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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20

A live mule was blown twenty
yards bp = boiler explosion near
Clarendon, S. @. The brute lit
en- its feet aud took . kicking
position, prepared to resent any
further disturbancs.-Dstroit
Post.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20

Miss Chamberlain, the Amer.
Ican girl who has become q pro-
fesslonsl beauty in London
when at homo in Cleaveland,
lives in one Of tho Oldest in that
city. bhe inherits . large for
tuno from her father.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20

young tooth, coming out ~
natural as if in childhood, 10
nMrssd by Mrs. Isabella Weed
en-, of Colasa, Col, who 10 the
mother Of two boys over seven.
ty eight years old.-Chicago
Times.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20

A farmer should be . man
able to talk on anything that
comes sp.-Nsv Orleans Plea
yuns.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20
The good us. Of prIntsr'. ink

The good use Of printers ink
has made many mans fortsns.
Count de Chambord left 700,-
600 francs to charity and relig
ious societies.
Drainage 10 said to have cut
down tho sales OF quinine in the
west. one fifth.
1t 10 intimatsd that Mrs, A. 7.
Stewart intends making Judge
Hilton, her heir.
Secretary Folgsr returned to
his duties in the Treasury De-
partment, on tho 10th.
Horace Grssly's farm Was
sold on the Sth. Mis- Gabrielle
II. Grssly was the purchaser.
The latos discovery is coal.tar
sugar. Its advantages are said
to lie in its superior swestnsss.
Influenced by q temperance
oader, . rich English miller has
destroyed a cellar OF port wine
Buildings to accommodate
$4,000 persons have bean pat up
in New York in the past six
months.
Whsn Henry Ward Bsechor
was at Grand Forks, OAK, he
was invited to umpire a base
ball match.
Mrs. Lula p. Smith, novelist,
was killed. by a runaway horse
while driving at Hartford Conn.
on the 7th.
The peanut crop will add $6,-
900, 900 to the wealth of this ma
ton. "Dsspiss not the day OF
ANAL things.n
x-Governor Talbot, OF Mas
saohusstts, has positively deolin
ed to again become a candidate
for that office.
Fred Douglsss.dsniss that the
solored convention in Losis
vile, iA to bs in the interest OF
President Arthur.
Mins Mollis Garfield and Miss
Fanny Hayes, daughters OF two
OF Presidents, attend the same
school in Cleavcland.
Late estimates placed the
Michigan wheat Drop st $4,000,
600 bushels, being slightly lsss
than The July estimate.
Sitting Bull has declined the
Invitation to visit tho Iowa
State fair. Ho prefers the
safety of the Reservation,
noble citizen Of Moxico OBJ
tanned free ride ON tho Nexi-
can Central Railroad recently at
ths point Of q elk shooter.
Tho haxing court-Martial pro
grssass at Annapolis. 1t seems
the hazsrs msds tho boys stand
on thsir heads just for fun.
The frat train on the Mexican
National Railroad arrived at
Saltillo, on tho 9th. The whole
town was oct to witness the
great svsnt.
Prof. John f. Dillon, of Co.
lum bia College, Nav York, ha,
bsen,elscted an associate m en-
Dor OF the International Law In
stitute, Munich.
Senator Cerro Gordo Wi
liams says he has a sure thing OF
70 election, .ss all but eighteer
members-hs ssserts-rill vote
for him on the last ballot.
Tho statsts OF Lafayette wal
unveiled at Le Puy. France, sr
the 9th, in presence ofsn i'm
msnse cencourse OF people, in
eluding many Americans.
Tho largest COW in America
so termed by the western press
belongs to John Pratt, of Chase
county, Ks. Shs 10 three years
old and weighs 5000 pounds.
Mr.. Thomas K. Griffin. the
largest maa in the county and
we think in the state, weighing
$40 poJnds, was in town yestsr-
day, aud Aonday.-LeIingtor
Bulletin.
A Congressional election sai
hcen ordered for the First Dis
trict of North Carolina on No
vember, goth, to fill the vacancy
eauaed by the death of WsltsI
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20
THE
UNIVERSITY
of
Mississippi, at Oxford.
THE

Next Session opens ~, SEflhM
BER, 1888.
TUITION TRsET TO EYERYBODY
BUTLAws Students,
Open to both Sexes alike
The cheapest University IN tins
country.
All the Departments are IN sue
ossful operation-Law, Literary,
scintific, and Preparatory Depart
meut. conducted as heretofore,
For Catalogues free and nformA
ton apply to Gen. A. p. Stewai'
Chancellor.
SPECIAL inducements here to
oung men and women-poor and
ych alike.
III. NJ. SULI IVAN.
Secretary Board Of Trustee
July g 1883.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-09-20

Ali person. wishing Tombstones
or Monuments Of any kind, VIII
find 1t to their interest to call on
M. before purchasing elsewhere.
can be found in Oxford every
SATURDAY.. JAS. u lhl""'
April 5th, 1883.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
why He Pardoned aim.

