Oxford eagle., 1888-11-22

SOUTHERN GLEANIN0S,

Frost fell IN louisiana ard Mississippi
~ few nights ago.
Daniel Hand's gist OF s., 900. 600 FOR the
sdusa,ion OF coiorrG people in the South
viii educate so pupils Year
[ Fire In the European Hotel at Chatta-
noogA Tenn, recently caused SIS, 900 loss.
guest who jumped from window was
baby hurt The bodies OF Major Bigger,
/ ~ atlanta, Ga: Fila Witt, chamber
maid aud Thos Moore. OF Bloomington,
T III; were found IN the ruins
The Memphis & Charleston road Is TO
erect usw shops a, ShsificlI, Ala to cost
9"esa Work "a % hs commenced on
them At once.
In Marloa county. In the western p@..
Z OF Alabama few days since. three Nor
man elders. who hal been In that section
shont ter dAvs. wsva tarred aud seaih-
cred. aud warned TO leave wsthiE .ve-t-.
four hours Il il said the tarring and
feathering was done by about Atty o; the
best citizens of the eouLty. who were In
NO way Disguised
During celebration hell al Hopkins
[ tiiie, Ey., orsr the railroad tar hsv ag
Garfield, George Rrllsrd: lct thst ettr, vas
shot and seriously wounded Ia .t< b-csst
by the accidental discharge OF a pistol in
ts~ crowd. ne vas taken home in n crit
ical stats, with the ehSLc-- -.rafust his
recovery.
There are two NOR. graves In the
French Eversols buryIn. grouad in
Rreathiti Couaty. kv. Buck Combs and
1 Fulton Frenrh. partisans Of the French
faction In tho fcmous verSest,i we're ~.
sassina,ed recently. The two msn were
riding along together when voii-y was
fred from ambush aud both fell dead
( French and EversoIe were the most prom
insnt men in Breathitt County. They
quarrelei at an election aud the vendetta
/ resftifed
The second trial at Nashville. rcnu.. ot
J. K Banks, who kill ed J. J. L.ittleton,
has been postponed to the next term.
party ot Northern capitalists are
down in Virginia prospecting FOR spots
for railroad and other Investments.
Fb- Chattahcochee Waller Exposition
was opened ,t Columbus, Ca, with i'm.
posing ceremonies.
The cornerstone es Masoulc icr.spls
was laid q few days since, at Richmond.
Va the building is TO cost sI51, 600.
Governor Lee and W. :. e---kinridge
delivered orations.
John Rutherford IL now in Jail at At
Ianta, Ca He escaped from the peniten-
tiary on August - and nearly killed four
officers WHO captured hir.i.
Near Lexington, Nv. few days ago,
by the premature explosion ~ charge
OF dynamite; Nike Gormley, the owner OF
quarry. was killeds and a negro named
joan Hayes fatally injured.
Henry Kuhn committed suicide at Louis
Vile, KY. recently, by shootin. himself
thrOugf. the head. lie vas threatened
with pneumonia
A gin house, owned by H. c. Boud, OF
st Louis. and loc sted in Tuuica County,
Miss, was des roy ed 0y fire a few days
agos Eight bales st sott0n were also
burned,
Charlie Winchester. a brakeman on tine
Louisville * Nashville railroad. fell from
the top OF u moving freight train near
Guthrie. KY, few evenings since. and
was instantly killed.
The residence OF l.. T. Coomes. near
OwenSboro. Ky, was burned few nights
ago. Ths fire was eaasei by an exploded
lamp The loss IS = 51l, with a small in
surance.
Ell Fontains, OF Jackson, Miss. was
convicted IN the Federal Court sor burg
.arizing the post -offics at Brooklaven. a
few months since. He is not over seven
teen years old and belongs to good
family. This - his first offense. Sem
tencs was reserved.
The political sensation OF the hour in
Georgia Is the Il ;ht for the United States
SenatorshIp, and the announcement. or
what am oInts to that that Henry W.
Grady will oppose Senator Coquitt FOR
the placs. The scheme has been quietly
Matching for some time, but was only re-
Gently male known
A burglar entered the residence OF G.
p. Atmore, general passenger agent OF
the Louisville * Nashville railroad at
Louisville. Ky., a few nights ago, and
succeeded in getting away with Il so in
money, silver and iewelry.
H. NJ. Meadows, circuit clerk OF Cham
bers County, Ala, was found burned to
death In his room NJ Latay cite. Ala, u
few evenings since Hs Was IN the habit OF
taking opiatss, and IL is supposed he fell
in the frs while unl.r the influence OF
Oae, anil was burned before hslp arr lived.
A north-bound passenger train on the
Richmond & Danville railroad jumped
the track near T0ecOa Ga. few days
a,p, and all seven coaches were destroyed
by FIRE. Nobody was killed or fatally in
iured, bat eight passengers we're more or
less hurt.
II is announced by the Richmond &
I UAIVlle syuileate tlAl " Will establish
bureau in GsOr yia for the extension Of
its line and the encouragement OF manu-
tacturing plants along the liaes now ia
operation President Inmaa will visit
the South -hortly.
George Washington, an insane inmate
of the LouisyilIs (Ky.) aims house. was
shot dead. few days since. by William
Carr. nurse. Washington had been re-
gard ID as harmless, but suddenly became
violent endaugering the lives OF tbs
others. The shooting Is said 10 have been
done in self-defeuse.
The body OF Mr.. ID. W. Counor was
found on the track Of the Louisville,
New Orleans & Texas railroad, about
two miles below Vicksburg, Miss, a few
lays ago. From all the facts that can be
obtained. there remains no doubt but
that he was fOully murdered and the body
placed where il was found
Great excitement exists st Paris, KY.
over the recent ind OF a large amount Of
money, some say as high as sI6, 900. in a
book in a second hand bookstore, by
some coIored men who were handling
rags in the establishment II is known
that one man had ~ high as $50 all OF
which was old greenbaek bills. issued in
Isss- The proprietor does not know
where the book with the money came
| from.
1 Yellow Jack has nearly disappeared.
i Christian County. KY, voted recently
| on a proposition to levy tar FOR the
purpose OF subscribing $4,000 to the
| Ohio Valley railroad, the amount necss-
| sary 10 secure the extension Of tbs roal
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