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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

A bad collision occurred on the Gin
>innati southern between Rock wood and
Glen Alice. Tenn Twenty-Five ears and
one engine were burned
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

The Uri.ed States Rolling Stock Con-
5any. with works in Admission and Nex
Decatur. Ala. and near Chicago. Ill,
has assigned The liabilities are large.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

Frank Gunn has been i4iIed a. Tai
lahomA- Tenn. on sehzrye OF firing his
wife's barn and attempting 70 kill her
<hea sac eadeAvorea - quench the
flames
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

CONGRESSMAN PIERCE, of Tennessee
the frst OF the Farmers Alliance mem
bers 70 arrive in Washington, SAYS he
thinks that the Alliance intends 20 ad-
vocate measures calculated to loosen
the stringency in money matters
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

G. ". GuBEET. a former scout with
Buffalo Bill. and 4 weIl-known citizen.
Of Salem. Mass. on the 36th, thrashed
CIV. Cochran editor of the Salem Call,
On the street for publishing an article
rejecting On an enterprise with which
Gilbert is connected
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

PAESELL's manifesto. which made its
appearance on the 18th. IS document
O. great length. in which the Irish
leader boldly defes his enemies and az
peals 70 the people Of ireland 10 ses-
,zin him in no haIf-heareed way in the
great emergency which confrouts them
and him.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

William ShcemAtte. prominent Todd
County Ky farmer residing rear
sharon Grove. was cut bird hunting. Ae-
eonpanl~d By bis son. when a eovey %
partridge suddenly sew up frou the
ground behind then Mr. >heemAfse
turned vita his gun raised ready 70
sr~. ssez she SezPoz Sss accidentally
discharged. is coatsnts takinx eject IA
hts son's head which xas almost blown
%. the brains scattering in every
airectica- The hoT fell % the groaad
dad His father was Almos. crHze4
~ith grief over the 4wfal catastrophe.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

TEN houses were blown down and sew
enteen persons were drowned at Kahla.
Germany, on the 25th- Disastrous
gales and floods. with loss Of life and
property also occurred At jena Gosch-
xiiz and other places in Germany.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

JoHS X BRIcE, brother Of the Sena-
tcr-eIect, denies the published report
that his brother lost $, 0Oo 900 in the
present financial surry- He says It Is
true he has lost several hundred thou
sand dollars. but nothing approaching
the sum reported
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

NUMEROUS Scotch and English Lib
e-aI Socialists have eadopted.resolution,
cundamning Mr.. ParneII and declaring
that they will not consent to any fur.
ther cooperation with him.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

The steamer Rio Grande cleared from
Ne~ Orleans for NeN York with Is. co
barrels q Louisiana szEar-the largest
,argo of sugar ever cleared from that
n.nre
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

JUDGE PRATT, Of the New York Su-
preule Court. on the cath. denied the
notion made By the trustees OF the
sugar Trust TO vacate the inserlocutorv
Judgment entered against them.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

NrxxEAroLIs. MINI. Nov 2o-The
suit brought By the STATE against the
Knights Of Aurora for the appointnens
Of . receiver vas decided yesterday By
Judwe Hicks sustaining the state IN Al
Of is eha-xes-fraud. insolvency and
r,IaxfuI vraetices. He stated that the
wbola .-sir had been born IN fraud and
continued in the same manner lie
roasted Or. Rogers because he had
u.5a his son swear 70 the statement
q,,ea % the insurance commissioner
aad the yogBg fellow ADMITTED l on TIE
s,.,d that ha knew nothing s0G2s Ia
,.,,ars % xhich il referred
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

CHIEF JUSTICE FULLEE. in the >g-
IRENE Court of the United States. on
sue a4th. announced the decision OF the
eoart in the case Of Jugigo. the Japan
sse sailor, under sentence OF death by
s-eetricity a. Sing sing. y n The
court sustains the decision below. It
eseides that the New York Electrucu-
uon law is constitutional. on the
ruuuds taken By it deciding the case Of
Rn. Eemnrler.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

