Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-08-09
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Aberdeen has organized 81
Literary Club.
The townof Brookhaven has
thfee newspapers.
There sefe fiye prisoners In
the Winston county Jail.
Robbers are troubling the
people Of Louisville, Winston
county.
The drouth has seriously in.
jured the corn crops In the
vicinity of Okolona.
A recent fire In Vicksburg
,dastsoysd- tWslss -thousaal dol.
lars worth Of propsrty,, ,ae,,4
OFT. Stevens, was killed by his
s0n.in-law, r. Rosemopd on the
28th inst, near Duck Hill.
pa There is Z report that Jay
Gould Re trying to "g6bble" the
Yioksburg and Meridian rail.
r0eQ. nRaIA al sgsqsqsv91 la4p'
7 oGeorgss Heitsmap. . three
year old child, was badly bitten
nv 4 dog At Summit on the 18th
alt. ~
Mr.. Jack Elxey recently near
Summit, Bhots and wounded
slightly in the head, HE nephew,
Clifton Elsey. yIygno9
Mr.. Edward Richardson will,
II is said, make $4,000 bales of
cotton this year IL the season
should be favorable. siseFf' p
The Starkville Citizen states
that corn over that way will be
wort !, two dpllsrsi .. bushsl II It
daes MT raip soon, nnt & 4ol !;
Bilious and typhoid fever are
prevailing in several towns in
East Mississippi. The canes are
said to be Ct q mild type. ''
We see it stated that the
owners Of the OIL min ct Port
Gibson have bAen indicted for
running their mill on Sunday +,
Mr.. j. D. Harrell Of Osyka
was shot end severely wounded
in the face at that place on the
28th ult. by . man named Smith.
Capt. d. p. Johnsoo, editor
Of the K6sciusk0 Star, died last
week in Texas. aoWAa deeply
sympathizsi with the .bereayed
family. Ia
Mr.. George ", Woodland of
Omega, committed suicide on
the Goth ult, BY shooting him.
self. No cause is alleged for
this sad act aaUosaa at.s bae
. Work on the Canton, bAber-e
deem and Nashville railroad 10
being vigorously pressed on
the entire line between Koscius.
ko and Aberdeen. OFT
Mr.. J.. A. HARE has retired
from that excellent paper, the
Alb rdeen Weekly, and goes to
New Port Tennessee. Success
to him in his new home.
20 Hon e. F..Noel Of Holmes
was nominated by the Demo.
cratic Convention" Of the fifth
Judicial District for District
Attorney on the as ballot. zoe
The Weekly says that Aber-
deem il, on the, 60, some half a
dozen or more private, houses
are being erected, with two
brick store houses under con.
tract. ai3bisgli adj o igo aa
A sh00ting ARRAY occurred at
jackson on the 29th plt, be-
tween Robt. Patton and Hender-
son Russell. Robt. Patton was
slightly wounded in the shout
der. liag sdt naois 2lsa safi.
Mr.. Towns ,Sayle, of Oakland
was assassinatsd near that place
on the n ult. A negro was ar
rested for the crime and his
case wss to be tried the Arst Of
this week. s1a9d3 1l9hf gRsm4
Maj. R. 8. Stith of Holly
Springs says he is not an appll-
cant for Chancellor of this Dis
trict and win not be. He favors
the appointment Of Capt. B. T.
Kimbrough, of Benton county
to that Office. ~.
T. johnson, whilst driving Q
buggy in Okolona ON the 31st
ult got his foot entangled in the
spokes of the wheel and his leg
was 80 badly mangled that It
had to be amputated above the
knee. "
The senior editor Of the Sum.
NIT Sentinel, Mr.. Fl. IS. Bonney,
on the 28th nit, whilst going
hone, missed his footing and in.
falling down had his right knee
cap dislocated. We hope he
willspeedily recover. 5apt
Mr.. Matthew Buck was assas-
sinated. on the Goth sult, at Shell
Mound landing, Leflore county,.
BY unknown parties. A couple
Of negroes are suspected and
warrants are out for their ar
rest but they have thus FIR not
been found. ose4.l