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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS

Gov. NICHOLAS having declined TO re-
cetve the 100000 donation from the
Louisiana Lottery Company for levee
decided to offer the relief fund direct 10
the various levee districts.
Ar Gadsden. Tenn, on the I6sh.
Henry Williams, colored. was 1ksn
from Jail By a mob and shot TO death for
an attempted assault on Miss finder, An
aged white lady living near that place,
on February IS, last
The dry goods store OF T. j. DawIings,
one of the oldest merchants of Hum
boldt. Tenn, was closed on the 18th BY
attachment Assets, sIl, 900 or SI2, ,0aD;
liabilities, s10,5oo-
The itinerary Of the Pan-Amer.can
Congress for the southern tour has not
yet been finally arranged but it is Ger
tain that it will include rot less than
one day at Memphis
The mercury was down TO - degrees
at Charleston. 5. C.. on the 18th It Is
feared great damage has been done tc
the truck crop.
GEx. MERRITT has ordered six troops
u cavalry to proceed 70 the Cherokes
Strip and Gust the boomers there
The Legislature Of Logisana is likely
10 re-eharter the Lottery Company and
rive IL a new lease on life for twenty
ive years The company proposes 20
paw from, $500, ,0o0 70 sso0.ooo each ysar
as license
TRE Secretary Of State Of Illinois on
the 18th, islued license Incorporating
the NaGiOaaI Cooperative Banking A.
socistior, at Chicago, with q capital
stock Of $50, ,O0o. 600
WILDCAT attacked the daughter Of
John Roberts, near Greeuville, Tenn
on the 18th. inficting serious tpiurtes-
TIE foreign corporation bill has
passed both houses Of the Maryland
Legislature and awaits the signature OF
the Governor TO become law IL in
poses a tax ranging from 70 per cent
on gross receipts Of all corporations
outside of Maryland doing business IN
the State
RoBEzr RArSS was hanged in the Jail
Iuclosure Of Morgan County, Ala on the
r4sh. fer ularderng his younger brother
Bones
REv. PKxs. C. CHASEr, - in Jail At
Huntsville. Ala. charged with violating
,be postal laws while postmaster at Dut-
tons Sore. Jackson county, about i've
years ago
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
Prepare for the Floods.

PLAQuEsuSE. La, March ia letter
nas been received by the President OF
the Police Jury OF this parish from Mai.
H. b. Richardson, Chief Engineer OF the
State Levee Board, in which he ex-
presses the opinion that the water from,
the Sappington and Raleigh or Pecan
Grove crevasses, now going through the
Tensas Rasin, will come back upon us
and at time that may cause the river
below TO rise higher than ever before,
and urges police iuries and the people
to prepare for a good deal more water.
He states also that the water above was
higher than in fss. and 1854. The
weather Is fine and all feel hopeful,
notwithstanding a inch rise at the
Mayfower plantation above here; the
water In places Is within inches Of the
top Of the leyee, which is being raised
and by to-marrow at noon will be in a
condition 70 stand Il or IS inches more.
The water from the crevasse has
backed up several inches and flooded
some plantations IL will overflow fuIly
one-fourth Of East Carroll Parish and
the greater part Of Tensas and Madison
Parishes The eastern part Of the lat
ter will escape. The water has not ret
reached the vicksburg. Shreveport &
Pacific Railway, and possibly will not
for several days. The erevasss has ex-
cited much CONSERVATION in these par
ishes and stock Is being and will be re-
moved
A fall Of fve inches occurred at Al
satia levee, fve miles above the GRE
vase, today, greatly improving the sit
uation there This lsvee was eousid-
cred in greatest danger Of all heretofore.
Advices from other Louisiana levees
and from Mississippi show that crsvasss
Has relieved pressure on them
A levee inspector. the solitary witness
Of the break at Rals'gh, says seventy.
Eve feet Of the levee esved OF at oncs
into the river.
A telephone message from Filters,
Miss. states that the water fell inches
there. inch ~ Skipwith's, and inches
st Brunswick In the past - hours
<~--~-~
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20

