Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-12
SOUTHERN oIEANINoo.

Price. whom he attempted to arrest
A movement has been organ lied in
North Carolina for securing a repeal of
the tar on tobacco, and delegation will
be sent to Washington for that purpose
A colored boy, seven years OF age. has
been discharged by order OF the court at
Cuipeper Court-House, Va, as being in
the eyes OF the law incapable OF crime
lie set IRE 10 valuable barn, which.
with Its contents, was totally destroyed.
There died IN Macon, Ga. recently.
Green johnson, n negro whose age was
ninety years. He lived ON the promises
Of Mr.. George S. Ohear, which had been
his home or many years.
David Weisbein, retail dry goods mer-
chant at Savan nah, Ga, was closed up on
New Years day. Attachments were levied
on his property on the ground that weis-
beiu hal absconded. His liabilities are
supposed 81 = SO 0ao aud assets 81 1000.
| The death is announ ed in Nashville,
Tenn, OF DR.. John Rolfe Hudson, in the
/ eighty eighth year Of his age. Deceased
was native OF Mecklcnbdrg County,
Va, his father being large planter.
His mother was Anne Gooic. OF the dis.
tinGuishcd family OF that name in Vir-
ginia- He began the practice OF his pro-
fession in Russelville. Ala.
The Contract for building loo miles OF
the Carolina, Knoxville & Western rail-
rond, between Knoxvilla and Grscnvills,
$. C.. has been let 20 the Georgia Com
struction Company. OF Augusta Ga.
Work will begin in few dav~.
News has been received Of the wreck.
ing Of the ofilce Of the Pioneer newspaper
| at Brevard, Trnnsyivanir County, ". c.,
by a mob. The raper is a weekly, edited
by T.. s. Warrick. Ii has been very plain.
| spoken in its attacks upon dsorderly
element in that county.
EThc question OF Secretary Lamar's age
| hn- 'v been the subject of contro-
s,.. may be set at rest by the
stat .-. M undoubted authority
that ne was born September, II, 1928. and
consequently was sixty-two years old
last September.
Two Presbyteriaus in good and regular
standing are said to carry on an Illegal
liquor business in Somerset, Ky.
Over eighty thousand boxes OF oranges
were shipped from Florida Ito New York
| last month.
W. c. Neeley. who has been citizcn OF
Madison County. Tonn., for more than
| fifty wears. died at his home recenty,
aged sixty-threc years.
The Democratic Legislative caucus at
| Frankfort, XIV, nominated Senator Beck
| for reelection. He had no opposition.
Tho State of Alabama has let out all its
| conv lets on ten-year contracts TO work in
| ths coal mines near Birmingham. They
number 600
There is standing near Danbury, N. c.,
a log house that was built by its present
occupant forty-five years ago.
Henry Shackelford. an old engineer.
well known among the railroad men OF
| Atlanta. Ga, and other Southern cities,
| died recently from an overdose Of cpiates,
accidentally taken. He was fifty-elght
| years old.
Mrs. II. T. Luckev, one Of tho oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Jackson, Tsun..
died at her home in that city few days
| ago. aged about seventy years.
| Mart Watts, aged sixty five years, COM
mtted suicide at Adams station, Robert
| son County. Tenn, few DAYS since, by
taking strychnine. He was q widower
with no family, and had been Ill for some
| time.
Governor Lowry. in his message TO the
| Leg stature of Mississippi recommends
the submission of a constitutional amend-
ment making receipt for the pcil-tax a
prerequisite to casting the ballot.
benjamin Burton, an Atlanta (Ga-) fire.
man, was arrested, "A few DAYS ago, upon
charge Of bigamy. Burton is charged
with having married Miss Lizzie Kirkley.
of Rome, Ga; Miss Lulu Robert
son. Of South Carolina: Miss Lula, of An
| dersOn County, $. c., and Miss Della
Wilson, OF Atlanta Burton denies the
charges. and saws they have the wrong
man.
Governor Tsylor. u Tennessee. has
commuted the life sentence Of Spence
ponaidsoa. a convict now in the Nash
willie peni,entiary. to fifssen years impEi--
onmeut- Donaitson's car-e was that of
murder. and bis GOV .ction was brought
sbouf by cireumstantial evidence. The
victim was a colored girl named Grsnory,
who lived in Biount County.
Tom Connolly. a yuung man. was found
dead on the levee a. Greeuvills. Miss. a
few days ago with his face badly dis
figured. From all indications he was
murdered with some heavy weight. Con-
nelly was working on the levse above the
town. and no doubt was assaulted for the
purpose Of robbery. Several parties were
arrested, but were released again, as
there was no evidence against them.
Ten wears ago the Southern Methodist
Publishing House Of Nashville. Tenn. was
"A
the emerg gency the bond scheme was
adopted, and all went to work to lift the
debt. 1t has been lifted. A bonded in.
aebtedness Of only S35. 600 remains out
standing, and the book keeper announces
that he has the money On hand to take
this debt up.
While one Of the trains of the vicks-
burg & Meridian railroad was passing
Tho Charrv ssreet ,.rossfng in Vfck shure- n
few days ago. il knocked down and ran
over q Young man named VIM. Aiken, in.
juring 20 such an extent that he died
in sho ne. 4 little over year ago
his younger brother was run over aud
badly injured at the same plaza.
John f. Clark, Jr., of John C lark, Sop
e. Co., prom inent merchant aud society
man OF Jacksonville. Fla, was subjected
70 a severe castigation with a rawhide a
few nights ago at the hands Of Mrs. An
nin Taliafero, of New York City. The
lady Is OF petite form and a very hand
soia,s brunette. She was married to
Robert a. Taliafero in New York April l,
1856. Her husband deserted her and
went to Jacksonville, whittier she fol-
lowed him, but he left for parts unknown
before she arrived. She went into one
of the dry goods houses and earned her
living as a salesiady. While there she
claimed that Clark circulated stories
derogatory to her character.
Florida pays bounty for wildcat scalps
The steamer William Porter was burned
Q few days since at the mouth of Salt
river, twentv-eight miles below Louis
vile, KY. Vessel and cargo. valued at
$500 are a total loss. One deck hand,
name unknown was drowned The