Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-11-29
STATE NEWS.


The Holmes county Jail has
no prisners.
There is talk of establishing
a bex factory at Canton.
There are five candidates for
Mayor Of Crystal Springs.
The young men of Okolona
have organized a Csrnet band.
Natchez city warrants are sell
ing at ninety five cents ON the
dollar. +.
The State Grange will meet
at Meridian on the 1Ith of Do.
cember.
There ares few cases of small
pox in Adams and Wilkinson
counties.
Kleinston' alittle village near
Vicksburg, was recently des-
troyod by fire.
The gin house of G. N. Ar
nett near Okolona was recently
destroyed by fire.
IL. L. Ward Superintendent of
the National cemetery at Vicks-
burg died last week.
There will be fourteen colorsd
men III the House of Representa-
tives and one in the Senate.
Tho Post states that there is
need for q large. commodious
we'll kept hotel in Vicksburg.
The News states that there
were 22f0 bushels, of cotton
seed sold in Sardis last Satur-
day.
Capt. VIM Ayers, a prominent
citizen of Benton county, died
recently at Horn Lakei in Desoto
county.
All the Holmes county con-
victs recently made their escape
from the farm where they were
at work.
Stark, who a short time ago,
shot and killed Allen, the mana
ger of a company at Vicksburg,
has been admitted to bail in the
sum of five thousand dollars.
The steamboat s. H. Parisot
was destroyed by fire near
Natchez on the 18th inst. The
vessel was insured for forty
thousand dollars and originally
cost sixty thousand dollars.
William Cooper who resides
about six, miles south west Of
Batesville received the one
thousand dollar premium for
r the best bale Of cotton exhibit
ed at the Louisville Exposition.
+ Pleasant Hall and Silas Lane,
/: colored men, have been con-
] yicted Of murder in Sharkey
+ and sentenced to be hung. Hall
Z, will be hung on the 18th of De-
cemhar and Lane on the Dist of
: December. -
7 Naar-Tchula in Holmns conn
ty Jim Archer, colored, on the
18th inst. shot with a gun and
severely wounded Vaudry Nc
Bee, white. He was hit in the
! thigh and arm. His wounds are
very painful but not regarded
as dangerous.
The Holly Springs South
says: From this time on the
farmers of Marshall county will
have their smoke houses at
home. More meat win be killed
in this county this year than
there has been any year since
1870. This is a true sign that
our people are in a prosperous
condition.
The Forest Farmer saws:
Three men, Will NJ. Cargill, Ar
thur Cirer and John j. Carr,
broke into John P. Harris store
at Norton one night last week.
They were arrested, the cooks
they took recovered, and now
they are in our county jail. They
claim to be from Northern
States. All three are young men.
The Macon Sun says: The
case of Sandy Fountain for MUIR
der which was appealed to our
Supreme Court has been affirm
ed and he together with Norris
Bell will be hanged on the 10Th
ofnext month. We understand.
however, strong petition will b.
sent to the Governor for a com.
mutation of Sandy Fountains
sentence.
The Winona Advance sss fs':
We are informed that two
brothers named Nicely, who had
come to Winona in a wagon,A
sold their cotton and on the '
road home, near Mayfeld had a
fight and one cut the other SO
that his entrals fell olt upon
the ground. 1t is thought he
will die, as he was cut in seven
OF eight places.
The Kosciusko Messenger
says: Frank johnson, who is In
Jail here for the killing of the
negro Frank Beard at McCool
Station, made application for