A New Norksr's >ae-~-sfai Design fsr the
Grady Naaamsnt -Aaass~rsary OF the
Asss--iasttsa Of CEsr Alexander m. of
Ka.sia-
NEW foKK. March 1.-THE success
ful competitor among the scuIptors who
submitted designs for the monument TO
the late Henry W. Grady. which i to Ia
erected at Atlanta. Ca. was Alexander
Doyle. Of this city. who Is now at work
on 4 model to be submitted in
about two months The monument
will consist of \ fgll-iength figure
Of Mr.. Grady in bronze. nine and one
half feet in height It will rest upon a
pedestal. which, with its base will bs
fifteen feet high At the foot OF the
pedestal in front will be a bunch OF
palm branches in bronze. while upon
buttresses placed At the foot Of the ped
estal on the north and south faces will
be seated bronze alLegorieal figures six
feet high representing History and
Grief.
The anniversary Of the assassination
Of Gar Alexander H. OF Russia was cell
ebrated by the Russian American Ma
tional League in Clarendon Hall last
night. About $50 Russian men and
women were present Resolutions were
passed in which IL was resolved 10 ap-
peal To the civilized governments Of the
world 20 ostraeixe Russia and repudiate
any treaties proposed by that govern
mental plot against the people"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20

ROCHESTER,, y. IL, March I5.-In the
continued hearing yesterday OF the
case of Isaac >awtslle, charged with the
murder Of his brother Hiram. Isaae's
counsel complained Of unfair treatment
by the court He had expected that
Witnesses expenses would be paid by the
State. that the prisoner had been de-
prived of his money 50 that witnesses
for the defense could not be summoned.
that nearly all objections raised By de-
fendant's counsel had been overruled.
While those Of the other side had been
aIIowed- He concluded by stating that
in existing circumstances he would re-
fuse 70 put in any more testimony here
and would 20 % a higher court for his
rights Issae >awtelle was taen com
mitted without bail 10 await the action
Of the grand Jury
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20

CATEo. Ill. March tp.-The river il
Using again here very slowly, marx..-
~ feet 3-tenths. rise Of I-tenth OF q
foot in twenty hours. but the cool
wave which has prevailed two days still
holds out and promises 10 check the
rise very materially.
The Mobile & Ohio Railroad IL max
ing a desperate nght TO hold its tracks
against the food between East Cairo
and wieklife. ny. Three work trains
are constantly engaged. under the per-
scnal direction of General Superintsnd-
eut McLarea and Assistant Seal. The
embankmeot serves as levee 10 keep
the water out OF the Kentucky bottoms,
and while the river IL within few feet
OF the top on one side, the other side IL
twenty feet above the water level. In
the last two days wind and waves have
made large rents in the outer slope OF
the bank and there has been immiaent
ianger Of break. To prevent this and
\ subsequent fatal accident extraordi-
nary precautions have been taken.
Three work trains, with double gangs
,f men. have been engaged day and
night in fighting the river along a three
mile stretch Of the bank, and up to this
evening 1000 sacks. filed with dirt,
have been sunk ut the threatened points,
making solid revetment nearly all the
way from East Cairo to to Wickliffe,
which needs constant repairing. Trains
are not allowed to run over the track at
\ greater speed than four miles per
hour. and pilots are placed every quarter
Of mile, who walk before the trains
and see that all is safe. A connecting
track has been built at Fort Jefferson
TO the Illinois Central track for use in
sase q break occurs The breaking of
this embankmsnt would cause Io-foos
rise of the backwater in the Kentucky
bottoms
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
SQuIRMING OUT.
The Inaebtedne-s of Henry =. Ives a Co.
-Bln Ksdue~s-

NV YoRK. March I5.-Holders OF
ninety-dve per cent OF the indebted
ness Of Henry ;. Ives Il Co. have con-
sented 10 settle for five cents on the
dollar. IL is expected that the consent
Of the Eve per cent will soon be Sc
cured
Judge Andrews. in the Supreme Court
yesterday. granted a motion To reduce
the bail Of Ives and >sayner from $50.
600 60 =. 900 each in the civil action
brought against them by the Cincin-
natl. Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Com
pany- They will probably be- released
from Ladlow>treet Jail very soon
A citation has been granted requiring
the creditors 20 appear May l and show
cause why the settlement should not be
confirmed by the court Mr.. Cromwell.
assignee Of the firm. says that -. Oo0. 600
cut Of tae $4,000. 900 Indebtedness has
been paid OF. and in view OF the in
tangible and complicated character Of
the remainder the creditors onssnted
20 the settlement on a five per cent
basis
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
Fatal Run Into q Laad-sIa<.

