Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-07-20


Lorts r. BSESEs vas struck and
killed By lightning last week during .
storm. Ave miles west of Crystal
springs.
IHE owners Of overlooked lands IN
Warrea County have called = massmest
ing for the nrst Monday in August.
~hen they will petition the supervisors
~ reduce their taxes. a. was Zone last
year Their necessity 10 great. aud no
doubt relief wiII be granted.
THE senuin. cotton e~at~rpllIer has
. discovered in several fields in the
vicinity Of Natchez. and = number os
specimens were brought into hat town
last week They have been at work
for several days in the young cotton.
but their appearance was not noted tilI
within h last day or two. Tho crops
IN that locality are backward and IN
promising. and the presence OF worms IL
depressing both planters and mer-
chants. who fear the yield will be ma
terially cut of.
W. J. MILLER. of Batesvili.. has zap
turcd 4 negro named Lewis Riley. who
s charged with stealing 4 horse and
woman both. lie stole the horse from
Mr.. John Fosd. near CoffceviIIe, las.
week. From Riley's statement Of the
case, be did not intend to steal tho
horse Tor good. bu. only took IL 50 be
and Florence Smith. the woman. could
run OF and get married Their little
game Is likely 20 get them both into
the penitentiary.
The live cotton worm has appeared
a. Smiths Station. Kinds County, in
large numbers. also a, Allen Station. in
Claiborne, and isreported a. Brunswick,
in Warren County The weather lately
has been favorable to their develop
ment The Kinds County worms arc
the second brood. Dry and hot weather
Is hoped for to check their progress,
which is causing some uneasiness,
though forty to sixty days must eIapss
before the destructive or third brood
appears.
The antt-Prohihitionists of Coahoma
County asked for and obtained a manda-
mus f~Orbidding the holding Of the local
option election recently ordered by tho
Board OF Supervisors oil that county. to
be held on July 10Th. The petition
alleged as a fact that one-third OF the
qualified voters OF the county had not
signed the petition, and that the election
had not been ordered TO be held within
forty days from the date the petition
asking the election was filed. The case
was argued before Chancellor W. Il.
Trtgg. in Greenville, last week. the
Judge granting the mandamus. The
PrOhibitionisis OF Coahoma. IL IL un-
derstood, will secure another petition
and make another effort 70 secure an
election
Bo BELL the negrothat rave in sest.-
money to the last grand Jury at Lib
erty. in Amite County. that resulted in
the indictment aud arrest of Anise
Countyis leading citizens for Whit
Gaping. Sas shot from ambuss after
the arrest Of the parties. The negro
returned TO the place Of T. L. Scott.
and while At his pillow was last week
shot down by q mob; and, not content
With killing the helpless negro. they
literally blew his head of. The BODY
was found . short time after By other
hands in the field A more diabolicaI
crime was never committed in tia.
county. The motive for disposing OF
the negro was undoubtedly 10 proven.
his testifying against them At the next
term Of court
CONTRACTOR J. j. HAnrr. Of Green.
vile. has completed the wssson High
school building and turned he same
over 70 the Board Of Trustees 81 q COS,
Of $1,000.
LAST week several small dwellings
were burned in q thickly settled por-
tion Of G~reenville. the Gre originating
in the house Of Dan Johns The wife
of Johns has been arrested. charged
with setting Gre 70 her own house. She
had $500 insurance. which furnishes
the motive. II was only an accideu.
that = number of other buildings were
saved from the flames. The evidence
against the PIMA IS very strong.