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Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
BY a majority of one the United States

by a majority of one the United States
Supreme Court ON the I'd reversed the de-
clslon of the Missouri Supreme Court in
The celebrated Kring case, and the pris-
oner VIII escape the gallows to which he
has been so often condemned.
A STATEMENT of the assignee OF
Friend Humphreys Sons, leather dealers,
New York, who failed recently, showed the
Liabilities to be $445,097; actual assets, $780,
442.
LIEUTENANT DANENHowER, of the
Jeannette expedition, has been granted
leave of absence for one year.
THE baseball season was opened al
st. Louis, NO., on the 1st by a game be-
tween the st. Louis Club and the Grand
Avenues.
BIsMARcK's sixty-eighth birthday was
celebrated at Berlin, Germany, on the 1st in
grand style.
ALFRED DE LACoUR, a well-known
writer of plays and ballads, died at Paris,
France, few days ago.
IT is reported from Washington that
the Government will soon establish an ex-
perimental farm near that city to ascertain
the causes of epidemic diseases among
cattle.
The Rev. Isaac L. Nicholson, D. D.,
of Philadelphia, Pa, who was elected to
the bishopric of Indiana by the Protestant
Episcopal Diocesan Convention early last
month, has declined the office.
The residence of the heirs of the late
Philip Verplanck, whose estate suffered
heavily through the late Judge Taylor's
mismanagement, was burned the other
morning by an incendiary. Loss, $4,000.
The amount remitted to Germany
from the United States for the relief of suf-
ferers by the Rhine floods up to the I'd inst
was $152,376.
A FIRE broke out in Cate street, Mon
treal, Cana, few doors from the Theater
Royal, the other evening, and before it
could be extinguished 100000 damage had
been done.
THE Atchafalaya River, in Louisiana,
continued to rise on the ID. A portion of
the Pacific railroad track had been flooded,
and many plantations were submerged.
A GENERAL order has been issued bv
the Department changing the title of
the grade of master to that of lieutenant,
and the title of midshapman to ensign.
A DISPATCH from Lordsburg, n NJ,
on the ID said no news had been received
from Captain Black and his company, who
were in pursuit of raiding Indians, and it
was feared they had been ambushed and
annihilated.
HIRAM SIBLEY & Co., New York, the
other day forwarded 10000 packages of se-
lected garden seed to the sufferers by the
late tornado at Grinnell, Iowa.
SECRETARY CHANDLER expects to have
all the naval construction authorized by
the last Congress completed in fifteen
months.
THE firm Of R. & G. Degener, New
York, in the West coast South American
trade, has suspended, with liabilities re-
ported at $780, 900; assets, S650,000. One
cause of the failure was attributed to the
impossibility of shipping various products
on account of the revolution in Ecuador.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07
PITH AND POINT.

-"What is philosophy" 1t is some
thing which enables a rich man to say
there is no disgrace in being poor.-eN.
L. Herald. l=1rTr --t.--
Appearances are apt to be deceit.
ful. The lawyers green bag, ostensi-
bly, crowded with remuneratiYe briefs,
may, after all, contain only that lawyers
cold luncheon. tT .1EEe -r9r1--7,
-"Oh, pa" said a young lady, "why
don't you get fir treepn 1t would be-
so economical to raise our own furs,
''and then we could raise whatever kind
we wish. Wheeling Journal.
Teacher :-"Can you multiply to- L
gether concrete numbersPr (They 1
appear uncertainty Teacher:-"W
will be the product Of forty apples null
tiplied by six pounds Of beefP'' Small l
Boy (triumphantly) :-s'Minee pies. ",pif1s
The lumber of people who say "a
"them molasses," does not seem to de-
crease despite the common school sys-
tenn. Perhaps if the schools were not
in existence folks would say '.them
water" and "those vinegar" Let us be
thankful for what we have.--Kentucky
NetcS
The King of the Sandwich Islands
locks himself in when he gets drunk. 1t
would be well if some Americans were
to initiate his example instead of going
out in the highways and byways and 5i
Offering to lick all creation and occupy
ing both sides of the street at one time.
-NOr7TstoU1a Herald -f ...-, -. --..-.-
According to the law in Vermont
the telegraph companies in that State
must paint their poles. We object to
such law in Iowa, at least, if the law
should require the painting to be done
in red, white and blue. Consider the
embarrassment the citizen would be in
who requires a haye.-Bwlington
HaUbeye. -. a. -sr.r
A Numerical Courtship-- -u
lovers sat beneath the shade,
AMI un2 the other sayed: -.+ -t
= How l4-S that you b9
Have smiled upon this suit of mine;
Ii a heart 1t palpS YOU
Thy voice is mu6 melody ... fr...
'Tis to be thy loved /, .
say, Oy nymph, will marry me?''
Then lisped she SOFT why, 15y"
Eugene Field .
The boys were calling names and
disputing on Larned street when q gen.
teman halted anG said to the eldest:
"Boy, this isn't beginning life right"
"He sassed me fust!'' "But he is the
smallest. How it sounded for you to
twit him with his father in the peniten-
tiary. He has gone away crushed and
degraded - ''Well, I'm sorry replied
the boy, after a moments thought,
''and guess I'll run after him and tell
him my father is in the work-house!
That'll kind o. take his lonesome feelin'
away ''--Detroit Free Press. .n .t..
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