CIScISSArL March I4-Eass-boGnd
vestibule train No. 5 on the Central
Ohio division Of the Baltimore & ohio
railroad ran into ! landslide = few
miles east Of Newark this morning The
engine was thrown into the river and
the fireman killed The engineer Of the
train and an engineer who was riding
on the engine as n passenger were seri-
oasly injured None Of the passengers
were hurt. but they all received severe
shaking up The fireman killed was
Thomas Bo1ani. the engineer JehH
Moore, and John Hart, engineer, dead
heading.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20

mary n NefaAfy- united parted fam
lilies have rescued those who were
in sore straits. l have borne the young
and aged and placed them once more in
their loved land Of Egypt have
brought the beIeagured Governor out of
bis threatened bondage Wherefore. as
these were the aims Of the work. and
they have been accomplished. I say the
end crowns the work True. am
blanched and white. bat what matters
it2 | have naught TO regret and IL any
mission Of like nature presented itself
should still wish 10 do IT, For whether
here or there. life stays not, but rushes
on apaee. and men must work and strive;
but let Us do it bravely and ftly with
all our strength -
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
NisrrIlanlau.-

ARRANGEMENTS have been perfected
for building a large hotel in Meridian
II once. This building will cover lot
ia5xI7o feet. and will be- q We stories high
and contain all the latest Improvements
In hotels. It Is the intention OF this
hotel company to build one Of the hand
somest in the South. IL will contain
$50 rooms.
The directors Of the various County
Fairs in the state held a meeting at
Jackson last week. and arranged a cir
emit for the coming fall. 80 that no two
fairs will be held on the same date. Ths.
dates have not yet be~n fixed. bat The
circuit will begin at Holly Springs
about the latter part - sepss nsi-~r. and
from there to Water valley. senAtshls,
sar'iis, Grenada. CAaton. Bolsoa and
Jackson
The Board Of supervisorz 81 zia-
busha County are in trouble axain on
account Of the new eourthoasea question
Notwithstanding the Saprpnae Court
sustained the decision Of the late Judge
Hall in dissolvfng former injunction.
another one has been served on the
grounds Of the iIlegality OF the proceed
in2s Of the board
SHELTON SINS, of Mobile, attorney Of
the Anglo Construction Company has
submitted proposition TO the citizens
Of Jackson 70 subscribe individually for
10000 Of preferred shares Of the Mobile.
Jackson & Kansas City Railroad Its
estimated that this road. with propcr
encouragement can be completed withir
two years, and that. with such eneour
agement il will be built.
AT An early day three immense cot
ton warehouses are 70 be erected at va
zoo City, one by the Warehouse Com
pany, the second By Lippman & Co. anS
the third By the County Alliance.
THE Supreme Court has decided that
wine made Of the grape grown therein
Eay be sold in the State, even in eoun-
ties which have adopted prohibitory
provisions under the Local Option Law
Mis- VIRGISIA HoDGE HICKS. wife Of
the Rev. Frank Hicks. rector Of St An
trew's Church OF Jackson. died last
week after an illness Of two days, hav.
ing sonc obscure affection Of the hezsi
II Is thought
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
THE CHEROKEE STRIP.

The Invasion of the Cherokee strip-Loax
Lines Of Prairie >ehosaers Pile Into the
Coveted Territory One Company of
Troops to stem the Tide
ARKANSAS, CRY. Kan. March I5.-
| The invasion of the Cherokee Strip
from this point began at sunrise yester-
day. and all day tn long line of can
vas-covered prairie schooners drew their
lengths into the coveted land Last
night it was estimated that from the
different points Of entrance fully
twenty thousand people had passed the
border. and half that number had staked
their claims Dispatches from kiowa,
Kan, CALDWELL, Kan, Guthrie. L T..
and Hunnewell. Kan, say that about
eighteen hundred boomers left each Of
those points about noon for the Strip.
Captain Burbank in command of a small
force Of United States regulars at Okla
homa City, marched his force into the
Strip late Thursday night to stay the
progress of the boomers. having been
so ordered by telegraph 50 far as
known this force had no effect in retard-
ing the movement
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20

NEw ORLEANS. Ma-eh Is.-The T1zsss-
Democrats Nicksburg special says A
personal visit made 70 Raleigh OF Pecan
Grove levee to-day satisfied your oor-e-
spondent that the report had not exAg-
gcra;ed the extent Of the damage A
} o'clock this evening the crvvasss was
i.ooo fess or more wide. and the ends
we're caving 50 rapidly that il was fool
hardness 70 approach theh- The Ievee
Is nearly IS feet high. and the immense
volume Of water vas rushing through IL
In stream 10 or more feet deep.
The extent Of the erevasse and the
immense amount OF water delivered BY
it may BE- estimated by the fact that in
the tweuty-foar hours ending this even
ing the water has fallen ] inches az
vicksbusg and inches at Lake Provi-
dence, though rising steadily prior TO
the crevasse-
Assistant Engineer Thompson. whs
arrived at the erevasse this evening. Is
quoted a. saying that no crevasse at any
point along th-. entire line Of the Fifth
Levee District could occasion such seri-
ous results as the one at Raleigh
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
MORE ARMY JUSTICE

