Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-01-16
The CcneeviIle Times Is for

rated MOudaY.
South Mississippi farmers arc
planting corr.
Dallas, Texas, is suffering
from a water famine.
A sugar refinery is to be 10
Gated in Memphis al an early
day.
The carnival season cOmmen-
ces IA New Orleans this year on
February 10th.
The corn crop of Illinois will
fall short 10 per cent on account
of heavy rains.
The Commonwealth is issuing
an evening daily daring the ses-
sion of the Legislature.
DR.. Peter Fairly has been
elected superintendent of the
Blind Asylum at Jackson.
The Texas State Board of
Health has quarsa;ined against
Mexico Oa account Of smallpox
Senator George has in;rodae-
ed a bill for the erection of -
government Building az NeriG-
ian,
Smoking in the street cars
has been declared a misdeme: n
or by the New Orleans authoii-
ties.
Rev. Nr Grafton has occupi-
ed the pIlpit Of the Nateh' z
Presbyterian church for forty
five years
The son of NT. John Cope
land, farmer ne:GE Water VAL
ley, Was bitten by d mOccasin
snake on the 10Th.
The early flowers are blossom
ing. the fruit trees are bloom
Ing and all nature seems to be
preparing for spring in earnest.
DIR. III F. Mckay. of Madison
county. the ~Strsw berry King
has beeu picking aud shipping
strawberries all through the
water.
The Memphis Commercial has
first-elass correspondent ut
Jackson, and the proceeding of
the Mississippi legislature are
reported in full.
Nessrs. Walter McLIurjn, of
the first district. J f Sessions.
OF the second, aud J III Askew,
o. the third, have been elected
Railroad Commissioners OF this
State
The Jackson Commonwealth
justly contends that local laws
should be published IN the 10
cal press That the people who
are expected TO OBJ. Y these laws
should understand them.
The storm of Sunday night
was very severe in Sardis. The
Presbyterian and EpiscO pal
churches and livery stable
were blown down and several
private residences unr0ofed.
The bill introduced to create
n new county, to be called JEFF
ersOn Davis County. passed the
Senate. 1t is to be formed from
parts OF Bolivar, SuutiOwer,
Washington and COahoma sOun
ties, mainly of CoahOm1, with
Cleveland as the bounty seat.
Horati0 Allen, who ran the
first locomotive engine ever
propelled over a track in this
country, died Tuesday evening
December ID, al his home In
honirose, n j, at the age of
eighty eight years He vas a
evil engineer of marked ability.
and had made many useful in
venti0ns.
The Jackson Commonwealth
says more homestead entries
are being made at the United
States land Office IN this city
than ever before In its history
This comes from Senator Wal
thafs bin repeating the law as
to presumption cash entries.
thus protecting the public lands
from sharks and spectators
aud saving it for bona fide home
seekers
In reply to a question put to
Us by a correspondents, Ee
would say that in Mississippi a
woman Is free agent and pos
sesses more power, under the
law as a wife, than anywhere
else in tie world. In fact our
statutes makes her master of
the situation; she can do as she
pleases with her owl property
and use what she pleases of the
property supposed to belong 10
her husband.-Aberdeen Exam
liner.
The other day a practical 10
ker entered the corridor of .
Philadelphia hotel and placed
his silk umbrella in a corner
with the following card fasten
en- to it: The man Who owns
this umbrella can knock down
an OK ard will be back IN a few