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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
What Sens:nels Farmers Mimi
Ra

Farmers are the most hume
rOns Of he productive class.
they east votes enough every
fosr years to elect the President
sld a majority OF Congress aaG
me State Legislature.
They own and represent but
one ourth ofthe nations wealth.
They furnish three-fOurtus OF
the soldiers aud three fOurths OF
tue uatIOn'S tax burdens.
They produce nine telths OF
the wealth which annually flows
into the Golfers of the rich cor
pOratiOns and millienaires.
They are poor and bard up
from being excessively taxed to
'sropOIt extrayagsHt National.
State and local governments,
and deprecated prices of their
products, as a result of exhorbi
tant transportation charges, and
commissions TO hoard of trade
middle men.
They are blind partisan idcla
tors who furnish the juggeruaut
aad the team which rolls il over
their bodies every four years.
And what might they bet
They might, ii united, be the
eOntrOliIn ing power in the land
They might repeal every un
just law that afiiIets them. and
enact such statutes as would
secure to them justice, equity
and protection.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
Circuit Court.

The April term of the Circuit
Court adjourned on Monday
The juries we're discharged on
Saturday The adjournment was
0ccssioued so early by the con
tiausnee by agreement among
the members of the bar of a
nnnber of trial eases on the
c.v,l docket and 10y tae fact that
there was practically no crimi-
mai docket. Fer this absence
of z criminal docket tire county
IS g. lie congratulated and il is
& = ID testim lnial TO the peace,
coed order and quiet that reigns
ia our county. For many years
the safe docket occupied the
euiise time o the cent for two
seeks and then the docket was
nCt cleared. Nov the State
docket does no; occupy out to
or three days time. Let us hope
that our reputation is re Csiab
iisbed for being one of the most
orderly counties in the State.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
Mat ihs SOg.h assss.

EE-Gev- L0zsy n Sozta Aas Sala r.
vsz-
The needs OF The South a-e
organized or systematic labor.
capital, aad less legislation. |
dissent from those who class the
negro as an inferior lsoorer. |
regard him as the best and
cheapest labOFeF I1at will ever
be found for the cultivation OF
oUr chief product, cotton Els
adaptabiIliy to the climate and
the fact that be is not a skilled
laborer, together with his natu-
raj INCLINATION, fit him fer the
cotton field. What his ultimate
fate may be is a difficult prob
lem, but il will be no easy task
TO ind his equal or supply his
place as a laborer for the cult
yatiOn of cotton. When ii is re
membered that the annual value
of this one product alone in Mis-
sippi Is, in round numbers, fifty
millions IF dollars, and that il
exceeds that sum in one State
aud apprOximates 1t in others.
the importance OF well organic
ed labor is apparent. Il is one
OF the needs that cannot be esti
mated. L have had occasion
heretofore to say, aud l repeat
the statement, that if the area
of country embraced IN what is
known as the Mississippi delta
was thoroughly protected from
the foods, and every acre cult
waited in cotton, It would pro
duee more than vas raisesi il
the United States in any ysaE
previous 10 the late war;
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
noz. C. g. Ho~Ty.

Hon. Chas. u. Hoxry was. az
ne late meeting of the Stats
Democratic Executive COMMIT
zee. selected to taxa The Race
of Hon. G. A. Johnston. resiga-
ed, on the National Democratic
Executive Committee.
We congratulate sir. Howry
on the honor conferred upon
him, as we also congratulate the
Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Mississippi on the bestow
al OF the honor on a gentleman
OF so much ability aud worth
The mantle of Capt. Johnston
rests on worthy shoulders and
the party interests of Mississippi
pi will in the future as in the
past be well ard faithfully watch
ed and prO:ected.-CoIumbus
Index.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
lie Xmas 0. uah.ers.

One OF the best Organizations
OF recent days, aud best because
Ii Is elective, Is that known as
The Kings Daughters Ii
was organized in New York BIZ
a few infuen ial and earnest vo.
men, aud has grOWE TO the pro.
portions of over i2o.0o0 mem
beers. working in almost all of
the Northern and Northwestern
States. 1t takes coguizance es
pecialiy of the Conditions of
women who labor, and is ready
With a helping haad to aid them
and throw the shield Of its pro
teetIug care around them No
cry OF distress has ever reach
ed these Daughters of the King
ald passed UNDECIDED They are
characterized by the enthusiasm
which grows cut of the best ia
teGtions aud purposes, guided
by a common sense that Aes so
Ear been equal 10 every emer-
Commercial.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
The 6raEd Jury.

