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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The use of tobacco for over
5000 years, according to one au-
thor. was confined to Central
America. In the that Colum-
bus discovered America, while
lying off Cuba, be sent two men
ashore to reconnoitre On their
return they reported that they
saw tho naked sayages, twist
largo leaves together, lite one
end in the fire and smoke like
devils.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

President Arthur's Cabinet is
thus described by a writer in
the Troy Times: "Brewster is
the most punctilious member,
Frelinghuy zen The most aristo
cratic, Lincoln the quietist,
Gresham the ablest, Folger the
most judicial. Teller and Chan.
dler are the two who keep track
ofthings generally and the hard.
est workers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

A railroad superintendent has
given the San Francisco Call an
an estimate of the cost Ofan ave
rage train on first-class rail
road: For an express train, 10
comotiye, $4,000; baggage car,
81, 200; smoking car, $4,000; din
ing-room car. $4,000; five first
class Pulln.ans, $4,000 each; to-
tai. $l20,000. The ordinary ex'
press train represents about
$50. 900. Some Pullman cars
cost s30,0C0 each. The average
value of a freight train is still
greater than that of passenger
train if the rolling stock and
value of property are included.
Sometimes the through freight
trains aggregate in value from
$25O,00O to $4,000.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

A directory of American heir
esses,.. has been published in
London, giving the name, age
and address of every young and
unmarried lady in this country
to whom a fortune has descen-
ded, or is about TO descend, for
the special benefit Of impecuni'
aos British peers and broken
down Irish landlords.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The widow of the late Nathan.
iel Green who resides at Green
dale, Middletown, Rhode Island
reaches her one hundrcdth
birthday in November, still re.
tanning all her faculties. Gen.
Washington was the friend OF
her husbands father.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
The London limos of the 27t

The London limos Of the eth,
commentisg upon the celebra-
tion of Evaeuation Day in New
York, says: "The keen Ameri-
can mind is turning eagerly to-
ward the best the modern world
can give it. The intellectual fu.
tnre of such II race is not likely
to disappoint the most sanguine
prophets.r
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Mr.. Howard Vincent, the Eng
lish Director of Criminal inves,
tigation, places the direct cost
of crime in England, Wales and
Scstland at thirty million dol.
lars. Over seventy.four thous
and persons are maintained for
the prevention, detection, and
punishment of crime and control
of criminals.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The member of languages in
the world is not known. There
are 5000 known languages and
oil alects, how many more will
be discovered when we have
thoroughly explored Africa and
Central aud Northern Asia is
still matter of conjecture.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

b o,onrisbnness ,ni nns%"Sif'"T 81 Tord"GhstJw
during the recent trip on the
Northern Pacific Railroad. Lon
don Truth says: Americans
are to blame for this sort OF
nonsense. They should have
nut his lordship out on the prai'
RES, and left him to the solitary
enjoyment of his dignity.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The Post Master General has
dec ided that any person who
writes for tickets or cores
ponds with a lottery company
concerning such business vio-
lates the law and becomes Tia.
BILE to a fine of from 500 to
$500. 0.--Bx.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The French decree abolish
ing the propibition Of the impor-
tation of American pork states
that if pork. is carefully saltea 1
there is no danger Of tricbino.
sis. The municipal authorities
will seize any bacon imperfectly
saltcd.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

"Do You ever gamble she
asked as they sat together, her
hand in his. He replied mo,
but if / wanted to now would be
my time" "How sop "Be.
cause | hold q beautiful hand.o y
The engagement is announced.
-Somerville Journal.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
Stephen w. Dorsey, the great

Stephen w. Dorsey, the great
star.route conspirator is q mem.
her of the National Republican
Executive Committee and he
has expressed an intention of
being at its meeting an the 18th
inst. The other members are
anxious that he should resign
but he declines to do so. They
are afraid, that, if they expel
him, he will divulge a great
many secrets which would dam,
age the party in the presidential
election. He was the secrsta-
ry of the committee in 1851 anu
was fully cognizant of all the
corrupt means that were nssu
to elect Garfield and Arthur.
lIt is to the interest OF tue par
ty that he should keep his mouth
closed. IT he should tell all no
knows there would be great ua-
asiness in the Republican camp
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

