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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

The French people seem new.
er to tie satisfied unless they
have q war on hand, Ifnot Ell.
gagged in war among them
selves, or with their European
neighbors, they find employment
for their arms in Africa and
Asia. At present they are hav-
ing trouble in Madagascar, an
island east Of Africa, aud In Ton
quin, which lies between China
and Anam. In Madagascar they
have long occupied a few ports
on the coast, and it is manifest
that their object is now, to bring
the whole island, which is lar
ger than France, under their
control. The island has some
great natural resources, and
would be a valuable acquisition
in the hands of a people who
would develop them.
Their effort to seize Tonquin,
is likely to involve them in a
war with China, which claims q
proteetorate over it, and that
would be no trifiing affair. The
Chinese have a very large army
when has been drilled and dis
clipined by European officers,
and is equipped with lastst i'm
proved fire arms. 1t will be no
easy matter for the French to
occupy and hold the great cities
on the sea coast, and they will
soon find that they have on their
hands a long and lasting war. A
blockade ofthe Chinese ports,
and interruption oftravel, would
be viewed with disfavor by 9th
er European nations and would
probably involve France in diff
fculties with them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
KENTUCKY NEWS.
Louisville Democrat.l

In Franklin county lightning
killed a white man and a negro
woman.
Thomas Stevens murdered
his wife at Mt. Sterling by cut.
ting her throat with a case kni fe.
The court of appeals confirm
ed the decision of the lower
court in the Craft case, and
Graft will be hung.
During % riot at Fulton sta.
ton, KY, one white man and
one negro were killed, and four
men were dangerously wound
ed.
The marshal of Millersburg
was murdered by some rouehs
because he had shown some
pluck in the discharge of his
official duty.
From Mt. Sterling $1,000 0
worth ofblooded cattle are to be
shipped to Chicago, on
train,it be sold there the 9th.
|2Sth and goth of this month.
AT Lexington John III Smith
was elected president of the
Kentucky Jersey Breeders AS
sociation, and John McCfintock.
OF Miilersburg, secretary.
The court of appeals a0irms
the decision in the Frank Steele
case, and he goes to the peniten-
tiary for life for the murder of
Capt. WEIGH in Woodford coun.
ty.
Judge S. II. Boles was nomi.
mated by the Democrats of The
ninetee nth district for the
State Senate. Barron countJ
Democrats nominated ]. a.
Hindman for the Legislature.
Gov. Blackburn appointed an
unknown man by the name of
James Flanagan, of Winches.
ter to succeed Judge b. +. Buck
ner. You can never tell where
lightning will strike when DR.
Luke i Blackburn is about.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
NEWS.
Times-Democrat.

The yield of grain crops in
Parker county this year will be
the largest since 1867. Cotton
backward.
The Fort Worth Driving Park
Association is having 100 acres
fenced in, and win build stables,
etc, the whole is to cost about
$1,000.
Congressman Stewart has
ordered q competitive examina-
ton to be held in Houston on
the 10Th instant, to select q
candidate to West Point.
A few days ago Bob Monroe,
colored went into Anderson
and reported that six months
ago he killed another negro
named Levi Colman. An cx-
animation proved the story true.
The order to abandon Fort
Stockton has been revoked.
Lieut.. Palmer, with his company,
has been ordered from Fort
ConchO to Fort Stockton. He
will start about the middle of
June.
Laredo is putting on Metro
politan airs. She is to have q
gas company with a capital of
100000, and q fire company.
She has heretofore inaugnrated
a telephone exchange, street
railway and waterworks.
The Texas cattle drive this
year, 1t is estimated, will be 90
herds, Averaging $500 head
each. The entire drive is esti-
mated at 540,O head, against
100000 head last year. Most of
these cattle will 60 to Dodge
| City, Kan, and Ogullaka, Neb.
The shipments by rail are said
Ito be over estimated, and will
probably not exceed $4,000.
Tucker, the man who was
caught loose in Groesbeeck
with $4,000 on his person, has
not returned to claim his treas
ure, but sent an order by his
brother and another gentleman,
and also statements of citizens
of Waco as to their responsibility
and identity, upon which the
sheriff turned over the money.
1t appears there is no case Of
consequence against Tucker.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
FLORIDA NEWS.
Times Democratic

