Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-08-16
SOUTHERN clEANINos.

probably cost him his life. His horse
fell into an old we'll 100 feet deem Mr..
Carlton was looking down ct his horse.
when he lost his balance and tgmbled in
himself. The horse kicked him on the
head and body. infietEny very ssriou,
wounds, from which recovery Is extrems-
ly doubtful
Major b. y. Fall. associate editor OF the
Pine Bluff (Ark.) Dgaty Commercial died
recently, after an illness OF several
weeks. He was o man ot very consider.
able attainments ani vas very grace
ful writer aud Of genial disposition. He
vas Q native OF Ohio. but served in the
Confederate army on the staff OF Major
General Fsgan-
passenger train on the Cincinnati.
New Orleans & Texas Pacific Jumped the
track on . trcstls. fourteen feet high,
near Somerset Team, - few mornings
since. All the cars wera derziled, but
lodged on ths woodwork os the trestle
No one was hurt The road was COM
pletslE blocked for several hours.
William Van Patten and r. z. Brook,
two Michigan immigrants. living near
Cleveland. Tenn, about fortnight since
swapped wives by mutual consent OF the
= The new relations were pleas
%@eNCiy A&k RaEbAcs Col-
e. except Van Patteu, who hecan
l.Isx Of his bargain, and wanted TO trade
back His wife, q very handsome won.
an, positively refused to return to him,
whereat be consulted . lawyer with .
view Of securing legal restitution The
people in the neIghborhood are very in
itgnant, and the law will be invoked on
the parties.
A gardner near Huntsville, Ala, has
produced q forty two pouad cabbage.
The cotton prospect in FaYstte County,
Ala, Is represented as better than for
twenty years past
The live poultry trade Of Birmingham,
Ala, Is said to amount to more than So
N0 per month.
Alfred Llewellyu, q young man nire-
teen years old was drowned near OWENS
ooro. KY, a few days ago, while bathing.
The city authorities OF Charleston, s.
C., have quarantined against Jackson
vile. Fla No persons thence are allowed
to enter the city, and vessels are stopped
at Fort Johnson.
Wilfred Newman, assistant postmaster
at Gretua La, was arrested by POST
Ofice Inspector Fisher, q few days since,
on the charge Of stealing registered mail
| and was held in 81, 900 bail for examina-
ton befor~ . Uaited States Commis-
siouer.
south-bound freight train on the
Illinois Central railroad ran of the track
near Medou- Tenn, a few days since,
caused By an open switch. The engineer
and fireman were slightly injured
Two little girls, daughters Of John W.
Hackett and John Mercer, were very bad
ly, and perhaps fatally, h7rt at Owens
horo, KY, a few days since, by being
caught under some cross ties which fell
OF q freight car near which they were
playing.
James Frazer, q native Of Scotland.
manager Of Hemmingway's stock farm,
near jackson, Miss, was fatally shot, q
few days ago, by wm- James, coIored,
during an alteration brought about by
the refusal Of James to obey orders.
James was wounded with btrdshot-
| West Crib, who cut and killed Jack
Thomas, both colored, was recently con-
victed OF murder in the second degree In
the City Court at Montgomery, Ala, and
was sentenced TO the penitentiary for a
term OF nineteen years.
A big sensation was developed recently
at Montgomery, Ala, by the action OF
three companies, members OF the city fire
| department, in joint meeting appoint
ing committee to institute impeachment
| proceedings against Chief VIM. K Jones',
| OF the department on the ground of
drunkenness and general Incompetency.
| A colored boy named Link. twelve years
| OF age, was drowned in q we'll at Poplar
Grove, Ark, q few nights ago. He had
been sent to the we'll after water, and, re-
/ naming away an unusual length OF time,
search was instituted which resulted in
finding the body.
| W. d. Brown & Co., public printers of
| Alabama, recently fled bill in the City
| Court at Montgomery and obtained an in
| junction against R. F. Kolb, State Agri-
| cultural Commissioner, to restrain him
from having printing for the department.
done outside the State and by others than
the public printers.
| At Wilson, ". c., a few days ago, Chas.
| Bynur- colored, shot and killed Henry
Privett, also colored. Byuum had been
| carrying on for some time an Illicit cor
/ respondence with the sister OF Privett
/ The latter had frequen ntly demonstrated.
/ They met during one OF BYnum's calls on
the girl and the tragedy resulted.
John Read, book-keeper for Pat FIem-
| ing, Wholesale and retail dealer In plumb
-rs' goods at Chattanooga Tenn, has
oct. taking with him a large
u mouev, the exact amount Of
- not yet been aseertained-
scar Dalton Ga, a few nights ago.
/ Rev. J. c. Giddins was stabbed i've times
| and his throat cut, and his death was Oul y
/ a question Of hours. The crime was COM
mitted by renter on Giddins' farm,
named ssamper, who called the preacher
10 the door and attacked him.
/ A terrible shooting ARRAY occurred at
Rock Run. Ala, . few DAYS ago, between
James Smith and Frank Kirk, which re-
suited IN the former being shot through
the head Smith can not possibly re-
cover. The shooting Was the result of q
quarrel over a woman Kirk made his
escape.
The Hrst bale Of new colt on In the
LouisviIIs market WAS sold at auction
at the Board Of Trade a few days ago to
the Louisville Cotton Mill Company, an
/ extensive warp-m akiny concern which is
Just beginning operations. It graded
strictly middIing and the price was
fourteen cents
Alb. Sewers, marshal OF Stsphensport
XIV. was killed few nights ago while
trying % arrest some drunken men He
WAS stabbed and cut IN more than a dozen
places His mu rderers escaped, a. there
were no witnesses to the tragedy except
those engaged in IL.
Barbecues have the call Just now.
There was big celebration Of tbs sous
Of Ham at Concordia, Miss, recently. and
among those present were Horton and
Douglass, two negroes They went home
together pretty full Of hquor, and On ar