At Laconia, N. IL, Thos Sa
mon murdered Mrs. Ford, cut
and packed her body in a trunk,
which he wheeled on a wheel
barrow to Reddy's where he
boarded and packed it to his
room. That night he could not
sleep and spent it in the kitch,
en-. When Rsddy got up, at
daylight, Samon assaulted and
killed him with a batchet. Mrs
Reddy came on the scene and
he chopped her down. The ba
by cried and he murdered 1t
He piled mattress on the
bodies and, setting fire to it, es
caped. Mrs. Reddy revived
| Jumped out of window ant
alarmed the neighbors. Samor
was arrested.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

A young lady and gentleman
drove up to a parsons house in
Oxford, Ala, recently and were
married while sitting IN the
buggy, the parson sitting on his
own balcony and d e'ivering the
customary questions, etc.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

Bigelow, President of the Ma
tional College Of Pharmacy. at
Washington ID. O., and thirty.
eight students left tho institu-
ton on the 9th in co,,aequence
Of tho admission a.ssa oolored
,uon esi., -.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

About a hundred thousand
Canadians are engaged in tho
lumber business. The total pro-
duct Of lumber in Canada in 1881
was S3s,Ji,752.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
The following eloquent pas

The following eloquent pas.
sag ge is from the pen Of the la
mented George d. Prentice:
at cannot be that earth is
mans abiding place. 1t cannot
be that our,life is a mere bubble
cast up by eternity to float a
moment on its waves and then
sink into nothingpcss. Else
why is it that the glorious as
piration which leaps like angels
from the temple of ones heart
are forever wandering, nnsatis-
tiedP Why is it that the stars
that hold their festivals around
the midnight throne are set
above the grasp of our limited
faculty, forever mocklng us
with their unapproachable
eloryl And finally, why is Ii
that bright forms of human
beauty presented TO cur view
are taken from us. leaving the
thousand realms of affection to
flow back in Alpine torrents
upon our hearts7 There is a
realm where the rainbow never
fades; where the stars will be
spread out before rs like the
islands that slumber in the
ocean; and where tho beautiful
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

The municipal authorities of
indianapolis, Ind, have prohibit
ted the sale within the city lin
its of what Is embraced under
the head of "fiash literature"
The State law provide, heavy
penalties.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

81 don't understand why wo
men dress that way said a
man pointing to a lady who pass
ed along the street.
II don't either" replied a by
stan der.
"That woman continued the
first speaker, sis dressed ride
ulously. Her husband must be
a fool "
81 know no is" said the by
stander.
"Do you know him 7"
"Oh, yes; Pm the blamed fool
myself"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

"Did | ever love any other
girl ~ repeated y prospective
bridegroom, in answer to the
fearful inquiry of his intended.
"Why, no, darling; of course
not. Could you ask such a
question You are my first and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13

lished Mt the rates fixed by law.
The horse shoers have a
strong national organization.
The Cigar Makers Interna.
tional Union has a membership
Of over $4,000.
The Iron Molders Union OF
North America, enrolls over
$4,000 members.
The National Shoe Makers
Union, 10000 strong has gone
bodily into the Knights of La
Dor.
San Francisco has rty-ninc
trades union and thirteen as
sembles of the knights Of LA.
Dor.
Rev. Warren n. Chudw0rth,
of Boston, cropped dead during
church service on Thanksgiving
Day.
The Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Iron and Steel Worksrs
has just returned census OF
$4,000.
If there is any persons to
whom you feel a dislike, that is
the person of whom you ought
never to speak.
The Life-Saving Service rem
dersd assistance in three hun
dred cases Of disaster during
the last fiscal year.
Sfafist;na show that in Eng
land, mon live two years longer
and womep third longer than
they did thirty years ago
Political prisoners in Siberia
are represented as going mad
committing suicide on account
of the treatment they receive.
The Spanish decree abolish
ing the right of Cuban slave
holders to punish their slaves
with stocks and fetters, is now
law.
A Kentucky paper has motto.
ed that insane mur derers are
sane enough to employ tho
most celebrated lawyers to de-
fend them.
In his report the Treasurer oi
Yale College says the income Is
too small for the needs of the
institution. Expenditures last
were s332,S72.
At Newport r. l., George q
Monroe won suit recently thai
had been pending for eighteer
years, and died on the l9ti
from excess of joy.
Miss Julia Jackson, daughter
of General Stonewall Jackson
will mako her debut in South
ern society this winter. She i
beautiful and accomplished.
Editor Dawson, of the Char
lesion, S. c., News and Courier
has been made a Knight of s.
George by the Pope for tn
stand he has taken against dr
elling.
The Granite States batchin
house in Plymouth, N. H., ha
about 10000 salmon eggs th:
were taken from twelve fisl
The hOuse has also abcut 5000
trout eggs.
An ex-Deputy Sheriff and
night watchman were caugl
in the act of setting fire to
store in Manistee, Mich, d.
clare that they were hired t
the owner to do il.
Despite frequent eggings, IL
Mormon Missionaries in I'll
Southern States continue
their work. They have the
headquarters at Chattanooga
Chicago Herald.
Baltimore, having more tn:
s2O.OOO,0OO invested in oyst
packing and over 10000 pcrso'
engaged in the business, is ta
ing measures to prevent Il
destruction of the oyster be
In the Chesapeake Bay. 1t
proposed that the period ORE
for oysters shall be lengthen
and extend from April |, un
Oct. l.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-12-13
Oxford Eagle.
THURSDAY DEC. 10, 1888.
ADVERTISING RATES.