Crops in Walton county are
doing well.
The raid of Texas cattle buy-
ers on South Florida has not
abated.
Lake City shipped, up to June
i, 5000 crates of vegetable, ag-
gregating 10000 pounds.
Seventeen Indiana families
are making up a colony to settle
on the Manatee River next win
ter.
A large number of colored
people from Georgia are settle
ing in fernando and the mid
die counties of Florida.
S,he last Of thamsurxaxs.on tho
several proposed lines between'
Thomasville and Tallahassee
will be completed this week.
A gopher park has been es.
tablished at Summerville. Wal.
ton county. Nearly q Thousand
have been placed IN the incloss
ure.
Fernandina has SO far modified
her quarantine against Jack
sonviIle, as to admit hardware.
crockery, glassware, furniture,
etc.
Cattle owners having sensibly
reduced the price oftheir stock,
the steamer Alabama has been
again placed in the cattle trade.
She took a cargo from Punta
Rassa last week.
The international Railway
surveying party, in running their
line near the scene of Dade's
massacre, found among the far
mers many relics of that famous
fight, in form ofbullets, buttons
and human bones.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
An impression prevails anon

An impression prevails among
q few that there were only three
members Of the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committed of Lafayette
county who voted against a
Primary Convention: This is
q mistake; the vote upon the
adoption ofthe resolution pro-
vidlng for a Primary Conven.
ton stood Z to @. Those vet.
ing in the negative were w. O..
Swindoll, r. w. Phipps of Beat
i; O. r., Ales of Beat 4; A. J..
Bryant, Frank Hodge and
Aaron Wilson of Beat 5. They
favored a reference of the
question of a Convention or a
Primary election to a vote of
the Democracy at each election
precinct in the county, and in
this way the will of the majority
of the party could have, been
and unmisfakab3y as
c ertaiued; Every good Demo-
crat woagld kave cheerfully ac-
OURS sd in a decision thus
rendered at the ballot box.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

very extravagant place and 1t
must have required the greater
portion Of his salary to have
supported himself and family.
1t ives during the presidential
campaign of 1880 that Dorsey
brought himself most prom.
nently before the public. He
was the Secretary Of the Ma
tional Republican Executive
Committee and upon him was
devolved the most of the work
Of the Committee and it must
be confessed he performed it in
a very effective manner. The
result Of the campaign depend
ed upon the State election in
Indiana and that State was
known to be Democratic in a
fair election. Garfield was beat.
on and the Republicans driven
from power It Indiana went
Democratic Dorsey went to
Indiana, carried large sum OF
money with him and through his
, agents purchased enough votes
I to turn the scale and give the
9 State to the Republicans and
Garfield was elected. This feat
/ endearcd Dorsey to the hearts
! Of the Republican leaders and
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

Senator John Sherman is con-
fdent that the Republicans will
carry ohio this year and pro-
f,sses to be absolutely certain
that they will carry it In the
presidential election.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

A statute of Gen. Lee will be
unveiled at Lexington, Vas on
the 2Sth inst, and an address
will be delivered by John w.
Daniel, recently the Democratic
candidate for Governor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

Sunset Cox, Of New York,
Insists that he is still a candi-
date for Speaker, and that he
viii be elected. He claims that
Randall and Carlisle will kill
each other on and enough Of
their friends will go to him to
give him the nomination. Per
sonally he is the most popular
man in the House, bnt.thc i'm
preston prevails largely, that
he. would be too good natured to
preserve order in that unruly
He has been a member
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

question, he is strictly In accord
with the Western and Sonth
ern Democracy, andif tho nomi-
nation should not fall 10 one
from either Of those sections, he
may possibly get 1t.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

