Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-02-23
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.

William Kelly. inventor Of the pusu-
matte steel process known ss the Bess.-
msr, died at Louisville. Ky. rscsnt.v.
aged seventy eight years.
w. z. Grimes, editor Of the Ca ss1p
County Ciffrsa, published at Henderson.
Tenn. was killed in . personal diricuitv
at subrOsa, Ark. recently.
In an ARRAY at Gaddistown, Ga. q few
days since, "Dot' 9addis and his brosh~r
Maxwell were both badly ont bv Henry
Ward They were involved in sons litiga.
tion- fuss arose between them In
which Gaddis was fatally cut hv
Ward It's said that Gsddis was though,
TO have been shy" against the moon
sinners, and that this was the eau.. Of
the kill ing. MAXWELL Was net ssriously
hurt
Near Mcosshead City. n. g, few days
ago, whale Of the species Known as the
right whale was killed By Q crew Of men.
The length Of the whale 10 sixty feet, and
It's slavers had . desperate struggle With
IL II is valued at g od
DIR. j. NJ Bradley. q leading physisian
OF South PFs tsburg, Tenn, left his hone
some days ago with . large amount of
money on his person to 20 . short dis
tancs in the country On Q professional
visit Search has been instituted for him,
bu. he can not be found His friends
think he has been murdered for his mou,y
and his body hidden
Fire was discovered few DAYS ago In
the rear Of McChssnsy's drug store af
Jackson. Tenn, near where Ore has 60
Cured three times recently. A csrpss
was burning which had been saturated
With oil, on the steps adjoining McChes-
h. -
stairs were also covered with OIL This Is
the fourth attempt since Christmas to
burn this building. II is s-.asnsly the
work Of an incsndiary- Dsssetivss are
on the lockout.
IN Jones County, Ca miKed scrns sRouxh
on Rats" with water and made her two
daughterx agsd seven and fvs y~ars.
drink o. II She then drsak What was
left The mofh~r and older daughter
died. but th- other ehIi1 vas saved hv q
physician No cause % sssign~i for tAs
deed
Govsruor Joha R Gorisa sf G-u-xss IS
said 70 b- . poc~ mrn sxain IN eons.-
qnence Of anIsekv sp~eaissisas
The sent mat in fxvor cs proAibisson Is
said to b rap dy ca the iacr~ass Ia Ncrth
Carolina
Mississippi man recsutIv made shres
attempts 20 commit saieids. bat ali Of
them we're unsuccessful.
John Outlaw. ,e Chester County. NC.
10 the oldest man in that state. He was
born in liza He was q solder in the var
Of 1917
The headIsss body Of Jen HUFF. q col.
ored hotel porter. was found on the rail-
road track at Knoxville. Tenn. . few
mornings since. Il is no, known Whistler
he threw himself under the train or was
first murdered and his body thrown
scross the track TO oovsr mp the crime.
Z H. Taylor. an aged negro, was found
dead near the railroad switch that enters
the spoke factory in Lexington, Ky, .
few davs ago. with two wounds in the
head. supposed to have been done With
some blunt instrument He 10 said to have
saved considerable money. and II is
thought that robbery was the cause Of the
murder.
Mr.. Stephen Swift. ninety-two years Of
age, and at one time prominent business
man of Lexington, Kv., fell down q flight
Of stairs at his residence a few DAYS ago,
from the effects Of which he died He
moved from Massachusetts, to Kentucky
IN 1877. He leaves six children and Q
large fortune.
A party Of eight persons, all negroes.
crossed the river . few davs since from
La Reusite plantation to Dymold's Fair
view place, in Concordia Parish, La The
boat was old, and when the party were
returning. and within . hundred fee. of
their home landing. the swells Of a pass
ing steamer caused the skin. to go to
pieces and seven Of the occupants were
drowned A boy saved himself By cI ing.
ing to q piecs Of the broken boat.
There IS a post-offics in Tennessee called
Sweet Lips
a report that smallpox exists at Jack
son, Tenn, is denied II is positively
stated that there Is not q single case In
ths city.
There Is . young lady in q girls school
in Georgia who gees By the nicknai q OF
Postscript" Her real name is Adslins
Moore.
Great interest is felt in the revival
which has been going on in the First
Methodist Church at Jackson, Tenn.
during the past few weeks Some Of
the most eminent divines in tie South
are present. and a large number Of con-
versions have been made.
William Young. white hunting In
Chickasaw County, Miss, undertook In
chop q possum out Of a hollow log. He
not only got the possum. but le2 silver
ioliars which some one had concealed
there.
Wm. Patterson, who is IN fail at Louis
vile. Ky. under sentence Of death for
the murder Of Jennie Bowman, has ain
been respitsd by Governor Backner, this
time for ninety days.
The sal death OF Mrs. Bob Chapman. of
Barnett. Ga, occurred recently. Her hus-
band in administering the medicine left
by her father, the attending physician,
gave four grains Of morphine instead Of
the same quantity of quinine, as in
structed, which resulted in her death.
The engineer on q north-bound passsn-
ger train on the Alabama Great southern
raj road . few days since discovered the
dead body Of q woman lying near the
track, about two niles from Tuscaloosa.
The train was stopped and the body sx-
amined- II proved 20 be that Of hand
some woman about twenty five wears old,
and the cuts and bruises found showed
that she had been knocked from the track
by q passing train. Attached to the
bosom Of the woman's dress was q card
bearing q number, and By this IL was
supposed she was an escaped lanatie |
from the insane asylum not far distant.
The Tuscaloosa authorizes were notified /
Of the find.
The Salvation Army has invaded Texas
J. " and Sarah C. Shepard. OF Quincy,
Fls-, are the parents Of the largest family /
n Gads den County. They have nineteen 4
fifteen boys and four girls Their .
'ldsst child is twenty-one years old and 4
he youngest six months odd They have
,een blessed three times by the birth Of