One square tten lines or lcssl first
insertion si'so
Each Subsequent inse tion 70
Marriages and Obituary notices, tuus
der ton lines) inserted free OF charge.
Special inducements offered to ad-
yertisers. who advertise for three anu
six months and year.
Advcrtipemcnts not otherwise order
ed. will be published till forbid.
All legal advertisements wi be pub-
lished at the rates fixed by law.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

wife, has slept for these last thirty odd
years. don't know. l am very old.
should be in the way. love my old
trade. Do they wear shoes in Califor-
mia? May cobble thereP I assure
you, though the hog-bristles bother me
just little at times, and my hammer
moves just trifle slower, still | can
turn out very decent job. Iwonder
If can not beat you now. Come, let
us try"
To please the old man. I took up
bit of work and commenced ON it. at
is well DONE" said father, admiringly.
al see you have not forgotten my les
sons. Perhaps that one stitch there is
not quite-quite as even as it should
be. My remarks don't worry you.
STILL" and he held in his shakv hands
the old boot near his eye, ''it will pass
muster"
AT last the blessed old man consented
to go with me. Next day we had n
feast in the village. All the old cronies
were invited, the cooper, the watch
maker, the butcher, the drover, the
tailor and the tax-collector. The cure
gave the party his blessing. Oh, what
good time we had! The old man was
radiant. was introduced to every one
as IN. -, the American shoemaker,
who had learned his trade in the Lux
embourg." We kept it up all that after
noon and late into the evening. 1t was
a feast such as that sleepy old town
will remember for many a day. Just
occasionally | noticed that the old man
weakened when some ancient chum
took him by the hand to bid him good
by. Then | would say: ''Dear daddy,
it's your grandchild that claims you.
How the deuce do you expect he will
ever be good shoemaker : without
your tea aching him?" That was an all
powerful argument. The blessed old
man made the tri p with me across the
ocean without much fatigue. How glad
my wife was to see her husband and
father, and, as to the baby, he went at
once into his grandpapa's S arms.
OF course. father was too old to work,
but still he insisted on having his bench.
As he grew feeble the stitches became
more uneven, End we were often
alarmed about the awl, which might
have prickcd him. He lived, though,
happily with us for some years. He
grew more unsteady day by day and
wandered a little, but still he would
spend an hour or two every day at his
bench. He made a goat-harness for the
little boy and quite II number of pretty
things in leather.
One day heard him in his room tap
ping, tapping away on his lap-stone
with more than ordinary vigor. Then
i listened to him. He said: "A good
job; very good job. Capital, though
I ought not to praise myself. There
never was but one man who could equal
me, and that is my dear, dear son, and
his son, my grandson, shall also be a
first-clasS shoemaker, if the good God,
whose name be blessed, only lets me
live a little, a very little longer ard
then | heard the rattle of hammer as
if it had dropped on the floor, and
went into his room, and the dear old
man had passed quietly away, with a
last prayer on his lips. There are no
shoemakers nowadays like in the old
time,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
A YOUNG MANS CASE.