Governor Crittenden a few days ago
granted a pardon to Richard Hoops, who
was at the May term, 1883, ser fenced to the
Cole County Jail for term of six months
for felonious assault. Hoops had been in
Jail since the first of January last. The ap-
plication for the pardon was made by the
prisoners father, Richard Hoops, an old
negro, who lives at Usage City, who claims
to be 113 years old. The Governors order
recites as follows: 'sThis old colored man,
Richard Hoops (if his story is true), was
born in ITO, in North Caroline, just six
years before the Declaration Of Independ-
ence. He has seen and heard of four wars.
that of our independence, that of 1872, the
Mexican war and the war of the rebellion
He saw the Union of the States weak; he
now sees them strong and indissoluble. He
has seen slavery in its infancy, in it's man.
hood, in its downfall in this country. He
was born slave; he will die freeman.
He was reared in slavery, and 1abored for
others long since dead. The African slave
trade was in full force in this country dur
ing his early manhood. In his ignorant
and honest language he has asked me 70
pardon his boy, as he calls him, from jail.
In his first years he has felt the rigors of
the law; now, in his old age, he should en
joy its leniency and blessings. Mercy 20
his son is mercy to the poor old man-so 1T
the pardon ISSUE"
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
AN IMPENDING RACE WAR.

The Whites and Negroes Arming In Gregg
County, Texas-A Spark thata Single Ill.
Advised Act May Fam into a Disastrous
Flame. s s5t I'M
LoNGvIEw, TEX, Sept. IL.
A reign of terror prevails in. every por-
tlon of the county, except, perhaps, Kilgore,
from which place there is no report. The
excitement is due to a raid on whites sup
posed to be contemplated by negroes. The
white farmers have their wives and chill
dren in gin-houses, and are holding guard
over them. In some communities little
sleep has been had since Friday night, and
haggard faces with looks of fear or stern
determination are seen everywhere, beto-
kening the extremities produced by the
blood-curdling reports brought on by each
new arrival. Hundreds of countrymen
were in Longview to-day, and on returning
to their homes carried all the arms and am
munition obtainable. In many cases when
the last weapon was called for a number
would grab for it as though in desperation,
and strive to obtain it, as if their lives de-
pended upon its possession, A new supply
OF fifty Winchesters was among what was
taken by the countrymen. 1t is reported
that the negroes received by express at
Gladwater, the next station west,. fifty
Winchesters, and that weapons are being
received by them all over the country.
Probably the whole trouble has arisen from
threats and speeches of few colored per-
sons of bad repute, whose course is not
sanctioned and was not known by the mass
of negroes. There are indications that as
much fear has been excited among the lat
ter as among the whites. However this
may be, people have been carried to such a
pitch of excitement that it is certain that
should a white person be molested, one of
the bloodiest tragedies will be enacted ever
known. e.z .- ., -
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
A. CUNNING SCHEME.

An Escaped Convict's Game that Did Not
Materialize An Alleged Conspiracy to
Rob the State Treasury Revealed by
''Dutch Charley" in, the Hope of q Re-
ward for the Information. t& ID
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Sept. II.
On Saturday morning last State Treas
urer Chappell received call at his resi-
dence from a stranger apparently about
fifty years of age, who informed him that
the State Treasury was to be robbed at
noon on Tuesday, and that he was one of a.
party of five who were to do the work.
However, he concluded it was too risky a.
job and had determined to give the gang
away. The plans as detailed were to enter
the Treasury Department at the time desig-
mated and capture and gag whoever hap
pened to be in the Office at the time, and
then go through the vault and take the
money and bonds deposited there, after
which they would make their escape la
Jesse James. Mr.. Chappell put his myste-
rious visitor through rigid cross -examina-
tion, which developed the information that
the stranger was pretty thoroughly ac-
quainted with the workings of the Treasury
Department, as well as the number of men
who would probably be about the Office and
building at the hour proposed for the rob-
berry. Mr.. Chappell told him that should
this affair turn out as he stated, he would be
well rewarded. This seemed to satisfy him,
and he took his departure, saying that the
robbers were all St. Louis men, and had no
idea that he would give them away. He
also promised to call on Mr.. Chappell at
eight O'Clock Sunday night. This ended
the interview, and Mr.. Chappell went to
the Capitol and Informed his clerk of what
had happened, and notwithstanding the
story was discredited it was deemed wise
to take proper precautions. 1t now turns
out to have been nothing but the ruse of
''Dutch Charley" a low-grade criminal of
the sneak-thief order, who put up the story
in the hope of inducing the State Treasurer
to pay him something by way of reward
for the information. This Treasurer Chap
pell refused to do unless it should turn out
to be worth something. Dutch Charley rep
resented that he had recently been dis
charged from the Penitentiary, under the
three-fourths rule, when in fact he is an
escaped convict. He failed to keep his ap-
pointment made with Treasurer Chappell,
which goes to confirm the opinion that he
told the story merely to make a raise, par
ticularly as he was very solicitous about
funds to pay his hotel bills. He is WELL
known to the prison authorities here, and
they all pronounce him a sneak-thief and
liar of the worst character.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
1 Permanent Abiding Place for Historic,
ElaY.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Sept. Ie.