Wn- Dekes. editor OF the Enporia
Miss Progress. was accidentally and
Instantly killed by train ~ Ton So.ea
station. on the Georgia Pacific
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

William Fansie-. one Of the most dar.
Ing Of West Virginia Eoonshlners. has
been captured after most exstsl- 4
shzse. ami lodged In all
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

CONGRESSMAN BowDEx of the Second
district Of Virginia has notified the
House committee on elections that he
VIII contest the election Of John W
lawson. his Democratic opponent 20
the Fifty-seeond Congress. on the
ground that voters in Republican pre-
cints were prevented from voting by
dilat0ry tactics practised BY Demo-
cratic election officers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

A SENSATION has been caused in Se-
via By the evidence that the divorce of
ex-king Milan from Queen Natal;s
was not legally granted.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04
VOL. XIV.

The aew revenue cutter being huf,,
at Baltimore, Nd, has been named the
Galveston
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

The accounts Of the postmaster At
New Orleans for the first twenty-five
lars Of November have been received
st the Post Office Department They
snow that the receipts for the pe-iod
we're 81. Ia. against 50, 55a for the first
twenty-five days last year. when the
Lottery law was not in force
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

Az epidemic OF influenza prevails ss
flaenl lkirchen. Hungary One thou
sand persons in the place are suffer- ng
rom the disease. The medical officer
has summoned q conference of the doc
t1rs 70 decide what course 70 follow
Many cases of the disease resemble ty-
phus fever, while others are attended
with eopious hemOrrhage from the in
teStines.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

Sometimes the las Is strangely tor
xetfuL Fer instance. John Biycr. ssty-
two yeArs % age. has heea = prisoner IN
the Nanceburx Ky Coaaty iAil FOR
twenty-swo years on . charge of mEr-
der. By so-ns strange chance The Law
has forgotten his existence. and as
these years he has been patiently
waiting for 4 trial that has never cone-
In the meanwhile the witnesses
against him a-~ all dead. and his itsn-
,ity hasSo e0nPletsly sunk out Of rec
oilcction that be Is referred 10 simply
- TIE dead man n cell -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

GEs JANE GRANT GILNOE HOwARD.
ElaoE Of the late General BENZ {
hoEari. died in Baltimore. Nd on the
-sh She was eonspicuously Identified
flta social life and charitable work
eee was for years president OF the
Frat Southern Relief Association. and
: lisa inaugurated fair in Baltimore
snica netted nearly SOD, 600 for the
soathern civiI-war sufferers Her life
Eas one long career of good works
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04
SOUTHERN cIEANINcs.


r T. Mes1ow~ u FicdSoe. Tenn.
havtnx sold his farm and stec&. was
seated BY The frr sAiking - Dis wife
cs their contemplated trip - Texas
shither they wcrs gola- 10 make th~ir
fatare hone Meadows pallsA eat AAx
money. whieh vas IN large hllls Aa1
prooseded - count the amount whea
lie BAD laid aown Als last bill On the
hearth. some ono opea@a the aoor aRd a
gust of wtnA carried ais al iato the
Are. Before Meadows eOsl1 rc.cae any
Of his currency it was IA .sees lie
bad eonver-@d al bis Possessions iato
casa. anA N twinkle al AS lost
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

Two HUSGARIASs. Mike Hordurick
81 Dennis Chesna. were arrested Tor
enpting TO wreck train on the
slasare. Lackawanna & Western
~ near Plymouth. Pa, on the aotn-
II H1ngarians were seen trying 20
sen two large coupling pins TO tse
IN track, by the fireman and engineer
coal train. who took them 70 the
2ap As the express train was
.riY due. an awful calamity was prob
7 aFersed by the timely discovery
'oe obstruction on the track The
we're held in Sla. 600 bail for trial
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