80 Massachusetts, House Of Repre-
t.+;ves has passed bill providing for
Se"'', .;oI election of State officers and bien-
V!',l' W. -assions of the Legislature.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

COMMITTEE Of examiners was on
tbe lst engaged in counting the cash IN the
rn;ted States Treasury.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

TUE Uli o Supreme Court has rem
1ered decision declaring the Pullman
u'i. Gar Company a common carrier.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

REPORTS that the whites were organ
- oxterminate the male Apaches on
I.o nn Carlos reservation were said to be
ga n orpdence in the Southwest.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

,nr1cEs on the 1st regarding the
.at.r wheat crop, all sections considered,
'n,,. la rsnorted not encouraging. The pros
pect varied greatly with locality but as a
,rboIe was unfavorable.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

SECRETARY FoLGER's health was
,,,,.b better on the 29th than it had been for
saveral days, and it was hoped by those
obopt him that within a week he would be
so far recovered as to be able to take trip
10 Bermuda.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

The first star-mail route trial at
Washington lasted fifteen weeks. The
eiohteenth week of the second trial began
on the ID inst, when Merrick. of counsel
fortbe prosecution, resumed the cross-exam-
nation Of ex-senator Dorsey.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

The statement of the United States
Treasurer showed gold, silver and United
States notes in the Treasury on the 31st
nit as follows: Gold coin and bullion,
SlSi,32i 1850; silver dollars and bullion, S107,-
1854; fractional silver coin, S27, ,S02, ,422;
United States notes, S4,536, ,262-total,
1858, 1913, 1873 Certificates outstanding: Gold,
A2,lI9,9lO; silver, 470,59S, 400; currency,
%t6SO000.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

COMPTROLLER LAWRENCE has rem
lered decision that the salary of Con-
gessman Ochiltree, of Texas, must be paid
% himself, notwithstanding his indebted
Ness to the United States, on the grounds
that his office is constitutional one, and
that if his salary was withheld he would be
deprived Of the means of support and his
constituents of representation.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07


coi lht Grand Jury of the District of
s4ntn," 'ia returned three additional pre-
rnta cH'S IN connection with the star mail
Br,d,. '"oC's on the 9th. In one James L.
ceiri1 wa was charged with unlawfully re-
The saS f,coo from Price, the contractor; in
and peOnd R.ol ex-senator Kellogg, of Louisiana.
inp v,;.a saug We're jointly accused of conspir-
br ~ 1''n frlce to defraud the Government
tbjrd =, expedition of routes; and in the
hav4 M giiosg, individually, was alleged to
NN II iaw1ully received from Price S2O,-
inapa.e e0liSlderation of the exercise of his
for p,;.9 9 IN securing certain advantages
TIE tnp nv from the Post-office Department
dencs +tsslnents :, = were found upon the evil
tie M, rIlce, who claimed to have made
and pc.4 4ieats n, to Brady and Kellogg in cash
II p'sF-otice drafts,
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

IT was announced on the 10Th that
tbe work Of cleaning out the Braidwood
lIll.) mines would be abandoned. No bodies
were discovered the day before, and it was
estimated 5000 carloads of material re-
NAMED to be removed. The mines would
he closed
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

DR.. OTTO WILHELM STRUvE, Direc-
tor Of the Imperial Observatory of Pulko-
wa, Russia; was in Boston, Mass, the
other day to test the object glass made to
order for the Russian Government, the
largest ever thirty inches in
diameter.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