A;ter a session of ONLY four
OF I've DAYS the Grand Jury re-
ported to the court just adjourn
81 1T they had given Il thor
oash investigation to all crime
coauiited 20 the date of their
assembling and having perform
ed an the duties for which they
were empanuelied asked to be
discharged. Like its predeees-
sors for several years past tLis
bod was composed OF our best
and most intelligent citizens
ard taey are entitled to the
thanks of the community for the
dispatch OF The public business
- qsiekiy. Ar. Pack FernaD-
dee Vas foreman OF the jury.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
A Word To The Farmsrs's AL
i:ances.

We hope the farmers Of Vim,
ueSota, Who are formally de.
handing the abolition of the
Supreme COart because Of the
railIoad decision of last week,
will make an effort to control
their emotions. Tse eHmmun.
ism that is cropping out iu so
many organizations of farmers
is pardOuable because il IL the
natural result of the Republican
teaching in which so many OF
these farmers have been steep
ed tor thirty years. They bave
been brought up to be robbed
for The benefit of other people,
aud how il IL not singular il
they want other people robbed
for their benefit; the power OF
the Government has been used
TO maze other people rich; why
should il not be used To make
the farmers rich Ii is the
most natural thing in the world
that a lot of Republican farmers
ia a lseI ublIcan State should
get together aud demand mat
al railroads should be confis-
Gated and presented TO them;
that courts that defend the right
of p-operty should be abolished;
that the wage workers of the
country Should he taxed on the
simples; food for the benefit OF
the faI liner; that the public cred
il should he ruined by cheating
the public creditor; that general
fraud should 5e legalized b. de
PreeiatiDg the currency.
Ii is not strange that men in
Republican States Ike Kansas
aud u Minnesota should demand
these things; the class legisIa
ton of the Republican party
has taught them 20 do it. But
all the sane, il is q great pity.
and the demands are not muca
above those made ut Il coDven
ton of Chicago anarchists. And
to grant these demands, like
granting the demands Ofthe an-
archists. would be Jumping out
of the frying pan into the fire
The only remedy for the real
evils complained Of is the
common sSuse remedy OF re-
storing the Government TO the
hands Of the Democratic party,
the levying of taxes and the en-
forcemeut of laws for no local.
- or class, bat for the whole
country and al the people; the
reduction Oft3xatiOn to the limit
OF the needs of a Government
economically administered. aud
for public purposes only, aud
the interference of the General
Government with the individual
citizen as little as possible.
This Is not quite so pietu-
rescue as the class legislation,
Disguised as socialism, which
constitutes the Republican pro
grSmme- But it is a good deal
better to take exercise and eat
plain sJOd and keep healthy,
than il IS TO destroy ones stum
ach and Shatter one nerves and
then try To get cured by the
dCetcFS National Democrat.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Gen. Featherstone of Holly
Springs, makes a plea for The
continuation of the present reg
ulatlon which provides for the
appointment of Judges by the
Governor. The Herald is with
the General in this proposition.
He is right ; the jadical ermine
ought to be kept as much as
possible out of politics, and
there should be no scramble for
Judicial pOsition.-Corinth Her
aid.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
kn Overflow TRAGEDY.

Abont ten DAYS ago a number
of negroes on jonas GOOdman's
BOgue plantation decided TO re
turn TO the hills. In the absence
of the mauagsr they corsirUe-
ell a raft and loaded il With la
con aad tOur, women and chiI
dren and set out on . voyage
down the BOgGe. The men o
the party attended the raft In a
skif The next day Ir. Coed
man started in pursuit. Reach
ing the mouth of the stream his
skiG was carried into the sun
flower aud against some drift
with such violence as 20 almost
eapsize It. On the drif. Mr.. G.
saw signs OF a wreck Going
down the Sunhovsrto the plan
t2tion below he learned thai the
raft lead of negroes had eolIid-
ed With the drift. upsetand thir-
teen of the women and children
and two Of the men were drown
ed--GrsenyilIe lines.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

