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Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20

S.S. Cox writes 70 tie Youths
Companies relating this little
s'cry Of himself. Sometimes
the speaker TO q miscellaneous
crowd receives a retort a. un
expected az IL is unwelcoine. ]
recall one received in the rink
at Newark, NJ In 1875. Wy
party had carried Indiana in
October, and were jubi'ant for
November. There. were 5000
people present, fall Of enthun
asm. Senator Bsyard had just
addressed them: .:and there was
. storm Of applause. With wild
eye and outstrstchsd arms | 90
licitcd siIencs, and my frat
words Of defiance and exulta
ton were, We've got 'em!'
Before the echo Of the enthusi
sstic audience came back to me
some fellow in the remote cor.
ner Of the link, with . voice Ike
a Hfe,- cried out, You've got 'em
bsdi What's your Iiquorr
Roars Of laughter followed. IL
was . settler, and but for the
rscuperativs energy Of the
speaker, with out remedy.
There have been 1917 mur-
ders committed In this country
this year, as reported by tele.
graph, which of course does not
include the whole number,
whereas, during the whole Of
last gear there were but 1866.
Az against this awful list there
have been but 03 persons hang
cd, .he majority of whom were
negroes In tho South, who may
or may not have been guilty,
and lis persons lynched, of
whom . majority were also
southern negroes, whose guilt
was many times In doubt As.
that all we're guilty, the
Of 2ll people where
over 1900 murders have been
committed is palpably q failure I
Of justice. and shows that the (
laws, or the method Of execut-
ing the laws, are not sufficient
to deter the commission OF
crime. True, the people in llS
cases, exaspsIated by tile failure
of justice and hopeless that any
penalty would be administeren,
in the very rage Of despair have
taken the Law into their own
hands and shut OF the euston,-
AIRY avenues Of escape by quib-
bles, delays and techniealilies I;
but even this does not seem TO
have hindered the rage for muir
der. Here H. certainly an am.
Pile and an imperative duty for
our lawmakers and our profes-
sors Of social science. Instead
Of raspsodizing sweetly on the
good the true, and beautiful,
will they now devise some
means TO suppress the bad. the
false and hidsous, which jusi
now are in a frightfnl ascend
ency Chicago Tribune
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20

The Richmond Val Religious
Herald says: A msIancholy
young man came in a few morn
ings ago to ask us 10 disceniin-
ue the Herald, which he had
been sending . young lady.
Not wishing to loose even cne
subscriber. aud feeling . com
passion for the Young woman
who was ahour to be deprived
Of such an excellent journal we
suggested to the young man why
he proposed TO perpeirste 30
rash au act. lie hesitatsd a no
ment, aud remarked with a jerk
ing emphasis Of manner, why.
she is going to marty another
fellow We excnssd him.
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20
A{E'S BG4N IAa,
Real Estate Agents.

A residence on South Second Street.
containing two rooms and convenient
to both the University and Union Fe-
male College. The lot contains two
acres of ground. well located with good
water and fine garden and orchard. I'm
provements new. Can be bought for
less than cost. MAYES & DRAEHAM.
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20

All church-goers may prodta.
bly, pray tLis prayer. offered by
: South Sea Islander just as the
meeting was breaking mp: %;
God, We ale about 70 90 20 our
respective homes. Let not the
words we have heard be like
The fine clothes We wear, soon
to be tak5n oiY and folded awav
in z box til smother Sabbath
comes round. Rather, let Tn,
truth he like the tattoo on our
bodies, eifeetually tin DEATH,
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20
FOR SALE.

A very desirable house aud lot
in the north east portion Of Oxford;
House contains rooms aud hall.
lot includes three acres Of ground.
There is also q good kitchen, two
servants rooms, smoke.house, good
cistern, fine garden, and fences en-
closing and dividing the entire
premises. House aud all improve
ments in excellent repair. Can DO
bought cheap. A bargain to any
one who has ready money to pay
for a home.
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20

portion Of the town OF Oxford,
Mississippi and known as the
Lundie Mill Can be bought very
cheap, aud If purchaser des res he
can buy or rent t. good, comforta-
ble, new dwelling house on the lot
adjoining the property. Water for
mill purposes plentiful aud oon.
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20
MAYEs 4 BRANuAM.
Plantation for Sala.

