Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
STATE NEWS.

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pox in Claiborne county.
A perfectly white squirrel
was killed In Carroll county.
The Senatobia Record states
that that place has a hog law,
and no fieas.
A planning mill at McComb|
City was destroyed by fire on
the 18th inst.
The house of John Young
near West Point was recently
destroyed by fire.
District Attorney Of the 9th
Judicial District declines to be
a candidate for re election.
Meridian has five newspapers;
one Methodist Weekly, one
Baptist Weekly and three pc.
.tliical papers.
The boiler of of steam mill
near Cotton Plant exploded re-
ceutly, killing w. A. Mckinney
and Wesley Wells.
Trains are running on the
New Orleans and North Eastern
railroad to IIattinsburg, So
miles from Meridian.
Two thousand dollars has
been subscribed by citizens of
Sardis for the purposes of es-
%tablishing a graded school at
that place.
The. Little Whizzer is the
name of a new paper at West
Point and it is published in the
interest of the girls and boys of
Clay county.
+. WIN Thornton was killed and
his son Thomas was MORALLY
wounded in O difficulty with
Daniel and Charles Surrel, near
Utica last week.
Col. Il. r.. Stockdale Of Sum-
nit will deliver the address be-
fore the Alumni Association of
the University at its annual
meeting next Wednesday.
AT the late term of the Cir.
cult Court of Tallahatchie coun.
ty, two persons we're sent to the
penitentiary, one of them went
up for two years and the other
for six months.
The Meteor informs us that
on account of the dread inspir-
ed by hydrophobia among cattle,
the people of Crystal Springs
will no longer buy beef, and the
markets. closed in consequence.
Hon. L. Il. Buggs who was in
the class that first graduated at
the State University, is a candi-
date for State Senator in the
districts composed of the coun-
ties of Clay, Oktibbeha, Webs
ter and Choctaw.
Rev. DR.. Craig, the paster OF
the Presbyterian Church at
Holly Strings for the past thir-
teen years, having been elected
by the General Assembly, Sec
Rotary Of Home Missions, will
4 soon remove to Baltimore.
The Walden Observer states
mat n Vicious dog was on III :
streets Tuesday and killed. II
Is said to have bitten fhree
children. ~ is not believed tie
dog had rabies, but he was Xii.
ell as q matter ofprecaution.
The Natchez Democrat states
that "a young jackson man
bankrupted himself to procure
Q license to marry a girl, and
then she was heartless enough
to Ego back" on HIM at the last
moment The young man is
disconsolate, but still,,holds on
to the license.n
Koscicusko Messenger says:
Twenty-eight years ago, E.. L..
Carnes, Esq was elected TO the
Office OF Justice of the Peace. of
Beat No, A., Of this county, and
has been reelected since, and
held the Office continually. ex
cept for six months, in 1867,
when removed by Ames, the SO.
called Governor of Mississippi.
The Senatobia Record SAYS
"The Mormons have one church
in Pamela County, with a mem.
bership Of twelve latter Day
Saints. They had a meeting
there about the LIST of this
month, and had fourteen minis.
ters of the Joe Smith creed in
attendance. The Panolian wish
es them unbounded success in
an early return to Utah,
: Brandon Republican Tex.
ans are in south Mississippi
buying cattle to drive to the
Lone Star State. The whole
world and the balance of man.
kind, seem to be after MISSISSIPPI
pi cattle. Go to raising cattle
boys-it pays much better than
cotton. A four year old steer
will sell for as much cash as a
bale Of cotton, and tho buyer
will cali and get him. He don't
} have to be hauled to market
over our bad roads.
The same paper has this item
the crops: The corn in Chicka-
saw and surrounding counties,
from all we can learn, was never
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