Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-01-29

~ the Circuit Court at Jackson last
week IN the rpmaiuinx case Of ex-
Freasurrr Hemingway, the Defendant
ried the plea 0f former conviction.
setting up that the Defendant had been
convicted of the same 0rense. % which
plea District Attorney Miller demurrpd.
but Judge Chrisman overriet the d.-
murrer. sustained the plea and dismissed
the inftrtment. holding that the iutiet-
ment under whi,h Hemingway WIS con-
vietet cn-rersd rhei charge Contained IN
the pending Indictment In other words.
the effect Of the decision ~ that the EN-
hezxiement Of the whole sum Of s5I5.-
srs-1a, for whirh be - now ioing servire
IN she penirensiary. covers all The EN-
hezzIement Of which he can be guilty
and Ehgs ends the SRI ruinal part u this
celebrated ease.
Gov STOVE has appsint-'i W. x Gil
dart Circuit Clerk of w 1shingtou County.
"a Ill ti4s slranry caused by the death
If J l. Marshall. T. p Car-rlch. mem
Der of the Boaryf of Superv isors OF
krnise County,. vice M E Hundsau. ru-
signed. r. W Forf. Treasurer of Marion
County, vire Harris Pope. Ie-easesI. "
L MeRae. sheriff OF Wayne County.
vire T. T. Martin. Deceased
Two WHITE men and three negroes
we're excused from service On rhe grand
iary as Grenada last week by Judge
Campbell because they could not read
and write The white men ARE both OF
them -sad citizens and very we'll to-,io
farmers one ot them owns and runs
saw mill and the other - a merchant ~
well ~ farmer
The adiuster.s for the various insur-
anee companies Interested IN the late
fire az Grenada are adjusting the losses.
A. soon "a this business Is eoupIe cad
the work % rebuilding will begin again
all along the line In nearly every in
stance the lost houses Will be replaced
By much better buildings
IuDsE B. f. TRnGHLE. one OF she
ahIest Itlrisss % Mississippi. died sud
denly at CarrullrOu Last week He WIS
n son Of Judge William TrimbIe. who
named the towu OF Lexington. OF this
STATE and was born in Florence. Ala.
IN isso, being as the time Of bis death
IN his sixty-first year.
BEy MATHEWS. aged II. s1n Of Mrs
VI. :. Matthews, OF senat0bia. while
eareIesslY handling a pistol Last week.
shot mis- sister Ruth. aged Is. Ruth va.
sitting opposite her brother Studying
her school lessons when the pistol was
discharged The ball entered IN her
Iefs cheek ranging toward the ear
The wound - not thought 70 be dan
gerous-
The state SundaF->ch0oI Executive
Committees has arranged program far
holding state Suniay-schooI Insti tn ses.
20 be held during the Last week OF
February and the first week OF March.
aE Holly Springs. Jackson. Broolxhaven
and Meridian They viii be attended
by the Hon. William Reynolds. OF
Illinois, Mrs Croftz. OF New York: r G.
Harris. Of Alabama. a. we'll ns other
wsII-kn0wn SGnday-=chooI workers. A
program FIR the state Convention ~ be.
held aS GrsenviIIe on April 18th. has
also been arranged
ASDERs0y HARRIS. coloresf. was last
week sentenced To be hanged on saeur-
day March f4sh. TOR the murder OF Capt.
ellie Lewis as Clinton last fall.
WHILE putting canvas on wall 1t
Magnolia last week Miss Mamie Cauey
swallowed a tack She consulted a
physician, who located the tack. lodged
IN her throat The physician did not
have the proper instrument % ret IL OUT.
50 the untortunate Iady Departed Tor
View Orleans ID consuIr surgeon
A FEARFUL wreck occurred last week
on the TchuIa branch Of the Illinois
Central Railroad Some dastzriIy scoua-
dreI pulled the spikes from the rails.
leaving them loose and cut Of posi- ion.
The mail and passenger train came
along at the rate Of Twenty-Five miles
per hour All Of the train was thrown
of and the baggage and express car
turned over and fell down an su1banS-
mens- Is was miracle that no one was
injured as the rrask was torn ID for
sixty feet
La GRIPPE has attacked the eitizs rs
Of Canscn IN al quarters. IL has cnIy
Heeu laral N one or two eases. howevsr.