1000 acres Of fine Land, just two
miles north Of Torrance, Mss, en-
the Ill. Central Railroad. Most
of this land is very rich bottom
land, and owing to its location, the
timber on it alone is worth twice
the price asked for the place. Be-
sides being a fine cotton planta-
ton. lit is unusually well adapted
to stock purposes. II is we'll
watered and improved. among 9th
er improvements being a new GIN
house and press. ANY one desir-
ing to engage in farming or stock
raising will find il to his advantage
to examine this place. II is for
ale because its presen. owner is
unable to give it his personal at
tention. Can be bought cheap
For further particulars call on
MAYEs & BRANHAN.
Oxford eagle., 1883-12-20
MAYES & 1RANHAM,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Oxford.s Miss.

Will real estate and if not sold will not
charge anything If sod will charge commissions at the rate Of
per the first 00O FIVE cent the up to
$4,000 and two and half per cent on all over $4,000
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
New York Market.
NEw YORK, Feb. 5.
Money-S15
Goxya,.a

WHEAT No. 2 red Feb l9lA6f1 1875 March
201e601 21; May 22zo1 g.
GORN-MiAed western spot eela75: futures ma
61123s.
OATS.-Western 470l53
RYE-59
BARLEY.-S5.
WHISk kEY.-Si Is.
PORK.-S1s 0A1DI9 25.
LAltD.--Firn; II 47ls
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
The DEsTRUcr1yE ono FLOODS

CINCINNATI, Feb. 9.-The Ohio river is
rising along it's whole length, an almost
unprecedented case. At Wheeling it is &c
feet and still rising Boats cannot pass
under the bridge. Marietta is flooded
more than ever and the railroad track be-
tween Marietta and Belpre is six feet
under water The Times Star specials say
that Catlettsburg is already flooded and
more damage is expected on account of
the great rise in the Sandy river At
Portsmouth the river is 55 feet and rising,
2 considerable portion of the city is under
water The Scioto river is also rising
above the railroad track and North Ports
mouth is under water. Here the river
continues to rise being SO feet at o'clock.
Newport, KY, suffers most at present
very many houses are already invaded by
the water and IL e people are moving out
The Anchor Iron and Steel Works at
Newport, the iron and pipe foundry and
the greater part of Swift's rolling mill
were compelled to suspend. Merchants
along the river front in this city are busy
in removing goods from cellars and first
floor Ne further damage to coal barges
and railroad yet submerged, but will be
tomorrow if the rise continues.
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
ath OF Governor Davis, Of Texas.
PENNSYLVANIA FLOODS.

P1TTsBURG, Pa, Feb S.-The food il
the Monongahela river reached its highest
point, % feet, at three this morning and
soon after began to recede owing to the
cold weather which shut off the small
streams. The water did not get as high
as anticipated by several feet and the
damage here is almost wholly from inunda
ton. but the loss from these is considera-
BILE. All mills all along both rivers are
submerged and operations suspended
Many stores in the lower portions OF the
two cities are under water and hundreds
of families on the south side and in the
Allegheny have been compelled to leave
their homes until the food subsidies. Dis
patches from towns along the Monongahela
report great damage from inundation. The
waters are, however, subsiding and no
more danger is apprehended.
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
FOREIGN LANDS.

DUBLIN, Feb S.-Davitt, Healy and
Quinn, arrested some time ago for making
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS have refused to give
bail and this morning were lodged in
Kilmainham Jail for term of six months.
BERLIN, Feb. s--Reichstag voted 100,
600 marks for exploring Central Africa.
It is announced from Rome that the
Pope has replied to the letter he received
recently from Emperor William.
GLASGOW, Feb S-The Anchor line
steamer Uto 1ia, from New York Jan. Esd,
arrived; all well.
LONDON, Feb. S.-The survivors of the
disaster to the steamer Kenmore Castle
which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on
the I'd instant. existed three days by chew
iug flannel vests The third officer became
storming mad ard jumped overheard, but
was rescued.
XEREs, Spain. Feb. S.-A party of
socialists here condemned and murdered a
peasant Fourteen persons accused of
completely in the crime have been arrested.
LONDON, Feb. S.-A schooner has been
wrecked near Partaferry, Ireland and an
other near the Shetland Islands, Scotland
In the first five sailors were drowned. In
the second the whole crew perished
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
TEXAS NEWS.

ST. LOUIS, Feb. S.-A Post Djspateh
special from San Antonio, Texas. says that
Edward j. Davis, governor of the state aud
leader of the republican party. died yester
day of typhoid pneumonis,a at Austin.
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
GRAIN.
Peoria Market.

