Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-03-29
SOUTHERN cIEANiNos.

nm eGttFe f9uttN was rcAsou&I near
5reea Rivsr. kv- few days ago. fren
eating rsrs which hsi ben poisoned 10
kfll wolves
tsus-d to b. han s-I al Greehsboro. Ca,
for the killing st William CAsaey last
fall
priest .. Fisn.in xsha<S. ky.. two years,
has apparently become temporarily de-
ranged by smoking cigarettes
The oldest person in Chattooga Couaty,
Ga. is Mrs. Shaw. q graudmcthsr of the
short dlstane.k shs Is in her ninstieth
year. and Is quite active AMI able to get
about without any trouble
J. A. Pearson, sheriff of Leon County.
rias. has rsesissd ths reward Of 500 Of
fercd by Governor Seay OF Alabama for
the capture Of Dink Bucssisw, the noto-
rious Chambers County outlaw, who vas
arrested a few days ago and taken back
to ths scenes % bis crimes
James Taylor and John Check were
taken to Chattanooga, Tenn. fee days
ago. BY Deputy .MsrshaI Hill, on q charge
OF violating the revenus laws in Sequss.
chic County. Both men vsrc before
United States -Ccmmissiouer Ewing. Tay-
lOr was bound over 70 court and Cheek
viii have further hearing on the 3lst-
Hon y l. Hutchius, member Of the
Tennessee Legislature from Chattanooga,
Got into row wish q man from Gsorgis.
il the southern part Of ths city, q few
days ago. when Hu;chins was badly cus
in the left ie-. The GeorSian was shot
through the abdomen by Hutehias.
The levess on Caldwell and Eagle Bend
plantation. fifteen miles below Shrsve-
port, La. trose few days ago and the
lower country for a distances Of eight
miles was all under water.
white man giving his name a. John
b Andrews was arrested near Birming-
ham. Ala, q few days ago His clothes
we're torn to shrsds and he was cut and
bruised in several places Itwas thought
that he was insane, but he says that hs
had discovered aa organized band of
highway robbers aud received the wounds
while trying to escape from them An
drews was held in Gus tody. and . posse
Of officers was searching for the highway
men and their hiding place.
News was received at Raleigh. y. G.. n
fow day ago Of the death of Row. DR..
Matthew Yates. in China He was the
oldest Of this Baptist Miss ionaries. having
been in China forty-two years His age
vas seventy. D. Yates was born in
Wake County, near Raleigh. and grad
aatssi ~ Wake Forest College. He was
lOoksi upon by ths Baptisss as ous os
their leading preachers
Tho regular racing season begins st New
Orleans April Z
The Dcmocratic State Central commit
tee Of Kentucky has decided TO holi shs
State convention a. Lexington. MAY IA
Miss Postelie Green. Of Ashville. Ala.
xas burned TO death a few days sines.
whiie parching corn before an open Ore.
the sparks in scm@ manner ignitinS her
clothes.
The Georgia Democratic stats commit
tee has called a State convention for Nzy
.. TO ssisc; delegates 20 81 Loss. sad a.
other for August :. TO select cand dates
Tor STATE officers
The Bell Meade sale OF Thoroughbred
year iags viii b. held April e. Fifty
four head will Be disposed Of. The hrst
Kentucky sale -iIl be Eassou's Ksutueky
Tattsrsal.'s AT LexinStoa MAJ
Rev J. LVsss has closed bis psstorats
of the First baptist Church of Jackson.
Tenn, and has ,oae to Darlington. 4 c..
where be has accepted pasforate.
Two boys, Willie aud Malcolm Jones.
ser~ playing with . loaded pistol in front
0f ArnoId's store, seven miles from Al
bany. Ga, . few days since, when the
weapon went OF accidentally in the
hands Of Willie. shooting his brother
Malcolm in the mouth and killing him in
stantly- The dead boy was twelve years
Of age.
The most destructive hurricane in the
history Of East Tennessee passed over
portions of Is0udou and Knox Counties .
few nights ago. The most serious dam
age was in the vicinity of Loufioa, the
county seat Of L0usi0n County, and near
Lsnoirs, six miles east OF Loado1-
Governor L0wrey OF Mississippi has ve-
toed the bill which passed the Leg yislaturs
amending the Local Option law.
Mr.. w. A. Howard was bound over TO
the Circuit Court at Jackson, Tenn. in a
bond Of 500. charged with shooting .
negro named Jim Bird, in the left arm.
A reward Of 5.e)9 has BEEN offered for
the arrest Of Tate. the defaulting Ken
tGcky State Treasurer. His shortage is
between Si9o. 900 and 500 0ool
Senator Walthail. OF Mississippi, has
purchased q house in Washington Hs
bought the handsome property, No 11l4
Rhode Island avenue, paying Colonel
Hartweu =. Heath, Of ST. Paul, Minn.,
<i3.5o0 for Il
Jasper Davis, the Columbia Is. CT
wife murderer. who was 90 have besn
hanged last week. was respited by the
Governor until April -. I, Is belisved
that tbs Governor will refase to commute
the sentence
with an interesting record. di@i At 3 eat
a
the son of ex-United States Marshal
Thomas J. Crittsndsn, STaasl.oa OF J. J.
Cri;tenden, anl nephew OF ex-Gasernor
Thomas CrItteaden of Missouri
T. Knox Herrea. tine eo1nterfsi:er n no
was arrested and jailed in Jackson. Miss. +.
rec~ntIy, was examined By Uaited States
Commissioner McGhee, and IN dsfanfr Of
bail vas remandesi To jail TO await the
scsion Of the Federal grand jury.
State convention OF all Labor o.gani-
raticns in Alabama was held last week at
the Capitol in Montgomery. The Knights
Of Labor, the Farmers Alliance, the
Agricultural Wheel, and q number of
trades unions were represented T. l.
Norton, OF Mobile, was chairman
Rome Baruss, q wealthy farmer living
near RussellvilIe. Ark, was shot and
killed few nights ago. while riding along
the road, by unknown partiesi lying in
ambush IL is supposed he was mistaksa
for another man named Williams. whose
life had been thTeatsnsi- w. J. Mat
thews another farmer, has been arrested
On suspieior.
Allan In, Ga, has a whits slave
Hen John p. K nc died at Augusta.
Ga. a few davs ago, aged eigh.y-nine.
He was elected to the United States Sen
ate 10 succeed Geo. ". Troap in Iss5 and