Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-05
SOUTHERN GlEANlNGS


barrels .'c- dav, belonging TO Glenn "
Wenger, was burned fcw days ago.
Loss, Si5, 900: no insurance.
At Nashville, Tenn, John ]. Litticton,
an editor, was shot aud perhaps fatally
hurt few days ago by politician named
Banks.
The South Carolina Legislature has
passed a queer law, which prohibits
grocers from giving premiums, such as
chromos, china and silverware, to pur-
chasers of groceries.
Henry Marshall. negro, shot and killed
VIII Mason, also negro, at Soddy, Tenn,
. few days ago. The murdered man was
| trying to stop row when he was shot.
Tho murderer was captured and has bsen
put In Jail at Chattanooga.
A serious difficulty occurred at 1eilico.
Tenn, a few days ago, between drunken
miners, in which one man was killed.
There are no particulars as yet.
At Tolono. eight miles below Eiijay.
Ga, a few nights ago, In fight between
Austin Wright and John Wright, two
cousins, the latter was stabbed in the
thigh, severing tho femoral artery. He
died next morning, and Austin Wright
has fed.
While two boys, named Coughlin and
ipfltttE anu idNttf
colored-where shooting paper wads at
each other at Nashville, Tenn. a few
evenings since, Coughlin was struck be-
hind the ear with a heavy wad and killed.
Hadley is in Jail.
A fatal difficulty took place at Jackson,
Miss, a few nights ago between New lille
Mitchell, son of DR.. T. F. Mitchell. super
| intendent OF the Lunatic asylum, and Bob
Whitesides, n negro desperate, in which
Mitchell had his throat cut. Mitchell, be-
fore falling, shot Whitesidss dead. Mitch
ell was in company with several young
men. who witnessed the difficulty.
At Wards Seminary, in Nashvill o,
Tenn. the clothing of Miss Cave, pupil
| from Dallas, Tex, caught fre while she
| was passing near an open CRATE. She was
badly burned, but il was thought at first
not fatally, but later il was discovered
that she inhaled tho flames. She died in
| . few hours. and the remains were for
warded to her late home.
The Morg an wooden mills. near Winches =
| Ter. VA. owned by Kern. Barr s. Co. were
burned few nights ago. Loss, $4,000; /;
Insurance, $4,000.
Florida hotel builders are ordering shin
| giles, lath and lumber in large quantities.
| From Fernandina, Fla. 13, ,000, 600 feet were
shipped during November.
Philadelphian has agreed TO estab-
tish large agricultural iron works at Dali
ton, Ga, to employ hundred mechanics,
| IL the people there will put up $4,000 to-
| ward il.
A Kentucky company has been organ-
| ized at Dayton to build houses for work.
ingmen In two or three mining and man
ufa curing counties in that State. IL ex-
poets To double its money.
| A silk-throwing mill is 10 be established
at Wadesboro, N. C., the first of its kind
In the South.
The newly discovered gem, hiddenite,
| from the Carolinas is said to be failure
| as q jewelry stone. The color Is good,
but IL cracks TO pieces on the lapidary's
| wheel.
| A large amount OF hard wood will be
shipped into the Philadelphia market next
year by rail from Virginia and North
| Carolina Agents are endeavoring TO
take contracts now for delivery next
| spring.
| During 1887 New Orleans cotton receipts
gained over 100000 bales on 1886, and
bank clearings show an increase in ratio
| Of from eight to ten in twelve months.
Several manufacturing enterprises are
| being established there.
| Mrs. Wesley Ray, of Marshall County,
KY, presented her husband Christmas
Day, with quartet of babies-tyro r
and two boys. All are doing W 90.
The Confederate Soldiers Home at
Charleston, s. c.. has received from w.
w. Corcornn, the Washington philanthro-
pist, n donation of 81, 600 with which to
found scholarship in the home school.
A New York architect is building an
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"hne Co'ohe, y. ~ rhiiiP' was au-
uressihg Jury In Da'ias, Va, lew days
ago ne hiaue some ssVere STRUCTURES upon
W ". pu'"cs' " ieau'ns o'i]o"' Mr. Dur
,ock at onoe pesan 'irins a' 'he a''or"ey'
TWO ouhe.s .aAing euece one entering
each arm rive shots were hred IN All:
1ohh D. LittIetoh' VINO was shot py JOS.
H. Banks at Nasnviiie' Ienn.' continued
TO SINK un VII ne died Oh MS wound mr..
Littleton would nave Deem twenty-nine
years old had he lived to January ].
Jeremiah II Frye, prominent negro
citiz'n OF Louisville, KY was violently
assaulted oy three unknown white men
upon the streets lew nights ago, and
! died from injuries received He was
robbed OF BIS --ltch but had no money.
No clew TO the perpetrators OF the deed.
ALouisville e Nashville railroad freight
train was wrecked near Athens, Ala. a
few hhys ago The accident occurred
near trestie bridge about ten feet high.
The engine passed over in safety, but the