Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINos.

Near Haynevflle, AlN- recently. two
mules belonging ~ Moses Patt, colored
lied from hYdrophobia.
Tom Cochran. who was shot st the race /
track in Memphis. Tenn, recently, by 4
Policeman Hendrick. Is dead Hendrick /
vas lodged in Jail
Mack Carneal. q yarlman In the Louis
Vile & Nashville yards At Birmingham
Ala, was struck by n locomotive few
nights ago and almost instantly killed. |
Caruesl leaves wife and two children
Rain has at last stopped the forest ares,
which have been 50 destructive In North I
Carolina Immense stretches of the long
leaf pine country have been burned, en-
failing irreparsble loss.
John Green, n negro. now living In JET
fers0nville. Ind, two years ago. in the
Federal Court at Louisville. KY, sued .
number Of white men Of Hart County,
KY, for ku- kluxing him while he was hv-
Ing in that county. The suit has been
compromised by the defendants paying
Green 500 and costs.
The stable OF James Miller, q colored
hackaan of Louisville, Ny, two horses.
carriage aud his colored driver, sleeping
on the second foor. we're burned few
days ago. Miller. ~ soon ss he diseov-
cred the frr, rushed into the building 10
save his horses. but was overcome by the
smoke and lost his life.
An interesting historical document, mp
TO few days past was the property OF
Captain R A. Hsrdie. q Uniontown (Ala-l
citixen- II was the inaugural address OF
General W. II. Harrison delivered on
March 4, Is4i- The address Is printed on
satin. and is perfectly clear and we'll pre-
served. Captain Hartis has sent 10 &c
President Harrison.
At Ringgold, Ca. a few nights ago,
Jacob A Parson, a contractor. and five
OF his family were poisoned by drinking
coffee. A table spoonful ot arsenic was
| found In the bottom OF the coffee-pot The
attending physician said the family would
/ recover.
John Banks shot aad killed Andrew
| Taylor, near Coal Greek. Tenn. a few
nights ago. Banks was badly wounded
by Taylor's brother.
VIM. Dibblc. alias J. z. Dow. colored,
was convicted of the murder Of Walter
Long. in Thomas County, Ca. and sem
| fenced To death.
The southern stove moiiers at Chatta-
noogo, Tenn, elected Fillmore Gibson. Of
that city. president. and p l. Pfngst Of
| Louisville, KY, secretary. They ad-
1 iourned 10 July 10.
Miss Mamie Tatum Ot South Pittsburgh.
Tenn. was shot through the brain and
instantly killed by her brother. Joseph
Tatum. few nights aso. The shooting
was accidental
Isaac Jones. a Jacksonville (Fla) ne
gro. broke every boae in the body Of his
| four year old child with an iron bar, n
Few days ago, and then fatally beat his
wife. Jones says be has fits, and that he
was suffering with one at the time % the
deed.
The Grand Lodge OF Tennessee. Knights
Of Honor. met in annual session liz Sash
vile last week. There was n large Attend
ance, ninety-six out OF 1i9 lodges being
represented. The reports ot the grand
officers showed that the order IS In n four-
ishing condition
VIM Wiley who was recently tried in
the Circuit Court at HopkinsyiIle. KY,
charged with the murder OF Albert
Wright at a dance near MsdiSoaville last
December. was found guilty and SEN
fenced to the pcnitentiary for life
Joshua =. Ross. convicted of the mur-
der OF his uncle. George Hughes. At Glou-
cester Court House, Va. and sentenced "a
five years imprisonment will have an
other trial II was asked on the ground
that one OF the jurors aad expressed an
opinion on the case before be was
sworn
Captain John Snedley, an old and
prominent citizen died at his home in
Paducah, XIV, few days ayo. He was In
the sixty-hrst year OF his age. For 6
number OF years he was engaged on tbs
river. and for several years past was 4
member Of the City Council
Henry Rice, the murderer ot Wines
Olive and John Hollis, who was lodged II
Jail at Florence. Ala, had 10 be moved 4
Huntsville for safety A mob was or.
ganized. and the leaders declared the
would have the prisoner aud lynch him
A west-bound passenger train. on tn
vieksburg & Meridian railroad struck a
old gentleman named DoIiitIe. At Newton
Miss, a few days ago, indicting wound
from which he died He was upwards o
eighty years old. and being very decrepii
did not hear the train in time to get OF
the track.
Bishop Walden, DR.. J. C. Hartzell an
associates held meeting At Chattanooga
Tenn, few days ago. at which the paper
were signed and the uniication OF tn
, Chattanooga University aud the Gran
Memorial University at Athens was com
.. pleted- The two universities are nO'
! combined in one. The School OF Libera
! Arts will be in Chattanooga, the Schoc
,, OF Technology at Athens, both being IN
der one board.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Recor
; reports that there is great activi :
throughout the South In building cotton
seed -oil mills, and that a dozen mills, I
cost 81 900. 90 or more, have been OF
; ganixed in the last two weeks, while ther
Is a report that a 81 Ooo.oo0 company h1
been organized in Philadelphis TO bull
, | mills in the South. The new mills re
ported are nearly all by independer
companies not connected with the Cotton
: | Oil Trust.
A negro named Grant, who has bee
confined in the county Jail. at Raymons
. | Miss, killed the jailor. Robert Thomai
few nights ago. Tho negro was put
Jail some time ago under writ OF lu
macy. II Is thought that he was Harmless
and he was allowed 20 walk around i
the iail-yard when the negro struck hii
q on the head with an axe, almost SEVERN
the head from the body.
! ANorthern tourist ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
, at the Secretary Of States ONCE in CO
, lumbia. s. c., one OF the most remarkabl
! documents existing among the records q
the State. II is the original deed made b
? the Casseque Indians. in 1675. TO the Lord
: proprietors OF Carolina for all that traS
: OF land which now constitutes what
Q known as the low country Of South Caro-
r lima
Colonel W. G. Johnson, OF Lexingtor
Ca, has in his library q book that wa
printed in 1858, making il ri years old
II Is sR0lle's Abridgment OF the Laws q