HE three Navassa rioters and mur-
|csrers. George Singleton Key, Edward
|s1ith and Henry Jones. who are IN All
n Baltimore, Nd. under sentence OF
-sath. when told Of the decision handed
roEn IN their case in the United States
faFrsme Court. on the 24th. expressed
surprise and were apparently uncon-
s'ned They are hopeful that the
'esident will commute their sentences.
aould he not do so. they are, they say,
- % march 70 the galIowS
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-12-04

he state of Iowa. through the Gov
aOf' has been summoned BY the United
-ssS Supreme Court to appear before
: tribunal at Washington in Janu-
] o answer the aill of complaint by
state Of Nebraska in regard 70 the
-aary Ens between Nebraska and
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souvenirs of the gallant Phil, his equip
nents and relics Of the war, are here in
.profusion, and the youthful looking
mother surrounded by children whose ten
der affections center upon her completes an
IDEAL picture of a departed soldiers home.
Mary, the eldest of the children, is bright,
pretty girl of IA; Louise and Irene, the
twin daughters, are dainty mites of II, and
little Phil is a delicate looking lad of 8.
There is throughout the household de-
lightful air of graceful refinement, one of
the results of diligent care on the part of
this exemplary mother. Should Mrs. Sher-
idan ever quit the seclusion into which her
profound grief has thrown her, she will
find herself tine center of a very wide circle
of sincere admirers.
Anew doors from Mrs. Sheridan's home
is the Rhode Island home of Mrs. Waite,
widow of the late chief justice-a sweet
faced matron whose quiet manner and sor-
Tow-face beft the somber gown and cap she
wears. Mrs. Waite's household consists of
her daughter, Mary, and one or more of the
late chief Justices relatives, who are pretty
constantly visitors here. The widow il very
fond of children, and at almost any hour
of the day when she is at home one may
hear the clatter of boyish feet and the
merry laughter of little folk who have come
in from all the neighborhood to romp through
her halls and over her house in unre-
strained glee. Chief Justice Waite left
but little fortune. Insurance to the extent
of five thousand dollars and house on /
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fought against, and left his widow without
a cent, excepting the small insurance,
which he had permitted to lapse, but which
she had insistently kept alive. He be-
queathed to her some debts and three chill
dren by former wife. She proved far
more thrifty. than he. In six months she
t had obtained an e,. oos through ag
two promotions through her own
merit; had recovered the 5000
house on which the mortgage had been fore
closed; had secured an official promise of
two places for her small boys which are re-
carded as prizes in official circles; had
where her husband had carelessly deposit
ed; had paid off his most urgent debts, and
to-day faces the world with the sagacity
and confidence of business woman.
who is the most popular widow in
Washington society,"" I.put this question
to Miss Louise Covert Keen and brilliant
conditions of Washington like book.
''Stella Bachelor Leighton" she answered
without hesitation.
Mrs. Leighton. lately of Pasadena, CAL,
was an Ohio girl, her ancestors having set
tied in that state in an early day. They
were the Defours, a family famous for
member of this family who introduced
grape culture into Ohio. Stella was the
daughter of Mr.. F. Y. Bachelor. She was
born in Cincinnati, and, in that city of
notably beautiful women, became one of the
most noted. When little more than a
school girl she became the wife of Mr..
moved to Minneapolis, Mimi, and made
his name synonym of financial success
throughout the northwest. Seven years
ago Mr.. Leighton's health being impaired,
they removed to Pasadena, where they
built magnificent house. Here two boys
were born to them and from this point they
travelled extensively, spending much time
in China, Japan and Europe. But the
search for health was vain and after five
years of anxious care for her invalid hus-
band Mrs. Leighton, two years ago, be-
came a widow with a splendid for
tune. She is still a very young looking
woman-almost girlish, one might say,
as is apt to be the case with golden
haired blondes. She now lives on Massa-
chusetts avenue. Her widowed mother,
also very youthful looking woman. lives
with her and devotes herself to the two
boys and the home cares. Mrs. Leighton
is one of the busiest ladies in Washington,
for in addition to the constant demands
made upon her by society she spends every
available moment in charity work. About
this she is both discriminating and unos-
tentatious. She goes about personally in
search of poor families whose unmerited
distress she relieves in such manner as will
not injure the pride of such as have pride
or to encourage Incidence in such as have it
not. She is among the foremost contribu-
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WASHINGTON WIDOWS.
SKETCHES Of SOME OF THE MORE NOTED ONES.


