Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-30


To any one His attorney gave notice Of
an appeal. and an order suspendiny the
sentence was entered on the docket.
miscellaneous Efems.
At Atlanta, Ca, recensiy, Mrs Lucy
Narwcod fatally shot Mrs Henrsetts
Bank in squarrei over young man they
were both in love with Mrs. Narwoosi 10
under arrest.
The immense plant Oe the Portevans &
Faose Lumber Company burned at Pearl-
inston, Miss, few days ago.
Nine out Of party Of ten negroes Who
were crossing the river near West Pass.
Miss, new nights since. were drowned
by the upsetting % the boat in q squalL
little girl reached the bank safely.
While trying to extinguish are on the
Chattanooga & st. Louis Railway bridge
over Stone river. near Nashville. Tenn. .
few days since, two white mcn and three
negroes were fatally hurt.
Unless the Supreme Court rsvsrses the
decision OF the Circuit Court OF Hancock
County, Tenn. hve blood-thirsty mur-
derers will soon suffer the extreme
penalty OF the law at susedvill. The
victims os the rope are the Barnard boys.
brothers and cousin, accused OF shoot
ing and killing qniet. peaceful eitixsz
named Haaiey Sstton from ambush
The dead body ot Tatt Danforti. eolore,i,
was found floating down the Savannah
river near Petersburg. Ca. recently.
Ths hands and feet were bound with
ropes. He had been engaged in several
\ robeeries around Mount Carmel All
the parties being arrested. Danfort
turned States evidence. This 80 in
censed his associates that they spirited
him away. since which time he hal not
been seen until fished out Of the rtver.
Bob Partlow has been arrested For the
crime.
Mrs. Sarah Brent Lewis, a wealthy lasiy,
and ous Os the most prominent pioneers
in the vicinity Of Hnpkinsviile, XIV, died
[ at her home, few days since, aged eighty
one years.
/ In Chambers County, Ala. q few DAYS
ago, Wes Chisholm pleaded guilty To the
murder of Robert Duntorfh. and was sen
fenced tn death by hanging. The ex-cu-
tiOn will take place on Juns ~
Elder William Clark and thirteen Nor
mon converts passed through Birming-
I ham, Ala. n few days ago. en- route to
/ Utah. They came from CLAY County, Ala,
and were driven away By the indignant
citizens. Six os the converts vere girls
between fifteen and twenty years % age.
The Supreme Court Of Mississippi, in
session at Jackson. few days ago,
affirmed the decision of the lower court
sentencing Thomas Condor to death aud
Mrs. NJ J. Riley to life imprisonment for
numbering Jack Riley. the woman's hus-
band, In Tobin County. on September II
/ last.
/ The people living near Green Pond, ten
miles from Chattanooga, Tenn, are greatly
excited over the finding OF what they
think is gold on tho farm Of J. l.. Pritch-
ett. Expert and experienced miners say
there Is very good prospect, and n mum.
Der OF men are at work sinking a shaft
/ Suit has been entered in the United
States Circuit Court at New Orleans by
Charles Edward Lewis, OF st. Louis,
against the City OF Shreveport, La, 70,
$4,000. This Is the amount involved In
the donation made by that city for the
depot Of the Texas & Pacific railway.
/ Miss Nina Kirby Smith, daughter OF
General Kirby Smith, the Confederate
chieftain. at present professor Of maths-
matics ut suwanes University. Tenn.
sloped few nights ago with . student
named Buck. OF the university, and the
| couple were married by justice OF the
I peaee In Winchester. Tenn.
/ Judge II. J. Albeit, an old and respect
ed citizen. died at Warsaw, KY, recently,
OF Bright's disease. in the seventy ninth
/ year Of his age. He was In all probability
/ the oldest Odd Fellow in the United
States. He was initiated before he was
twenty-one years old in Maryland Lodge,
| No. l, in Baltimore. Md, June, is3a, that
being the city Of his nativity.
/ The residence OF Rev. y. &. Clarke, near
/ Virginia Beach, in Princess Anne County,
Va, was burned n few nights ago. Mr..
/ Clarke. his two daughters and next TO the
oldest son and niece visiting him. we're
consumed by the flames. His wife, Miss
/ Ella Bidgood, the governess, and two
young children escaped
In the Criminal Court at Birmingham,
Ala. recently. Judge Green, sentenced
Minnie Moses, twenty-five years old, to
be hanged June II for a highway robbery
and attempt to murder an aged Egyptian
woman peddler. The sentence Of the
I Judge was based upon the verdict Of the
/ jury, who decided upon the death The
remarkable part OF the verdict Is that the
woman assaulted never died and Is living
and doing business.
In Henry County, Ala, recently. VIII
Mock, q desperate negro, was killed by
Sheriff Strickland and posse. The negro
armed himself and defed all officers OF
the law. Balif Strickland, with three or
four men, went to his house to arrest him.
He met them at the door with a double
barreled shotgun, and shot one load with
in few inches OF tbs baiIin's head
Both sides then opened fire, which re-
suited in VIII Nock's death.
At Nashville, Tenn, a ten-foot vein Of
coal has been struck, at a depth OF 4O5
feet, by the gas we'll contractors Should
no gas be found at the dspth contracted
so- this vein % coal will be developed
The stockholders a great many OF whom
are workingmen. are highly olated over
the prospects.
By contracts duly signed four steel
mills and blast furnaces. to employ 1000
men, will be bsilt at Cumberland Gap.
Team, near the Virginia line. The com
pany has capital stock ot S300,9)0. IL
i made up OF Northern iron masters anu
English capitalists
A drug firm has been boycotted by the
painters union at Dayton, Tenn, for
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