Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-06-06
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.

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Lorenzo d. Costing. a plasterer on th.
Eagle Hotel in Birmingham. Ala. while
engaged IA his work feS days aSS. fell
from the third s.ory and vas instantly
killed
Mr.. Mayuo. an a<rd aud prominent
citizen Of All-a County. Ky-. was killed n
fe~ days sinc- by tho accidental dis
charge % gun that be was pulling out
from under his bed
The handsome new Universalist
Church. recently erected in HOpkinsville.
KY vas dedicated recently. Rev. sophia
GIbo, % Decatur. Ill. aud Rev. Dr. Tom
lnson- % Gsl~sburg. I'LL. Officiating
The dead body OF John johnson. a
negro. was tognd in a ditch In the woods
near Oxmore. Ala, a few days since, in q
fearfally mutiIsted condition. by party
OF youRg folks who we're taking q stroll.
The throat was eut aud dozen stabs had
beea inflicted in the sides.
A number OF wealthy horse men have
organized company with a capital Of
-. 90 for the purpose % locating a stock
farm FOR the breeding ot nns horses near
HopkinsviIle. KY. and s4n.0o Of the
amount desired has been subscribed
The company will soon be ready 20 begin
operations.
Aveli- authenticated story comes from
Jasper County. Miss, To the effect that q
white married woman who had reason 20
Doubt that her husband was true, after
repeatedly warning him without avil.
aasliy horribly mnttlsted him with Q
razor, and the man will likely die.
There Is. for the trst time west ot ths
Blue Ridge. in North Carolina. what l.
known as a spring drought. No rain Of
value has fallen since the middle o, Feb
rusry. and ss result the hrst crops are
= complete failure. Very little tobacco
has been planted in that section on sc-
count Of the drought The same dryness
has prevailed FOR some weeks in most OF
the tobacco belt. and as a result there Is
marked backwardness in planting.
Ths Comptroller OF the Currency has aa-
thorirsd the First National Bank Of John
son City, Tenn. TO begin business with q
capital Of Sse.ea
Dispatches from many points in Louis
lana and Mississippi show that the
drought Of several weeks duration has
been broken by good rains.
At Birmingham. Ala, the Grand Army
Post and the Confederate Association
united in joint celebration. aud together
they decorated the graves OF Federal aud
Confederate dead.
In the District Court At Shreveport, La.
few days ago. Walter Douglass aud Jake
Bersmann, two young men convicted Of
numbering John Dickinson. were SEN
fenced to the penitentisry for life.
j. Martin and sam Atkins were am
bushed and seriously shot near chatta-
nooga. Tenn. recently. by Jim Barnes
and two others. Martin had been paying
attentions TO Barnes sister, who Is below
him in the social scale.
Miss Florence Little. . beuttful eight
sen-year-old girl. who created a sensa-
tfon in York County. =. C., last year by
marrying two men within a week, has Just
beet arrested in Charlotte upon the
charge Of bigamy.
Fire at Louisville. Ky, few days ago
destroyed the paint and oil store ot Klein,
Rodemaker & CO., causing = loss OF about
81. .o0 10 that firm and about $1,000 to a
number Of adjoining firms and buildings.
At Destsviiie, Ala. Robert H. Allison,
white carpenter. was killed by light
ninx. few evenings ago. He was building
. house when a thunder-storm arose, and
after the storm he was found dead. The
deadly bolt crushed bis skull aud broke
his neck and thigh
Vile. KY. few days since. at the ags Of
one hundred and fifteen, as shown by the
family Bible. still preserved Her hus-
band died twelve years ago at one hun
dred and seven. Up to that time Mrs.
Dewess had been able to attend to her
own work.
A north-bound freight train on the
Knoxville Ohio railroad ran into o
coal-ear near Buckeye station. near Chat
tanoogs, Tenn, a few days since Fire
man William Hammond was fatally in
lured and Engineer Bogart badly hurt.
An English syndicate has eonsummatsd
the purchase OF 30 600 acres OF yellow
pine land four saw-mills, three planning
mills and thirty -siz miles OF railroad and
equipment in Escauibia County, Fla, and
Baldwin County, Ala, adjoining, fol
81, 10000.
At Richmond, Va, on the Slth, tn.
Stewart Horse Guards decorated the
grave Of General Stewart. The Pickett
Division Association visited Hollywood
with the dag presented by the Philsdel-
phiA brigade and beautifully decorated
the monument Of Pickett
At Big Spring KY, a few days ago. q
boy named Stith was riding a mule when
the animal became frightened and threw
him Of. His ankle became entangled il
. chain and the boy WAS dragged about a
mile By the maddened animal The mule
finally went to a barn where Stith was
found dead His skull was crushed to Q
Jelly, both his arms and legs were broken
and be vas otherwise horribly mutilated-
The Chattanooga (Tenn.l Tradesman 10
in receipt OF letters from producers and
brokers Who control fve-sfxths Of the
entire pig iron production OF the Central
South. relative 10 the cut IN prices Of iron
By the Thomas Iron Company. and the
outlook: All agree in stating that the cut
viii have no effect whatever on the South
ern furnaces, and the opinion among all
Is that the bottom is about reached. and
an early improvement In the market Is
anticipated
A terrible accident occurred at Dan.
vile. Va. . few days since. P.G.Penni was
building large brick tobacco factory on
Bridgeisreet nearly two hundred feet long
and six stories high The walls had been
completed and carpenters were at work
on IL. The wind was blowing hard, and
the entire building came down with .
crash Robert Pruitt William Young.
g. B Jones. Buck Hooper and y. d.
Collie were killed Henry Oakes, it was
thought, would die, and six others were
badly injured Several men were buried
in the ruins, and a considerable time
elapsed before they were extricated.
James Beard was put in Jail at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. recently, on . charge Of
attempting to murder l. n. Morgan, the
father Of . young lady. whom he was in
ihe habit Of visiting Beard was chatting
with her. when her father came home and
ordered him out Of the house. Beard drew
= knife and started for the old man. Who