Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-02-28
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Railroad Commission sor the full six
years.
Trouble Is again brewing at the Pratt
Mines. near Birmingham. Als.- growing
out os the recent lynching OF the negro,
George Meadows.
Mrs. W. J. Burton. the wife ot = promi-
nent eonfectioner at Memphis. Tenn. has
mystertously disappeared Fears are en-
tertained FOR her safety.
The grand jury at New Orleans returned
true bill against Or. Etienne Dcschamps
for the murder OF little Juliette Dcitch,
on January ~, at his Office in that city.
A serious shooting ARRAY occurred at
lansing. Team, recently, in which Dick
and John Burns were both fatally wound
ed by c. A. Quinn. merchant Of that
place. whom they assaulted.
Acyclone passed through Ribb County,
Ala, few nights ago, doing great dam
age. Several persons are said 20 have
been killed and many injured
The great revival which has been going
on at the First Methodist Church. in Jack
son. Tenn, FOR the past few weeks, l. pro-
crossing with unabated interest Large
congregations attend the services nightly.
All the factories at Augusta. q A.. were
closed. q few days since. on account os
high water. The new banks ot the canal
stood the pressure well. The river rose
10 thirty three and oue-hals feet abr-c
!ow-water mark. II was thought II he
canal banks coull resist the pressure for
a few hours more all danger would have
passed.
Atlanta. Ca, has decided 20 enter the
southern Baseball League.
Leading Georgia men, Democrats AZ
we'll az ar.sthff.sura t,Ik r,srf,-
OF Judge Emory Speer OF the United
States District Court for a place IN the
new Cabinet.
Esther Reynulds. while attempting tn
cross the Louisville & Nashville railroad
track. in front of freight train at Wales
station. Tenn. Few evenings since, was
Knocked down and crushed so severely
that her life WAS despaired %.
Fire Mt Norfolk. Va, recently destroyed
two dry houses, worth $4,000, and about
sl500o worth ot lumber. belonging tn the
lumber mills of Tunis and Serepeli, in
Norfolk County. The mills were not in
Iured. Insurance, 5000 on the proper
ty destroyed
While driving a loaded car in the coal
mines at Central City. Ky, a Few days
ago, bank of forty tons of slate caved in
upon Henry Reese. suddenly, crushing
him and the animal he was drivins; to
death
An old man named Mahone recently
died in Crenshaw County, Ala, supposed
to be almoct penniless. A few days ago,
when the appraisers went to the hous- To
value the little personal effects, they
found =. 6o5 hid away IN n book where the
Old maa had placed it.
The Passage by the Alabama Legi@ lat
- rhs. hill L.,
all the counties Of the State, except JEFF
,erson, virtually makes Birmingham. out
side Of New Orleans, the racing center Of
the So .th.
Judge o. ID. McMannma died at Frank
.ort. Ky, few days since. He was noted
~ the presiding judge In the trial Of
rhom1s Busord for the murder OF Judge
Elliott. of the Kentucky Court OF Ap-
peals. His charge to the jury was com
mented upon by the press generally in
,lurlins the London Times.
Governor Fleming Of Florida has signed
the bill pas sed by the Legislature in the
extra session before adjournment Great
ing State Board Of Health. The board
will be appointed and begin operations at
ones so as To remove all possible danger
Of the introduction or spread of yellow
fever In Florida next summer.
Mr.. Pat McSeill, for long time an EN-
ploye OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company. fell from train, few even
ings since, at Pearson's station. Miss,
and was instantly killed. being badly
mangled. He was an old citizen and wa
hard -wOr king and industrious man.
&C. Patten was appointed by the Chat
tanooga (Tenn.) Chamber OF Commerce
to represent that city in the convention
at St. Louis To formulate National bank
rupt law. The chamber also adopted a
series of resolutions favoring the enact
ment Of such a law by Congress.
Several new railroads in Alabama are
before the General Assembly with strong
petitions for share in the three per cent.
fund due To Alabama from the sale os
swamp and overflowed lands. There Is
now in the State Treasury something over
Sc, 900 accumulated from this source. and
about 1900 still in the U nited State
Treasury.
Elias Ward, a negro who is to be hanged
ut Jackson, n. c., on March :, il a de.per-
ate character and has desperate friends.
During his last trial, AMI for several days
after, the Jail was constantly guarded by
twenty-five armed men, and now he has
been taken to Warrenton for safe keep
ing. He is a member Of the cCSored
Knights OF Labor. many OF whom live in
Northampton County. II IL feared a res
cue will be attempted when he Is taken
back to Northampton FOR execution
II Rev. J ames Gibson a prominent Bap-
/ tist minister Of York County. y. c., was
( drowned recently under peculiarly dis
f tressing circumstances. He was return
I ing 10 his home from n pastoral visit to
Done of his charges in the country, and ar
! Tiving at the banks oe Sugar creek, found
4 the stream very much swollen and the
bridge washed away. He therefore de-
termined tO wade across at point which
II he thought was shallow. When about
half way over, however, he suddenly
found himself n deep E~a.==. s=a was II
able 10 maintain his footing. As he could
not swim, he was borne several hundred
yartIs by the swift current until he
clutched some overhanging limbs, 10
which he clung with desperation for sight
hours, assistance being impossible on ac-
count Of the rapid current and he was
finally washed away and drowned.
The body Of D. H. Smith, a negro from
Forrest City, Ark, was found a few
mornings since suspended to a tree near
Artesia- Miss. The only crime imputed
to him was shipping negro laborers to
Arkansas. Two reputable citizens OF
Ositibbeha County and one from Lowndes
! are charged with the crime.
The biggest financial sensation in Geor-
gia in years was the arrest, recently, OF
Joe Adams, q member OF the firm Of A. B,
Adams & Son, cotton brokers, at Macon,