Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-05-03
SOUTHERN GIEANINoS.

As John Keel. n tenant living on W m.
Taady's farm. near Hopkinsville, KY,
was heiI ing tn load a hcgshead of tobacco
IN to :. wagon. d few days since, 1t slipped
and rolled over Keel, crushing him in
frightfui manner and inaicting internal
inju-ies from which he has since died.
Henry Miller shot at crowd Of women
few nights ago at South Pittsburgh,
Tenn, who were laughing at him. Smith
Langford. Of Anniston. Ala, interfered
and Miller shot him through the brain.
killing him Instantly. A general row fol-
lowed, in which George Cook was fatally
cut about the head and neck.
At Somerset. KY, few nights ago,
Nanny Sidebottoms, who was convicted
u the murder % Thomas Wilson. vet
eran Federal soldier, and sentenced for
life, barely es.sped u mob. They had
gathered. but as they were on the way to
the Jail the Methodist Church caught frc
and they stopped to help put it out. Mean
time the jailer got word, and with his
prisoner escaped.
A desperate cutting ARRAY took place
some days ago between VIM. swift and "a
man named Dewes, neighbors, living in
Muhlenburg County, Nv. The trouble
grew out Of an old feud, R.d they met in n
badly before friends interfered and parted
them. Dewes was not seriously hurt, but
Swift's Injuries are such that he can not
recover.
A Montgomery (Ala.) restaurant boasts
| OF a waiter who is n German baron.
Commander in Chief Rea OF the q. A.
X. was banqueted at Nashville, Tenn,
both Federal and Confederate veterans
participating.
Ten practicing physicians OF Barlow,
Fla, have written letter In which they
state that no yellow fever cases have been
In existence In either the town or county.
The strawberry crop Of Eastern Tennes-
see Is ripenins rapidly, and the growers
are beginning to ship. The yield promises
| To- b. fair.
Fire destroyed the Louisiana Furniture
and Coffin Manufacturing Company's es-
tsblishment Mt New Orleans, entailing a
| loss Of $4,000.
| The City Court Of Mobile, Ala. return
ed verdict giving $4,000 damages to q.
Hall. a brakeman, who had his foot cut off
by train on the Louisville & Nashville
railroad.
7 Elder l.. ". Welsh, pastor OF the Chris
tian Church at Hopkinsville, KY. has ten
dered his resignation. He will % to
Columbia, Mo-, 10 accept a position as
& teacher there.
/ james Ford, Of Simpson County. KY,
shot and fatally wounded Jim King, the
Z marshal of Adairviile, few days ago.
This is the third killing in that hamlet in
/ the past year.
Tom Hanberry. Jr., formerly OF Hop
kinsville, Ky, was shot and instantly
killed Mt Australia Landing. Miss. n few
days ago.
/ The attorneys representing the $4,000
snit OF Rev. Frederick Howard against
three newspapers Of Tennessee and six
teen members of the First Baptist Churct
Of Nashville. have Withdrawn from til,
I suit. They decline to give any reason.
Chief Post Office Inspector Gullich ha!
received notice II the arrest of Theodor'
/ LosweIl Mt Monroe, La, for robbing tbs
/ Monroe post-office.
The weather in Virginia has been very
cold for the season, and there have bee 7
| some heavy frosts. Great anxiety Is fel
for the fruit. II is thought to be ruineC
in some localities.
| While an engine ON the Louisville, New
Orleans & Texas railway was backing vi
Levee street TO the depot at Vicksburg
ger train a few days ago, il ran over
two-year- son of Mr.. Joseph Stackner
crushing it SO that it died in a few min
| utes.
I. I. Dorsey, Jr., the well-known trot
ting-horse breeder and turf writer. fel
dead Mt his farm near Louisville. KY,
few days ago, aged sixty-nine. For owe
thirty years he has bred fine trotters il
this country He founded the Gold Dus
family. Epaulet sold for s22,j00, and wa
probably the finest horse he ever trained
Dorsey WAS an Englishman and a grad
uate of Oxford.
r. F. Sullivan, OF Rockingham County
Va, agent s0r J. T. Cooper, Representative
of foreign bondholders, of London, wa
recently indicted for selling Virgini
coupons. During the term OF the Circui
Court at Harrisburg, Just adjourned, on
hundred suits against parties for offerini
coupons in payment Of State taxes wer
tried. Eighty-six judgments were rem
dered.
The dwelling house OF Louis Stromans
near Springfield, $. C., was burned a fey
mornings since and four OF Stromans
children, two boys and two girls, VIII
were sleeping upstairs, perished in tn
frightfully burned while frantieally en-
deavoring to rescue his brothers and sis
ters, and will probably die.
The business portion Of the town o
Harrellsyille, in Hartford County, n. c.
was burned q few days ago. An incen
diary fired the restaurant OF Geo. Baker
and the fire quickly spread to nine stores
all wooden structures, and burned then
I all he.
Office. The loss is estimated at $4,000
There was considerable salvage OF good
in the burned stores.
Judge Key, OF the United States Distric
Court, at Nashville, Tenn, has sentenced
| Arthur A. Stanton to twelve months i'm
prisonment and a fine Of 500. Stantol
was storekeeper and gauger, and Will
watching the distillery Of J. c. Barnes, o
Putnam County, let the owner have tn
keys to the bonded warehouse for the pur
pose Of removing several barrels o
whisky, the profits OF which were 10 b
equally divided.
Mrs Holly Sheldon, OF Graves County
KY, at this writing had eaten nothing 70
fifty-six days. All this time she has besI
in apparent good health, being perfect,
rational ali the while aud suffering u,
pain up to few days ago. She says sh
merely lost her appetite, and has no de
sire TO eat. The case Is attracting grea
interest in the neighborhood, and medica
/ men are at a loss to account for tn
strange affiiction Of the lady.
The convict camps are doomed.
The amount OF ex-Treasgrer Tate's de
falcation, with all credits ma-e, is nov
placed at Slj0, 600. II Is learned shat jus
before leaving Tate sent the negro porte
TO the bank for large sum, saying b
wanted it to pay school claim. As n,