Aa raparsii~i~a Gas. Of IaIu.sfe- a~ ths
k~ssit 90 Permitting Armv wartin-t.
." 1t IA Judgment and Con Mea
In Time sf Peace. on Ex-P.rte Xvi
d~ne~.
~. PArt. MINI. March tA-The "a
nous case % Dell Z. Wild. Who was sent
70 prison for a year for refusing % do
menial duty for Lieu tenant steele. and
who was summarily released By order %
President Harrison. IL erlip-sed By tho
case OF Lewis Carter. private in the
Iwenty-nfth Infantry. Who has slready
served nearly Ave years % ninety
nine-year sentence tn the Minnesota
state prison. The case IL probably
without a parallel in either civil or mill
itary history
On November - fsSt Carter. who.
By the way. il colored man. vas sta
TONED with his regiment at Fort SuelI-
ing. MINI Two or three days after
ward Carter was In - Paul intox leats,si.
and ran things with high hand. His
actions. however. were not called "a the
attention Of the city police. and he went
back 10 his post unmolessed Arriving
there. he was arrested on four cha-vp--
criminal assault on a woman. ziuple
assault robbery and des.rtiou Bri-a-
dier-tieneral Terry. then in charge
of the Department Of Dakota,
summoned court-martiaI 70 a.
Nsmhle at Fort Smelling. January
g, iss5. This court was composed Of
Captains Benzoni. Lawson. Ro-he an.
silver. First LieUtenants Tully and
Glenn and Second Lieutanants Phillips.
Aheru and Tear. all OF the Twenty
fifth Infantry; while First Lieutenant
Lunden- Of the Fourth Artillery. acted
"a iudge-advoeate. The court. afrer
very brief session, and apparently with
out attempting to probe the truth ~ the
charges. found Carter guilty % all the
four otfensss. and. with the usual army
severity OF punishin- criminals, sen
fenced him To saltwater prison for
ninety-nine years
Attorney Fred L. McG:hee. Of st. Paul.
has been giving this ease searching at
tention since Wild's release. AMI what
hs has found out il astounding. He
found In ss-sf - Paul the woman on
whom the crimiaa. assault was alleged
20 have been made. anu Nfained from
her an affidavit that Garter haa ..etther
assaulted nor attempted to assault her
Then Metihee secured evidence that no
robbery bad been committed. and sent
the two affidavits 10 Washington
The aetion OF the President was
prvmpt and decisive lie found that
Carter was guilty only Of deser,ion. and
has issued a fulI and free pardon. which
Is 10 20 into effect May =. just ave
years from the date Of imprisonment
The President also reprimanded the
eourt-martiaL
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