Flag. soto II.
WASHINGTON. DC. Sept. Ie. ar
Saturday the Treasury flag, which has
connected with it so much of historical in
terest, was at last given permanent place
of security in Q case constructed for it in
the room of the Captain of the Watch. This
fag,is large banner made of silk, pre-.
sented by the ladies Of the department to
the Treasury Regiment when it left for the
field. Upon the day of the assassination of
President Lincoln it was borrowed by Mr..
Ford to decorate the box which it was ex-
pected the President and General Grant
would occupy that evening. 1t so happened,
however, that General Grant decided to 20
to New Jersey to visit his wife and chill
dren, and was not in the box. As is well
known the President went and was shot by
Booth. When the assassin turned to les-
cape his spur caught in a flag, and he was
thrown so heavily as to break leg. This
Treasury flag is the one in which the spur
caught. There is in its folds now a Jagged
slit several inches in length cut BY the.
rowells of the spur, not far from the upper
side of the flag, about midway down the
stripe. For some years after the event at
F'ord's the flag was kept rolled up on the
staff in the basement of the building, but
finally being in the way of the firemen il
was brought to the room of the Captain of
the Watch, where twas unfuried and hung
across the wall below a large portrait az
Lincoln, exposed to the dust and entirely
without protection. It hung there fors some
nine years, till Saturday, when, as stated
above, it was placed in . case prepared
for it. -s ..97 .'-r'7 .
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
A CIRCUS PANIC.

o'Brien's Circus Struck by Sudden Gale
During a Performance at Barry, Illinois
"A General Panic Ensues, but ForttI.
nately Without Very Serious Results.
BARRY, I'LL, Sept 49,
This city last night witnessed one of the
most thrilling and exciting scenes in all its,
history. O'Brien's circus was here, and dur
ing the evenings performance q frightful
storm came up from the southwest very
suddenly, sweeping the entire area of
tents before it. The canvas was completely
packed with people, and in the panic that
ensued the widest confusion and excite
ment prevailed. Fathers were in terror
for their families, mothers frantic over
their children, and every body rushing peH-t
NELL in search of safety. Tho scene for a
time. was most appalling, and, added to the
walls and screams of the terrorized mass,
were the hnwling and moaning of the ami
mails, rendering the affair all the more ter
rible. Theelephant became frightened and
rushed from the scene, making straightway
for its car and clearing the way before it.
Animal wagons and cages were capsized,.
and horses tore loose from their tethers,
MANY of them fleeing from the place
at full speed. The strangest part of the
affair was that nobody was badly injured.
Several parties were somewhat bruised by
falling poles, but aside from this the acci-
dent was without serious results, which, in
viewing the scene afterward, seemed al
most miraculous. The damage done to the
circus property was very slight, consisting
principally in the cutting of ropes and tents
by the crowd in their attempts to escape.
The storm lasted only a few minutes, but
the wind, rain and hail were most terrific.
About ninesp. m. the sky became clear, and
the work of clearing up was inaugurated.
During this the most serious accident of the
evening occurred. In descending the hill
this side of the circus grounds one of the
large six-horse wagons left the road and
capsized in the ditch, killing two fine horses
and injuring two men on the wagon. It is
reported that one of the men has since died.
The show left here for Mt. Sterling at five
O'clock this morning in dilapidated con-
dition, but will no doubt get Strengthened
up in time to exhibit tomorrow. This is
said to be their third experience of the kind
this season. s4 tas-.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

