Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-09-13
SOUTHERN GIEANINGS,

iail A. Oxford, y. c. a few aight ago. aud
hanged by a crowd % masked men. white
snd black The Taaners were charged
with the murder - a negro, and Smith
with burglary and arson
The boiler of the Perry Stove Works. At
south Pittsburgh Tenn, exploded a les
mornings since, Instantly killing Chas-
Taylor. the superiutcn lent % the works;
J. T. Mills. a Uachinist. " Donovan.
foreman % the mounting department: q
y Carter, n leading ieweier q the town;
WA Plumblee, % Winchester. Tsnn-,
and W m " atsou. moldrr. wm Gross,
uachinist AMI Rock Scru-<s, uoltlsr.
were both fatally hart
In a late issue the Hfaufrefltrr~x' Rec
ord presents statistics a. TO tiss. develop
ueut % the railroad interests % the
South during the last eight years L.
iS>o the South had q. sl2 mules - railroad
costing. with equipment s519>-l 9e1
while AZ the present time IL has .1.esl
mi - costing 81. sJ1.@p 90. gain of
J. 80 miles IN track ani 80 lSs1 0fo il the
amount invested il railroads The growth
- he cotton interests has made a marked
effect in stimulating railroad construc-
iion. and next year the South wili MAKE
i.~s.e'o tons ot pig iron against ses9t1
tons IN I>>e. The traffic In coke ere and
{ iron development b. this business will
furnish southern railroads IN f>>s over
II t0o-ls8 tons % freight. which = sqas
IN volume - the eatire wheat crop % the
country and seven times ls great as The
cotton crop.
A Georgia Judge as decided that a
wife has no right 20 take her husbands
letters from his pockets
The Msffss~vs -
In st Key West. Fla. badly damaged by
the recent storm
Henry ". Grady. % Atlanta. ia. has
been invited TO speak Al Dallas ~ thu
fair. On TexNs Day. upon the Develop
ment ot the son h.
Michael Bach. Louisville (Ey.I
butcher, committed suicide f-w days
ago, by shooting himself through ths
bead. Domestic trouble Was the cause
negro named Coleman. a few days
sine. killed a farmer named Graat. near
Norfolk. Va, fatally stabbed the house
keeper. Mrs Read. robb, u the house aud
escaped
Mr.. Sam Seaman, who was shot by her
hus band at Louisville. KY. died q her
Woun - Scanlan, who shot himself NJ
tbe same time, may linger = few daFs.
but h. has ball l0sigel In the right !. D.
% the brain and can not recover.
An exf-us - combination has bseu
formed % Chicago. - Pa.l. Pittsburgh
and New York capitalists Tor the purpose
q hand ins. niliius and marketing rice,
with the ultimate design ~ controlling
the entire rice crop q the South
Charles Hogan aud Victor Wo hen. boys
sixteen years q age. residing n Webster
County, KY. purchased quart % whisky
a few evenings since and went % the
house % Wothen 70 spend the ? figh-. &c
the way there Hogan drank freely and
vas intoxicated when put tu bed. Upon
going - his room the next morning he
was discovered dead. a.d the evidences
y narcotic poisoning xere too plain o. b
mistaken
The heavy rains which have fallen re-
Gently throughout Georgia have dom
great damage t. the cotton crop. The
state Commissioner - Agriculture has
received reports from some parts os the
state which say the cotton in bottom
lands has been injured f,Sy per cent IL
Georgia the rivers are vcrv high. and
some hare 0yerf ,weI their banks, tOin.
great damage. 81 far as known no los
% life has occurred TIE railroads Of
the State are more or less damaged by
Wa~hOu;s.
The Savannah HJrsisg N.lrs recently
published 4 statistical statement Of the
trade and business % the city. The trad
% savannah fOr the year vas valued At
SOS fs0 90 an increas. % over S50l1. Oh.
The city still holds her own eas " as the
second cottoa port of the United States,
having received during the year s9s 81
ha -. al increase % over 91.930 bales, the
-
United ) afss. Real estate increased in
value fully twelve per cent. The census
of the city shows population Of - 90.
Gabriel Sisk and Mr.. Linlie McGregOr,
Of Hopkins County. Ky, elOped recently
aud were married in Tennessee n Few
days since, when William Lantaff. whc
accompanied them. returned to the home
% the brides father. Daniel McGresor
At Dalton. to tell what hal happened
John McGregor. a brother ~ the bride.
went To his room FOR his gun and just a
Lautaff closed his narrative. he began
firing upon him. producing several
wounds. one in the temple that. it was
thought, would prove fatal Young Ne
Grsg0r then made his escape
There are three Mormon preachers who {
have been preaching their doctrines a.
different places IN Madison County, Tenn. +
for some time. Recently they were
notified 70 ie1ye the ueizhborhooj- They
positively refused 70 leavs aaI lal shed 4
at the idea \ few nights a.o a number 4
- citizens % the Ninth district went I 10 +
the house where they were stopping. took +
them from their raous. carried them to f
the woods and gave them al a severe /
whipping When they we're released they +
were more than willing 10 leave
In Chatham County, v C, a few days
ago, Martin Cowaa committed suicide f
after five or SIX attempts had failsI. HIS
last attempt came near being a failure, 4
for. had help arrived few moments ear
lier, his life would hare been sayel. H +
had for some time been ot uns5aad minI /
and was watched lay aul nigat- lie vas
Ieft alone, however, for few minutes.
as h seemed to be asleep When the
watcher returned Cowan was gone. His
sons 1T once be gan a search for him. Oue
happened 10 90 behind barn. and there,
hanging from a limb % an apple tree,
found hrs father. The latter was strus-
Cling in the very ayOnies % death The
son. with much presence % mind cus him
down without a moments delay. The
most earnest efforts 70 revive the feeble
fame - life began He was already
swollen in the face aud his neck bore the
deep marks % the small but strong rope
used His family found all their efforts
futile and he soon died
Too much rain entirely.
c. D. Price, an aged man. who wa
placed in the State Lanatic Assylrm mean
Hopkinsville, Ky, several months ago
committed suicide few evenings sines
BY hanging himself IN a stable in the