The business failures in the United
States and Canada for the seven days
ended March 30 numbered 1872, as against
ID for the week previous, distributed as fol-
lows: Western States, 5S; New England,
n Southern States, 81; Middle States, %;
Pacific States and Territories; 15; New
York City, 8; Canada, 81. The number of
failures for three months were 2 2,SO6, against
-'l- for the same period last year.
Huntsville gazette., 1883-04-07

OABLEGRAMS from London, Eng, on
'he ID announced that the house of land
l9fd near Limerick, Ireland, had been plum
uefed' Detectives had left London for
america to search for two murderers. The
Limerick police force had been reduced on
account OF the improved condition of af-
lalrs' The British War Office was taking
measures to thwart the dynamite opera
'0'S' threats against officials and Gov
= = UhehV property continued to be made.
ne remains We're accused of sending small
poA injection through the mails.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22
how to Buy a Horse.

An old horseman says, "If
Won want to buy a horse, don't
heheye your own brother.
fake no mans word for it.
Your eye is your market. Don't
buy a horse in harness. I'm.
hitch hum, take everything of
but his halter and lead him
around. If he has q corn, or Is
stiff. or has any other falling,
YOU can see it. Let him go by
himself "a little ways and if he
slaves right into anything you
NAV know he is blind. No mat
ter how clear and bright his
eyes are, he can't see any more
than a bat. Back him. too.
Some horses show their weak
ness or thicks in that when they
don't in any other. But, be as
smart as you can, you'll get
caught sometimes. Even an ex'
pert gets stuck. A horse may
look ever so nice and go q good
pace and yet have fits. There
isn't u man that could tell It til
something happens. Orhe may
have a weak back. Give hin
the whip and off he goes for
mile or two, then, all of a sud
den, he stops in the road. Al
ter rest he starts again, but b,
soon stops for good, aud moth
ing but a derrick could NOV
him. seo
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22
Sealna Some Fun.

One day as l stood in th,
door of the postofiice in a small
town in South Carolina, l saw @
man enter a saloon opposite
In 80 seconds he reappeared
having passed out of the back
door, and turned a lumber pile
He came straight across the
street, "a look Of fun on his face,
and as he took q chair on the
steps he whispered: -
"Now, stranger, you'll see
some fun in about three min
utes.p satie
"H0w ~ m ieri'
"Waal, my old woman is
around the corner in the truck
cart. She'll miss me and head
straight for the bar to collar my
neck. | won't be there, and
she won't give up looking until
she has q set-to with the chap
who hands out the pizen. She
kin lick him, and III bet ON it
and you jist sot still and you'll
hear spEnters fly p II
In about two minutes we saw
the old woman cross the square
and enter the saloon, and then
we hurried over to look through
the window, the man saying as
we crossed: 80
stranger, onless yer made o
cast iron and double bolted "
hadn't better go in till the row
is overp'
But there was no row. Th'
old woman walked up to tn
har, laid down one of the old
fashioned 10 cent pieces an,
called for whisky straighr
Then she put one foot on tn
rail before the bar, elevated til
glass, and down went the ''plzen
without a gasp. Up weat he
hand to wipe her mouth, and q
she turned to come out she said
"Yum-yum-don't let on
the old man if he comes IMP
We lodged around the co
ner and l expected to hear Q
explanation from my companio
He should have given one, an
| think he started out with tn
intention, but all he could s;
, was: m
|Now, then, may / be chawt
, by an alligator
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22
To the Voters of the I'd judicial
District.

I am candidate for the office
of Prosecuting Attorney for the
I'd Judicial District, composed
of the counties of YalobHsha,
Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union,
Tippah, Bentta and Marshall,
subjec, to the action eta Dem
ocratic Convention. AS to
whether [ have ever done any.
thing which entities me to a
favorable consideration at the
hands of the people, l shall
leave for them to decide, only
assuring them that 1 am candi-
date for this Office because
want it, need it and think l can
fill it, and viii be very grateful
if they will give it to me.
Very truly,
t2 Tho. SPIaHT.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22
WHITE BUDS or FASHION.
Busy Fingers Taking aStiich IN
Lentsn limo Oh Summer
.S0wns.

