Oxford eagle., 1889-01-17
SOUTHERN oLEANiNos.

MNmO@rs OF tnr LenneS&~~ L@xfs&&Aurw
vii support William Baxter for plsss In
the Cabinet
A bill hzS been passed by the south
Carolina Senate making Il n misdem~anor
punishable by expulsion for any member
OF the L~<islature to .cceps . free pass
from any railroad
VIM Brown. . Louisville q Nashville
brakeman Vas run over by his train n
Bonnivtlle. KY. few days ago. and in
stantly killed. He was twenty years old
and lived with his father and mother At
LoIssytlls.
The lissie sou Of Nancy Owen. coIor-d.
% Christian County. KY. died IN the
greatest agony trOsSs the effects OF tn1u-
ries received several ass-s since by falling
into the Gre. while left alone and having
all has clothing burnt from HIM
The gin-hou~e ot p. e. rhwcsfs on
Highland raxe. Ark. was completely d.
stroy~d by ar- . few days ago. Ahous
sisat bales 0f cotton wcr. burned. 81
which there was n0 insurance. The grn
was in-ur~xL
AT Dixnn springs. Tenn. few days
since. sx the result of n family quarrel.
VIII Jenkins kfiled WHY Hsnkins. They
had a difitrlty .nd renewed the quarrel
the dsy besore. Meeting in star. Han
man instantly arose. $yrv n pistol and
shot at Hankias who ran. but received
second bullet and fell d-sas ia bis tracks
Pursuant To a Joint resolution adopted
during the recent session % the Ai>hsrns
Legislature. G0vrruor Sesy has addressed
letters to the Governors II ti-orgia. Texas~
Mississippi. louisiana. North Carolina
South Carolina. Tennessee. Kentucky,
yicrtia and Illinois. requesting th~n -
appotcs delegates o. the Southern Quar-
anrfne csrssrr~nc~. to be held st Mont
rom~ry. Ala, - March J. The purpose
u calling the confs-rnr- 10 sS establish
an enlightened and effective quarantine.
Tn- Confederate pension snnd et ssf.s0
appropriated by the last Misst.siPpi Leg
stature Is being distributed 70 i,so ap-
plicsnts. giving them s2i eseh
Gr-~ns Howell. of Midville. Ca. full
biooded negro, Is turning white in great
patches.
Episcopal Church, OF Helena. Ark, died
recently. after an illness Of a ssw hours,of
apoplexy.
A Touring and yrist mill. tQ<-ther with
large lot ot aour. corn meal. wheat ahd
corn. was destroyed by IRE at Corydon.
KY. few evening" since. The hrs was
caused by the friction of one u the eie-
vators. The mill vas valued at 400:
contents. II $50. ON which there was NO in
surnncs.
William Si0rnnb. who was for many
years n telegraph operator. committed
suicide at GolIsboru. y. c.. few days
since. by blowing out hi- brains With .
revolver. Despondency. caused by the ILL.,
health Of himself and family, was the
cause of the suicide.
The general merchandise store of W H
Edwards. at SpotsvilIe. KY, was totally
DESTROYED by fire n few nights ago. The
building wss valued at 81 M; insured for
500 Loss on stock. ssaa; insured FOR ssl.s.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
OF an ineeudiary.
Lee Dixon fell under the wheels Of a
moving freight train. which he was trying
to board. at Dawson. KY, a few days ago.
and had one Of his feet so badly mashed
that amputation was necessary. He was
lying in a critical state, with very little
chance Of recovery.
Fire at Shreveport. La. q few days ago,
destroyed nine buildings and caused s7s.
90 loss To the following occupants:
Schwarz & Kern. furniture: Eutx &c
Smith. machinery; Enders & Sor. furni-
tIre: v. Kelly. coaI, and several law
firms and insurance agents. The prop
erty was we'll insured.
The coruucr's Jury in the Pat Hamilton
murder case at Aberdeen. Miss. finished
their work. Did Blackburn and Wesley
Clark were held for the murder, Black
burn having confessed that he and Clark
alone killed and robbed Captain Hamil-
ton. a special term Of court has been
called for January y. when they will be
tried for the murder.
section hand of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad at Hppkinsvill~. KY.
charged with conspiracy to murder and
rob William Taylor, rich Todd County
farmer. resulted in his being held for
Erial in the Circuit Court. and In defsnlt
Of bail he went to Jail lie refused to
name his acramplice-.
W. c. Bryant. the landlord of the gu-
ropesn Hotel at Chattanooga. Tenn.
when Il was burned November = last. en-
failing loss af four lives. l~a= been ar
rested on a charge % having frea tho
building. He pleads entire tnnocenr- and
says IL - a ease 0f persecution following
attempted hlackmail by a desewtfvw. He
gave bond for 5000 p~adinE an eHaFnlnA-
ton.
A passenger train "a the Tilinais Gen.
traI railroad. ran into an open swstca
AaAut a mile ltfftu OF DFtsD A4lANE4. Mksa..
few evenings sine-. Tn. enxfn. ran into
lumber cars and was xRocke.t fr0m the
track Engineer sam Berry was badly
hurt. The eoiored fireman. Caldwell. vas
killed The wreck exHxht are and the
mail and express cars we're burned. The
FIRE spread tn Hoxkins a HAmiltonts saw-
mill and burned IL, With probably f,eeo,-
oo feet Of lumber.
The body of Moses Houfton. supposed
10 have been drowned below Dayton.
Tenn. q few weeks ago. wzs found BY q
searching party. The throat Of the evrps-
Was cut from ear 10 ear and the ease 10
undonbtedly one Of murder. zs be vas
known, "a have lad money. ne d1soow-
cry caused much excit~En~nE
Deputy Revenue CoIlector a Z Woad.
Deputy Marshal Holder 2nd D~rury Coll
le~tor Iohn Michis with detail " 0fac-r.
recently wound up . s1co@ssfzl raid On
The noonsktnsrs N Rkndoiph County.
Ala rhey captured and destroyed slx
Illicit disfiIleriex and abaut A0uo xallon.
% b~er. One a the sails lad . eap~city
of 10 s.lioazs and tAr oshsrs r&a<-d IN
sazs fron affy ~ LOO zalIo1s-
Representative negro Poiiticians Ana
sinc4forx az Alabama In conwenfion aE
Montgomery. Ala, reemntiy, passed a
resolution inviting whits immaxrxfsoa 70
The stase.
rAe iGrs combine 10 basse<l
Ms. Clara B~reon- prexidsnf of the Red
Cro<s Seciety. h2z <ivcz 70 the press her
r~port On expendifur-~ iurtng the yellow
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