Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1892-09-01

THE Fifteenth Mississippi Coute'fer-
Water Valley. September - and tho
eommIts-e OF arrangements k.. made
extensive preparations for having .
grand old time % the "Old Vets All
COafsderatss are invited - attend
RxPVETs are coming from various
part- % Lo~adss County that the boil
worms nave made their appearances
and ARE doing great damage TO cotton
They are not confined 20 any class 0f
soiI. but are reported both in the praIr;s
and sandy lands. They are said TO b.
worse in the sandy land than ever
known before
Two Of the Oldest ladies' in Kinds
County died last week. Mrs Isabel
NcNetly. the mother % Hon J. n Me
Nelly, Of Raymond. aged sS years. Mrs
u j. fotndexssr. Of Jackson. aged ST. y
THE dram-shop hw passed by the
Legislature amounts. 80 far a. Coian-
bus is concerned. 70 prohibition IL Is
conceded that NJ one can pr,cure .
license there. prominent saloon
keeper. whose licsEse expires in . few
weeks. has abandsncd the hope Of hav-
ing 1t renewed and will close his doors
Tue LICENSE u most Of the Saloons there
will not expire until next spring.
O. II. owES- n popular and well-to-do
citizen. living three miles west OF New
Albany. was found last week in his
pasture dead. with no outward signs OF
violence on his body TO sccount for his
death The body was on its back and
his hat lying about ten feet distant.
About fifteen minutes before his body
was found he was seen chasing = muIs
around in the pasture that had gotten
loose with the saddle and bridle on
The theory advanced is that in his en-
too near it's heels and received kick in
his stomach, which caused his death
A SEeKo picnic and baseball game
came OF at Hatton. ten miles southwest
Of Water Valley. last week During
the ball game Mich ByIes and Jack
Williams got into a dispute over the
game They involved others, and. be-
fore it vas through three negroes wers
shot and Others knocked in the heal
with baseball bats. None OF them we're
killed outright, but they were badly
wounded.
A LODGE Of Knights OF Pythias was
organized st wesson last week by Dis
triet Deputy John Davidson. assisted by
sixty knights. There were twenty-five
charter members. composed OF the most
prominent young men Of the city. The
lodge starts out with a brilliant future
before it.
CE0RGE TAYLOR. who was serving Q
nve years sentence for mxnslauxh ter
for killing Pierce Myers in Carroll
County last year, and who recently
made his escape from farm in the
delta. where he vas In custody, died in
Texarkana. Ark. last week such Is
the intelligence received by his rela-
tives.
QurrE a sensation has been prodsced
in the State by Judge Williamson. of
the fourth judicial district. who charged
the grand Jury in Leeore County that
IL ~ a1 An tnllctaDke oIeu5e Tor q man To
screen himself by holding an open UNI
brellA across his shoulder while taking
q drink In . saloon The annotated
code abolished bar screens, since which
time the umbrella has been used as q
substitute.
The nfteenth annual session Of the
Knights of Honor OF Mississippi met NJ
Jackson last week There we're eighty
lodges represented The membership
in the State amounts to 5000, and IL Is
represented IS being in most flourish
ing condition Jackson was unanf-
mously selected as the NEXT place Of
meeting
JUDsE J. " SrEES. one of the Oldest.
best and most respected citizens Of
Winona- died last week Judge steea
was over 80 years old. and a man Of con-
siderable wealth His son-in-IAx, Mr..
A. R. Howzee, died only a few weeks
ago