WASHINGTON, June 19.-"Beware of vid-
ders.' If you look all through the Pick
wick papers you will not find this express
sion, which is SO commonly supposed to
have been uttered by the elder Weller. It
would nevertheless have been good advice
to give to SO susceptible young man as
Samivel, for it is an unquestionable adage
that, in matters pertaining to the heart,
men are apt to approve the Judgment of
those other men who have gone before
them. !.
The man with an approachable heart
would therefore better stay away from
Washington if he does not wish to become
tangled in Master Cupid's bow-string, for
here are widows and widows and widows.
Rich widows, to excite avarioe; poor Wild
ows, to stir that pity which is akin to love;
beautiful young widows plain elderly wild.
ows; war widows, drawn hither by the
prospect that the government will provide
employment for them; widows of men whose
lingering here amid the associations of hap
pier days: grass widows and widows not as
green as grass-here they are by hundreds.
When General John A. Logan was alive,
men used to say his wife was better poll
tician than he was. Mrs. Mary Logan has,
mere expression of eallantry. She is to-day
one of the shrewdest politicians IN Wash
ington. Calumet Place, as her attractive
home on Columbia Heights is called, is a
SO t of political executive mansioD, and she,
the central figure there, commands wires
which many an aspirant for even presi-
DENTAL honors would be glad to control.
Mrs. Logan's interest in social and political
affairs have abated no jot since her hus-
bands death, and the effective diplomacy
which she once exerted in his interest is
now, it is said, turned in favor OF his old
friend, General Russell A. Alger.
Mrs. Irene Sheridan has almost utterly
withdrawn from the world. Within the
walls of her really beautiful home on Rhode
Island avenue she lives in quiet, unosten-
tatious grief for her loved husband and in
beautiful motherly devotion to her four
dutiful children. About the elegant
apartments on the . walls, in the - inches .3s
lamented soldier to whom her life
was SO completely given. Portraits, busts,
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A NEW OUTDOOR GAME.
A Sort of Tennis, Called Crooketta

Sort of Tennis, Called Cr0Oketta
Mr.. j. d. Horn, of Leicester, has added a
new game to the already long list that has
been placed before the public during the
last few years. In lawn crooketta there
seem to be the elements of success, as
players will find plenty of skill necessary;
and also there is certain amount of exer-
else required. This, however, is by no
means SO violent as one sees in game of
lawn tennis; SO to many this will prove a
great attraction.
The game can be played on grass or gray
ell, or, indeed, on any hard substance, while
it is not necessary that the courts should be
always of the same shape or size, so that in
this respect it will suit grounds
that might not always be available
should the same sized court be a
sine qua non. The implements required
for this game are not many, being four
The crooks are 3 feet 6 inches long, having
the appearance Of an Elongated lawn tennis
racket very loosely strung; indeed, the
baggy part of the racket is nearly 8 inches
deep. The standards, 3 feet 6 inches, with
cupped tops, are placed 70 as to form
inclosing this space. The balls in use for
the game are ~ inches in diameter. four,
called sentinels, to be placed in the cups on
the standards, and the remaining two being
the play balls. The service lines are 30 feet
long, and are placed II feet away from each
side of the inside square called the fold,
and then the court is made complete by
joining the fold corners to the service line
corners.
Two or four players can take part in lawn
orooketta, the greater number appearing to
us to enhance the interest shown in the
game. The principal part of the play con-
sists in placing one Of the balls in the
crook, and then standing outside the SER
vice line serving the ball so that it shall
pass over the fold and fall in your oppo-
nent's court without his catching it; or you
may displace one of the sentinels on the
standards but taking care that your ball
shall still drop in the adversary's court.
The game is scored by points, one, two,
three, or four called knave, queen, king,
and an ace respectively, can be made from
each service, while SO or 100 points consti-
tute game, according to whether long or
short game is required. Before trying the
game ourselves, we had seen it we'll played
by some of the team of lady cricketers, who
ere now showing such great form with the
bat and in the field.-London Field.
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street constituted his entire estate. Had it
not been for the action of his associates in
the legal profession the family must have
radically altered the mode of life. The
members of the bar contributed thirty
five thousand dollars, which, being wisely
invested, forms the fund on which
the family lives, though Mrs. Waite
has eked this out by renting the
l street property for twenty-four
hundred dollars year and hiring the Rhode
Island avenue house for twelve hundred
dollars. Although she has never returned
to the society from which she retired at the
time of her husbands death. she still lives
close enough to the current to maintain her
Interest In people and events, and is by no
means lost sight of by Official and diplo-
matte circles. Mrs. Waite has travelled ex-
tensively and observed carefully in Europe
even now she and her daughter are there
and it is her delightto compare the capitals
of the Old World with this of the new; and
always favorably to Washington, which she
declares to be the most pleasing OF them ali.
Paris especially she does not like; london
Rlsases her morei Washington most.
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superstitlons About Playing Cards.

