Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-24
MAY "a, 1888.
SOUTHERN GlEAr

secure the location OF the L., e,n,ss Stotr
Fair to be held next fall.
Mr.. Rome. prominen nt cif., :, -reen-
vile. KY, dropped dead n I ago
while talking 20 q physicians 1t dis-
case is described as the eanss
The Republicans OF the Second Con-
gressional district Of Tennessee renorr'-
mated Hon. L. c. Houck forGonrrs~s-
Something Of sensation - hl<h col.
ored life at Montgomery. Ala - been
caused by the arrest and incsr11101ion OF
5. J. odam, prominent colored minis-
ter, on a charge Of criminal assault
Governor =. ID. McEnery, outgoing Ex-
ecutive Of Louisiana, was the recipient Of
an informal reception at the State Capt.
tol n few evenings since, the chief feat
ures OF the occasion being the rresensa-
ton TO him OF magnificent gold watch
by his friends OF the capital city, and q
goid-headed cane by the Cadet Corps OF
the Louisiana State University.
Alfred Bell. who was bitten by rabid
dog near Savannah. Ga, some weeks ago,
and who had begun TO feel secure from
any evil effects, developed pronounced
symptoms of hydrophobia few days
since and died in terrible commissions.
The disappearance of Walter =. With
ers, one OF the best-known iron men in
the South, has created a great sensation in
Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Withers tells pitiful
story-that her husband was led away
from home by the Salvation Army. When
lthers left he said he was going to New
York to see about patent pattern, since
which nothing has been heard from him.
Mrs. Sarah Green, white woman forty
years OF age, was arrested at Paducah,
n y n fnx a ~ n m
GERS She had been living there for sew
eral weeks, hailing from Dover. Tenn.
Some months ago she obtained pension
certificate, with Il, $50 arrearage, from the
Government rs a soldiers widow 1t Is
alleged that the whole thing was fraud,
and that while her husband served in the
Federal army in Tennessee regiment, he
neither died in service nor anywhere else,
but is alive and well to-day.
n survey of the Mobile river, made al
the request of Senator John I. Morgan.
has Just been completed. IL shows that
sixteen feet can be carried from the mouth
OF the river to above Mount Vernon at the
lowest stages of the river, and that nine:
teen feet can be carried at ordinary low
water with very slight improvements. In
the vicinity of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad bridge twcnty-six feet OF water
can be carried the whole length of the
| Mobile river at its lowest stages.
Simon Pitts, blind colored pauper "A,
the county poor-house, three and a halt
miles from Clayton, Ala, killed London
walker, another pauper, u few nights ago
with an axe. The cause of the trouble
was exceedingly trifiing. The fatal blows
were dealt while Walker was asleep
crushing the skull and breaking one arm
The murderer stood in the door when wit
nesses arrived. and said: 1--WE killed
him; come In and see him." An inquest
was deemed unnecessary, and Simon wa.
committed to Jail without bail.
General George Paul Harrison died a
Savannah, Ga, a few days go, aged sew.
entyfour. He was a Maior-GeneraI il
the Confederate army.
In the tobacco growing counties Of
Western North Carolina two-thirds o,
more OF the young plants have been killed
by late frosts- Vegetables and wheat
were greatly damaged at numerous point.
In the mountains
| A supplementary report has been made
in the investigation OF the accounts OF ex.
Treasurer Tate of Kentucky. II show.
that $4,000 taxes paid by the Kentucky
Central railroad has never been account
ed for. This swells the defalcation Il
S247, 900.
The Austoll building at Atlanta, Ga.
was almost destroyed by fire few nights
ago. The loss on the building is $1,000
covered by insurance. The loss of lBaiu
a. Kirkpatrick, hardware merchants. is
$4,000; insured for 5000. Mcdonald
Brothers, wholesale grocers. loss, 5000;
| insurance, $500.
| The Florida Immigration Association
was organized at Jacksonville few day.
since by delegates from ali parts OF the
state. Ii comprises the leading citizens
OF the different counties and the trans
| portation companies are all represented
After adopting a constitution and elect
ing board of directors of twelve leading
citizens throughout the State the conven
tion adjourned. This is one of the direc,
results of the immigration convention
held in North Carolina last month. Act.
i've work will be at once begun.
Cora, the little daughter OF Henry Con.
way, residing in Caldwell County, KY,
happened to get hold OF dish n few days
ago, containing disinfectaut that was
very poisonous, and through curiosity
drank some OF il, which burnt her mouth
and throat in a fearful manner and took
the skin off in places. All that saved the
child from drinking enough TO kill her
was the fact that she accidentally let the
dish containing the poison fall and split
it. She was, at last accounts, in a critical
state, her sutFsrings being intense.
| A colored boy named Moses Wade was
SO severely burned at Hopkinsville, Ky.
| a few days ago by his clothing catching
| fire from an open crate that he died of his
| injuries.
| An electric bolt in the shape of a fiery
ball, apparently a foot in diametey, made
| complete wreck Of the Presbyterian
Church at Blowing Rock, Watauga Coun.
| ty, N. c., a few days ago. IL Is the high
| est church in the State and stand on the
crest OF the Blue Ridge at an altitude OF
| four thousand feet.
| Major W. I. Wynn. aged seventy three
| years, was buried in Marietta, Ga, a few
days ago without any religious ceremony
whatever. Major Wynn was born in 1915;
became a lawyer of some prominence,
was mayor of his town several terms and
also served in the State Senate. He had
been all his life a confirmed atheist.
| John F. FlatfOrd advertises in the Knox
vile CTenn.) papers for three girls who
are missing from Jonesboro, Tenn They
are Martha Flatford, aged ssh; Sallie
| Anderson, aged twelve, ans ella Smith
aged fourteen. They were 1t seen at a
! spring near Jonesboro with Boung man
named Weaner. The Smit ..irl is from
Louisville, KY. m
Cotton is rather backwardlbls
Ten years ago Miss Lucy Fs,.l Of Craw-
| ford, Ga, was married TO I'M. Norton.
Shortly after they separated and were
divorced. Mr.. Norton went to Arkansas,
where he became rich. Not long ago he
70 his forrnar and n ra~1uofrs