PEORIA. Feb. &.
C0RN-Firm; mxed 52%0544
OATS-No- white. 401zs41.
RYE-561f ass.
WHISKY-1 IA
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. Feb. S-The president
laid before the senate memorial of the
legislature of Kansas in reference to
pleuro pneumonia in cattle. After brief
executive session the senate took up
the tariff bin and consideration of the list
began.
Before the senate committee on educa-
ton and labor Frank K. Foster, secretary
of the Massachusetts federation of trade
and labor unions. made general statement.
of the condition of the laboring classes of
New England, morally, intellectually and
physically He said that class distinctions
were growing, and that mill operatives
were the worst of. Massachusetts opera
tives were in better condition than the
rest OF New England, on account of the
ten hour law. Since 1878 the average of
wages increased 6 9-10 per cent, and the
cost of living increased 81 210.
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
Chicago Market
CHICAGO. Feb. 5.

CHICAGO. Feb. s
HOGS Receipts 1900; light 2006 70; mixed
259nT Is.
Ca tTLE-Receipts 5000; slow; sellers holding
for f01l5; advance prime, 1896 25 good 10
choice shipping, , 256l5 80; common to fair Is
G35 1a; butchers 5od14 90; srockers and feeders
3 351t4 rs.
GRAIN.
EHEAT-Higher; regular l 04 january: 081
Feb. 1 07la March; 0S1S April; 15L Nav; spring
l 06; winter o.
GokN-HIghor; 554056 CASH 55a4 Jan; 56sS
Feb. 56E March 59aMay
oATS--Higher; ssS cash and JAN; IS Feb 3s1.
March; Al & MAY
RYE-64
BARLEY-S4.
WHISkEY-I Is.
PoRK-Active and high r; Si7 750S17 81 Jan
aary; S18 254 February; SIS OF March; Sis 20
April; SIS 371s Mas; SIS 5s1S June
LARD-Higher; $40 971k jan. $i1 2OiS Feb:
81 290S11 s09s March; S1l 4sM April; 81 So May
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
CHICAGO NEWS NOTES.
FAILING IN INTELLECT.

CHICAGO, Feb. S.-Application has been
filed for the appointment OF CONSERVATION
for the estate of the well known millionaire
and democratic politician, Perry II. Smith.
The first evidence of the failing of mental
force was observed il London last summer
when Mr. Smith was Frustrated with sud
den illness. The application is made at
the instance of Robert Law, friend of
the family and it is understood to be with
their concurrence.
HOTEL THIEF ARRESTED.
CHICAGO, Feb. S.-The police here have
in custody an expert hotel thief who has
been committing series OF depredations
for the past two weeks. He gives his
name as William .Slade and is believed to
be the man who robbed the room of J. Fl.
Flemming, New York drummer, at the
Palmer House few days ago and when
discovered was frightened away by three
hotel porters with revolvers and escaped.
In his room on the West side were found
925 shares of stock of the Denver Circle
railway, the property of Marshall Jewett
and Thos NJ NichoI, the grasshopper
politician, and promissory note by Nichol
for 81, 500 in favor of Speaker Keifer, of
Ohio, all stolen from Marshall Jewett's
western agents at the Grand Pacific
week ago. In addition was valuable Jew
elry and two 1000 mile railroad tickets
belonging to A. l.. Thalnan The police
are unable TO identify him in the list of
crooks
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Feb 8.-Indicatisns for
the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys, slightly warmer and fair weather
south of Minnesota. with west to south
west winds. falling, followed in the north
vast pertiens by rising barometer
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-The joint reso
luton passed TO admit free of duty
the monument to George Washington to
be imported by the Philadelphia Society of
the Cincinnati
The house then went into committee of
the whole On the tariff bill, the pending
amendments being those Offered Uy Tucker
and Morrison fixing the duty on steel rails
at seven-tenths of cent per pound and
fifteen dollars per ton respectively. Tucker
withdrew his amendment and accepted
Morrison IS, fixing the rate at fifteen dollars
per ton. Several amendments were offer
ed and rejected and after discussion of
some length the committee fixed the duty
per ton on steel railway bars, and railway
bars in part of steel weighing more than
twenty five pounds to the yard at SO pei
ton by vote of 10 to so.
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
WIRED WORDS,
GREAT INUNDATION.

The Waters Reeeding in pennsylvania
after cauaing Great Damage.
The Wholesale Destruction of Property
nv Flood continues in Ohio and
Kentucky.
Darkening of a once Bright and Vigor-
Gus Intellect.
Death of Governor Davis, OF Texas.
The House Imposes a Duty of SIS ton
on Steel Rails.
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
PEACH PROSPECTS.

