Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-17

XIV. IoHN hASruoFr. pastor q ths
Methodist Church a. Picxsns. died -
apoplexy iass week as RschIand- whither
hs hal gone - ali an appointment lie
leaves a sifs and two childrrn.
Tux eitinens of Calhoun and Lasav-
etts Counties. living near Paris. have
for s0uss time been aSars - the fact
that an tllleit ssill. run by nex-u.ss. ex-
ts'sd in their community. one ni<hs
last week they assembled torwth..r ai,.I
started oz. % haat ssr T. After -..x-
srzl hours u search they found it. the
nsg7oes basily making rnounshias.
liquor The entire outfit vas captured
and destroyed Calhoun County IL noted
for is larxe number - Illicit diztfII-
cries. Nhteh cans. mu-h trouble - ths,
iaw-ahidtng citizens. a. sell a. ~ revs-
nas officers.
AS0Ss the railroads - BE- balls short
y Is the Ro-sdale 4 Mississippi Cen
tral valley Railroad L plll b. run
between Ro=ssiaIe and Bogue Phali,.
zen niles distant l. Is proposed 70
operate a STEAMBOAT on the Boyae
fhalia N connection with this ruad-
THE reunion % the Thirty-afth Nizsix-
sippi Regiment was held a. StarkviIIs
last week and many ex-soldiers Of DIFF
sereus parts Of the STATE were present.
They we're Welcomed By tseu- :. D. Lee.
His speech vas responded - By Col :
NJ Meek Of Columbus.
A NEw postoffice has been established
in Lincoln County called Ruth
CoLrMBUs has lost one OF its oldest
and best known citizens. Mr. Jerry
Do~sing. who died last week after a
lingering Illness. Mr. Dowsinx was
native Of Alabama. but had lived AZ Co
lGmbus for nearly sixty years. He was
n Mexican veteran
A POsToFFIcE has been established AZ
Z VI Ashley's, CoPiah County. bearing
his name. The mail will 90 out twice
week. Tuesday and Friday. The nail
rider. James Ashley. was the mail carrier
from Raymond, Kinds County. To Co
lambia- Marion County. in fsai- Il
took him SIX days 10 make the trip.
The Board Of Supervisors for Wash
@N~Asef ttHA " anu =
Capt W Z. Hunt 70 succeed Merritt
Williams on the Board OF Mississippt
Levee Commissioners. In Sharkey
County Dr. Phelps, the present ineuuI-
bent. was returned Bolivar County
elected Col r J. Nagens 70 succeed
Chas. Scott
JAMES w. DxLBRIDsE died suddenly
and Unexpectedly At Oxford last week.
HE bad been 4 resident Of Oxford and
Lafayette County foe the past forty
years Tie Vas an elder in the Method
ist Church and was highly esteemed a.
An upright Christian gentleman He
leaves a wife and a family Of grown
children
The Greenville Land and Manufaetur-
ing Company. with a capital stock OF
s2oo.ooo, was Organized AZ GreeaviIie.
Miss. on the ttth- The companv mr.
chased the entire Skinner addition. Soua.
i.510 acres. and the deal IS one Of tba
largest real estate Transactions ex.r
consummated in the state.
A SEsRo was struck BY lightning
and instantly killed near ts-esn-
vile last week The bolt entered
through the hat brim into his forehead.
leaving as evidence OF its passage a
hole over an inca in diameter. The
body served As conductor through is
entire length. the electric current
emerging at the sole of each foot and
tearing 70 shreds the strong shoes which
0ostruesed free passage into the ground
The Boord ot Trade Of Jackson las.
week passed q resolution requesting
MississiPpi's senators and Representa-
tives 70 vote for the Terry Iankrups
bill now pending in Congress.