Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-12-06

VI ~C-Afisuesstt~ fFeuts-
H. ths interstate prize Irl,t az Dan
vile. Va the p,anvllls Blues tnos .irss
pre-. aEt he Reie.sviIie { y. g. Infantry,
secgud.
terrible expl'sion took place q few
eveEilgs since n the -toE~ siaaFri~s near
Fairvlew. ky.. where number - rrsn
we're engaged in quarryiug rock 1t the
time. y aiis iuasIfng with a steel rammer
Tor blasting. the material used suddenly
Sxpiestsd- hurting Chsri-s Combs. white.
and JAKE Rrs-sn sr,d Bill Tsusiy. ceisrvo,
considerable d1stan~s against . stone
wall irtiIcting injuries tIi1t rendered their
recovery doubtclL
Joseph Collins was shot and killed.
few nights ago. by Jn0. Bush. whose
daughter be went - see az Cumberland
Cay. Tenn. Mrs. Bush ordered Collins %
leave. Instead ~ doing 80 h drew his
pistol and snapped Il twicr NJ her. then
picked Ip an empty sh1tCin and began
beating her over the heasi with tt. Bush
appeared on the scene At this iuncture.
aHd drawing his pistol shot Collins
through the head, srin= i've more shots
into his victtni after b. fell.
\ FIRE AZ Duraut. Miss. burned out
hfteen business Ecases. Loss $1,000: in
1s4E aAA4f7f AltAaAttA H. EtfihA.AaN tlrFuatatEF.
4 bargr belonging ta g v Au-itsltz. ~
Troy Belle. o.. with s.'E0 barrels aPplc-,
was sunk by the Kate Adams az Memphis.
Tenn te~ days ago Insurance. sf.itio.
The firm u r. ]. Ferguson & Co.. or
Dublin. Coahnuia County. MIS-. has been
attached IN the past fs.N aavs for sums az
gregating about st5,paG. The first attach
ment Was rEln last Tursd1v. Il Is thought
> hat =
Chattanooga, Tenn. suffered from an
other fire : se~ night, aep.
Th~ killing u Jerry -n1ith. eolore,I. in
Jefferson County. tsa-. recently, BY hss
employer. l. J. Te1ke, a white planter,
has created big sensation among the
negroes. who talk wildly about the mat
srf
Governor Gordon of Georgia has par
doncd William wingarti. who vas con-
victed Il voluntary maH*laGghtsr az the
June term u the Superior Court ~ Chath-
am County. and sentenced n serve four
years in the Vsnit.ntiarv. r.. has served
about fifteen months. Wingarsi killed his
step-father. For long time this step
father had treated the boys mother with
great cruelty, and was often even brutal
IN his conduct toward her. The boy re-
mpustratei with his step-father from time
to time. but Il dill No good 10 one day
when his treatment 0f his mother was
very brutal the son seized a pistol aud
shot hira dead. The boy i only fifteen
years - age.
Ii l. purpasesi "a extend the Oua~hira
Valley railway from Monroe. La u Pos
trop-
Governor Jackson q Maryland h.ss par
d1nsd Hezekiah Best. Martin J. Clark and
John ". McMahau Nhs wee serving a
term IN t.. Baltimore pal Tor fraud IN the
election u r~>.i. The fauliliss ~ soul-. az
them have hsea reduced o. su1-riu..
condition since the izsFTisozE1~at et th-
husbands and fathers
IL il claimed thlf the -rIze -a1lr-e = Fire
Mississippi river nas been diseaver~st- Ir
Is in two Iakes near Sank Center. Mdan--
one ot whieh las been Ezze,I Lsze
Josephine
Government detectives have been In
Louisville lately lnakin. up tis my sss-ris,lis
robbery Of euia while in transit fraza ra@
New Orleans mint To- " Washiast0u-
Traek-Iaying Ou thr Knoxville. Cguher-
land Gap x Louisville railroad ha- asgaa
at Knoxville, Tenn
\ J. SW1n. eX-cuuuty trustee Z EaoN
County, Tenn charged with h.Ju. a de-
= =
friends coming u hi release. His alleged
shortage reached $1,000.
Virginia gave Cleveland Isl - and Har-
rison Ia. - votes
Alabama has ore mile 0f railway 90
every 2a.sl square miles os territory. Ar
kansas one 70 every si-53 square miles.
Florida To every sn-59, LOUISIANA % every
- and Texas one mile 70 every Si.tl
With these figures IL can rot BE- very we'll
charged that the south has all the roads il
can support
A man named Morrow was arrested in
Arkansas few days ago and returned 20
Jefferson County. Ala, where he l. wanted
for the crime u murder he has b~en
living IN Arkansas for several years under
the name of A. J. Simou~. where he mar
ried and had an interesting family HH
arrest has caused a sensation there
In negro dive az Sanford. Fln-, few
days ago. Mat Waters fatally shot WASH
ingt0n Smith Both ars col0red-
yellow fever deaths are decreasing.
The Richmond q DanviIle Railroad
has been euiOinsd by Chancellor
& bison. az Knoxville, Tenn-. from operat-
Ing the East Tennessee. Virginia & CseOr-
gia railroad under TIE lease recently
made The Chancslor's decision Is
thought 4 remarkable document. and
caused a sensation IN the courtroom II
: based on the ground hat the two roads
are competing lines and fall under the pro-
visions Of a Provtso contained II a special
act passed by the Tennessee Legislature.
DR.. John :. Fenaer. for many years the
leading physician Of Jackson, Tenn. died
recently. Eis loss i considered a publi<