When the sun disappears be-
low the horizon be Is not down.
The heavens glow for g full
hour after his departure, aud
when a great aud good man sets
the west is luminous long after
he is out of sight A room in
which flowers have been taken
away. They leave a fragrance
behind. And a good naB who
lives Ghselfshly aud disinter
cstedly. and seeks the good of
other men, cannot die out of
this world. W hen he goes hence
he leaves much of himself.
There have been many men who
left behind them that which
hundreds OF years have not
worn out. The earth has Soc
rates and Plato to this day The
world is richer vet by Noses
and the old prophets than the
wisest statesman. We are in
debted to the past. We stand
in the greatness of ages that
ha e gone rather than in that
of our own. But of how many
of us shall it be said that, being
dead, we yet speak i-Henry
Ward Beecher.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
Han. Thes. SD;qhs.

IRE above named gentleman
paid Oxford = visit last week in
the discharge Of lis official du
ties as District attorney. Capt.
Capt. Spight has many frien,'s
in Lafayette eOCnty who are
always glad to see hin. In the
discharge OF the duties of bis
Office ne has been fearless, in
dustEious aud just and it is a
compliment TO his ability and
Ell 5ieney as a public proseeu-
tor that when he came inio Office
he found a heavy amount o.
crime 10 prosecute aud now
there ia so Fttie the oIee dces
not pay in Lafayette.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

A few scrubs may slip into
the Constitutional Convention
Several are working with that
end in view; but if they become
noisy they will be set down on
so bard that they will Imagine
thai the Capitol had fallen ou
them. The scrubs will cHs a
sorry figure ia the Convention
and will feel awful lonesome BE-.
fore the session adjourns. The
day of the scrGb is over.-Ciar
ion Ledger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

A pleasing little story comes
frou Huntington, w V a
young man who escorted one OF
the finest young ladies of the
city TO the theatre vas a victim
of the pernicious habit of going
out between acts. The second
title he tried it on this occasion
his fair companion arose, invi-
ted a friend to accompany her
home, and gracefully retired
When the young man rcturnt d
his look of surprise was equal
to anything seen that evening
on the stage.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Tue House conn Zee on tho
Judiciary con pieted the eonsid.
GRAFTON OF tue Torrey bankrupt
ev bill Gntrodused by Represen.
taLivs Z ID Taylsr, Of Ohio), and
ordered it to be reported favor.
ably. A number ofarendments
have been made, but taey are
siTply corrections and changes
Of phraseolOg, and 40 not afeei
the principles Of tie bill. Mr..
Culberson, of Texas. will submit
q minority report and urge the
substitution of his own bill,
which IS a short measure pro
viding for the discharge. within
SIX months after baakruptct. OF
any bankrupt who has in good
faith assigned TO a Trustee all OF
tbs property not exempt under
local law.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

liz Is he exieas o. the I'd
pree alton OF the Fa Ali.
aBee 0f Kansas for their United
states Senator, John j. ISgI Us.
The resolution WIS passed az
the recent State convention held
1T Topeka
No outstanding the fact
tia; Jobn j. IagaslS has repre-
scented Kansas fer eighteen
years IA the United States SEN
ate, l. IS a.tiaieult matter for
hrs constituents 20 poiat to a
single measure he has ever
ehampioRed in the interest of
the great agricultural and labor.
ing element Of Kansas, and we
viii not support, by cur votes or
innuenee, any Candidate for the
legislature whO favors his re.
election TO the Uai,ed States
Senate"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

10000 acres OF Ia1d in Geo..
gia vas sold ON the III inst. to {:
syndicate for 10 cents per acre
The dispatch doesn't say, bat
we1l wager our dollar that the
syndicate was an Eagiish one.
10 judge the future by the past,
It Is Only a question of time
when the English will own the
whole country. john Bull can't
whip Us, but as long as the
present system of laws are in
vogue. be can buy us-Aissis-
sippian.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

