Oxford eagle., 1893-11-09

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des wss issaed here tctsy.
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ts~nsrsi cwfrrs No fi-
I. A. announced in general or'iers NoA
10. fron these headquarters under data
of Aaxust tsth lasGs the foarth anmuaL
mestinr AMI rwuntou of this dlvtsicu
wtll be held In Iarksea. Miss. % Tues
dsy ard "Wednesday. the 18th and lith
day Of December merit
= To 10 enfftlsd 10 representssion in
said r~unlen. the RESPECTIVE. camps eous-
posing the divksknn are required. 90 re-
retpt sf Tits order ~ forward 10 the xA-
Iassasr~n~raI of the aivision . roli %
their memeers. together ~ith q post
cesee mon~y-octer covering the per
capita daes Of 10 c-nts for the members
borne on aid rolls.
\ The mapr-e~nsrai commanding
utkh great pleasure announcs~ that
Hoz- =. W rsweff cf Nertdian. NIs~l.
has .s-sepeed % deliver the annaaf ora
tion on the evening cf the nrst days
session of said meesiag.
By order Of = n. LEK.
Matcr-teneral Con msnstsnr
T. 7. Srxxs. Adiatant-ts.n~rAl-
wanted - Kiff ma ss~p-FssA~v.
HoILv Srutx.s. Nov. 1-Ahoat 4
o'slock this afternoon Walter Mcts,asli.
. white boy. sg~ 10 years. attempted ta
ktll Jim swan. bis step-father. in front
Of The barber shop on the pahiie square
Of Holly Sprinr..
Swan IL y desperate chsrarter and for
years has mais life anhearahIe foe his
family. McDoaaid s2ys he has beaten
him toe twelve years of late he has
been whipping his mother.
u appssrs that there vas . general
family rS~ yesterday and Mrs. swan
had hsr husband arrested for whipping
her.
This evening while Ssan wss stand
ing in 'front.' OF the barber shop young
Mcdonald rushed up TO him saying n
yoa. have wot yoa now. = At the SANE
msmens plan<in- knife into bis taroas-
>san fell and the infariated boy Ieap~,t
upsa htm Aad iast as b. raised the
knife 10 make = deadly plHng~. Csty
Marshal >igman caught his hand sew
eral men assisted in taking The boy or.
g=s shssss the ear sni eut straight down
into the shoulder.
MeDonald vas lodged in Jail 40 h.
coala not make $50 bod
soms years swo swan killed . man in
Memphis
n~issss cs.ssy cs.rtsss.~ rssru-.s
LsxISsroS. Nov. 1-At O'Clock this
msrntng the Holmes couaty courthouse
xzs discovered To be on nrw. This large
swo-ssory brick baiidfng ts situated in
the middle Of the square and On every
side are stores. Offices and places of hasi-
ness The kaildin~ was erected before
the ~ar At . eo~s Of s.s.es or sso.eoa.
TAs nre originated In the ofsce % the
chsnrery clerk. When citizens reached
the scene that Office with all Of its con-
tents vas a smoalderiny ruin.
The IRE hai crossed over into the cir
ruis clerks otfce AMI vas fast licking
up the records there. bas BY heroic
efforts many of the records Of that osiee
~ere saved
The sherifx Office was the las. TO
catch sad sufficient time was given 20
save from that Office ali OF the records
and papers and furniture. Including
large. new safe that had recently becn
bouxhs By the county.
The saperinteadsnt of public eduea-
tiOn also saved all OF his farnitars and
papers
The board Of supervisors At the oc-
tober term had purchased handsome
set Of furniture foe their room: this had
only been received a few days ago. IL
bad been PUT In place and had made this
enc Of the prettiest coart-rooms in the
state This w1s all burned. as ft wzs
impossible to reach the second story
when the citizens reached the place.
A valuable Law library. the property
OF the county. was also destroyed. bus
By far the greatest LOSS t0 the county
~as the destruction Of the records in
the ehancery clerks otsce. This In
eiuded all court papers. books and land
records The land deed books proper.
nos Including deeds Of trust and chat
tells book. we're in . large safe. sap-
posed ~ be are-proof.
The indexes to the r~eosfx we're on
the oatside Of the safe and are lost. and
even IL the deed records are saved there
are ne indsxes by which deeds can be
found
J. w. Dyer. the ehancery clerk. had
all OF his private aeroant books de-
stroyed. Including not only his a.ssrpars.
with his once. bas his plantation ae-
counts as veil
The courthouse vas insured for xia.-
CA The origin Of the ar- Is not known.
theories are induIx~d In bat
the general impression is that IL ~.x
the work OF an ineendiary. The less to
the county Is tnealealable.
Mise~tfsns.~A
Ar Anderson. foartsea miles west Of
CAnton- lass week old man StexaIf. ~
years old. and his soa bird St@ralI. ros
into controversy aboat . bale Of cos-
ton. both under the influence Of Iiaaor.
when the old man struck bird with .
wrench. whieh Bird took froaa him ana
struck the old maa. kasckinr him
down. and aftervz-d kicked and b~..