Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-04

Cot W ~ Met sEDtE ii~d Rs Jack
soa last seek AFTER q long illness
MAToa DtAL isaiScoarAxinx the bilud
tl<-r Business At Meridian By aning n.
L. B4zks. tAe Grss of'ealer brought BE-
fore Aim. ss9
THE osscizl c0aa: from The r~cen.
elcetlaa n Bolivar County gives the
Psoalbliionssss a majority % II sua-
sSEer C0antY IS dry By verY large
ma.oTisF-
The property owners of Meridian
have orxAairsd for the purpose Of oor-
rectlax ths crying evil % n0s-payins
renters The orgazixzs5On - known As
Property owners Protective Union-
A coVr1E. supposed - hs ulaz and
Eife. were jailed al Rruck khaven t1ss
week. charged 1ith iafaatiride near
Bo~u. Chitto. rhiIA 20 whieh the
woman gave birtA was foazd barred.
with marks Of violence on tss person
DAVID C. KrxEHAL died a. Marion
last week. aged - years Deceased vas
| an old resident Of IaE1@r4zls Cosnsy.
locating there in I-s1. and has sfaee hsen
engaged in farming and Was knoNa and
admired 'Or his proOity and urisntnesN-
FNENEEs in Neshoha. Lake. >.asts
and Jasper Coaasfez are 3isaeArteaesi-
oNiRx 20 she high priess prevalent sens
time are. al the enstsu seed except
barely enoagA far planting parpo<es
was sold TIE recezs frost has killed
| the y0un< cotton. most ef which wAs ap.
and they nox have ~ SEED wish which
10 repl1nE
| A FEDFOsFrroS Is pending - add
another izstisatiaa 10 Me-i4iaa's eizca-
| sional interests Rev VI l. stone.
president Of Sha4galak Female College.
| whirh has h@en in saeressfzl operation
q; >hagaaia< . aamber % years. With
a presea: enrolment of foo boari-rs.
| proposes 20 move his sehool % Meridian
in consideration q cash bonas Of So
500 aud suitable groandS This Is a
school Tor females. conducted under
Baptist patronage
i FEox all portions ~ the State comes
the report that cotton has either been
killed or greatly injured By the recent
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rcplant. but the great trouble Is in
many sections there is no seed. This
complaint Is mos: general The recent
high prices paid ior cotton seed had the
effect Of causing nearly all the surplus
20 be carried 20 the market AZ a con-
sequence much Of the land originally
planted in cotton will have 70 be ploxed
up and planted in corn
LIeHrSISs played a curious freak
during a heavy storm at West Point
last week Il struck large tree in 4
neighboring yard. then entered the
residence of w. ". Robinson By way OF
a chimney. knocking OF about half the
roof % the house. The bolt divided
| and entered three rooms, tearing out
the sides OF the house in each, com
| pleteIy demolishinx the furniture and
tearing away 4 portion Of the veranda
The family we're eating breakfas. in n
room adjoining that destroyed. bat not
one was injured in the slightest
Gov. STONE has offered a reward OF
500 for the assassin Of Cornelius
Griffin. which occurred recently near
Bolton
HESKY HsLDER died at Yazoo City
last week in the SD year OF bis age.
Mr. Halder had been \ resident Of Yazoo
City for forty years. and Was justly held
In the highest esteem When the call
% Arms vas made in 1861 he promptly
responded and went out xifh Company
X Of the Tenth Mississippi. And served
through the war from its beginning to
its close with conspicuous bravery. Hs
vas prominent Mason IN hiSa stand.
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