Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-02-21
SOUTHERN 0LEANiNos.


County, Tenn, died few evenings since.
after lingering illness. He served AZ
sheriff for several terms, aud was highly
respected.
William L. Clark and Mis-. Sarah Tay-
lor, an eloping couple from Caldwell
County, KY, were united In marriage at
the depot in Clarksville, Tenn, . few days
ago, Squire Caldwell officiating.
The Wallace Election law, which Is mod.
eled after the Australian law and applies
to the city OF Louisville, KY, has been de-
cided TO be constitutional by the Kentucky
Supreme Court.
Warrants have been issued against \.
II. Mullen, colorcd justice OF the peace a,
Donaldson. La, and one Edmund. a clerk.
| Tor brutal assault on one Perry.a coiored
man.
Legislation on the Board % Health bills
at Tallahassee, Fla, Is rapidly crystalixing
into the form OF opposing or not opposing
restriction Of commerce with Cuba to and
from the Gulf ports Of Florida
+. II. Ol1enburg, q grocer, sixty years
old, was murdered at his store In Charles
ton, 5. c., few nights ago, by two un-
known negroes, who had entered the store
Tor the purpose Of robbery. The murder
ers escaped with the till, containing about
| ffty dollars.
The news ot the terrible death OF Henry
Womac, respectable young farmer. who
lived six miles below Monroe, Ca, from .
cat bite is now followed by that OF his
wife dying from the same cause.
Henry Wallingford. tobacco trader,
thirty-five years old. hanged himself iu
his fathers barn, in Mason County, Ky,
recently. Poor health was the probable
| cause.
Captain Archie McGehee. clerk OF the
United States Court for the Southern Dis
,rict OF Mississippi, died at jackson re-
| Gently after only few hours Illness. He
vas between sixty-fve and seventy years
)f age, and was among the oldest and
most respected citizens Of the State.
The local optionists were defeated in a
| 'ecent election at Jackson, Miss.
negro pauper jumped from the
| steamer Leathers into the Mississippi
liver at vickburg, Miss, u few nights ago.
| and was drowned.
Alma Bird killed Alice johnson a,
NicSsburg, Miss, n few days ago. The.
luarreled over Il man.
The courthouse at Donaldsonville, In
vas destroyed by fire few days ago.
1
The Comptroller OF the Currency has
authorized the American National Bank
| u New Orleans, La, To begin business,
With capital Of se00.o0O
new fair company has been organ lied
| n Henderson, KY. with a capital stock Of
33.0
Colonel W. h. Dunn. for sixty year. a
'csident OF Mobile, Ala. and a prominent
'itizen and lawyer. died recently, aged
| Eighty zone.
An application was recently made for a
'harter for an electric railroad from Chat
anooga, Tenn, TO the famous battle field
| II Chiekamauga. 1t will be ten miles long
md cost $4,000.
Mr.. Conrad Weaver died Of old age re-.
emily at his home near Bluff City, Tenn.
'erfectly credible records show that he
vas one hundred and one years ten month";
md eight days old.
The man who assassinated Joseph Par
lue at Helena, Ark, recently. while the
after was playing billiards, has been
iaptured. His name is coghill and he is
, relative OF the postmaster at wynne,
Ark.
The Alabama House OF Representatives
las passed bill reducing the tax rate In
hat State for lssso from 5 to AZ mills, and
or 1891 from ~ to 4 mills. making the
'ormer 45c on the 500, and 40c for the
after year.
Adyices from Manchester, KY, says
hat five men implicated In the recent
midnight assassination OF Bill Sizemore
rnd Carr Smith have been arrested and
odged in Jail. Sixteen men are said to
lave done the bloody work
Judge Ridley, OF the Nashville (Tenn.)
criminal Court, has declared war again st
he pool rooms, and issued warrants for
he arrest OF persons who may be 10 und
conducting them.
Mrs. Wiihelmina Hiebelschauser, a
Wealthy widow OF Crestline, o., commit
ed suicide at Louisville, KY, few days
,go. She had been in low spirits since
he death Of her husband several months
,go, and was visiting her daughter in
louisville in hope OF finding relief.
Two masked men broke into the ouse
II John ArteTburn at Nabob, KY, a few
nights ago. and took $40 in cash and
totes to the value OF several thousand
iOllars. The money had Just been re-
;eived by Mr. Arterburn, and the robbers
made Mrs. Arterburn turn it over to
hem, threatening her with death IL she
refused.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company
" Birmingham, Ala, has reorganized
with a capital OF 500, 900, and will bnild a
cotton mill at once. Great interest at
aches to the enterprise, as il is the first
attempt to add cotton manufacture TO the
ron industries at Birmingham.
VIM. Webb, who was convicted. recent
y, in the Davidson County (Tenn.) Grim
nal Court OF assault with intent to kill,
md sentenced to imprisonment in the
9enitentiary for three years. made an un-
successful attempt ID commit suicide by
thinking largo quantity of deodorized
hncture OF opium, which he found in the
cell Of a fellow prisoner. Prompt action
saved his life.
J. ID. Berry was suddenly taken i'll and
lied. few days since, at Greenville,
Miss, OF apoplexy- Sarah Brown, a mu-
ATTIC servant girl in the employ OF 7. p.
Price, q whose house Berry died, asked
TOR permission to look at the remains,
which was granted her. When she entered
the room in which the body was lying she
fsil to the floor dead
A Baptist preacher at Water Valley.
Miss. joined a mob, a few days since, who
were bent on lynching a negro murderer.
He pleaded for law. religion and good
order with such force as to convert the
crowd, and the negro was placed in the
local Jail An night another mob deter
mined to do the lynching. but found that
the prisoner had been spirited away by
the sheriff. Up to latest reports no lynch
ing had occurred.
Virginia contains 40, 125 square miles.
A new gin house which had just been
completed by Mrs. Bookout on the She'll
ridge plantation, in Sunfower County,
Miss, was totally destroyed by fire a few
days ago. About seventy five bales OF