Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-11
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.

of se0o.en.
Elijah Armstrong. a prominent citizen
of Christian County, KY. died at his
home, west % Hopkinsville. recently.
aged about seventy years.
William Dallas. a young colored mau.
employed ut the Sloss furnaces. at Bir-
mingham Ala. fell into one OF the fur
naces and was burned to ashes in few
moments.
Sheriff Greenlee of Granger County,
Tenn. was shot and instantly killed
while attempting to arrest John wolfen-
barSer. an escaped convict from the peni-
tentiary.
At Pattieviile. KY. Milton Lloyd and
Jerry Devices had n shooting ARRAY over
some whisky which Devices charged
Lloyd with stealing. Lloyd was shot in
the face and Devices received serious and
perhaps fatal wounds. Both men are
rough characters.
Near Burleson. Tenn. n few days since
A. J. Yarbrough was shot and killed by
d. ;. Billings while Advancing on the lat
ter with an axe. They qusrreled about .
line fence. Yarbrough was at one time
tax collector Of Upton County. Billings
Is a school teacher.
The Tennessee Senate, by strict party
vote. passed the gerrymander bill max
ing an interchange OF counties between
the Third. Fourth and Fifth Congres-
sioual districts so as to make the Third
district Democratic by 1000 majority.
The bill had already passed the House.
John Taylor (colored) died at the City
Hospital in Louisville. KY, n few days
since. from concussion Of the brain,
caused by blow from Jacob Becker, Jr.
on March II Taylor was being elected
from the saloon of Bccker's father when
Jacob interfered with a club and knocked
his victim senseless- The Bsckers have
been arrested.
At Jasper. Tenn. recently. J. l. MYERS.
a nosed criminal was fined in four cases
Tor carrying pistol aud one for stabbing.
While the sheriff was calling some wit
nesses Myers slipped from behind the
bar railing. went down stairs, unhitehed
aud mounted a horse and made good his
escape.
severe wind storm passed over the
town % ChiPley Hundred. twenty miles
east ot Pensacola. Fla, recently, tearing
up trees, demolishing chimneys and com
Plsteiy destroying the Methodist Church
and other buildings. John Dickens was
killed at Greenwood in the same storm
The Atlanta Constitution prints a his
tory Of the Southern Straw combine,
which. it Is understood. intends nShting
the Jute Trust in the ba-ging business.
The pine combination has built large
new mill at CSnly. :. e.. which will turn
ont | 5)0.glJ 70 2,0JO.0oJ yards Of bagying
year.
The Washington Light Infantry %
Charleston. ;. g., Will take part in the
centennial Iaseant at New York aud will
march under the original crimson battle
dag u Colonel William washington's
cavalry. This dag was actually in the
battles OF the Cowpens and Eutaw
Springs, and is the only Revolutionary
standard extant in n condition for use in
parade.
The extensive planning mills belonging
to John u Wilson, at Wilson's Mills. "
C., together with a large warehouse ad-
Joining. were burned Few nights ago
The Richmond Il Dtnville depot was also
destroyed The main line % track was
80 warped that trains could not pass until
i was repaired. Tie loss or the mills IL
estimated At SIS 90.
The court Of inquiry appointed u inves-
tieate the charge ''Os conduct anbeeoming
1siceTs sad soldiers" made against the
Mississippi College Rifles and the Mixsis-
sippi College Inyincibles, Of Clinton.
Miss, has submitted its report 10 the Gov
srnor. through the Major General. in
which both companies are exonerated
from the charges.
A fiShf to the death in a dark room oc-
-urred At BlOcton, Ala. few nights ago,
between two miners named Jim Brown
and Fayette Davis, in which the former
xas killed The two men roOmed together
and quarreled about loaf OF bread They
commenced fighting and overturned the
lamp. which was extinguished- After a
long { ght. Davis succeeded in drawing his
pistol. and shot Brown dead Davis es-
caPed.
II IS reported that White Cappers are at
x0Fk in " alker County, Ca. a Few miles
from ChattaRooga, Tenn. The matter has
been brought TO the attention OF Governor
Gordon
The Southern Baptist University Com
pany, which was incorporated by the last
Legislature Of Alabama. has commenced
the erection Of sIOO.OOO college at Flor
snce.
Thomas Rigby, one OF the weaIthiest
men in New Orleans. aad for many years
president Of the Wick sburg & Meridian
Railroad Company, died recently, aged
ninety years.
Jake Baker. OF Jackson. Tenn. aged
about nineteen years, attempted to jump
on the eabOose o. n moving freight train
4 few evenings since. He fell under the
wheels and was crushed 10 death.
In the Circuit Court at Hopkinsville.
ky- Judge Grace recently rendered his
decision declaring null and void the elec-
ton held IN Christian County last No.
venber voting $4,000 worth OF bonds in
behalf % the Ohio Valley railroad and a
similar amount to the Cairo & Cumber-
land Gap road There Is great excite
u1ent over the decision. aud the case will
be taken 10 the Court % Appeals.
The second section Ot a Louisville &
Nashville train bound for ST. Louis. ran
over and horribly mangled Clay Rails,
the fogrteen-year-old soa OF Rev. Mr..
Rails. Of Audubon. a suburb OF Hender-
son, KY. a fex evenings since IL seems
that the boy was trying To board the nov
ing train to ride TO the station. aud miss
ing his footing, fell under the train.
Death vas instantaneous
The town OF Hatehie, twenty miles
south of Jackson, Tenn. on the Tsnnes-
see Midland railroad. has had several de-
stractive fires lately They are believed
to be the work OF ineeEdiaries- Five
negroes arrested charged with the burn-
ing were tried before \ justice OF the
peace. were proven TO be guilty and were
taken to Jackson and lodged in jail
The railroad Indebtedness Of Mullen
burg County. KY, having grown until it
amounts to szl50.0O). the bondh0lders have
made a proposition 10 settle with the
county al twenty cents on the dollar
Herman Gratz, an eight-year-old boy,
gkose parents live at AyOndale, Ala,