While l am aware that the number of
superstitions is legion, says writer in
American Notes and Queries, send you a
few curious ones pertaining to playing
cards which may be interesting.
Most of these superstitions have gath
cred from persons have met, and while
some of them ''did not believe in foolish
superstition" they would, nevertheless, at
times when fortune was against them, try
some little superstitious act "just to see if
it would make any difference in their luck. +"
One of the most common superstitions is
that where card player who is not having
good luck gets up and solemnly walks
around his chair three times in order to
propitiate fortune, or the player will call
for new pack of cards.
The partners in game of cards who have
the grain of the table running between
them are also supposed to be helped there
by. This, / am told, is an Irish supersti
ton.
If you are card player, and not having
the bed, then beware, for this is an act sure
to bring misfortunes innumerable.
Never throw pack of cards at any one,
as the act will bring all kinds of bad luck
to the person struck.
When you i! have pack Of cards which
AtNsS ooSAA tAOAA DCoV ohyb w AAot NOiuuQtb
the imprudence of giving them away. It is
also bad luck. The proper plan is to burn
them, and preferably with pepper and salt.
The belief that large number of people
have in the efficacy of fortune telling by
cards is TOO we'll known to dwell upon.
These people, when fortune-teller is not
convenient. will often pick out their own
fortune by means of divers kinds of soil
taire.
Then there is an old proverb, "Lucky at
cards, unlucky at love"
In a game Of cards it is considered un-
lucky to a player to rest your foot on the
back rung of his chair while looking at the
game. Rest your foot on one of the side
rungs or on the seat of the chair, but the
back rung never.
One of the most curious superstitions I
have met with is one which was told me of
an old Irishman who could never be per-
suaded to play cards unless he wore his hat,
When pressed for a reason he finally gave
this one: The devil is always around when
card playing is in progress, and not to wear
hat would be sign of respect for his n1a-
jesty, and that would bring bad luck.
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Mrs. La Sale Corbell Pickett is one of
the charming widows of Washington
Though she was welded to the Confederate
general, George Pickett. before the close of
the war, and is the mother of young gen.
tleman in society, she had until recently,
when a painful accident befel her, the
bloom and freshness of girl, and spirit SO
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Sunday Excursions,

Attention is called to the fact that on and
after Sunday, May I. train No. l, which
leaves Helena in the morning for Butte,
will leave Sundays at 8 O'Clock instead of
9:l5 as heretofore and will continue to de-
part at that time until further notice for
the purpose of accommodating the large
number of excursionists who wish to mako
trips to our elegant summer resorts.
B. II. LANGLEY,
0ensxAl Ticket Agent
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ana Until le6a tHan JHtee m0utuB ago BIG
did it alone.
Mrs. William Brooke is one of the we'll
known widows of Washington, but the an
Dr. MoK rector nss Of u eh
seems to take her well-nigh out Of the list.
An interesting bit of gossip concerning this
marriage is to the effect that Mrs. Brooke
has purchased the dwelling adjoining the
parsonage and that after the marriage each
will continue to conduct separate estab-
lishment which are to be connected only by
doorway cut for that purpose.
1t is also given out by the Rossips that
General Schotield, commander of the army,
is soon to take the widow of General Kill
patrick out of the list.
WILLIAM B. HAWKINS.
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