how we'll 1t has been accom-
plished could not have been
conceived. The resolution says
"each candidate shall be enti-
tied in the county convention
to the benefit Of his strength as
shown by the vote taken at the
primary convention"
Now it will be found that hard
|ly any candidate can command
in the county convention his
strength at the polls. The con.
hict irrcpressibly begins at the
very threshold of the conven-
tion and its work. How are you
going to measure q mans
strength? Ten delegates come
up from Beat 5 and say here are
ten votes for Mr.. NJ. for the
Legislature. Ten delegates from
Beat 5 say 10 are against him be,
canse although Mr.. II. did get
some scattering votes in the
primary in our beat yet his
popular votes we're not enough
to count for anything, or had
nothing to do in electing the
delegates OF we were instruct.
ed to give the ten votes from
Beat 3 to somebody else besides
your man. Suppose Mr.. r.,
another candidate for the Leg
islature, is backed by one thous
and votes of the people, and it
is determined that he has a
clear majority of all the votes
in the county over all compete
tors. How can Mr.. Il. get his
one thousand votes counted
where the delegates are acting
some with Instructions and some
without, and those with instruc-
tious are from precincts where
Mr.. X. was in the minority 7
Suppose Beat 2 divides, San
der's Store sending five dele
gates for Mr.. L., another candi-
date for the Legislature, on a
bare majority of popular votes,
and at the Alexander precinct
Mr.. L., loses the five delegates
by a small majority, who is the
choice of Beat 2 for the Legis-
lature, and how can poll strength
be estimated OF the four pre-
cincts in Beat 5, Paris has two
delegates, Delay two, Lafayette
Springs four and Dallas two.
Six men are voted for on the
legislative ticket. Mr.. n, gets
a popular vote at Delay that
shall entitle him to one fourth
of q vote from Delay, three.
tcnths at Dallas, one from Paris,
one and one.haIf from Lafayette
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

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: P'T1Th a lns,.noo. o;vo, m;cbt be
: un,,;nl;ad ;ndosn;,o,v Int tho
/ ;,,-,..ra.;ana moaa .rs snmcient
Ia nrovo tho .unea;rncss of the
r 49, Thav ora anougb TO show
- a.arv candid man how the
m~aior;tv rulc Of the people is
ove,tbrown and the rule Of q
. trading Convention substituted
> IN the place Of the fime-honored
J principles Of popular govern.
; menf. No matter how honest
} these delegates may be, and
how well disposed they may
wish 10 be 10 the constituency
respousible for sending them
There. it may well be doubted
whether the delegates can deal
| fairly with anybody. They will
And themselves forced to trade
frat for this Office and then for
THAT. turn one friend down to
save another. sell out one part
iof tho county to please an in.
considcrab,e number in another
mart and meantime majoritics
are abandoned to the ueople for
some other time and are not
oven re~snectfnllv labeled in let
ters biz enough to be read by
any bodvifanv should chance to
a,I;tbo moor nrivileoc of viewing
Tho dead bodv of a nonular ma.
;or;rv.
While il is true, as we see
publicly stated, that when no
nomination is made at the polls
the delegates are at liberty I'M
less instructed to the contrary
to center upon the man who has
shown himself to be the strong.
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oous law 'ha' inc ue'es"'o'
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nave o"e same no'i'y zen
ter On Tue ihost ava'iaDio ) ~
10 .ne'nseiVes' anu .no 'eas,
avaiiaoie 10 'he peopies Anu
Whf ho1 hhe uciesates . ~ NY
same iipertJ .oJuuse VI s'iehs'h
anu avaiiaoiliey a~ccoiuins W .ne
oest lIaue eacn - naAo ioi
!: n'lnseiia ~ ooso 80 sne5 "
!, tho Committee baa n,ado MAJ
!, take il IN evervhodv,s maui
,,lnot ia the seeret. It.is not,fo i
/. late to correct fhe mistake. The
present plan viii nrohahlv re-
act on some Of tho exnacting
but this ia not the no;nt. Tho
point ia to deal ~souarelv 10 ava.
airy candidate. iustlv tn tho NH.
!. lie and comprehensixelv and
q definitely to oil. and above all
!, provide no means wherebv .
!. candidate shall be foisted on the
party who is afraid Of tho noo.
pie in the handling ofhis name as
a candidate or one who il above
: saying that he wants a nomina
] ton at the hands of his follow
n ~o;t;vons 4, uonanal
4, .
Il Dehhocfata anu never yet scratch
d cd my ticket or refused to yot,
!, for the nominees of my party
T das;ra 10 coo o,r n.rtv
cation preserved and with thi,
~ view all trua Democrats orch,
G. o"'
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21