CHICAGO, Feb. s.-A Iribune CORES
pondent telegraphs as result of his
trip through central and southern Illinois,
that the peach crop of central and west
ern Illinois and part of Missouri is prac-
tically wiped out, but that in the southern
part of the state the buds are all In excel
lent condition of all varieties of fruit
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
STOCK ALL RIGHT.

GALVESTON. Tex, Fet. S.-The loss to
stockmen throughout the state by the
recent cold snow will not exceed five per
opf
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
WANTED.
M eat Market

E. SCHNEIDER. dealer all kinds of fresh and salted
eats, No. 1917 Second avenue Rock Island, Ill.
Oct18d1y
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
Milwaukee Market.
MmwAuKEr, Feb !

MILWAUKEE, Feb, 8.
HEAT--stronger; No l O61s cash; o61s
May. No 8, s. No e. ~
CORN-Quiet; 54A
OATS-StronaEea; 3S.
RYE--Dull; 63.
BARLEY-Quiet; rs
The Rock Island Argus., 1883-02-08
LOSS OF SHEEP AND CATTEE.

Advices from various parts of the state
show an average loss of sheep through the
recent spell of cold weather of from Is to
20 per cent Cattle of all kinds suffered TO
q great extent
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20
Gems with q History.

The New York Sun is responsible for
the following:
"These are 500, 900 twins brought
together by chance after more than q
quarter of a century of separation, and
never to leave this country, now we've
got them"
The speaker was German gentleman.
the head of wholesale diamond import
ing house in Maiden lane. AS he spoke
he took packet of silken tissue from q
big safe behind and dropped il upon a
counter covered with green haize, at
which the reporter seated himself. A
wire gate slammed to and locked the
visitor in without seeming TO have i'm
prisoned him, and the German gentle
man began TO open the tissue paper
packet. Two lusirous gems, which blaze
with pure BLUSH white fire, CLEANED
side by side. Each was about as big
around as three-cent piece, but what
was more striking than their sizes was
their identity of appearance and beauty.
They are cut alike, weigh alike eight
and one-half carats each, and are VERT.
able mineral twins.
Il confederate sensation and make q
fortune with them in Paris" said the
diamond merchant. sTheyi are old
Indian mine diamonds, and have his
tory that put them in the catalogue Of
the famous gems of the world. I have
proofs that establish their identify.
They must have been in the possession
of Warren Hastings when be was COVER
nor-general Of India. Previously they
had been the jewels Of rajah, and aftel
they had left Hastings jewel casket they
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20
An Enormous Locomotive.

We have here at Sumner, making daily
trips to the summit of Tehachipa Pass,
the largest locomotive engine in the
United States, and perhaps in the world.
It was designed by A. J. Stevens. gen.
eral master mechanic of the Central Pa
cific, for the purpose of running over
steep grades. It was considered doubt
full experiment., but it has now been
making daily trips to the>summit for a
long time; and w. FL. Worwick, en-
gineer and machinist in charge of the re-
pair shops and engineering department
at Summer, informs US that it has proved
complete success. He gives us the
following facts in regard to this ponder
GUS machine: It has twelve wheels and
weighs, when in working order, includ-
ing two men, La, 900 pounds; total
wheel base "a feet l1L inches. The
tender has eight wheels and weights,
in working order, $4,000 pounds.
The total wheel base of the en-
CINE and tender is So feet a inches, and
the total length of engine and tender
over all is "a feet. The grade of the
Tehachipa pass is 116 feet to the mile,
with ten degree curves, one right after
the other as closely as they can be laid.
twenty-five miles in length, train of
fourteen freight cars loaded with twenty
tons (of 1000 pounds. to the car. This
is q heavy load for two of the largest ten.
wheeled engines with Is by N-inch cyl
inders, and weighing forty tons, and, as
a regular thing, it actually does the
work of two of the heaviest engines with
a greatly reduced expense for coal, at
tendance, wear and tear, etc. It has g
reversing gear operated by water taken
from the boiler. which can be used OF
not. at the option of the engineer. II
also has a brake on the driving wheels
which is operated by steam. This en-
| gine has given such satisfaction thai
| twenty-five more of the same kind will
probably be built. Mr.. Worwick, who
is mechanic and engineer of great ex
perience, inclines to the belief that still
larger engines might be used to ad
vantage on steep grades; but for ordi
nary stretches of road, such as that be.
tween this point and San Francisco, the
! locomotive in ordinary use is large
enough Bakersfield Courier.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20

were secured by q Russian nobleman
during a mutiny in India. He took
them to Amsterdam, where q skilled
Dutch lapidary recut them. thereby
greatly enhancing their beauty while
only slightly decreasing their weight
The nobleman lost possession of one of
them at the celebrated gaming tablo of
III. Blanc, at Monaco. At least it is sup
posed he lost it gaming, for It was only
recovered at the auction ssle of the
effects of Mms Blanc widow e,f tha
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20
HARLEM Architecture.