After a lapse of several
months we received, last sun.
day morning, another number OF
the Macon San, and End il brist
ling with paragraphs and squibs
defending and booting its tsvns
man, Senator billiard. This dis
tinguished gentleman has the
reputation, we believe, of being
the author ofthe 'picayune actT
IL so, he has all the glory a man
can need, and is sufficiently i'm
mOrralized without any more
b0Osting.-SardIs Reporter.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Scan you tell me what kind OF
weather We may expect next
month"; wrote a farmer to the
editor of his country paper. 1T
is thy belief that the weather
next month will be very much
like your subscription BILL"
wrote the editor. The farmer
wondered for an hour what the
editor was driving at, when be
happened to think of the word
unsettled" He sent a postal
note.-N Y Observer.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
Swami lands.
Attorney-General's Ofiee.
jackson, Mss.


jackson, Mss.
April ., 1890.
{. s. Wilson, Commissioner of
Swamp Lands
Dear Sir: In reply to your
note of this date, | have TO say
that in my OpioiOn the purpose
aud effect of the act entitled
An act in relation TO swamp
lands is to give TO all persons,
whose claims TO tire land men
toned grow ont of the original
erroneous entries, the right to
. Oteet their titles 10y paying l2s
"ents an acre 10 the State. Ii
the original enterers, their de-
scendants or vendees were as
sss. ed for taxes aud suffered
the lands to be sold therefor,
then the purchasers under the
tax sales acquired all the right
in the lands they had. Their
claims arise under and by vir-
lie of the original entries and
they are therefore entitled to
the benefit of the act 10 the ex-
cluSiOn ofthe former delinquent
owners. / think their claims
arise under the original entries
just as much as in the case
where the title of the original
entereT was sold under execu
ton at law and bought by a third
person. Ii is obvious that any
other view OF the act would pro
dgce greater mischicfand wrong
than were intended to be pre-
vented. AS the law stood prior
10 the passage of this act, any
man, however innocent aud
whatever he paid. could have
been cut out of his possession
by any person who beat him to
your Office and discovered that
the original eutry was made vita
the wrong scrip Ii seems aO-
sur6 to think that a tax sale,
valid in ali respects save tue
fact that the legal title had not
passed out OF TIE State, did not
pass the interest of the del,n.
qnent owner within the mean.
ing OF the law.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Judge ] \ f Campbell has
expressed Lis views as to what
the Constitutional Convention
should do, and IN our opinion
they are simply absurd His
idea Is to allow each man a vote
according 20 the number of
acres OF land he owns, say one
vote for every 30 acres. This
plan is contrary TO Democratic
principles, to a Republican form
of government. The time is not
ripe yet to place the control of
this Stale in the hands of a
landed aristoeracy, aud the idea
should not be entertained for a
monent-EIIisville Eagle.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

On last Wednesday morning
while Mr. John Seurr was
ploughing in his field near Tor
rance Station he unearthed
about 800 in twenty dollar gold
pieces which had dates on them
from 1852 to 1857. While the
information is not establish ed it
is believed by some ofthe neigh
bcrs that the money was buried
where found by AIR. ScuTr's
grandfather. This sort of
plCughing beats cotton and
coru raising all to dea,h,-Gre
nadB Sentinel.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Bishop Foster, in an address
to the Methodist Episcopal nin-
listers on the work Of the church
recently, said that forty years
ago the Methodist Episcopal
church numbered rocco mem
6ers, and low there are 5000
OGO. Then there we're bat three
important educational iasti.-
tons, and now there are a la
number connected with the
nominations, aud that the ed
uonal work among the colo
people, is more than all the.
eationat work of forty years
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

An old convict, just released
from ths Auburn penitentiary,
boasts of the fact that he was
conducted 10 that institution By
Grover Cleveland lie was con-
victed of murder, and sentenced
to Imprisonment for life at But
fslo In 1871. -Grover Cleye
land was sheriff at the time of
my sentence" he says. "aRd in
stead of sending a deputy to
Auburn with me be went him
self, saying that he had never
been in the state prison and
wanted TO improve the opportu
nifty. l believe l am the only
man in the world who has been
escorted to prison by a presi-
dent of the United Statea. The
very last paper Mr.. Cleveland
signed his Lame to at Albany as
governor was my pardon, to take
effect March ), 1890, aud here I
amn
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