h White dresses, which are of
ten made up ut homo during the
tlong tedium of Lenten days, are
now made of India lawn in the
exqtiisitely sheer linen finish
goods, usually known as India
linens, though a cotton fabric.
Handsome Observation-Disclosures,
lin rich lattice-work patterns
are chosen to trim these dresses.
Some elegant white dresses are
of solid embroidery. Wide
Irufiles Of embroidery trim the
skirt tosthe waist. The basque
of the dress is made of solid
embroidery, with two standing
rufiles of embroidery at tho
neck and two similar ruffies ut
the wrist, falling over the hands.
A wide sash drapery ct snrah
silk ia pale Solferinolike tints OF
raspberry red is draped around
the edge Of the basque, forming
panier at the hips. A long
looped bow of raspberry red rib
bon is placed at the throat, and
q knot of the same ribbon
catches up tho embroidery at
the wrist, making the sleeves
stylishly short on the inside
scam.
A dress of sheer India lawns
is stylishly made with tucked
ruflles, edged with rich guipure
embroidery and a tucked bas-
que with q solid yoke and the
npper pnrt of the sleeves of
solid embroidery. India linen
| is sold in the finest, sheerest
qualities at so cents a yard.
Twelve yards of India linen are
enongh for a dress, with half q
yard Of fine embroidery, yard
and a quarter wide, which is
sold at S6,4S u yard, Is enough
for the yelto and the upper part
ofthe sleeveH. The embroidery
which trims the remainder Oi
the dress u ay be purchased ri
a comparatively small price
These dresses of India linen
with yokes and sleeves of EN-
broidery, are sold at fashiona
Bile furnishing honses from ~
to $50 each, according 70 tn
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22
GRANTS MARROW ESCAPE.
How He Escaped Assassination
With President Lincoln.
IBoston Traveller.l

Gen. Grant lin q recent con
versation said: "Thc darkes,
day of my life was the day ]
heard of Lincoln's ASSASSINATION
/ did not know what 1t meant
Here was the rebellion pul
down in the field and starting
up in the CUTTERS. We haf
fought it,as war. now we had tt
fight II a. assassination. lin
coin was killed on theeeveninl
of the 14th of AprH. I wal
busy sending out ordefr'eo stoI
recruiting the purchasesof sstp
plies and to muster ont The
army. Lincoln had promised tt
so to the theatre and wanted
me TO go with him. While !
vas With the President q note
came from Mrs. Grant saying
she must leave Washington
that night. She wanted to go
to burlington to see her chill
dren. Some incident of u trif-
ling nature had made her re.
solve to leave that evening. l
was glad to have it SO, as / did
not want to go to the theatre.
So | made my excuses to Lin
coin and at the proper hour we
started for the train. As we
were driving along Pennsylva.
mia avenue u horsman drove past
us op D gallop and back again
around our carriage, looking in
to it. Mrs. Grant said: There
10 tho man who sat. near us nj
i,nah 10 dav WITH SOMA otha,
,"ns !, an ~ ~ 1 tr;ad !" ouo,.h [ oor T, az,
aae n, "n s r. o.ss ~ roas os
that m'ustIs,Y 'va 1ast tha a;n;nr So ~ ranm ,.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The Oxford EAGLE gays there
are two young ~iadies, Misses
Miller and Eubanks, in that of
fee who have been at work A
and 3 weeks, respectively, and
can set nearly two galleys of
long. primer type, and challeng-
es any paper to produce ''cubs"
boys or girls eQualss to them;
the EAGLE TO give the winner a
silver composing stick. Where,
now, is the Grenada Sentinel
We would like to hear of the
challenge being accepted, but
fear twill never be.-Sardis
News.
The article published in the
EAGLE should have been cred
tied to the Lexington Adver
tiser, as it is that..office that has
the honor of having the accom-
plished young ies.referred te
as compositors.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22


The Oxford Court House will
be built at last, and Lafayette
county will be indebted to Col.
Manning for it, Notwithstanding
the puny efforts Of Chandler to
make the impression that Bu-
chanan and Chalmers secured
the appropriation. Sic transit
gloria mundi.-R Ripley Sentinel.
You are exactly right abont
that. And yet the Dolly Var
dens mourn as the whang-doo
die and refuseth to be comfort
al
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

George w. Cushman, of Bos-
ton, who last summer obtained
money from the Concord school
philosophers by forged checks
was sentenced for five years to
the state prison.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Ex President Diaz, of Mexico,
and party we're to be in st.
Louis on the 10th. Quite an
elaborate programme for their
entertainment was prepared.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The Republican State Central
Committee of Georgia, have ap-
pointed committee, with A. e.
Buck chairman, to manage the
campaign for governor. No
convention.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