JOHNSON BROAD, aged seventy, died
st bis home in Morgan County, Ind, on
The 10TH Of dropsy- He was the largest
nan in Central Indiana. and few days
before his death weighed over four hun
ired pounds. measuring nine feet around
the girth- The coffin was too large TO
- taken into the house. and the body
had To be taken out in the yard and
placed in it,
ON the 1Ith Andrew Houk. 4 gambler
and worthless character, shot and se-
riously wounded Mrs. Kittie Bowers and
hen committed suicide AZ Council Bluffs.
Ia Houk was in love with Mrs Bowers,
bat she did not reciprocate.
A NORWEGIAN named Loga. one OF the
mob who hung Hans Jacob Olsen SIX
months ago. committed suicide At White
hall Wis, on the night Of the fIth-
Although Loga was only charged with
riot, it is said he feared long sentence
&c prison
JOHN T. LEsrEE- the wealthy Chicago
stock-broker, died on the night Of the
IIth- He had been an invalid for two
or three years. having become broken
3own physically by close attention TO
business
QUrrE a sensation has been created at
Fort Dodge, Ia, by the discovery that
the mueh-Iauded speech Of Congressman
bolivar. delivered On Lineoln's ami
versary recently in Brooklyn. is an al
most verbatim copy Of An grafton de-
Iivered by his brother. Victor. on Lin
,oln at the commencement Of Cornell
College last June.
MAJOR HANCOCK CLARK. the man
who shot Milton Randolph ~ a result
If quarrel at the Southern Society in
New York City short time ago. has
been expelled from the society after an
investigation Of the charges against
him Randolph. On the other hand. vas
acquitted and exonerased
W. D. CoxsrOcx. Democrat Was elect
ed mayor Of Sacramento Cal. on the
iith. defeating Gregory. Republican By
a votes The Republicans elected the
remainder Of their ticket By large ma
iorities.
Ex-CoSGKxssMAS JoHS B WEBEE OF
Buffalo, " Y. Vas. on the i2th- ap-
points Commissioner OF Immigration
at New York City, and Colonel James
E. OgByrne Was appointed assistant
commissioned
By \ vote OF 3 20 81 the Roumanian
Chamber Of Deputies. on the 18th, re-
iectea a motion expressive OF lack OF
confidence in the government as con-
sequence Of its appointment OF safe
officers.
wARDsS KEArISG Of the Ludlow
Street New York City, Jail. indicted
for bribery. resigned his Office, on the
18th. in q letter in which he declares
his innocence. and asks for 4 suspension
Of public opinion
A vfEULAST type of influenza Is rag
ing in Persia
TEE Dolph committee investigating
secret-session leakzges. On the lSsh-
examined z W. Halford- private secre-
tary Of the Presidents o. L Pruden-
executive clerk Of the Presidents Thomas
w. Cridler, chief Of the DIPLOMATS Ba-
reau of the State Department. Julian
Taylor and James W. Phillip. clerks IN
the State Department but without much
success in the matter Of securing ia-cs-
nation
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
HoRRi5LE ACCIDENT.
ssrsa Wen Enxuif~d In . Landslide tu
"~a Ntrrtnts-rhr~- sr rh~m p~sa
Ana th- osh~rs Rescued B.afy Iala-.s
The Victims Itsiiaa Railroad Isb.r-
er~L

saa th~ pth~rs Ee-eu~f Hasffv T.fu~.s
sae Victims Itsiias Railroad Isbsr-
FrrTsRURsH. Pa, Marrh ia sp.-
siai 10 the Times from Cumberland
Nd. says Yesterday morning bstxee,
seven and eight o'clock n buwe ro..k
rolled down the mcantaIn-<iae anf frIl
upon the West Virginia Central railroad
track in n cut between ChaY~e ard
Blaine. The work train with a crew of
twelve men was dispatched 10 the xpot
% remove the obstruction ami clear the
track A large cable was placed around
the rock and attached In the engine
tnat Il might be dragged from the eur
All was nearly ready and the men wsr~
making a hnal adjustment % the roD.
Nnen a great mass of earth cane ru~h.
ins down upon them from the ste-u
naoantain-side and BARRED seven of ,hs.
men from sight The horrffed com.
panions rushed to their rescue. and "A
speedily as possible exhumed the III
fatsd ones Two were dead when taken
out one has died since and three were
seriously or fatally injured The dead
are.
James q Lambert Charee. W. Va:
leaves a widow and family.
Josepini Machini. an Italian: unmar-
ricd-
Neruato Vallejo. Italian: leaves a
widow and family in Italy.
The injured are.
Van Read. Chafee, W. Va: married;
can not recover
Narianni Albani. Italian: arm broken
and ankle sprained
JccSolini Cabanni anil Jo-apfni
FranegOli. Italians, severely injured
about the head.
The injured Italians were brought 10
this city and are now under the care Of
the conpanv's phvsirfan4
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-03-20
THE RAGING RIVER.

kswaw-~ wrssxht sv sa~ Rashisw Ter
r~ass-P.ri-h-~ In LsaA-i&ns Covered hy
th~ Ffs>a.-- The Cr~y~~~~ 90 re~&a Grwxs.
L.. wts~aiax-rhs esq ssw Msr. rAss
oss rAsa.&za Fe~s VIA.
ARKANSAS CErr. AKx-. NArch is-The
water Il abogt . inches above the Ieves
in frOns Of the city. And Is kept cut by
sacks Water tha. cuues In thrvuxs
sapplngtcn crrvass@ Cows 81 tAroagh
haTous Mason and Bovxy nearly ss fast
as Il comes in. and tAeresors prevents
IL from rising much in the city
only part of the ssres-ss are zader
water in low places The principal
streets are not ovcrEowed
Capt Wells. president Of the Tensas
basin distries. Is here. He SAYS that the
water that passes saroagh the sappln~~
ton ereva<se viii not lay the dust in his
district II no ether crevass~ o-srurs.
The Desha Lumber and Plaainx Com
pany ara using their engine 20 brtng In
sand bags FROM oct in the fields One-halt
mile from the city. where there Is over
three hundred acres % dry land-