A suspicious subscriber who
found a spider in bis paper.
wants to know if it is eonsi.Ier.
ell a bad omen Nothing of the
kind The spider was merely
looking over ths columns OF the
paper 10 see What merchant was
not advertising, 81 that il could
spin It's web across his store
door and be free from disturb
aEee -Ex-
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

You,a is the encha.ted land
to which the aged fies. They
visit the old house where they
were born, in their reveries;
they sit by the cheerful fire,
they smell the roses at their
chamber window, they hear the
swallows aud blaekbirds, the
family is still united there are
the familiar voices, songs and
laughter, the footballs. the nier-
~ life that use to fill all indoors
aad ont so long ago. They new
er tire of the old adventures.
the fiery purposes, the love max
ings, weddings, births, funerals.
How minutely it IS all reduced
the shadows all gone, and the
light of youth and hope and JOY
shining 80 delightfully."- over I'll.
Selected
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

1t IS about time something
was heard of the next meeting
OF the state Press Association
Bolivar Democrat
Pear is expressed that the OF
ga1izat-oR mas 'petered OUT
Raymond Gazette.
And il, after years and years
OF existence, and with half a
dozen members in the Legisla
luVe, tie late lamentsd). il could
not exercise sufficient influence
10 Kill the -piesyune aet,- per-
hapS i Lad about as well pe
ter Oat-r-Ssrdis Reporter.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

The Corinth Democrat says of
;he Publication OF the swami
land act: 1T Is nothing but
sheer robbery. and papers thas
we're entitled to a piece Of The
pie were beaten cut by the ring,
and 1t was given to seven oasee
AID ex ofieeholdcrs.,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

1t is generally thought that
newspaper editors are troubled
most to know what to put in
their papers, when in reality an
editor who has the proper con-
ception of his business expert
eBees most concerned about
wat should be kept out. Jour
nslism proper does not consist
in chronicling every thing that
happens in the community re
gardless of its merits as an item
of news or a matter of public in
terest; nor Is an editor justifia-
bic in publishing al ths rot iu
in the shape of communications
and unsolicited contributions
to his columns. Only items OF
news and matters that concern
the public in any way should
find their way into the Columns
of the local paper.-Ruston La
Calisraph.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Men and women, who lead
worthy lives must have a Jus,
respect for themselves. What
ever tends 10 realize and to
strengthen these promotes hu.
man welfafe--N Y Ledger.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

IL Is said that within the past
week seventy head OF horses
and mules sere killed in one
neighoorhood IL MARSHALL eouu.
ty.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

The waters are falling and no
nsS breaks have occurred in a
wees The farmers in the Del.
"a may Yet be able 20 plant their
crops IN good time
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

According to a law passed by
the late legislature persons who
do not feel satisfied with the as
sessIneht Of their property can
apply for relief to the August
meeting Of the Boards of Super
yiscEs
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

4 mans opinion should be
good for him. II should ct bis
conscience and make him feel
comfortable. But a man with
81 opin'on has no right to Insist
that others should have the
same Oninion
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Tue following is sail TO be
ths shortest sentence which
contains all tue letters of the
s'Phs6et: Pack nv boz vita
nve dozen liqaOr jaSs-Sev
Era
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

AT the recent municipal eIec
non In Water Valley, W A Her
ing sas elected Mayor, and Il
ID Stephens, Recorder.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

The dsToeratIe execu,,v.
CON nittee of r'nnssses has fix.
e dJuiy Sth as the date for hold.
'nS The State democrats con-
sehiiOa to nominate a candidate
for Governor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Gen Catchings will not be a
candidate for re election 10 con
gress He expects to remove
10 chattanooga at an early day
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

There has been a wholesale
discharge of conductors on the
Alabama great Southern l. New
Orleans railroad.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17
D.. KOHLMlW
FROM DESPAIR TO JOY.

fhs Pafnfei stssy OF . Lovely Lady,
anA How She FINALLY lectures Hap
pfness-
Ma Morton D Harlan. resting 1t No. IS
West Sch Street. New York City. has passed
through q Elcst wonderful experience- Mrs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

hosciuskO now has a steam
orlcS naehiSe in working order.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-04-17

Harlan had = happy home
and through her devotion %
her home duties over-nred
her strength She had de-
feelings. entire lack
lor energy In life. and finally
q cough at night and morn
ing which grew worse each
daT- Upon looking Ia the