Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-02
SOUTHERN GlEANiNoS,

Tenn, OF fatal fight In which two well-
known young men engaged, about q wom-
an. Charles Ferrell was shot and killed
by w. u. Roberts. The killing was pro-
nouneed justihable by the Jury of inquest
Tho trial ot Cross and White, the
Raleigh IN. C.l bank officials. on the first
indictment. ended in conviction. Cross
was sentenced to seven years hard labor,
White 10 hve. A appeal was taken,
which the attorneys for the defendants say
will bs carried to the Supreme Court OF
the United states, rs Federal question
/ Is involved
Hon. Fred ". Struiwick, the Demo-
cratic presidential elcctor- at largo for
North Carolina, while riding In the
suburbs of his native town, Hillsboro, a
few evenings ago, met with a serious ac-
cidcnt lie fell With his horse into a we'll
Ave feet deep. Tho well. it sccms, was
covered with boards, and was, To- all ap-
pearalces. perfectly safe, but A. Mr..
Strulwick urged his horse upon tn, IN
both the horse aad he fell TO tho bottom.
He was scriou .ly injured.
Lucy Bedford. the richest colored vo-
man IN Tennessee, who resides In Nash
vile, was awakened at an early hour -
few mornings since by a man standing
over her with drawn knife. He threat
/ fHTA W takf ucT iltc udies% sn~ surreu-
dercd all the money she had in ths house.
Mrs. Bedford, who is eighty years Of age
aud very fe bic, gave tn, nocturnal visit
or 500 aud he departed She was 40
| prostrated by fright that her condition
has since-bsen quite critical. Mrs. Bed
| ford owns real estate and stocks valued
at 100000
Congrcssmen Bynum and Mills spoke
TO l5,0oO people at the Chautauqua at At
lanta, Ga, a few days ago.
| \ plot for the escape Of to0 convicts at
/ Pratt mines, near Birmingham, Ala, was
discovered a few days ago, and promptly
suppressed.
At Covington, Ga. a few days since
/ two children " q. Dcauford were killed
/ by lightning.
The situation st Harlan, KY, the scat
Of the whisky war, - very bad, and the
/ whiskyites threaten bloody work for the
/ destruction Of their property by the Of
fcers.
/ James Y. windham. a farmer. who
killed his neighbor, Hon. p. w. Bailey.
/ In Dale County, Ala, was driven to sui
eide by remorsc.
The first bale Of the new crop OF cotton
was received Mt Savannah, Ca, a few
days since, from Thomasvillc. II weighed
is9 pounds and was classed strict mid
ding. II was sold for fifteen cents per
pound.
A party OF sixteen armed men from
near Pineville, Ky.,forcibly rescued Gem
eral Souder, one of their number and "A
desperate. few nights ago. from the
Knoxville. (Tenn) Jail by overpowcring
the iailer. Souder has sworn eternal
vengeance on Tom Osborne. the man who
arrested him, and trouble is feared.
The examining trial - j. II Iler, OF
Ohio County, ky, who W"s charged with
the poisoning OF the family OF William
Ter. resulted in verdict o: acquittal.
The greatest excitement prevailed during
the trial. and the court room was
thronged to hear the verdict
Near Bentonia, Miss. the daughter OF
Dolph Miles, colored. poisoned her father
aud three brothers, a few days ago. Two
brothers are already dead; the third
brother and the father are not expected
to recover. The mother was at church
and thus missed her portion OF the poison.
Family trouble WAS the cause.
The American Loan and Trust COM
! pany of New York has filed with the
clerk of the United States District Court,
at Atlanta, Ga, n bill asking that a mort
gage for II, ~, 90 on the East & West
railroad ot Alabama be foreclosed and
receiver be appointed. Tho claim is set
up that the road Is more thln six months
behind with its interest
A fatal accident occurred, n few even
ings since, at Tra willie, station on the
Alabama Great southern road, by which
LOCOMOTIVES and eight box-cars were de-
rallied and Fireman r. C. Ivey, of Bir-
mingham, and "a brakeman named ALI
of hat he.
breaking OF the driving rod and truck OF
the engine caused the accident.
Two more men are reported killed in
the French Eversole feud at HaIsrd, w.
A few days since Shad Combs was shot
down from ambush while mounting his
horse at his home, and day previous
John Campbell, a broth sr Ia law OF J. c.
I Eversole, was killed at his store at Hax-
ard. 1t Is not known who shot him.
DR.. s. L. Humphrey, Of Wick life. KY.
aud his entire family. consisting OF his
wife, two grown daughters and a grown
son, were poisoned few nights ago by
! eating Ice cream. At last accounts they
were lying at home In an exceedingly
critical condition, fatal results being
feared. The manner OF the poison getting
into the ice cream is unknown, but 10 Is
supposed to be the result OF an accident.
Mary Snyder was tried at Louisville,
KY, few days since on a charge Of OBJ
tanning money by false pretense. She
claimed 10 be a medium, and for i've doll
lars exercised the spirits from sick cows
belonging to Joseph Muller. SIe then
said $4,000 was buried deep under NAL
ler's back yard, and IL he would give her
$50 she would get the spirits to help
ressrrect it. Muller mOrtgaged his home
and paid her, but the -, go failed 70 ma
terialize.
A year ago the residence os Mr.. l. C.
Sessions, a few miles from Atlanta Ga,
was robbed Of some money and silver
plate. TIE thief =as discovered and
almost captured, when he mysteriously
disappeared in the darkness. aud the
most diligent search failed to trace him
A few days since Mr.. Sessions ordered
tree to be cut, as il gave evidence OF rapid
decay and its proximity to lis dwelling
made it dangerous. IL was an immense
ancestral oak aud for years n hollow had
extended up through IT, When the tree
fell the skeleton of n man was was found
wedged in the hollow and near him the
silverware and money that had been
stolen from Mr.. Sessions. The supposi-
tion is that the burglar, IN escaping,
climbed the tree and stepped in the hol-
| low so as to elude discovery, but found IL
| impossible to extricate himself;
Fire. bugs busy at Jackson, Tenn
Carl Brenner, the best-known artist OF
Louisville, KY, died in that city, recent
| iy, at the age OF forty-nine. He had
/ Bright's disease. His first picture OF