Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-06-28
Oxford Eagle.

The owner of a hay farm near
Augusta, nets from $1,000 to
$4,000 o year.
- The Yazoo City oil mill has
ginned 230 bales of cotton from
lint left on the seed.
IA good many Virginia towns
have boating clubs, and a State
regatta Is talked of. ESQ
-Four brick yards at Gadsen,
Ala, have demand for all the
brick they can make.
% Tho establishment of a State
University for young ladies is
being agitated in Texas.
A discrepancy of $23,06S,03 in
the accounts Of the late treasu,
srer of Savannah is reported.
s'T The combined income of
Lorne and Louise is $4,000 per
year and they do not hoard any
aof 1t. asefp0I 81 e8sisss ia
Hd 1t Ia mentioned at Houston,
Tex, that a railroad war is in
progress between the Gould
lines and the Houston, and Tex
as Central. bus
The only perceptible results
of the vassar girls rebellion
was that commencementpassed
off without either salutatory or
valedictory. .ysa ya1se 4iasla
d The grading on the Mississip-
. pi Y alley railroad, between Bat
on Rouge and New Orleans, is
finished, and tho rails will be
laid by the end of fanext month.
Texas cattle men have been
buying cattle wherever they
4 could find them for sale. All
the stock in Southwest Louisi-
ana has been taken up by them.
King Humbert, of Italy, offers
an island for sale in the Medi.
terranean, east of Sardinia, for
S15O,0O0, which includes the
privilege of assuming the title
of King.
-iii 1t is estimated that 400 young
negroes in Chattanooga have
been orphaned BY smallpox and
otherdiseases. In consequence
of this an orphan asylum for
such is to be est ,blished.
to A newspaper discussion in
Georgia seems to have deter
mined the fact that Gen. Rob
ert s. Garrett, was the first Con
federate General killed in the
war. His death occurred at
Oarrick's Fort, Virginia, on the
18th of June, 1861. aa
The Agricultural State Agent
of South Carolina says: "a de-
cided impetus has been given
truck farming in the lower part
of the State by recent arrange
ments for the transportation of
fruits and vegetables to mark
oets. a refrigerator car will be
run from Charlestont to Chicago.
- A military convention com
posed of the commis stoned of
Ulcers from all the commands in
the State is in session at Colum-
bia, IS. G., for the purpose OF
memorializing the Legislature
to perfect the organization OF
the militia and collect annually
sufficient to thoroughly equip
and maintain all the arms OF the
service. haa B l7
IS Sir Arthur Kennedy, the
Governor of Queensland, who
has set diplomatic circles in a
futter by his annexation of New
Guinea, is seventy-four years
old, and, before assuming the
Governorship of Queensland,
had successfully ruled over
Sierra Leone, West Australia,
Vancouver's Island, the West
Africa settlement and Hong
Kong.
The payments made to special
attorneys by the Government
for assistance in prosecuting
the alleged star route cOnspira,
tors amounts to S125,979, OF
which Bliss received $46,2OS;
Brewster, 5000; Leak, s6,45;
Gibson, 5000; Ker, s27, ,S72
yerrick, $4,000; Pinkerton, 81
(. To the above payments
srs are to be added, which
considerably increase the
rate paid to the Govern
awyers, SAY at least q
additional