MIR. g. s. HoDGEN, Jr, of No. 47 Park street,
lewiston Ne, relates hc following personal nara
tive May H. 1888: . About fifteen months since had
severe attack Of typhoid fever very lame, and
confined to my bed for eleven weeks, and when the
fever left me in very deblltatcd condition My
back and olns seemed to have no strength, and had
no vitality or appetite. tried various kinds of mcd
cine recommended by my friends, but found they did
not improyc my condition. l was induced to try
Hunts Remedy, which has been used with such great
success here in Lewiston that 1t has very enviable
reputation OF being most reliable medicine. lpur
chased one bottle, and date my improved health
from the time commenced using II, and my progress
continued very rapidly; gained In strength and ex-
perenccd less pain in my back, my appetite increased.
and after using three (3) bottles my pains were all
gone and my health entirely restored. and can most
heartily recommend Hunts Remedy TO any who may
need true remedy for debility, kidney or urinary
troubles"
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
A GOOD MECHANIC.

Mr. L. j. JONES, OF No. 10 Charles street, Portlapd.
Me- writes us these convincing facts, May H. 1888:
~ have for several years been troubled with liver
complaint and Indigestion and have suffered at times
terrible distress, and have tried many different cures
so called that have been recommended from time to
time one day noticed in of papers the testi-
monIal OF person that had used Hunts Remedy and
been cured of diseases similar to mine. purchased
bottle of of drug stores In Portland and before
had used the first bottle found that was improving
beyond my expectations have used In all six bottles,
and have no trouble from Indigestion. distress or
pain In back as formerly had and since have been
cured my wife has used It for kidney trouble and It
has cured her. We can both say that Hunts Remedy
Is blessing to any that are troubled with kidney or
liver diseases. or Indigestion. We gladly recommend
It to our friends or to any sufferers from liver or kid
ney diseases, and you this letter as you may
chonsc for the best Intercst Of suffering humanity
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
History Of the Horace Greeley Farm.

The Horace Greeley farm was bought
in small parcels at different periods, adj
ditions being made to It from time to
time until it reached its present acreage.
II lies Immediately east of the Harlem
Railroad track extending first across q
marsh or bog comprising some ten
acres. This marsh was drained by Mr..
Greeley at an enormous cost and is now
the finest land in that vicinity. Re
Gently the town of Newcastle cut a
wagon road through this property for
which $500 was paid. From the edge of
this marsh gradually sloping hillside
on the east forms the woodland. On top
of this hill is an orchard and the famous
stone barn of which Mr. Greeley so often
spoke during his lifetime. At the ex-
treme southern boundary is "The
Glen" where wild brook of spring
water rushes over the rocky bed, as it
falls from high stone dam which Mr..
Greeley caused to be built The famous
spring where Mr.. Greeley used to treat
the politicians who called upon him in
1872 to drink of cool water is still
yelling up, and the cedar grove in
which were held his famous Saturday
receptions, is yet in existence.
The records in the Registrars Office
at White Plains show that Mr.. Greeley S
first purchase of land was on June 4,
1853. He bought on that date from
Robert Haviland, one-eighth of an acre
for Sl3. On November 10 of the same
year he bought another eighth of an
acre from Ezra Haight for $40. On De-
cembcr "a following Mrs. Greeley bought
from Robert Haviland twenty-one acres
for 80, 900. On February 27, 1856, Mrs.
Greeley bought of the Haviland estate
ten acres for $50, and on June %, 1860,
she purchased of the same estate twenty
five acres for $4,000. August %, 1864,
Mrs. Greeley bought of George f. Sands
one and one-eighth acres for l,4O0.
This was the old homestead place.
April 30. 1868, Horace Greeley bought
from Harriet w. Hart twenty-s:x acres.
The whole farm, therefore. cost him
5000 To this he added upward of
500, coo worth of improvements. Since
his death, on November 20, 1872, no
improvements have been added.-M \.
Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11
WHAT MIGHT NAVE BEEN.

