Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-05-23
SOUTHERN GIEAkINGs.

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% b. executed at such time as the Gov
srnor may direct
A doubie tragedy was enacted nc Mem
pats. Team. a Few days ago, George ward.
sSed twrnty-eight employed as an engt-
ns-r tt ta- Memphis gas-vorks. shooting
bis young vile and then killing himself.
a party ot Northern capitalists have
purchased a tract af laRd. compristng -. :
~ acres. in Norfolk, Currftack and Cam
den counties. Va. and will build town
at M0yock ca the Norfolk & Southern
ROAD. and erect cotton. furniture and
mattress factories, ss.-miils and brick
yards.
II was variously esti mated. few DAYS
since. that there were from 80 To ss1
cases Of measles in Water VALLEY, Miss.
The doctors were constantly oa the 60.
Only one white person had died from this
cause IL seemed To bs Q mild form ot
the dtseE.e. but the very rsrg~ nrm b~r
sick At once gave Al immense amount ot
troGble Ia nursing
serious accident. resulting in fatal
injury 10 one man and the manning for
NE Of two others. occurred on the Ala
baaa Great southern Railroad IN 9Bir-
mtnghau. Ala, q few days since. by the
derasIment % locomotive and four
freight cars. Engineer John D. GLADDEN.
vas fatally crushed Fireman VIM Bur
row and Switchman John Congsr we're
frtghtfuliY MANNED but viii recover.
Mrs Sarah Stevens lad been residing Z
~ the residences os her daughter. Mrs. J.
W. 6rtt'in- In Louisville, KY. for several
weeks A few days since Mrs 9rif-
cn WA horrfn-t % discover her mother
In the kitcasu cutting her throat with ths
butcher knife. She endeavor~d to stay
the old l,ty's hazd but vas too Int. The
suicide mplished her purpose. sever
ing the artery and fIugular vein, and dy-
ing IN few minutes. Mrs stevens vas
about seventy three years old. and TEN.
p.sTaEily lRsaae.
= The pool rooms at Birmingham, Ala
have been closed BY the police.
Mrs Henry Thompson. Of Chattanooga,
Tenn. ree-ntly took two teaspooafals Of
OIL of ftaaseY through mistake and died In
two hours.
Ben Elseey pleaded guilty at Birmiax-
ham. Ala, % killing Jim A-atsvs, q
section boss. oa Red mountain
Thomas Rice was run over and instant
ly killed by a train % ears on tho Chesa-
psake & Onto railroad at RicedAls, KY.
Few days a<o.
c. II Dorsey. = postal clark on the
Greenwood & Jackson (Mtss.l railway
post-O1ics line, has been arrested sol
riding n test registered letter % sIa The
evidence against Dorsey Il said 10 be
eomplst-.
Match y, Mss, was finally selected A. ths
place and juno 20 ~ the time for ths an
agal sncampmeut OF ths National Guard
u Mississippi There was quite eon-
Test between Columbus anil Nateh-z-
A gang ae men surrounded the house
OF . farmer named Tom Phelton, at Roy
ersvIlle, XIV, n few niyhts ago. and st-
tempted to take him out Pheltou opened
ers on ths gang. killing two OF them
The others tsd.
MargAret Hsadrick a full bloodsd no.
yrsss, gave birth To twins in Christian
County. AZ, few days since. one ol
which was perfectly black snd the other
entirely white The wonderful freak Of
aature has created quite sensation
Mr. ?. p. Bailey, % II 1ztsomery. Ala.
has Just cOmpleted an air-ship which ID
declares will navtsats the air with perfect
safety Mr. Bailey Is coaadent he In.
discovered the great secret ot sriaI nasi
CATION
The monument to the Cousederats deal
was unvailed in Mount OtIvet Cemetery
Nashville. Tena-. u .sw days since. In the
presence oc n vast sssemblags. Surviv
ors ot the war were present IN large num
bers from all over the State The fora
offerings were magnificent and protuse.
A monument to the dead soldiers o
four German companies in the Coufeder
ate service was dedicated In Bethany
Cemetery, Charleston. 5. c., a few day
ago. The monument was unvailed by ter
little German girls clad in white. willis
German band played a German choral
Another destructive fire occurred il
Princeton KY, n few days ago, and sew
eral stores were consumed before IN
flames could be gotten under control
This IL the third fire that has recrutl,
visited Princeton, with total loss OF $50.
000, aud noe more than So 000 insurance.
/ All are believed 20 have been incendiary
DIR. W. H. Shoemaker, a talented an.
f leading physician Of Birmingham. Ala.
has been declared insane, having becom,
a victim Of the eOeoai habit He be
came violent, a Few days ago, and va
sent tO the State Insane asylum At rusca
loosa-
The large sax-mfli OF William Murphy
situated about QUE mile nor III Of vicks
burg, Miss, on the lake shore. was de
str0yed by IRE, q few days since, with
considerable amount OF lumber. The los
viii exceed SIs,000. with an insurance o
about &. 900 The mill was n very larg,
one and doing large business
There Is much excitemeu ut in the vicinity
OF Coco, 4 mfHing region OF Aonros Coun
/ ", Tenn. some Colorado miners recent
I ly leased u portion OF land where IL was
supposed there was gold quartz They
went to work and have struck dust in pay
Z ing quantities. There Is a considerable.
influx into that section Of people fron
several States
In the Todd County ky-l Circuit Court
in session at Elkton- the vi0lators OF th.
! prohibition law that Is IN effect IN Tods
County were on trial recently. severz
I prominent citizens being under arrest
There was great excitement over tn.
trials. Joe Lfnebsugh, OF Guthrie. va.
fined =. 20. and II default Of payment i,
In jail at EIktOn- There are more cases
against him
George Price, eighteen years old, who
lives IN Warren County, KY, met q sa1
death recently. HE went out in the woods
to fell some trees Price was missed by
his friends, and they went To look sor
him; when found the trunk Of large tree
was lying across his body. and he was
dead II seems that he had cut n tree,
and that 1t lodged in another tree. he
chopped that down also. and it landed on
him
A family named Nix. consisting Of Nix.
his wife and three daughters. were sub
lected to brutal beatings at CamiIIs, Ala,
By White Caps. recently. A few nights
ago Henry Butler, an aged veteran OF the
Coufederacy WAS treated likewise