Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-09
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.

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men held pistols 20 hrs head snd weas
I through his pscxets. They left his watch.
missed some mooney and received FOR thetr
troaSls Oaly few pocket pieces whose
intrinsic valne was small
Eh Mall~u. the old Ssnti-m.a whs<~
wife t1rEed up SO ua~xp~ctssily at Bar
/ Hlin<harn. Als-. not hing aya. has feant
n copy ot the decree 0t divorce which 10
claimed - have. The divorce was graft
ed Ia Arkansas some Ysars A<o- lie viii
/ provide for the odd lady. but sh. can xtrs
I him no trouble now. and he viii live en-
I with hts second wife.
Owing - IN. very low water "a the
Mississippi which prevents natural ir-
rigafsoa. and the low price of thu eoun-
modify In the market. with . prospect of
not being able 10 compete vita the mar
k-ss at Chtna and Jsp.n. sour sixty
thoasazd acres % rice IA ths parishes st
- John. 81 James ana ~. Charles. La.
have been abaadoa-,i far this se2sss-
A very peculiar case OF hyslrophshiA
has been brought TO light IN Cumberland
county. KT- Robert Gentry. .n oil sad
respected citizen % that coaafy, wax txo
years ago bittea By . rabtl dos. He
treated the woaai with a maasstone ani
thouyht he Was we'll tew dAv~ ago he
Felt an attack coming eE hla. aud <oing
+ 10 the hoaS= secured \ lsg chain AMI fast
[ -Gins the chain ID a tree in his woods.
locked himself - th@ chain AMI threw
the key away. He wAs sounI short
time atterwara by some criea1s and
taken home after some trogb.e. He has
"a be hAndeused all the tine oa ae-@aat
% his rawlings sad h.s family are rat al
lowed IN his room
Louis Morton kflied his sweetheart.
Lizzie Hayes. at EarIinxton. KY. throagh
jealousy aroused at her eonsiacs AZ n ball
IN dancing with a man whom M0rton dis
liked
e. A LigaE. a weil-to-do farmer. eoru-
mitt-l suicide. r~c~ntiy. near H-nasrsou.
Ky. By taxing large do-- ~ laudanum-
No cause u Assigned He left i've chill
dr-n-
McLemor~ & Bros.' <-iss mill .t Colurn-
etA Tenn, burned few days ago The
mall Plant ~as completely Destroyed
Loss. SsAaso. insuranre. sIa.9N.
E Ben Atiisoa. n w~ll-kHSwu young msu
Who ran 4 hillisrsi-r0osn In the Palace
Royal Hotel block IN Birmingham. Ala.
vas arrested recently. charged with at
tempting 70 set fire % the builting.
The water-tank ot the Uuite4 States
Rolling Stock Company % FLORENCE.
{ Ala. burs, recently. causing terrific ex-
Z p,oston. and. In all probability. fatally
Injured M-ssrs. S-ovilis AMI Lee. whc
+ we're Ou top of il ~ hen il bgrsted-
The southern Manufacturer AssocIa-
ttoa was organized recently. with head
T quarters at Augusta They elected II H.
Hickman president. and ave vice -pre-i-
d-uts- Representatives from all the cot
ton States wrrr present
The southern yellow Pine Lumber A.
sociatioa met st the Exchange Hotel in
Montgomery Ala. a few days aSo. A
committee was appointed ~ confer with
the railroads with n view % adopting y
T scale Of standard weights for different
grades of lumber.
At View Orleans the iary in the case OF
Dr. Etlenns Deschanps. charged with the
murder % Juliet Deitseh-. aged twelve
E years, returned a verdict % guilty The
prisoner Was remand-d for sentence.
Judge MARI viii sentence him tn D..
hanged at such time as the Governor mar
direct
Alfred Mcdowell. living near Marion,
KY. a few nights ago was taken from his
kouse By masked men and terribly beaten
He had previously received n notice To
leave the country. but refused To do 50.
A dispute with a neighbar is said 70 be
the origin ot the trouble.
A r-maskshle death occurred N Ja<u@r.
Walker County. Ala. several DAYS sso.
during severe thund~r-shoxer Young
Frank Hatd. the lo-al telegraph operator.
was sitting At hts desk when the lightning
struck his wires. aad the current turning
down the wires passed through his body
He feu forward "a the Eoor and expired
IN n few moments.
The monument To Be erected over the
f graves % the Coafs.kerafe dead in Mount
OsiFes Cemetery. Nashville. Tenn. will be
Eavail-d On ths IS&h inst Rev. David c.
Kelley. u. D. and EI5sr r l. Cane will
open the exercises % the day with PRAYER.
Ho1- W. e. z. Breckeurid<e. Of Kentucky.
Eill deliver the Grafton. and Rev. e. ID.
Elliots. D. D.. viii pronounce the bsu.,Iic-
tim Memhsrs ot all the Confederate.
bivogaes in the State will take part in the
ceremonies.
The Georgia Alliance has Contracted
with niiis FOR .eo.go yards % cotton
baxEin< to BE- delivered the Ist Of August.
The bag-ins i T. be not less than thirty
seven inches wide. and IN average twelve
ounces % the yard The manufacturers
agree 10 take the cotton 50 covered n tea
eeats additional per iDo pounds 10 cover
the loss IN weight in tight covering. The
bagging ~iIi b. made By the Lane Mills.
New Orleans. aad the West Point Nils.
Georgia
John .. Seimas. the husband OF sir lfv-
ing wives. wAs recently convicted % biz
amy af Atlanta. Ca Il was the work os
onIy few minutes - obtain Jury IN hia
case Three wives appeared 10 confront
him as Witnesses. hat the State, after ex-
amiaing the father q on. and the otiriat-
ing oe1cer a. the marriage % another.
rested their case wifhou. argument ot
counsel on either side. The case was
submitted 70 the jury. which. after remaie-
ing O1t bat I've minutes. returned n ver-
diet ot guilty The full penalty as the
law was imposed By the Judge IN his SEN
t@nce. four years at hard labor in the
Peni,eniiary.
Warsa~. In the eastern part % North
Carolina vas struck by a terrific evcIou-
few mornings ago Hail fell with sueh
rapidify and violence as to lie eight
inches deep IN thirty-six seconds. Nauv
snail houses we're blown away almost
bodily. Large houses we're torn up 50
that they are not habitabIe. The sem
nary building was split open and nearly
destroyed The Presbyterian Church was
totally demolished not stick os timber
beng left thai may be used in rebuilding.
A Florsres (AlA-l dispatca says that q
full force " men has been put To work in
every department. Ot the Cincinnati AZ
lanta & Alabama railroad The manage
ment will push the enterprise rapidly.
taking advantage of tne 1ne weather. II
i expected tha: the road will be Il ou@rz-
6on by fall