Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-11-22
STATE NEWS.
Jackson has Is saloons.

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jackson and Brandon will
soon be connected by telephone.
The Sub .Soiler has been re-
moved from Corinth to Aber-
deem.
The Louisville Signal states
that horse thieves arc operat.
ling in Winston county.
At the recent election the +,
Democracy carried So of the 75
counties in the State.
The mill and gin house of II.
b. McLaiu of Amite county was
lately destroyed by fire.
Citizens of Columbus are agi-
tating the project of establish.
ing a cotton factory at that place.
Mr.. Sam Harry of McComb
City had his foot cut off by the
engine running over it rear
Wesson.
Price Wheeler, whilst out
hunting acme 90 miles west 70
Okolona, Was killed BY = tree
falling on him.
The Koscuiske Messenger
says that some of the people
around Carthage are caltiyatlng
IJapaDose PsrsimmOns4
Tho young son of L. Whit
tington of Mt. Zion, Amite coun-
ty, was lately thrown by his
mule and his leg broken.
Hon. G. j. Frederick has been
appointed Superintendent Of
Education in Tippah in place Of
Prof. r. o. Prewitt, resigned.
Holly Springs has q law
against hogs running at large in
the streets. 1t was suspended
during the summer months but
has been revived.
The Advertiser states that &
cotton mill and a county fair are
the two things needed to bring
Lexington and Holmes county
"out Of the kinks
The Holly Springs South
statos that the telephone wires
have been completed to Mem
phis and in a few days the lines
will be in operation.
Henry Nixson had his legs
crushed whilst trying to board
y train recently at Hazlehurst
and died from his injuries few
days thereafter at Wesson.
vicksburg and Yazoo City are
connected by Telephone and
there will soon be a line extend
ed from Vicksburg to Green
vile in Washington county.
Robert Davis was recently
run oyer by a street car at Jack
son and killed. He was sup
posed to have been drunk and
had laid down on the track to
sleep.
The little four year old daugh-
ter of DR.. Il J Van Court at
Natchez was on the 18th inst.
kicked by a horse and her skull
was badly fractured. 1t is sup.
posed taat she cannot survive
her injuries.
The OkolonaM Messenger says:
W. r in receipt Of informa.
ton that two men whose names
are not given wero killed at
Cotton Gin in an affay there
last Monday. The trouble is re-
ported to have grown cut of
politics..
The Washington Gazette.
states tLat Columbia, IN Marion
county, IL Of the oldest towns
in the State, and at one tiine the
capital, has never had a church
building until recently, and that
one has just been completed.
1t is a new Methodist church.
The Summit Sentinel saws
We regret to learn that w. H.
II. Doaao, living in the eastern
portion OF this county, and who
was so severely cut during a
difficulty he became involved in
recently at Tyler Town, died
last week from the effects of
these wounds
Tho Reporter says: Holly
Springs supports five papers:
The Reporter, South, Register.
Masonic Mutual, and the Enter.
There is a fine opening
here for still another. The pso.
pie of Marshall County are a
reading people. Hhey give a
liberal support to newspapers.
The Summio sentinel states
that Nj. Seaborn l.. W~eatherby.
prominent citizen of Amite
county, who recently went homo
one night with q horrible wound
his head, and, becoming un-
conscious, was unable to tell
how it occurred, died last week
rom the effect of these wounds.
The Sumsit Sentinel says:
ar. Willie Dear, a brother of
Yrs. r. NJ. Carrath. of Amite
county, was found terribly man
fled and dead upon.the railroad
raek a short distance above b.
'uechitto, last Saturday morn
ng. He is supposed to have