Although Holland abounds with the
most delightful specimens of domestic
architecture of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries, they seldom care to re-
vive iG when they build new house.
There seems to be but one approved style
now, and that the very worst style of
French villa, with its dull dark s.Man-
ssrd' roof. There is also an almost uni
versal run on certain garden statute In
plaster, the most ill-modeled child. with
suort tunic, holding basket of chalk
fruit on its simpering, idiotic head No
garden is complete without that, and if
the means of the owner permit, large
globe of shining quicksilvered glass, IN
which is reflected the most awful dis
tortions of every surrounding object.
Those who afe tired of hearing of thigh
art" and "aSthetics," of harmonies and
symphoniesfof color, of dadoes and old
bric-a-brac, should come here to rest the
troubled brain. If one could only stay
few months with the owner of one of
these villasi The people are by no
means reticent in displaying their OBJ
iects ssde lux" mostly wax flowers or
French vases. Gilt-edaed books bound
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20
Beware OF the Cloak.

A scientist, in the interest of married
men and the oppressed of all nations.
has advanced new idea that will fill
a want long felt, and afford all men who
take advantage of it immediate relief in
this hour of their af1iction. He says
these new fur-lined circulars are un-
healthy and should be abolished. It ap-
pears that the fur-hned cloak has the
same effect on woman as diamond pin
on mans shirt bosom has on the man
who wears it. A man with diamond pin
on cannot have his coat buttoIied up. for
fear the pin will not show, and in nine
cases out of ten unless he is careful to
wear q sheepskin protector, he catches
an awful cold and is liable to die. More
has been written by scientists and medi-l
cal men upon the folly of wearing dia-
mond pins on the shirt front than upon
any other of the modern fashions TO
which mortal man is addicted And it
seems the fur-lined cloak is also worm
that is gnawing at the bud Of our bean-
tifuI types of womanhood. aud making
consumptives ont of them The trouble
is woman is bound to have about five
or six buttons OF her fur-lined cloak un-
buttoned at the bottom so the cloak will
blow back and expose the fur. But
women seem determined, in the face of
all this testimony, 10 stick TO the fur
lined cloak and embrace death In one of
its most horrid forms. They have
either got to button up the fur-lined
cloak or wear q sheepskin chest pro-
tector.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1883-01-20

in good old-fashioned positive colors, a
magenta" tint now and then that seemed
to have been distilled from long pent-up
and suffering canal water; these massed
in brass-bound book slides. and tended
by Muse or two in plaster of Paris,
are on the veneered table between
the parted curtains of every one of
these new abodes. Wandering along
one of the canals, we stopped to admire
crow stepped gabled house of time
toned brick. We read on tablet high
up the name of Phi. Wouvermans. Yes,
that must have been his studio window
that large one. A pleasant house, and
substantial well-to-do air ell about it.
A pleasant spot, too, by the tree-shaded
canal. Wonder if it is still studio? It
looks like it. It almost tempts one to
ring the bell and ask if the Wouvermans
is at home.
There are still in HARLEM a goodly
number of charming old houses of the
seventeenth century. Some of their
gables lean rather forward toward the
street or sideways toward their next
door neighbor in way suggestive of
Fundamental debility. At first sight It
seems safer to walk in the middle of the
AOdd, ddO 4OOh OQU kOI ld41luS DI1CAb.
But one soon gets over the lottery char
acter; in fact, some one toldsus that they
were built originally at that angle for
ward. When they lean sideways they
admit the mouldering pile beneath, and
own to the sinkage. The fine old city
walls and ramparts that withstood the
famous siege have been pulled down, all
but one fine old gateway, splendid
specimen of it's kind, picturesque to the
last degree. That is all there is left Ito
illustrate one f..the greatest chapters in
the history of Haarlem. The boulevard
and the tram car have risen over the
dust of all the rest. I should like to say
something more worthy of this mem
orable siege, there is such splendid
opportunity; but ION second thought
perhaps it is as we'll to refer the reader
to Motley, and not seek to supersede
that admirable history George H.
Broughton, in Harper's Magazine for
January