Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-02-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

The floral emblsms were magnificent.
P,s.cs and quiet prevailed in k~n-
tu,ky's capital city during thr funeral
procession.
Nary stafford school-tsacher in
tf;e settlement. Mimi. just aerass thu
sis5c line from SiSSeton. ;. u, with l.
- hes Young pupils. was la~, IN 4 rag
~ blizzard at night. and that all lid
MT insect with death Is due To Nj.
stsford's great heroism. Althouea
she suffered from ha,lly-froxen hands
-; and face. her wee charges are al
afs. She conducted thrm To fsra
house, arriving at y o'clock.
Senator D.pew introduced bill. %
the 9Th. granting 10 III. public laaI
81 tes a percentage OF the proere,is OF
the sales of public lands for the n
20, ragement OF mining interests.
Abou, tive years ago Middleshnrc
IL. was startled by the assassination
II Thomas Howard. \ prominent lunl
herman. On the sth John Lewis
Howard. the i5-year old son. who l.
DYING with consumption. sent for Of
iicers. and 10 them confessed that h.
and his mother. Mrs. AMANDA
Howard. did the killing. Mrs. Howard
was arrested.
An interesting suit Was decided in
the circuit court Of Desha county, Ark.
IN the ,th Four wears ago :. VI. Court
ueV. OF Winchester. replesined steer
from l.. NJ BclSer. of Arkansas aity.
The steer was valued at $50. and dur
ing four wears the parties were tight
ing in the courts the costs of the cas-.
ssere run up to $500. The defendant
won.
The wheat harvest Of Sorth Austri-
liza Is estimated 70 he six bushels per
acre. leaving an exporiabie surplus OF
Is. 100 tens.
The steamer Prairie sailed. ON 'h-
l.h. from Baltimore. for Newcastle.
England. with a crew for the cruiser
Alhany and government exhibits for
the Paris exposition
Writers in the Naval Annual say that
A. a result OF our war with Spain for
sign nations are building battleships
mainly. with tendency toward small
le- caliber gums. and placing reliance
,hiefiy in rapid-firc batteries aud an
proved target practice.
The execution of James h. Brown.
in Hudson county, New Jersey was
bungls. as the moose was fastened ?"
,ar,lesSIy that the victim slowly strnn-
zl.d. Brown left statement denouns-
iuy hanging as brutal and immoral.
Eear-Admiral MeNair. who ranks
ocxt to Admiral Dewey, has asked TO
b. relieved from the suPerin'endency
n. the naval academy on account OF
continued Illness. Commander VAIN
wright succeeds him.
Al the hearing by the house post Of
6e, committee on charges concerning
M lvgamous officials, notice was re-
,eired. on the 9th, that one postmaster
,,,.o;nted in Utah had been indicted.
Mr. BIake and Mrs. Chapman-Catt
Az. making an exciting race Tor the
,residency of the Woman Suffrage as
.o.;,.,;on. whose national convention
is row in session.
s.vs n Washington dispatch of the
,th. The Hay-Pauncefote treaty gains
friends and supporters daily. ENen tue
s.r,tors who would like one feature
or another put differently are coming
mn, with announcements that they
will vote for ratification
Mr.. Alexis Frye. superintendent ut
c,,ban schools. in his report To the
Governor general upon the develop
n..nt OF the school system since the
work OF reorganization began, about
,v, months ago. says that the whole
,orn,rv seems ON fire with enthusiasts
fur education