Oxford eagle., 1891-03-05

Ah>EsttAneOu<
Hox W. r FIrzsERsLD. who has
been appointed Supreme Court Conmis-
sioner of California AZ salary Of $1,000.
was born and reared in Jackson lie
~ for years District Attorney .Sz w=s-
rea County. and was the Republican
candidate for Attorney General on the
Fen King ticket in ls.l.
Carr. JAMES r. GRESHAM. senior
member Of the firm Of w e. e tireshAm
& Co. an old and respected cisiEen Of
Bonneville. died last week He was one
Of the pioneers Of the county. and had
been a leading merchant Of BoonevilIe
for the last twenty-five years tie was
a. one time sAertr Of old TtshomiuxO
County, and vas well-knorn throughout
the State
The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany has made arrangements for the
location Of a coal chute near Holly
SPRING. An immense she'd. capable Of
holding 100000 bushels Of coal, Is 70
be- built
TIRE delinquent tar list in Lafayette
County for the year IseO Is the smallest
in twenty-five years
The family o, the late II. C. X Mar
shall. % vicksbzrg. have presented tho
splendid library Of that distinguished
divine 70 the MillsAps College DIR.
MARSHALL was an accomplished hsera-
tszr. znd his collection Of books is said
- - enc Of the finest in the STATE
AFrER one Of the hardest and most
earnestly contested sghts in the courts.
Capt r. J. Tharmond has been ac-
quilted % the charge Of mAnslaughter
fsr killiag Col W e Faulkner At Rip
ley- The pruminsnce Of both Col.
FaaIknsr aaa Capt TAzrmond. and the
aznber % able lawyers engaged in the
49,. caused an immense croxd % attend
ne rrtaL
A sxcxrFr1xs station ot the United
States Array hzs he~a established 1t
Jscxsoa- R>c-aEtS are waited for the
Fourrh Uais@d states Artillery. now
ss<vszx IA th~ >o4sh-
TRN Won~n~ M0aznez. Association
hxs 9x~1 Jzzs g-Mr. Davis hirthday-
a. he 4ay far aas~iIia< the Con nfederate
Msaamezs a. J3sxson- AAiaAat-sSen-
sr.l Wsiii2z H~zrJ has issa~d call -
tas N&s1sa@l Ga&-d e Mississippi re-
9a~=tisx each eomr4ay - he present
aza p@rrsrsp4te n the cerezoaies. Miss
win.s~ Davis wsIi h~ anoax ne aistin-
xzlzAeS psrsSas P-~~@aI
JA~x~ HoELEBkT. zr~si 4b.,at - years.
lixiax a. FA4<s's SeOp IN M0aros
C0azsy. aseSG of Ay9ropkSbiA last week
f-s= she -esalt q the bite o. mad cat
tass ens~-e-4 hls rOon Al aixht sir weeks
axu.
TIE =~rwhxnEs % Oxsorl oEer q
{ rremian q sIeo for the bez. ..srs Of cot
soa IN Lafayette cyanty sor Issi. 2nd
ske farmers ali over the county are
forming elahs u ten or more Each
neubsr pays s. 20 ee given 4s a pre-
MUM 20 the raiser Of the zos: eo,soa On
an acre By member Of that elzh.
Rxv- j. r. GAxsKxLL- Agent for the
eolIec-ton Of the endowment fund Of tbs
Mississippi College a. Clinton. made his
report las: week % the trustees Of the
college He reported so 600 collected
in cash. and Subscriptions and notes o.
SIS. 500 THIS Is independent OF the
$500 donated By the NatiOnal Educa.
tionAl Society
The body Of LoGis Spears. Who nys-
teriously disappeared from Aberdeen on
New Years eve, was found last week
floating in the drift near the mouth OF
Nsttubbs creek. tributary % the To=.
bigbee- IL sas thoroughly identified.
and the verdict of the coroner's jury
was that he came to his death by drown.
ing while laboring under Temporary IN
sanity
THE Governor has filled the vacancy
on the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta Board Of
Levee Commissioners by the appoint.
ment Of Capt r c. Irwyn. Of Tunics
County, vice c. Furguson. Of the sans
county. rssignsa-