bsttery 81 artillery.
n detachment Of cavalry ami two hat
tsiions of infantry wcrr inmeslitiely
forwanled
>uch Indications - have reached
London respecting th- battle of No,i-
der River. fought On the esth. have in
CREASED ile anxiety Of the public for =
full list Of the casualties snd detailed
account u the action which Lord
Methucu ds scriirei a. One Of the
hardest IN the annals OF the British
army"
ten. izwton was at Rambong. on
the sJth. and was in telegraphic com
municatica with the insurgents. The
commanders of the opposing forces
Were considering propositions looking
TO the surrsud-r Of the iusurl,snt
forces to the Americans.
The deer-huutiug SEASON Just ended
resulted in total Of eleven hunters
killed and seven wounded in the Nichi-
gan and Lake Superior sections Of wis
consin and MinEeSot Most % those
shot were mistaken for deer. Few
w-r, shot through their own careless
ness
Jacob = shneider ceirbrnted Thanks
giving. at Duluth. uinn.. by attacking
his wife with a meat -. and after
chopping her horribly. saturated the
hoUse with Kerosene and sst fir- TO IL.
H. persisted IN the flames. hut the
wife was saved hy hos daughter
The demand from south Africa fer
wheat and -four i greater than ever
before. since the SEASON opened six
cargoes haze been shipped from Port
land. Ore Others have been declined
on account of Jack Of tonnage. but Il
i probable tha, at least siN more car
goes will he shipped this season-
The iss9 output of Cripple Greek.
Col. will exceed sls.ooo.o00. making a
grand total of s6s.eoo.0OO. This esti
mate. is based on returns for 4 months.
the record for the past two months
and the general condition Of the mines.
For two months past the output has
only been limited by the capacity oi
mills and smelters.
Af,er the return OF the kaiser to Her
lin, on the 3Oth. a report. originating
from the lobby OF the r-ichstay. Wa
spread that Queen WiIhelmina OF the
Netherlands Is TO be married to mons
other than the Crown Prince freder-
iek William OF Germany.
DIR. Franklin +. Gillespie. of oienps
y,t., Ind v.x s.n,,neea In the
rr;,.,I s,,,.s cour, n, Inaianapolix- on
the ist. TO three years at hard labor in
the Columbus lo.l p~nitentiary and
fined sf0o and costs. for counterfeit
~, . cs,;,,o, .;-r,d Inv 200 or u,or-os
Dr. Gillsspis's neiyhhors was read. say
iar 81, ~ r.,n,.,;., ,,,,icu. To nj.
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cc,,r, wop,d NO, releut
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r. -, i,h ao.o ,,,,l.. fo,
,bc pr;,i.h yox,rpmrnt and sailed. on
the 81 for C.p~ Town
NJ .x-in N, an .,c.x.,;on 10, !,
..x.r I'm D,,x.r Col op the Isl, sever
Al lahorsrs w.rr hurried. Tn. BODY os
C.orp. Hol,x was taken out an hour
later. II WAS not known how many
were in the trench.
What Is declared to b. a mountain of
cold has b-en discovered In south.rn
Ilipois near Cairo. and several chica-
90 men arr. aeveloping the immense
claim. Though i, is nearly a year
s;p.. m. discovery was made. its ex-
a.. h,s I,,L.J ON, ,hrouyh IN, or.
y.n;za,;on ~ ! companv which has ac-
s,.;-.a .nntr,, ~ ,bs nrop~r,v
,nl,,, white ma, CLOSELY,
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