Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-11-22
TOPICS OF The DAY.
IEvs FROM EvEzYvHEnE


sA@ S""rHNsSAA Nar1wEa N tlnrtnnAtA.
er~wted az a co-t of stes.osa for the
ins~rnstie=xl sa-asvrfest. last year.
vss sold To a wr~~kia< company. on
the iS'A. al rsbti< ssesfoa. for $500.
fu keng. th= Chin<s~ minister to
franee- Asserts that IA Hanx Chang
and his colleague. -eaa do neshins
but in,rixu> and I~ ard sst<mps to
s.se their h>sds- ~ they .Exa tA-
treaty IL ~gii - = mere formafssy saa
viii not asord . solasisu Of the
troabi>.~ and that no princes ~cai.s
e~ put to death -sxexpt By telegraph
H. e. Chabb. . Red Cro-s nan whs
r~~wntiy vens 10 L1zsa on tsar sf
invesssw.sioss ix susAersty for the
statement tha, Red Cro~~ supplies. In
stead Of being ris~n To the sss.t.<r.
are sold Go the s-or-kr~p-rs. and that
the cots s~at by Miss H-l~n Gsaia are
hing sold FOR s--sa each
runor u current In Rome that the
iIln~sS of tho crsr OF Russia - due Co
POISONING. and !; 10 asserted that
cipher tei~xrams have h-~- r-~~sv-sl
at the vatican saying that an attempt
was made TO poison both the emperor
and empress. bat that the latter ~.s
rot Affected
Miss Louise Y Ps~rpout Msrxan.
daughter % j. Pi-rpoat Morxaa. aaa
Hrrb~rt Liviag<ton sat~rie~ w~rs mar
married. On the ssth. at ss- Georges
eharch. N stuyve-aat square. New
York city.
The preliminary estimate % he .v-
ers<s yield pr acre of e0rn IN 1850. as
pgblisked in the forthcoming month-
~ report Of the -satissiciaa of the de-
psrtm<nt Of agriculture. !. .i3 bsi<h-
els. a. compared With an average Weld
Of s53t Bushels N f~s3- Of .ass bush
els IN Isss. and a t-a-yesr average of
al buSh~t@.
4 report euus~s from Kaiarnaros.
Nrh.- that at i~zss nine hrsli-< have
h.~n disint<rrsd ~ BODY -sna,eh~rs in
>pringbrosk c~m~-ery. Nevayxe coun-
AZ One body. that was too far do
composed In - Of uss- was i~ft in a
fence corner q quarter % a mile FROM
the c~na~s~ry-
George X Cre~thvais~. a physician
Of Hamilton. Out. bl-w cut his brains.
cn the fssh. In the Railroad Meas
CHRISTIAN Association hotel Chicaso.
Dependency. due 20 bring stranded
N a strzRx~ city. Is Thought 20 Aav.
b.~n the cause.
II the city Of Pittsburgh. Pa. vii.
fzrsi-A site. Naarrw Carnegie a@~rx
20 baild a serhais-sl srhsat. IN roan<~-
tisa with the carns<i- Institute. and
~ndow IL with si.evaeoo IN ave per
e~nt. reld boad-.
-No<y- bernstein. ling Of the
a~wxbsyS- Of Omaha. Was married. on
the is,h. IN the Psrior< of the Coates
ksas-. Kansas Cisv. By Rabss Mayer
Ncxy's hrxl~ = Miss Blanche Sanfeld.
Of Perry. okls-
One handr~sf Thousand doIiar<' worth
Of city wafsrworks bonsls. b~arinx
ave per c~ns- interest. ~~re sold at a
special <~-siyn of the Na-rasin< fIsf }
eify eoun~iI. .cr the tsth-to Cleveland
6rua- After Jaauary l sh- city Will
own asd operate the ~at-rworks-
A woman. believed to b. insane.
hurled hssshes At Emperor William.
ea the 18TH. as he was driving in an
open carriage. IN Breslau. with the
hereditary prinr~ Of >ax~-Meiningrn-
The weapon missed the intended VIC
tim. but struck the rapidly moving
carriage. The woman was rescued
frura the indignant Pepulsee and ar
rested BY the polse~-
Prvstoa Porter. Ir-. eolored. who
assaulted and mar,i-rr.i little Louise
Fro~s. on her ion<Iy ride home from
school. was burned at q stake. on the
exact spot nj Lake Station. near
Lsnon- Col where he had committed
his awful crime
The international committee of the
1. NJ c. A. sat down to iss annual din
ner at the Hotel Savoy. New York
city. on the 18th Some two hundred
representative men from various
walks Of life wer~ there to hear adj
dresses and reports upon the world
wide interests of che organization
Frederick W. Royce. widely known
IS an inventor. electrician and veteran
telegraph operator. dropped dead
from apoplexy. on the 18th. in WASH
ipgton-
Nth the advent of winter. which
has now begun in earnest. majority
of the sawuills throughout the north
ws.t have closed for the s~ason- and
nearly ave thousand men have been
thrown cut of work in consequence
All Of them can fnd plenty to do in
the woods. however. and no suffering
10 anticipated
Thomas H. Reynolds. . salesman en-
pioy~d by the Whiting Paper Co. OF
New York city. on the 18th. filed y
petition N bankruptcy with iisbiii-
ties. incurred in vsrioas parts OF the
United States. amounting to $4s3.oos.
and no axx~tx~
Failures for the week ended on the
18th. as reported by r. C. Dun A Co.
we're al in the United States. against
:is last year. ard - in Canada
sgainst - last wear.
A severe earthquake shock was felt.
on she 18th. in the Island of Curacao
Ouly slight damage, however. wAs
done.
An anarchist named Bagaris. from
New York. has b~~n arrested in Stock
holm, Sweden
The annual report Of the ecmmis-
sioaer of internal revenue for the
Eseai year ended Jua~ %. 1890. shows
collection exceeded but once in the
history of the bur~au- The receipts
we're s2s5. 5.3is.107. being <ia.3is.ioT in
excess of the estimated amount and
SCI, ,s31, ,s54 more than during the
previous year.
Matthias Glassen. aged -. one of
the oldest citizens OF Waterloo. ILL.,
died. on the 18th. as the result of self
inflicted wounds The only cause as
signed for his suicide is mental aber-
ration
The Beers. according TO the Cape
Town eorresponden, of the London