A New Haven, Conn.,, dispatch
says the receiver of the defunct
American National Life and
Trust company has brought
suit against Joseph B. Sergeant
and other directors to recover
81, 400, 900, alleged to have been
squandered and misplaced.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

H.. N. Holdsworth, cashier oi
the bank of Hotopp s. Holds,
worth, of Elizabethtown, KY,
has disappeared. The amount
of his defalcation is estimated
at $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

"Mlssissippi," says an ex-
change, ''has not a single distil-
lery or brewery in its limits"
1t may not have any reported to
the revenue department, but, il
all reports are true, it is pretty
well dotted over with "moon
shiners.n1Miss. Central.
Don't know what you call 'em
but the Squire, at our elbow
says some of the best truck
that ever went down mans
throat was made in twelve miles
OF Oxford.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Ex-Ferry Master John ID.
Moore was sued in New York
for $4,000 by the New York
Ferry Company, the sum he is
alleged to have embezzled.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Rev. j. Vincent Conlan, for
many years assistant, and sub.
sequently pastoriof st. Patrick's s
church, at Cleveland Ohio, died
on the 10th instant, in the chari
| ty hospital, aged So years.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

United States Deputy Mar
shal, T. w. aCampeh, arrested
David Mink and Calvin Johns,
at Franklin, KY, charged with
belonging to a band of counter
feiters, several of whom were
captured last week.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

A Providence, z. l., dispatch
says the summer hotel at Rocky
Point was partially burned.
Loss covered by insurance,
which is 100000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

In well written. valedlctory,
Thos. w. Campbell, Esq, sus
pends the Vicksburg Daily Com
mercial. We regret this deep
ly, as its daily visits to the EA,
GLE Office were highly apprecia
ted.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The writ of habeas corpus
granted by a New York Judge
in the case of Henry ID. Kino,
charged with having committed
the crime of arason in England,
was not argued, the accused
consenting to be extradited.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Tho bill to settle the State
debt Of Tennessee at % cents.
with three per cent. interest, as
it came from the house of rep
resentatives on the 10th, passed
the senate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

A proposal has been introduce
ed in the Chamber of Depu-
ties of Roumania, by forty-two
members, for the expenditure of
Is, 100000 lei for the erection of
forts, made necessary by the
political situation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Mrs. Vail; of New York, has
brought suit to recover cash,
and avoid payment of notes
given, amounting in all to sl62,-
500, which she says she was in.
duced to invest in Cisco Console
dated Gold Mining stock under
false representation.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

A. w. Craig, the postal clerk
running between Syracuse and
Albany, has been arrested for
robbing the mails.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The Water Valley Central
says Adoph steegcr has gone
to Akron, Ohio, to make that
place his future home.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

This is a dispatch frem Jack
eonville, Texas, dated the 18th
A fire here yesterday consumed
an--a1.tira--hlnall--aG--ailildin&
The loss amounts TO 100000,
on which there was q very light
insurance. The postollice was
burned and the following firms ::
Jones, Pierce & .Ragsdale, f.
Rothchild, Bolton Brothers,
Filley & Little, Jarrett Il Good
son, w. D. Broudare and j. NJ
Gibson.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Robert jenkins, local agent
of the Singer Sewing Machine
company, killad himself at Chat
tanooga the other day.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Capt. Sam. Thompson, of the
Oxford EAGLE, says to cores
pondents, that it will just cost
them Ave cents line, cash in
advance, TO sing the praise
of their fayorite candidates
through his columns. He's cor
rect. Miss. Central.
And we expect those that
have always had their heads
full of ideas heretofore, and
have written communication af
ter communication advocating
tho claims of their respective
friends, TO waltz right in witt
tho spondulix. If not, it's fare
well, brother Crawford !
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

Robert Smith, postmaster at
SIatington, Pa, has been arrest
ed on the charge ofrobbing the
mails.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The Socialists outbreak in
Paris Ia lead by a woman--Lou-
ise Michel. gis aEet. sss 80
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The Kosciusko Messenger re-
cords the deaths of Mrs. A. j.
Dobbs, Richard King, Miss
Mollie Duncan, Mrs. j. G.. At
wood, Mrs. Loula S. Hight, w.
III. Cochran and James II. Lusk.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

The house of two maiden Ia
dies, named Judson, in East
Hartford, burned on the 18th.
Both perished in the flames.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-03-22

A London cable says the edi-
tor and proprietor of the Free
Thinker has been sentenced to
Imprisonment and hard labor
| for libel. e hSA"