Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-11-29
SOUTHERN oIEANrNGS.

sine. burned the Hopkins Il Robinson
compaay's buiidsns Lo-s. ss0eo. in
sur2ne~. NT1a
Ia q row at Ssw Roads. La. r~centir.
Van Matthews snd J. D wocdru1 killed |
csch ether.
VIM K sisine. = Baltimore drummer.
shot himself through the heal AZ the -
James Hotel Richmond. Va, few days
ago. No cause ts kuown-
The milIstoue in Cuaaingh&m & @ slio-
way's grist mill. at Galioway's Station.
Team. burst a Few evenings siac& in
stautiy killing Oliver wslder aud serious
iy intsrtns Cunningham The mill w&s
wrecked
The Governor Of SodtS csrvlina has
eommutsd TO thirty years. imprisouu,r1s
the DEATH ssnteucs % Charles Duprc. ths
chtld murderer. shc vAs to have been
negro boy. Just nine years ofd.
Ihs Warehouse and Offices Of W. r. 81.
niger 6 Bro. sncis.als four dealers. sf
LouisviIlc, Ky. vers burned fs- nights
ago Nearly 5000 barrels OF foar vrrs
destroyed Loss on building aud stock&
s+looot insurance about 81, ,0la
J. J. Bsrrey, ot vicksburg. Mss, re-
c-utiY sank gas we'll ut Laks Provi-
asnce. La The pressure Is good. and
the gas burns brilliantly. II Is believed
the gas h-ld ts extensive.
The cotton crop In West Tennessee Is
yielding much better than was expected
. mouth Axo. Tue staple Is larger aud
better than has tsen known for years.
The streets ot Jackson are crowded with
cotton bales from morning until night
The outlook Tor q big holiday trade vas
never better.
Ths yeIiow-t-vsr .courgs has entirely
abatsd at Decatur. Ala
John Peterson. wanted IN AshvtlIe. ".
C., FOR murder. has been captured 10
Biout County. Tenn.
An unsuccessful attempt was msd~, Q
Few nights a<u. ~ burn the building oe-
cupaed By the Birmingham (Alal .i9e-
Herai,i
Ben Harrison. coISresi man OF Hop
kinsvIil-. KY. had st while driving
wagon. 3 few days since, and. falling 70
the ground broke his neck, dying Inc
stantly.
John White. young farmer living near
Hopkinsvtils. Ky, fell from loaded
vzyOn. n few evenings since. aud broke
his back. and received other serious in
iuries thas rendered his recovery doubt
ruL
~ - l. " AsA9Ns y aNEAA-AItN0 %aA EC~
centric citizen Of Hopkinsville. KY, ci-a
s1stssulY few days since. He recently
hal stroke os paralysis. ald never
rallied He vas a bachelor.
The Garfield Club, Of Knoxville, Tenn,
composed entirely OF white citizens. have
maize arrangements to attend the iaaug-
aratiOu Of President Harrison in n body.
Two hundred members wall 20. each
wearing n sflx hat and oyercoat OF the
same color.
The house OF Jack Gregg st Lecsvills.
KY, WAS burned . few nights ago. and all
the family, consisting Of Ave persons.
I persisted. except Gregg. who was awaT
from the house on business
+ While boring for gas in Livingston
County, Ky. twelve miles from Psdueah.
recently, a vein OF silver ore was struck
at q depth Of about eight hundred feet
The vein Is sail to be about three feet
thick and considerable excitement pre-
walls over the dnd
Henry James, eoiOrei, and his wife
gent To a church supper at Livingstone,
Ala. f-- nights ago. leaving their three
children locked up IN the house. Upon
their return they found .hs house in
Ashes, and the children burned To a crisp
John Peterson. wanted for murder AZ
A.u@fAAAts ~ 49, WAS hEEootc1 III NAc
mountain. OF BIount County, Tenn,
few days ago. BY Deputy Sheriff BIanksn-
ship. Peterson killed = man named
Gooch last July. the murder being the
most horrible ever known in Western
North Carolina
:. H. varnedo, n prominent merchant
/ Of TsYka, Miss, was shot down and in
stantIy killed, few nights ago. There
we're no witnesses 10 the killing, and the
assassin Il unknown.
+ U. =. Adams, city treasurer OF Macon.
/ Ga. il reported as being about 81. $50
short in hLs accounts. and has been sus-
I pended from Office. He can give no sasis-
/ factory explanation Demands have been
made on his boudsmen.
4 Some new coal discoveries that have
been made near Fordsviile, Ky, on the
/ line OF the Ovensboro & Falls OF Rough
railroad. hold out better promises than
+ any Of the veins yet known in that region.
/ Jas PaiIbeck. a farmer living in Cleve-
f land County, v. C., was called TO the door
OF his house few nights ago AMI shot
dead by an unknown party, who then en-
tered the premises. shot Philbeck's wife
and robbed the house. The murderer
/ escaped
I Robert II. HALEY. OF Jackson. Tenn.
I brakeman on the Mobile & Ohio railroad.
fell under the wheels while coupling cars
7 at Guns0wn, Miss, n few nights ago. The
I cars passed over his left hand. mangIing
/ it in a fearful manner. The unfortunate
man was taken 10 Jackson. where four Of
his fingers were amputated
! Jack Jones. a negro hailiug from Ma
Con. Ga, made an unsuccessful criminal
assault on Mrs John Haegsrd and Miss
/ Hedgrota, who live near lockwood, Tenn,
few nights ago. He was asterward
caught by an angry mob and lynched
L The recent disappearance Of Colonel J.
p Hill, from Morgan County, Ca, has
been given additional interest by the dis
I closures Of his wife. She says that three
I months ago he claimed 10 have had q
VISION IN whieEl 40 Sss Sz4SEss. - ssssT=sssss
up his property and 90 into n distant
Land where he was not known. He
iuaehed home Gns night from n ueixhbor-
ing town. and handed his wife the deed
I Tor S10.0Go worth OF property, keeping
500 N cash FOR himself After giving
her sx.licit directions as TO how to man
age business, he went out into the dark
uess and disappeared He settled up all
his obligations before he left he was
/ dtsy years 0f age, and had alwaFs lived
happily wfta his wife He leaves four
children, all daughters. three OF whom
are married 20 the wealthiest men in the
county
/ Top cotton Is yielding we'll
I The oldest man IN Virginia aud perhaps
| n the Cnired States. Is dead His uans
sSs CApt2in John SPsnce, OF Aecomac
[ County, and hs was one hundred and
/ Twelve ysArx q Ase He was born in l. Is,