In August 3,324,711 tons of anthra-
cite coal were carried to market. Il
A BOX of dynamite was recently dis
covered in one of the Sultan's palaces.
KING COFFEE KALCALLI of Ashantee
was recently defeated in great battle.
CONSTRUCTION contracts for the
Florida ship canal are TO be let immedi
ately.
EXTENSIVE preparations are making
for the reception of the American Bishops
at Rome.
The New Jersey Republicans have
nominated Judge Jonathan Dixon for Gov
ernor.' +.........-..
IT seems improbable that any attempt
will be made to reach the Greely party be-
fore next year.
MARQUIS TsENG had conference
with Jules Ferry, President of the French
Cabinet, on the 18th.
ABRAHAM WACH and Edward Wal
lace, fancy goods dealers, New York. failed
on the 18th for over 100000.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR received the Cor
can Embassy on the 18th at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel, New York.
KAvANAGH, and the other Phoenix
Park informers have been shipped back
from Australia to Europe.
MCDERMOTT, the American
charged with completely in the Liverpool
dynamite plots, has been discharged.
. HENRY L. PIERCE declines to be a
candidate for the Republican nomination
for Governor of Massachusetts,.
|. MOSIIER, the man who murdered
teamster near Cheyenne few days ago,
was lynched on the 18th. .
A sCAFFoLD gave way with five men
at work on barn belonging to August Bel.
mont, at Babylon, L. l., on the 18th. Two
were fatally injured.
GOVERNOR PATTIsON has vetoed the
concurrent resolution of the Pennsylvania
Legislature stopping the pay of members
after September 10.
REV. JAMES KEMLO, of Newark, N.
j., stabbed his wife, cut his own throat and
jumped out of a fourth-story window on
the 18th. Both were still living.
CAPT. HARNA and two seamen of the
foundered barge Oakland were picked up
on Lake Erie on the 18th, having been in
the water more than twenty-four hours.
INFORMATION from Guaymas, Mexico,
is to the effect that they have fever there
every year, but this season the physicians
. said it was yellow fever, and the people,
becoming scared, lay down and died like
sheep, so that there is no longer any
business doing, except in collins.
The wife of Prince Bismarck was re-
ported seriously i'll at Gastien on the 18th.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
A SOUTHERN KIDNAPER.
Georgia and Alabama in q Ferment Over
1 the Operations 0f John Ogietree-A
Posse in Hot Pursuit.

Georgia and Alabama in a Ferment Over
3 the Operations 0f John Ogietree-A
Posse In Hot Pursuit.
tsss5 COLUMBUS, GA, Sept. 10.
Three recent kidnapings by a man named
John Ogletree have Exercised Georgia and
Alabama as thoroughly as the Charley,
Ross case did the North. On Wednesday
last while James @. White, who lives on a
farm in Jackson County, Alabama, was
absent from home, Ogletree rode up on q
horse and induced one of Whites young
sons to accompany him to spring half a
mile from the house on'the pretext that he
wanted to herd some cattle at the spring
Ogletree made the boy q prisoner and hur-,
ried away with him. Upon his return
home White gathered q posse of farmers
and started in pursuit. Yesterday Ogle-
tree darted through Tallapoosa at break
neck speed, but his crime being unknown
there, no effort was made to detain him. A
few hours later White and a posse of seven-
teenrode into town in pursuit of Ogletree,
and learning how near they were to otheir
game, continued the pursuit on gallop
without moments delay. It has since been
learned that the boy was last seen in the
kidnaper's company at Oak Levee, small
place fifteen miles from Tallapoosa. The
child had been brutally beaten, and his
blood-stained clothes attracted so much at
tention that the Villagers became Indignant
and demanded an explanation of his condi-
tion. With undaunted temerity Ogletree
said that the boy was his son, and the in
iuries were the result of a beating .adminis-g
tered by a negro woman whom he had
knocked in the head with a wagon spoke in
retaliation, and left for dead in the road.
The villagers seemed satisfied with the
story, and Ogletree passed on as already
narrated. When he rode through Talla-
poosa blood stains were noticed on his
clothes, and there is little doubt that, being
hard pressed by his pursuers, he murdered
the boy after leaving Oak Levee and hid
the body in the woods by the roadside. The
in home made clothes and had one very
sore foot when carried off. The body can
therefore be very easily identified if found.
Ogletree has swarthy complexion, is:
muscularly built, a half-breed of medium
height, with murderously bad record. A.
few weeks ago he threw Atlanta into ex-
citement by abducting Charlie Mlden. The
chase got too hot, however, and the boy was
recovered. Soon after that escapade he
was again frustrated in a similar attempt
in Paulding County, this State. The Ala
bama authorities have offered a reward of
$500 for Ogletree's arrest, but there is not a
doubt that he will be overtaken and
lynched by White and his companions be-
fore morning.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
THAT COWBOY FIGHT.
Another Account of the Recent Colorado
Cowboy Confiict-Decidedly Different De-
tails.

