Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-07-26
STATE NEWS.

Senatobia is repairing her
sidewalks.
Hazlehurst is troubled with
the measles.
The crops in Uktibbcha couu-
ty is a failure.
WIN Long lately committed
suicide at jones Bayou.
Benton county has eight in.
mates in the poor house.V
An attempt is being made to
raise tea in South Mississippi.
Prof. Jayne vfll soon enter
the newspapers business again.
Robbers have been operating
in M~ayersville, Boliver county.
The next Baptist State Con.
vention will meet at Kosciusko:
Cotton worms have appeared
in Amite and Wilkinson coun.
ties. fgq
The vicksburg Rifles will go
Into camp for a couple of weeks
at Cooper's wells.
The State Fair building at
jackson will be 200 feet long
and go feet wide.
The residence of Mr.. G. It.
Davis near Koscisusko, was
lately destroyed by fire.
The work on the United
States buildings is progressing
very slowly at Jackson.
A little son ofD. w. Ryne re-
Gently fell from a tree in Licking
ton and broke his left arm.
Mrs. Fannie NJ. Harris, wife
of Judge Wiley P. Harris died
at Jackson on the 18th inst.
The shipping eff Irish potatoes
from Baldwin to the North has
not been profitable this season.
Walter johnson aged twenty
years, was drowned in Pearl
river at Jackson on the 18th
inst.
The price of lands in Jones
county ranges from twenty-five
cents to twenty-five dollars per
acre.
The Grand Lodge of the
Knights Of Honor of MISSISSIPPI
pi convened at Aberdeen ON
the 18th INST.
Track laying will begin at
Stalkvine at an early day on the
Canton, Aberdeen and Nash
vile railroad.
The smallpox is prevailing ia
Sharon district, Madison county
and all public gatherings are
prohibited.
The Grand Jury of Kinds
county at the late term of the
Circuit Court found fifty eight
indictments.
Ed Culkin killed OH the 10th
inst, in Vicksburg, Frank Nc
Alven an engineer of the steam
er Sunflower.
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Six thousand dollars have
been subscribed for erecting a
cotton seed oil mill at Nesbit in
'DeSoto county.
The Democracy of Holmes
county hold their county con-
vention to nominate candidates
on the 3lst inst.
On the 18th inst. a fire de-
stroyed two frame buildings in
Water Valley. Tue property
was only partially insured.
A fire company has been or
ganized in Starkville. That
town has suffered severely from
fire in the past eight years.
In tho past two years it is
stated that two hundred thou
sand dollars have been Invested
in imported live stock in Mis-
sissippi. -
Dick Thompson (col) was
shot and killed by Jasper
Thompson at the residence of
the later in Nllahatchie county
last week.
The barr, stable and gin
house Of MIR. N. M. Berry of
Cherry Greek, P~ontotoc county,
were burned on the 10th inst.
1t vas the work of an incen-
The P0ntOtoc Democrat states
that there are at least fifty thou.
sand bushels of corn in that
comfy for sale, aud it can be
bought at from twenty five to
forty cents per bushel.
Tie Canton Picket says that
Mr.. Rimmer, living near Cam
den, has a mule that figured in
the battle Of Gettysburg, 20
years ago, having been used to
draw cannon in that deadly fray.
The Water Valley Central
says: Miss Lille Smithet, of
Oxford, is visiting friends in
our city. The Central wishes
the charming Miss Lille .
pleasant sojourn in the Valley
city. f{