Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-19
SOUTHERN 0IEANiNos.

whom he mad not seen befors in thirty.
four wears
A Virginia paper publ shed thirty wears
ago contains q long description Of the
trial and sentences of q white woman for
teaching negro children how to read and
write.
Arunaway compile seated on the hack
OF small mule rode up 90 tho court.
house at Milton, Fla, the other day and
were married by the county judge.
A parson In Upton County, Ga, mar
ried Ill couples before he got a single fee.
The las, martyr gave him Eve dollars.
fhe indictments pending In the Criminal
Court Of Memphis. Tenn. against Presi-
| dent Haidsn and other officials of the tax.
ing district were dismissed.
fiee at Louisa Court house, Va, a few
nights ago resulted In the destruction of
twenty-one out of twenty four business
houses and shops In the town. The new
hotel escaped the flames. The individual
| losses are all small and aggregate $2S. 900;
insurance. $4,000.
Aunt" Mary Young, coiored, died In
Knoxville. Tenn, recently st the age OF
one hundred and aftecA. Records Of the
family 10 which she belonged show fbst
she was horn at Fairfax Court House, Va,
in ira She retained her mental facul-
ties up to few davs before her death.
Harry L. Edwa rds. new Orleans law.
yer, a few days ago shot and fatally
wounded DIR. l.. L. KuykendalI, and then
turned upon his wife ard shot her through
the right lung. inficting n fstaI wound.
Edwards and his wife had separated on
account Of his jealousy.
Tho Florida judge who recently sen.
fenced fifty tramps to receive each thirty
nine lashes on the bare back. has been
moved by humorous appeals tn revoke the
sentence, but declares tho penalty shall
be enforced on the nstt lot OF tranps
brought before him.
Kentucky still heats her State ,houss
at Frankfort with oid-fashioned wood
fires.
At Hawkinsville Ga, lately. five thou.
sand acres of good timber land were sold
for s1s
W. J. Morrison, who sued the publish.
ers Of the Nashville tTenn. Daily tnsrf.
can for $4,000 damages. for defamation
Of character, was awarded Judgment for
1850.
The Alabama law requiring all conduct
ors and trainmen to obtain certificates Of
freedom from color. blindness from exam
iners appointed by the State, Is working
satisfactorily.
In quarrel at Chattanooga, Tenn, \
few days ago, Owens, a leading capital
ist, was lot aud mortally wounded bysJ.
ID. Barnes, a boot and shoe merchant.
man at Mucksice, Ga, recently saw .
large hock Of birds aud amused him self
throwing stones at them. When he got
through his watch was missing, and by.
ISLANDERS say that be was 80 excited he
had thrown IL at the birds.
Alexander McGound, residing at James
town, KY. put q shotgun to his head q
few days ago, and blew his brains out.
drew m "a pension q tSt see rSar 81 Al dol r. ia; and
! month. There In no known reason for the
suicide.
Senator George, Of Mississippi, is said
to be chiefly interested in bill he has i'm
troduced to erect a monument In Wash
ington to Zachary Taylor. The Senator
was a Lieutenant in old Zact's army.
In a shooting ARRAY at Homo Park
Landing, Miss, a few days ago, n negro
man and woman were shot and seriousl y
wounded by noted negro known as
"0ne. Arm Smith, ,nwho in turn was in
stantiy killed bv another negro. name un-
known. Smiths slayer escaped.
Joseph r. Banks aud John Cockrill. the
latter colorei, indicted for the murder II
John Llttleton, editor of the National Re-
rier, who was shot on the streets Of NASH
vile, Tenn. on December - wsre ar
rsigned In the Criminal Court last week.
A plea Of guilty wrs entered. and the trial
set for February q.
Sixteen leading members ~ the First
Baptist church at Jack ;on, Tanu.. aud
three newspapers in d fereni parts of the
STATE are dcfen'lants in an action for 49,.
oo0 damages brought by Rev. Frederick
Howard, pastor OF the Central Baptist
Church in Jscksoi. They are charged
with making statements injurious TO his
character
Representative Phelnn. of Tennes see,
has prepared n constitutional amendment
giving Congress power 10 annually grant
sin,0)0,10o 10 the public schools in the
States, TO be distributed pro rata among
the States on the basis OF illiteracy.
The last seen Of Ben Burton, who left
five wives sitting in the Atlanta (Ga.)
courtroom awaiting his return, was in a
batteau crossing the Chattahoochic river.
With him sat number six, whom no picked
up ON his fight from the court room and
induced 70 fiy with him. Her father has
now joined the grand army Of pursuers.
The abandoned wives held conven tion
and passed resolutions to poo. their in.
tsrests in order TO run down their hus-
band.
As tho north bound assenger train on
the Chester & Lenoir railroad was cross
ing the ;restie about two mills north of
Hickory, n. g, few nights age, the
trestle collapsed and the train was pre-
cipitated to the ground tw enty feet below.
The cars were piled one upon the other.
and in a few minutes fire broke ont in the
wreck from the stoves, and all the cars
were consumed. The most remark bile
feature Of the disaster was that all the
passengers and crew escaped with in
significant injuries. All mail and express
matter was burned. The road is part Of
the Richmond a. Dsnville system.
Eight years ago John Sampson, young
colored man from Clinton, ". C., went to
work in one OF the turpentineries near
Eastman. He said he never intended to
go back home until be could buy his old
masters plantation. He never lost a
days work, refused to enjoy the Christ
mas holidays, and never spent a cent,
save for clothing and board. After the
first year he began lending money to his
fellow workmen at high rates OF interest.
Recently he returned TO his home with
$500 in cash. and letter has been re-
ceived from him by his old employ cr. in
which he says he is now owner OF the
acres he had coveted so long.
Lent begins on February Is.
Dr. Daniel 2. Boynton, one OF the lead
ing ply ysicians Of Tennessee. and for a mum.
Der of years United States pension agent
at Knoxville, died a few days since. He
was a native Of Cleveland, o.. and moved
to Knoxville shortly after the war. He
married the oldest daughter of the late
Parson Brownlow.