So many things there might have been
Had our dear child not died.
We count them up and call them o'eT,
W., We weigh the less against the more,
The Joy she never knew or shared,
The bitter woes forever spared,
The dangers turned aside
Heavens full security-and then.
PerplcNcd, we sigh-ail might have been.
We might have seen her sweet checks glow
With loves own happy bloom,
Her eyes with maiden gladness full
Finding tho whole world beautiful:
The dear face sadden and grow pale,
The smiles fade into gloom,
Loves sun grow dim and sink again
Either of these il might have been.
We might have seen her with the crown
OF wifehood on her head,
A queen of homes fair sovereigntics
With little children at her knees;
OR, brokcn-heartcd and alone,
Bercft and widowed of her own,
Mourning beside her dead
This thing or that beyond our ken,
IL might have been, it might have been. -
There is no need of questions now.
No doubts, or risks or fears;
Safe folded in the Eternal care,
Grown fairer each day and still more fair,
With radiance in the clear young eyes
Which in cool depths of Paradise
Look without stain of tears,
Reading the Lords intent, and then
Smiling to think what might have been.
We, too. will smile, oh dearest child;
Our dull souls may not know
The deep things hidden from mortal sense
Which find their Heavenly confidence;
On this one sure thought can we rest,
That God has chosen for thee the best,
Or else II were not so;
He called thee back to Heaven again
Because He knew what might have been.
Susan Coolidge. IN COngregdtiOndlist.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

The sad story of the suicide of two
sixtcen-ycar-old lovers comes from
Brownsville, this State. They tied
themselves together, plunged into the
Vera River and were drowned, locked
in each others arms. Louis Fernandez,
the boy, was of a family well off, and
his uncle would not let him marry Car
men Lira, the daughter Of n poor labor
er. The night they disappeared search
was made and their hats found on the
river. containing a note asking that
they be buried together. The mother
of the girl, who was present, on learn
ing the news, sprang into the river to
rise no more. The bodies were all re-
covered and buried side by side.-Fort
Worth (7cr.) Gazette.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

The Syracuse On. W Times classi-
fies the American watering places and
their specialties of guests as follows:
Newport, English celebrities and their
American imitatOrs; Saratoga, politi-
clans, musicians, and sportsmen; Long
Branch, actors, actresses, and railroad
kings; the Adirondacks, Mount Desert,
and the Isles of Shoals, college di%nta-
ries, authors, and authoresses; Coney
Island, the dear people,
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

AN Indianapolis baby was bitten,
III teasing pet Maltese kitten,
Before a day ended,
St. Jacobs Oil msnded,
And with 1t mothers are smitten.
A hunter who lives at Bear Run,
Hurt his arm by the kick of gun,
The hunt it did spoil,
But st. Jacobs Oil
Cured him before swelling begun.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

ONLY Two BorTLEs.-Messrs. Johnston,
Holloway & Co., Wholesale druggists of
Philadelphia, Pa, sreport that some time
ago gentleman handed them n dollar, with
a request to send a good catarrh cure to
two army officers in Arizona. Recently the
same gentleman fold them that both the
officers and the vito of a well-known U. s.
A. General had been cured of catarrh by
the two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

The Duke of Gothland. who is the
youngest son of the King of Sweden,
has gone on a scientific voyage around
the world, to last year and half.
The course is by way of Cape Horn, the
Sandwich Islands and the coast of Asia
and the Cape of Good Hope.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

Workingmen will economic by employ.
ing DIR. Picrce's Medicines. His Pleasant
Purgative Pellets" and Golden Mealcai
Discovery" cleanse the bloed and system,
Tins nretentins fevers and other serious
diseases, and curing all scrofulous and 9TH
err humoks. Sold by druggists.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

A LADY's boudoir is powder magazine
preparatory to an expedition into the very
heart of the enemy, she has little brush
and then raises her colors.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

THE only scientific Iron Medicine that
does not produce headache, &C., but gives
to the system all the benefits of iron with
ont its bad effects, is Browns Iron Bitters.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

You will please observe one thing about
railway lunch-counters: The man who
growls the most also eats the most, and
the fellow who jokes about the indestructi-
BILE sandwiches thinks he is in hard luck
If he doesn't get away with half a dozen
before the gong strikes.-Barltngton Hatok.
eye.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

HAVE known and watched tho uso of
Switt's Specific (S.. S. 81 for over fifty
years, and never have known or heard Of
Its failure to cure any case Of Blood Poison
when properly taken.
II. l.. DENNARD, Perry, Ga.
The Brookhaven leader., 1883-10-11

THE boy who bit into green apple res
marked, with wry face: "'Twas ever
thus in childhood-sour."-SO
Journal.