Another Account of the Recent Colorado
Cowboy Confict-Decidedly Different De.
tails.
DENVER, Co.., Sept. II.
The following is the most authentic ac-
count of the recent killing on Ute Creek,
and differs materially from the reports that
have appeared: Last Friday five cowboys,
under the influence of whisky, rode into
Ute Creek, small village about fifty miles
from San. Hilario. Don Macedinio Aragon
was standing in front of the store, and was
in the act of proceeding in search OF a stray
horse. They requested him to go to the
rear of the store and call the clerk. Aragon
refused. The cowboys then began to
abuse him. Aragon, apprehending some
harm, went to the house, procured rifle
and proceeded on his way in search of the
horse. The cowboys, seeing him with the
rife in his possession, rode towards him.
One in advance of his comrades came up
with Aragon and proceeded to shake hands
with him. After he obtained possession OF
Aragon's hand he held on to it firmly while
the other cowboys began firing at Aragon
with their revolvers. Aragon finally dis
engaged his hand from the grasp of the
cowboy and sent bullet from his rifle
through one of the cowboys, which killed
him instantly. Aragon retreated to house
near by, the cowboys continuing to fire
upon him as he ran. After reaching shelter
from the storm of bullets, he sent another
ball into the breast of one Of the surviving
cowboys, which instantly ended his career.
He fired again and wounded another. By
this time Aragon was SO weak from four
wounds, together with the loss of blood,
that he could no longer fire. The cowboys
fed to Texas. and are still at large. Ara
-gon fingered twelve hours, when he
breathed his last.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
Convicts Escaped.

CHESTER, ILL.,, sept. II.
This morning at three O'Clock two con-
victs escaped from the bakery. They Sc
cured key, unlocked the door, and left.
One, Frank Palmer, five feet ten and one
half inches, black hair, rosy complexion,
large face, small ears, mole above left eye-
brow, ink spots in crotch of left hand, good
build, right foot stiff and deformed, doing
a four-years'" term. The other, George
Elms, six feet one inch high, light COM
plexion, light hair, dark eyes, slim build,
slim face, wrinkled high forehead, mole on
left neck, under jaw, very small nail on
first finger right hand, thumb nails very
wide and short; brown birth-mark on right
elbow, large scar seven inches above right
knee.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

THE receipts of the Patent Office fo
the fiscal year were 81 ,095, ,ss4, being $685.
$50 more than last year.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

FATHER PATRICK RIORDAN was con
secrated Coadjutor Bishop of San Francisco
in Chicago on the 10th.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

The st. Petersburg Journal recently
intimated that the peace of Europe was
threatened by Bulgarian politics.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

The New Hampshire Legislature re
Gently closed a session 102 working days il
length, and it took 800, 900 to pay the bills
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

THE Democratic State Convention OF
New Jersey nominated Leon Abbott for
Governor on the 18th.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

SECRETARY CHANDLER. Secretary Lin
coin and Commodore English had a con-
sultation ON the 18th for the purpose of
discussing the question of attempting re-
lief expedition for the Greely party this
fall. After the conference Secretary
Chandler sent word to DIR. Bessells, the
well-known Arctic explorer, that he would
like to confer with him on the subject.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD COLLINSON,
who commanded the expedition which went
in search of Sir John Franklin in 1850, died
on the 18th.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

The Dakota Constitutional Conven-
tion voted on the 14th, Ga to SO, against in
serting prohibitory clause in the consti
tuition.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

The Post-office Department had or
dered 81, ,S79, 600 two-cent stamps and 7,131, :
900 stamped envelopes for, delivery-the
largest order ever made.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

The Ohio convention to choose dele
gates to the Louisville Colored Convention
had been postponed to the Goth. The Mary
land colored voters will send delegation.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

The American Rapid Telegraph Com
pany's lines are to be extended to the
Southwest.
Iron County register., 1883-09-27

PROFESSOR SWIFT, of the Warner OBJ
servatory, discovered a new comet on the
night of the 10th.