Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-01-31
SOUTHERN o-EANINos.


for rV5Sin< a safe IN Iowa % ssa.0a-
fnro1xh ta~ unanimous vote % The
mayer azd aIi~ru~n % fas-ksSn. Tenn.
bss1sis wiiI - issued 70 th- Midland rail-
road for sIzs.p.i. which amount the city
vos~d for tk- road eighteen months ago
Wtiiisna Thomas shot Azd killed Nil,oa
ee"gh~S1z at Louisville. XIV. few days
asp- B-ytA are cploresi- They qnsrv~lcd
"Ter snail anozas % nsezey. Gvoxhe-
<s1 w2s runrtzx ~ escape wAen shot
In1szas hal not been cauxhs.
Iae telegraph operators % th- NASH
vile Il ChAttszco<. railroad have ovxan-
TED osvel S1nsizy- school. Each Sab
bath AZ stated hnur the superintendent.
Operator Bramol~t n wsrtrare. asks the
class qrestiazs ovrr the wire ard thu
quickest pupil 60 answer j. th- one who
captures tAe esrcuis- Prayer = bad xnd .
Bible ehsPser rad: in fact. ali ths srer-
ets~s exc~Ps si-<irg
A shoemaker named Ibich wNs brufaiiy
E1ursi~r~s4- a ssw days sSo, NJ w.lsharx.
rs1r-- ~ yp1rg~s-~-r~1 u~~R>< Owed
Ih~ latter -~nt into Tn. cxhhl~r shop and
wEtsns4t wurt picked up Al xxe-h2zsffe
and sesl~d hi1 ~ the ss-yr He thea
p-p11ss~si the aisi MAS k@ad o. = y-Igr .nd
th-a covering ths h.,.fv With b.ser,ls. n,st.
S1s~4 MS sseaP~-
Several eoIsved Iahars-s h.v. bs~n re-
c~1tlv ordered 0z- q the Nsnfh Ward -
the parish - B.stsa RaGS~. La BY IRE
sP"zsihle psrtirs- \ 1eesia< = The lad
tay PLANTERS VA h-Id th-r- a f~w days
sS,a - PET \ summary cE1 ~ Ests sp--cfes
% lawi-<sn~s<
F-ut- wrs- Fssroz- a w~Il-knswz school
PrtnctpoL ai-,t NJ Jeu~<h-s-ss. T~nn. re-
crnsly frsm tn Effects e n singular prar-
tis-al lrks- Will o1 ! ~Prr~ wfsk slsin~r
Murray a m~rvhans- aat Robert Pri~h-
1rvt- a farmer. th~y dpse.t artuk with
erDssa oiL Fatrou drnnk sA-. sle-s1-sis1
and sson after s:arr-d syr nsrra~. After
risiin< two miles ~ hs~tru- d~Arhly -srk.
STRIPPED iHs9 strzs Asszyc s=azs s4s~-1 sr@-
tas efte~ts % th~ si.ss~
ISkam e. Harris wzs elected rnir-d
rtsfes Senator srgna Tennessee A. his own
saec-~sSr- Thi< = the thtr,I consecutive
term fvr Mr. Harris
Shsri- J. l. Kfhbe~ - Bsvi Countv.
KY, made al assignment a few nixhts
s-sa. anil at one~ left horsse- He Is sassI 20
b. sh1-t about SIs.e9o
William Iu<rn. who murdered PaIie~-
mar Sal ~ Chari.sss~zbarg. Va D..rera-
h~r - last. was couvictesi q urur,i-r tn the
trst degree. and ~1s sentenced TO be
hanged March Is
III. southern Express o.rtcs at Albany.
/ Ga. was robbed 20 SD f-s nights aro.
/ jim Ball. the driver. was suspected. and
u confessed The mousy was recovered
A Convention os ConfeSlerate p.n-ioaer.
/ ot North Carolina was held at Raleigh.