sucl way Oh arriving ab any re-
suit for Mr.. N. What is Beat 8
to do about il I The plan
Of the Committee practically
forces candidates to combine,
one set on one ticket Of dele
gates and another set on anoth'
er ticket Of delegates, and SO II
win come to pass that a merito
rious candidate aud a popular
man may be forced into a com
biuation that it is not possible
to avoid if he expects to be vo
ted for at all In the Convention
and then the peoples choice Il
to have his head cut Of, Il biz
delegates are not numerous
enough, for the company nc
keeps. How will you find ten
delegates of one mind as to the
choice for the offices al through
Does ii not seem that q pre-
MUM is put on the trade and
barter plan all around ! am q
straight Convention man myself
where thoApcople have no WISH
to the contrary but n the MS
tory of party conyeutlons now
can any good como out OF such
q hybrid and where is the pre-
cedent for tho abortion onereu !
1T might ps we'll De al
mitted that fhc plan cmoodles
within itselfthe scheme o. pun
fishing a man for his popularity
and rewardibg with aslegislatIve
or business Office those persons
whose capacity to trade on the
pefquIsites ID greater than their
ability to win pnblic confidence.
Fertile sake o~fargumcnt, sup
nose we admit that no ditlicul-
tins will present themselves,
that the delegates shall say 30
each other your arithmetic shall
he nv arithmetic and mine shall
10 our and no explanations
arc necessary and all under
stand bow to begin, let uB go a
step farther on Ibis hypothesis.
I an not complaining If the
namocrats Of I,sFayette county
are content buk | .rust that
nope viii aueetion nv RIGHT and
tho aesire Of other citizens to
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
4 RInnLE

The Executive Committee of
the Democratic Conservative
party for Lafayette county has
offered a plan of selecting a
ticket for the important trusts
to be voted for by the people at
the next election which reads as
follows:
Resolved, Thata primary con.
vcntion shall be held on the last
Saturday in July, 1888, at each
voting precinct in Lafayette
county, Miss, to select dele
gates to a county convention to
be held at Oxford, Miss, on the
LIST Saturday in August, 1883.
That at such primary conyen
ton all persons shall be per
mitted to vote who will pledge
themselves TO support the nomi
nee of the Democratic conven-
ton to be held at Oxford, on the
date above mentioned. And
that each candidate shall be en-
titled In the county convention
to the benefit ofhis strength as
shown by the vote taken at the
primary convention.
Resolved further, That there
'lsIlall be selected 10 delegates
lat such primary convention,
! from each beat to the county
, convention and 5 from each
beattto the district convention.
4, This reads well. The theory
lie nico enough but in practice
II is not right and if acted on
Everybody win hndit SO. Even
the ticket that is put up will find
lii d weight too heavy to carry
with assured success. Why2
Because nearly everybody starts
tout dissatisfied. Few under
honaeo;.
vrao.aay ora
s:.S ~ az ahoson -
ns uanr ! nao.
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-21
the STAR OUT TRIALS,

VA svindled ont Of several hun
dred thousand dollars by these
ulun{ierers. but IN the effort to
make out q case against them so
a. ID satisfy the minds Of the
iury that they were guilty, be.
yond every reasonable doubt,
The prosecution fails. So far,
we have heard Of no charges,
thatt be fury was briDed or in.
auenced nv improper motives,
and the general impression
seems to be that they were hon.
est men.
These parties were fried laAt
wear but the iurv filled to agree
and now the second trial results
in an acouittal ofthe defendants.
The Government not only loses
the money II was cheated ont Of
but has in addition, to pay the
expenses 81 the trial. which will
probably amount to more than
4 hundred thousand dollars.
Tho plunderers 20 unwhipt Of
justice whilst the Government
is compelled to foot the bills.
Two Of these conspirators,
Brady and Dorsey, were former.
" bright. shining lights in the
Republican party and ranked
hichin its councils. Brady halls
from Indiana and was one ofthc|
most trusted Lientepanfs of|
Morton. tie great <bloody shirtp
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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-17
Early Marriages.

