Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-10-25
SOUTHERN GlEANiNGS.

sons. - Set on loE-wag0u. which Is
drawn ty four large oeer. There ;. =
door at the rear and steps for entering II.
and within are cook-stove, dining ta-
BILE, sleeping berths. and all necessary
arrangements for comfortable journey
ing.
Al Valdos'a. Ga, a man named Vickers
recently attacked and almost killed DR..
J. u. Manson. because he was jealous ot
She physician having been invited 20 din
ner by ms wife -f,cr attending a sick
child.
John Thompson, coiored facoferf
twenty six years old. was found on tee
street in Louisville. KY. few nights
ago, dying % pistol sh0. in the groin.
He lived half an hour after he was sc,nd.
His urierer was unknown.
The Christian Science Association of
Louisville. KY. with a membership OF
Ion, mostly ladies. many of whom are
wives OF prominent business men. re-
Gently celebrated .he frsi anniversary of
Its org sui Fation.
Four members of the Toilocb Stree,
Baptist Church in Augusta, ia, *ere
publicly dismis scd recently because thsy
united with the Mormon elders. This Is
the first instance in that locality where
church members have been enrolled ~
Mormon converts.
In a landslide leo by IJl fect wide at
Kieinstou, Mss, few days since. Psy-
ton Harrison. the chief engineer of the
Vicksbufs Wharf ami Land Company.
was carried down 20 'i'- river and
| drowned. \ carload of cottdu va Inst
and much damage was done to property.
DR.. K VI. Fairieigh. ono of the most
I prominent physicians in Kentucky. died
at his resiience in Hppkinsville. recent
/ ly, after lingering and painful Illness.
I of dropsy, in the forty y-nlnth year ot his
I age.
Z DR.. F. A. Lakeland, the oldest aud one
/ Of the most prominent Physicians % Ds-
/ viess County. Ky. died At Greenvilie. re-
/ Gently. % heart disease. He had just
left the bedside u a patient. aud fell
Z dead without q moments warning.
Robert J. Fuilih. - ie-sup Ca. was
murdered by Lewis Eiwards, colored,
7 who was sentenced to life imprisonment.
{ Ills attorney secured q now trial. sal tho
+ case was to have begun fcw days since.
Z but party u masked msu entered tho
/ jail and shot him dead
I Th- stockhoIders - the East Tenues-
see. Virginia & Georgia railroad met at
KnoxviIlc. Tenn. few days aeo, aad de-
7 eilrl - issue - gfa1 9sg Ia bonds 20 b.
I kuowu A. the Ebst Tennessee x Virginia
I railway improv smeat and equipment
I bouls. The bonds Will b. used T. i'm
prove the road b. the purchase % addi-
tiOual rpllia-, stock 10 buili feeders and
I extend tie lines.
I Near HFrroisburg. Ky. a few days
since. Moiiie Lester. daughter u a we'll
/ to-slo fsst mer. committed suicide by tax
Z ing strichuius Souir hours after .wai-
lowing the poison she told what she had
done and sskc,l for m sdicaI AID, blit IL was
too late. She dird in terrible agony. A
young man named Campbell hai been
paying her devoted attention. but it was
recently announced be would soou marry
another girl.
The Grand Lodge u Tennessee. Iude-
pendent Order % Old Fellows. elected
the following officers: Grand master. John
l. Nolan. % Nashville; deputy grand
master. Pete Harris. Jr.. ot Nashville;
I grand ward PhiIip Eichoru, of Chat
tanooral greuI secretary. T. II. Harwsll,
of Nashville: grand treasurer. J. 4 Weak
/ ly, OF Nashville; grand repressn tative to
the Sovereign Grand L5lse, y r. Davis.
| Of Memphis. The next meeting of the
{ grand lodge will BE- held at Columbia
{ q tlflcs W. w are u WtAAt4y EpuNfAttnTt
and formerly Circuit Court clerk at Bir-
{ minghaIn, Ala, went to the boarding
/ house Of Mrs. Bird. few nights ago. and
was met at tie bead Of the stairs by Lon
I c. Pease. Mrs. Birds SOU law. who or
/ dered him away. Ware refused To 90,
and began cursing Pease In tho presence
OF several ladies'. Pease pushed him
slightly, and Ware losing his balance.
fell To the pavement below. His skull
I was crush he'd by the fall. and he fingered
a few hours, when he died. Pease IS in
I jail at Favette Court Hoass.
/ warrant was sworn out at Morgan-
field. Ky, recently. against a negro
named Hopgood, and placed in the hands
OF City Marshal spauldins. The officer
/ traced his man 70 a church, and there
| put him under arrest They started out
or the church together, and As they were
/ going out ot the door the prisoner ierked
/ away from the officer, and started on the
[ run dOdging around the corners o. the
I church The marshal ran around the
Opposite way. and seeing that the negro
I was going 70 make his escape. fired upon
him, the ball taking effect in the body.
I The negro was mOTtally wounded
/ WIN. Sherrard. an engineer in the en-
| pl0y % Louis Malloy. contractor on the
I Government work at Louisville. Kg., in
/ enlargIng the canal, was killed. a few
I days ago, in a singular manner. The
[ Pennsylvania cOmp1ny's bridge across
I the Ohio was undergoing repairs, and old
/ ties as they we're replaced were pushed
/ of the bridge and fell to the ROCKS forty
/ feet below. Malloy thought some % these
might be useful 10 him. and sent Sdsr-
/ rard over 10 inspect them. While Sher-
rard was busy looking them over the
workmen on the bridge showed another
tie overheard, and it fell upon SherFard's.
head, dashing his brains out
A w0man's screams, as II in mortal
agony. were heard and thrilled hundreds
| Of people near tine depot at Greensboro,
! ". C., a few nights ago. There was a
rush, aud the body Of mulatto woman
was found lying partially III the door OF a
store. Her throat WAS cut from ear to
ear, and she lay in pool Of blood. The
wound was so dreadful as nearly 70 cut
of her head. Her name was Laura Hiatt.
She had left her home, but n little dis
tance away, only a few moments before,
as the door OF her house was open and
her baby. aged ten months. was lying on
the bed. There is no clew to the murder
er, but the closest search for him was be-
ing made. No reason can be assigned for
;he crime
Yellow fever has not gone yet.
The Association of Southern HOm0eO-
pathists, at its recent session in Louis
Vile. KY. elected the following officers:
President ". z Green. Little Rock; vice.
president Walker Bailey. Jr., New Or
leans; recording secretary. ID. Z Lippin.
colt, Memphis; corresponding secretary.