Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-07-05
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SOUTHERN GIEANINGs.

County, Tenn. still RACES. A battle was
/ fought recently At the residence of Hamp
Green. During the progress of the bat
| tie a Ave -year-old child was killed and
several OF the combatants were slightly
wounded. Over two hundred shots were
fred. new invoice of rides has been
shipped TO the scene of war.
The outlook foi big crop in the vicin-
ity Of Jackson, Tenn. wa- never better
The cotton Is looking very hne. with
| plenty uf blooms.
! Charley Wiutsrs, q fisherman at Helena,
| Ark, caught and landed one Of the larg-
est fishes ever seen in that part Of the
| country. a few days ago. 10 was a cham
mel catfish, weighed over two hundred
| pounds aud was caught in the ST. Francois
river.
| Near Bayou Pierre. twenty-five miles
( below vicksburg, Miss, few evenings
since, gravel train on the louisiana
| New Orleans & Texas railway tackled .
| furious bull on a trrStle, which resulted
fatally to the bull and the piling up of
tho engine and tender and seventeen
gravel cars in "A general smash. One ne
gro brakeman vas killed and the engi-
neer received slight wound in the head
The north and south bound passenger
trains we're compelled TO trsnfer at the
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| At Maysvillc. KY, a few days since,
| domestic scandal termin ated in Lucy Rice
shooting Barbara Ballinger To death
Rev. J. Henry Smnthe, ID. D., L. l. D.,
regent Of Grant University. Athens,
| Tenn, was reported lying dangerously i'll
at the Windsor Hotel, in New York.
Boston capitalists are negotiating for
4 the purchase Of the charter OF the Chat
tanoOga & Augusta railroad, and II they
succeed In their efforts it will mean the
immediate building Of the road.
| George Deans, q negro. living n.O
Jacksonville, Fla, three of his own ehtl-
drrn and another child, were poisoned,
few days ago. by some drug in their break
fast. Two OF the children have died.
Three men were arrested recently In
Mason County. Ky, charged with steal
| ing ", 90 tobacco plants fromthe neigh
bors.
| Three years ago Charles Selhe. of Nor
ris Cove. Tenn. saved from drowning the
young daughter ot rich New Yorker.
Now, by will ot that gentleman. who has
lately died. Selhe gets $1,000 in reward
for his bravery.
Blanche X. Bruce, formerly senator Of
the United States from Mississippi. and
later Register of the United States Treas
ury, received eleven votes FOR Vice-Pres-
l
ton.
The last spike OF the Chattanooga Rome
8 Columbus railroad was driven a few
days since. This road extends from Chat
| tanooga through Rome, Ca, TO CARROLL
ton, Ga, a distance of 40 miles, and will
| be extended TO Columbus, Ga, and thence
To- the sea
young man named Harris was killed
in stave factory. near Pimeson, Tenn, n
few days since. The Jointing machine
few to pieces while going at = rapid rate
OF speed. A large piece OF casting struck
Harris in the breast, killing him instantly.
Two other men were seriously hurt, but
will recover.
Sam Alexander, eslored, was shot dead
a few nights ago in Walton County, Ga
There was "a church festival, when quar-
rel arose as TO who had done the most
work for the church The combatants re-
tired To a distance Of l50 yards and fred
| several volleys at each other; by which
i Alexander was killed and others wounded
The grand jury at Frankfort, KY. has
| returned four indictments against Ken
tucky's fugitive Treasurer, James W.
Tate, charging him with defalcation. The
| charge of forgery did not hold because
| the evidence showed that the bank book
which he used was his own private prop
erty.
Rev. Warren A. Gambler, associate ed
| itor of the Nashville Christian .AdrocGts,
has been rendered the presidency of
Emory College, located at Oxford Ca
Mr.. Gambler is regarded a. one OF the
ablcst young diyines of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
Having Just finished the mineral road
| around Birmingham, Ala, and being hard
Mt work ON the Huntsville extension, with
| a letting a few days since Of the contracts
| for sixteen more miles OF the latter, u
develops that the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company IL at work on another
scheme, by which Bristol, Tenn, and
Birmingham will be joined
| A destructive cyclone visited Todd aud
MuhlenbuTg counties, KY, a few nights
| ago, passing from northwest 10 southeast
| and on tn Tennessee. Vast tracts OF land
were laid waste, trees uprooted and houses
blown down The rain also fell in tor
rents, causing the streams to overflow,
doing great damage.
Alta negro church three miles south u
Davisboro, Ca. disput, arose between
two negroes, Hal Bryant and sam Hunt.
over q debt OF fifty cents. which IL 10
claimed the former refused % pay the lat
/ ter, ~ IL was made at cards Hot words
/ caused Hunt Ia draw his knife. and wheu
he did 50 Bryant shot Kim through tho
| left lung, Causing death in less than four
minutes. Bryant left immediately after
| the suootIuE-
Eight years ago Henry Johnson. living
| in Stafford County. Va, was made the
happy father o, twins and be named them
Grant aud Garfield. A few days ago.
while the husband and xife were absent.
| the boys got possession os their fathers
| gun. and after fTuitle<s attempts 70 IRE II
Grant found a percussion cap which hs
/ put on the gun and With an old hammer
succeeded ia dischargiag the load into
,he body Il his twin brother, Garfield,
tearing and mutiiatIRg It almost beyond
| recognition.
The Grand Temple % Tennessee.
| Knights Of Tabor. the second strongest
colored organization in America, vas in
| session at Nashville, Tenn, last week
Rev. Moses Dixon, Of IT. Louis, delivered
an address. and the report of A MeFali,
chief grand mentor, WAS real The Grand
Temple OF Georgia, which has 4 member
ship OF 3O0 WAS admitted TO the lurisdie-
ton OF Tennessee. The order Of knights
OF Tabor, organized twenty y-seven years
ago, has 1900 members IN the different
States.
Worms are hurting the cotton.
The cornerstone OF the Masonic widows
and Orphans Home, which will be built
by the Freemasons OF Tennessee at q cost
Of $1,000, was laid. few days since, ~
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