To those who believe in early mar
yiages, as we do, the following story, ia
ken from Notes and Queries, will prove
of interest; Lady Sarah Cadogan, dGugh-
Ter of William, first Earl Cadogan, was
married at the age of l3 to Charles, sec
ond Duke Of Richmond, aged Is. 1t is
said that this marriage was a bargain to
cancel a gambling debt between their
parents. Lady Saraa being a co .heiress.
The young lord March was brought
home from college, and the little lady
from her nursery, for the ceremony,
which took place at The Hague. The
bride was amazed and silent, but the
husband exclaimed: Surely you are
not going to marry me to that dowdy?'
Married, however he was, and his tutor
then took him off to the Continent, and
the bride went back to her mother.
Three year after, Lord March returned
from his travels, but having such disa-
greeable recollection OF his wife, was IN
no hurry to join her, and went the first
evening TO the theatre. There he saw q
lady so beautiful that he asked who she
was. t'Ihe reigning toast, Lady March,
was the answer he got" He FASTENED
TO claim her, and their lifelong affection
for each other is much commented on
by contemporaneous writers; indeed, it
was said that the Duchess, who only sur
viyed him a year, died of grief. An
other correspondent writes: "a youth
full wedding recently took place not 100
miles from this parish (Deeping, st.
James') the united ages of the couple
bein1 35-the bridegroom 81, and the
bride IA. 1t was somewhat of a novelty
to observe the interesting bride, the fol-
lowing day, exhibiting her skill on the
'kipping. rope on the pavement in the
street,
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-17
Wanted TO Flirt.

A young mandarin attached to the
Chi $50 embassy in Paris was one even
ing introduced, says the Figaro, to the
beautiful Countess de Ephusi. The lady
being curious to know whether 1t was
worth any ones while to attempt a little
Irritation with this son of the Celestial
empire, asked him among other things,
what qualities his countrymen valued
most in women. "Her domestic virtues
was the reply. ssOlf, indeed said the
countess, in a slightly contemptnous
tone. Then they don't like your la
dies to 60 into company and enjoy a lit
tie gessip?" mo, madame, a Chinese
husband has the right to get a divorce
from his wife if she is a great talker."
The charming French woman here
thought she detected covert allusien to
herself, and sarcastically inquired: 81
suppose that would have been my fate
a China2" The Chinaman WAS equal to
siie OCCASION and at once replied, bowling
low: You NAV be sure that from the
aay OF your arrival in China the law
which inflicts this mode Of punishment
on the loqlacity of women would be
abolished.n
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-17

The average human being of to-day ,
is as much SUPERIOR to the average man
or woman of 500 years ago, as a first
class Yale lock is superior to II ordina-
ry paddock. To unlock one Of the inn
proved instruments, the kay must have
just SO many wards, and they must be
most perfectly adjusted. A Yale lock
will most certainly repel any ordinary
key. There is a constant increasing GO
ing on in the commissions of the human
brain, as intelligence increases, and to
get human beings together that al har-
monize Hnder these circumstances, is
not so easy a matter as it onc was. One
would suppose however, en- first thought,
that when two got together that were
tolerably adapted, they might stay SO
for twenty-five or fifty years, If they
lived SO long.-Dr. Foote'S Health
Monthly.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-11-17
Growth of washington.

Builders are SO busy in Washington
that It is hard to get the most trifling re-
pairs Done. Houses are going mp ali
over the city. and land since 1850 hss
quadrupled in value. Blaine's house cost
s67, 900. including the land; Robeson's
cost SIS, 900, but he bought his lot eve
al years ago; Don Cameron's between
$4 1000 and $50, 500, while those Of PEN
dleton, Window and Hazen averaged
$50, 900. But Robson asks 500, 0ea for
his house, and lots everywhere are as
sumine metropolitan prices. Amember
could formerly hire q nicely furnished
house for S150 a mouth daring the ses-
sion; now the same Recommendations are
twice as high, and floors in good neigh
hnrhnnds, which four years & rented
at $50, are now scarce at Si66. The in
fax here grows each winter. People
who cut but n moderate figure on $4,000
a year ia New York and Baltimore can
come here and live handsomely. The
result is tsat Pennsylvania avenue of an
afternoon is crowded with handsome
turnouts, and houses renting at 5000 to
5000 are in demand. A large numher
of flats are being erecged too.