Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-11-01
SOUTHERN GIEANihas,

brother-in-law, John Gordon. had :
shooting ARRAY. in which Gordon was
seriously and Richard Draper fatally
wounded
fttook sixteen men. fourteen dogs and
nine charges % buck-hot 10 kill "A bear in
Madison County, Ca, few days ago.
Four .f the dogs were killed aud three
wounded The chase lasted for twelve
tours.
h. Sterling, a young white man living
IN his plantation On Deer Greek. near
Greerville, Miss. hail some words with
one of the negro hands ~ the placs Few
days aSo. Il seems that the latter was
arouud With a double -barreiod al otggn
ready 20 oper fire on the white man. but
Sterling was the quickest In procuring
| his shooting iron. AMI shot the negro In
| the stomach; instctius probably fatal
/ w0and.
A young woman named Sallie Clements
was found about four miles trom Owens
/ boro. ny, few nights ago. in ditch.
She was speechless and insensthlc. and
/ bore marks OF having been brutally
treated. After time she was restored
to consciousness, but could give no ac-
/ count of herself or of how she came to be
IN the condition in which she was found
She soon tap.ed into iussu4ibility again,
and could not be aroused. She was taken
TO Uwensborc in this pecarious condition.
and it was thought she wonlI die.
+ L. Carter accidentally shot and killed
| Clarence Beall in Americus. Ga, few
days ago.
The skeleton ~ union soldier was
found recently under the flooring Of the
hotel Kitchen at Dinwf'ldie Court-H ousr.
Va Close TO the skeleton was musket
and canteen.
Near HollevilIe. Ga. few days since,
William Sullivan shot and instantly
killed John wilson The tragedy grew
ont of disputed land line. Both men
were wealthy farmers.
In . row At a circus at Mount Vernon,
Ky, few days ago. William Parker was
fatally cut and James Jones' shot.
Police lieutenant Warren. Of Column
bCs, Ga. a faithful and efficient officer,
has resigned rather than submit 20 an in
vestigati0n ~ the charge that he had ne
gro b,ood his VEINS.
VIM. Strickland the white man who
was stabbed seven times, in wake Coun-
ty. y. c, By lola Hicks, a colored woga-
an, several days ago. died % his injuries.
The woman Is under arrest.
The subject of a penal colony or farm
on which to wogk State convlc;s IL now
being agitated in Alabama. II il put
forth az grand scheme Tor the reform
% the present convict system.
At Spartauburg. : G., few days ago,
T. Ssnn and Helen Boland, both white.
we're sentenced to be hanged on Decem-
ber II for the murder of Mrs Sean two
years age.
The Memphis & Charleston and the
Lo.Iisvtlle & Nashville railroads are pre-
A. L. !
shops a. SaeffislL Ala. at an early date.
George Nude. an cmploye ot the Georgia
Martls Works at Atlanta Ca. committed
suicide few days since by blowing his
brains out with a pistol No cause is
known for the act.
Jim Rice. the sev~nteen-year-o boy
who stole horse aud cart from man
living on the Mckenzie place, near
Helaua Ark, was arrested at Briakley.
ard taken back and placed ia jail.
John Bolton. coIored man, residing
in Montgomery. Ky. was hunting few
days ago when he fell from 4 cliff break
ing his back and receiving other iuiurie.
that resulted ia his death.
Walter Howard, negro, robbed tite
express Office at Jackson. Tenn. few
days ago. H. made an effort t. escape
on freight train. Policeman j. f. Owen
WAS shot through the leg by the seouudrel
: while trying 10 arrest him The negro
escaped
While Joseph Whitaker, colore,l. was
) absent from his home in BlaeAshear. Ca.
a few days ago. his house caught fire and
was burned. His four children made in
; etfeetaaI attempts to escape and their
bodies. were found in the runs. 1t Is
said the fire was started By an enemy OF
/ Whitaker.
A sensation has been created at Knox
vile, Tenn. by the announcement thai
J J. 4. Swan. late treasurer of Knoxville
County, was short about 81, 900 upon a
final settlement with his successor. He
! is now absent somewhere in the West.
The body 0f an unknown man was
found in the woods near Hartford, Ky, a
fesy days since. There were no marks ~
violence on the body. and from surround
Ing circumstances il was evident that he
had committed suicide by taking poison.
There were no papers on his body by
which he could be identified, and no one
in the neishborhood had ever seen him
before.
By order Of the board Of trustees. the
publ. schools in Bowling Green, NJ,
have been closed on account OF the prev
alence of diphtheria aud ME asles among
the stu lents. There have been forty
cases Of measles reported and about
. twenty OF diphtheria and six or
eight deaths from the latter caHse.
Tie steamer Phil Armour. running in
the Vicksbgrg anil GreeBville trade,
, struck snag at Wilson chute. forty
miles above VIcksbarg. Miss. a few
aights ago, and sunk In eighteen feet q
water. W lives were lost, and the book :
and papers and portion OF ths freight
xere saved. Il wai thought the steamer
would be total loss.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Lamp
Kin, Ga. few nights ago. A party Of
floods were painting the town. Oae of
he number. Z. l. Carter. began firing
rs revolver. One shot struck Clarence
3ealI in the back, killing him at once.
carter was so overwhelmed .hat he en-
leavored TO kill himself 4 coroner :
ury returned a verdict OF killing by ae-
sident.
The United States District Court a;
Nashville, Tenu.. has Indicted Henry T.
Wilson for eounterteiting. The indict-
nent was found at the instances OF United
states Detective Bauer. who recently sue
,eeded in having Wilson sentenced to
i've years Imprisonment. Wilson is one
! II the most expert counterfeiters that
! sver operated in Kentucky aad Tennes-
zee.
Jackson, Miss, is all right again.
There mas been recently placed in po-
;ition at Sparta, Ga, the handsome mon
Iment which the friends OF Bishop Pierce
lave erected to mis- memory. Il stands
lver the grave Of the deceased Bishop in
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