/ rerrutlY- Two hundred veterans we're in
att-ndEns-e- They met 10 petition the
I LeSIslGttre To incre1~r pe.1sion appr0prI-
atin1<-
Seen buildings at Athens. Tenn. in
/ ciusIiu- the FIr-t National Bank. the post
/ 0f1ice. Masonic Hall W G. HornSbv's
/ hardware hoaSs and clothing store. were
/ burusd a few nights ago The Iuss i be-
tween sss.g9 aud sssG0ssl.
/ jim Ncs'apl. a railroad conductor. waS
/ fugsnd iu kis harm st Atlanta. Ga. few
/ days siaes. hanging from a rope. he
1 Committed suicide because os tn. DEF alca-
/ tiou - Tax Collector wflsou- upau whose
/ bsnd hs VA
Ih~ eorouer'> Jury in the ease ., the
| thrr~ men killed in an ae,.iI@nt at Ra.l-
/ derfs switch near Chattanooga. Tenn
/ rendered a verdict fading the decreases.
came To their deaths by the negligence os
/ Conductor Hart~rsoR and his fagman in
/ failing 10 change the switch after running
on \ side track
George l. Record an old and prorni-
reut citizen % Vick<bur-. Mis-. was
stricken with paralysis few days ago,
and died in t-w hours He was in his
ssventy-nfth year, and settled Ia vicks-
/ tuFg IN i>g7. and resided there ever since
| He Wa \ native 1s Buffalo. " Y.
/ Part ~ the ocean steam wharf freight
sheds at savannah Ga. collapsed. a few
days sines, and precipitateti s,0s9 tons of
/ guano into the slip So one vas at work
at the time On the wharvss. and there Is
supposed To be no loss % life. The esti-
mated loss To- the company Is tD.noo.
/ Burglars entered the sewing machine
of-ice % D. a Lysriane at Jackson, Tenn.
se~ nights ago, and blew his safe open
With dynamite The safe contained some
money. but the thieves did not get il. As i ,
l. supposed thsy became alarmed and ran
of. leaving their tools with which they
drilled hOIe in the safe
/ The Nashville IrOn- Steel and Charcoal
/ Company, which for nloaths has operated
extensive works in the rev town % We~r
Nashville, Tenn. has made m assignment
| for the benefit q its eresiit.rs The la
biliries are estimated at SID .asa. inclHd-
ing bonds, and the assets are said 20 De
L SO c.a
/ A thorough canvass among cotton mer-
/ chants % Augusta. Ca. On the Published
| report that this wears crop .sla. 90 bales.
/ results IN the unanimous 0psnfon tha. this
/ Is an ov-resfimate. The present crop q
nos 5000 bales short in ruznd numbers
| Last years crop vas assk. 80 bales. and a
L conrinGed gain % twenty-five per cent.
viii BE- necessary 10 catch Up with last
/ years figures Augusta cotton men regard
..90a.onl bales as sts outside figures on the
l years crop
Governor L0xrev % MiSsisxippt re-
e~iEed aletter from the sheriff os y0xub>e
County. tew days since, saying that he
/ had three white men N iail who had been
arrested for e0Eplieity in the late Eerl-
/ per County troubles After their arrest
warrants we're sworn out against them.
/ All szaT -=-= f-FU<f sFTEr - FL =hezTf-
% keuper County
John Patty. a mifidlls-azei eotorssi man.
and a resident % Gre~aEiIIs, Miss. While
walking On the street a few days since,
accidentally ran Ayzinst another p@sirs-
TRAN when . common pin sticking in the
i lafterss coat. catered Johns head directly
above the eye The pin vas easily re-
moved and nothing % any Consequence
i was thought % IL. but when John arrived
at his home be was sadienIF taken With q
chill, and after . short, agonized wres-
1 ting died
| Kentucky Was settled in IT75-
George A Pearce, secretary Of the
/ Planters and Merchants Insurance CON-
pany of Mobile, Ala, lest the city recent
IL, O.tensibly FOR Birmingham and
| dropped n note 20 the president. post
| married Nashville, saying that the com
\ peny's books were not all right Enan-