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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

Growing out Of the talk that Justice
Lamar would resign his position on the
United States supreme bench soon after
cleveiand's Inauguration. owing 70 i'll
health. the friends of Judge J. A. p.
Campbell. of Jackson. Miss, have taken
time by the forelocls. and will press him
for the vacancy
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

-.x treasury department Is prepsr-
N important circular relating to
r;rr.tion. designed 20 supercede all
- e;rrulars issued ON the subject
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

Sydney Mccoy. victim of an scci
dental tragedy in San Francisco. WAS
well known in Nashville, Tenn. grad
uating at Vanderbilt law school
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

s. II. Gist. editor and proprietor Of
the calina fAlal Journal. is dead He
was at work at the case at night. and
the next day some one entered the Of
fee and found him dead sitting at the
case. with his stick in his left hand and
his right lying on the boxca He was
one OF the oldest newspaper men In ths
state
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

Tom Page. one of the wealthiest
farmers of .Rabun county. Ga. was cut
to death by a worthless fellow named
Thrift. who became angered At him be-
cause he would not lend him . quar-
ter. The murderer 10 hiding In the
Screamer mountains
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

A double murder occurred In Chatham
county, y. C., the other day. the vic-
Tins being Adam silsr. aged 80. and his
wife. aged ~ Their bodies werc dis
covered lying on the iioor Of their house
by their io-year-old grandson siier
had been shot thrice aud MrA Siier
twice. The house had been searched
for money. though little was found.
The coroner's inquest failed TO yield
any information regarding the murder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silcr were buried in the
same grnve
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12
-Four Men Killed In . Fight.

At Decatur. Ala. two white men were
fatally stabbed by two negroes, who
ed white men, The names of the white
men are John and James Herndon-
The negroes names are Edmund Todd
and Todd Bowlden.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

A masked mob Of fifty men over
powered the sheriff of Loudon county.
Tenn, and took Henry Duncan,
charged with murder. and hung him
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

Cray Jane" an old woman who has
been n familiar figure on the streets of
Admission. Ala. for several years. was
found dead the other day. and the at
tendant circumstances point to foul
play.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

Mississippi IL full Of applicants for
federal appointments. and ~ the time
for Cleveiend's Inauguration approaches
they seem to increase in number. For
marshal OF the Northern and Southern
districts there are thirteen applicants
for each. For district attorney Of the
same districts there are about the sams
number. and . proportionate number
for the other Offices. This desire for
ofsice does not stop here, but extends To
post Offices. In some instances ~ many
~ a dozen candidates being out for An
Office that pays an annual salary Of si.-
600.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

vicxsBURo. Jan. 3-The jury en-
gagged in trying the remainder Of the
brunswick prisoners brought in . YER
dict today acquitting William Taylor.
As 10 the guilt or innocence OF Monroe
Crowder and Steve Dorsey they could
not agree. Tho court received the
verdict and discharged the jury. Sabse-
quently Crowdcr and Dorsey were re-
leased on $3.50 bail each. Interesting
Developments in this remarkable trial
occurred today, though they were ex-
pected. William Taylor. the recently
acquitted prisoner. made an affidavit
charging Joe johnson. the principal
witness for the State. with the murder.
johnson has been in custody ever since
the murder was discovered. and Is still
detained IL has been theory OF the
defense and shared By others also. that
johnson alone was the murderer OF
Payne. Other persons think Johnson
had accomplices. and predict that be
will break down and tell the whole
story long before the next term Of court
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

'ae New York assembly, on the
resolution was introduced pro-
~ mat the Representatives of New
q ! "a congress be earnestly request
enact at the present session of
~ some measure which will ef-
Aiy restrain that class of immi-
IN most likely to bring to our
me cholera. and to establish a
sss4 "a and uniform system of quar-
applicable alike to the entire
boundary and exclusively un-
~ control Of United States laws.
ts,'w =. New York Press publishes an in
an 70 the female school teachers
49, 2 cisy and vicinity to take fifty
- number to the Worlds fair az
, where they ara to spend ten
=. - ne expenses Of he Zip eslns
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12
SOUTHERN cLEANlNos.


For over . month the citisrns oi
Crcenviile. Tenn. have been terrorised
by a gang Of bold and unfecling foot
pads who have made /, their object ss
night 10 waylay and rob. over ten men
having been held MP during the
past month They were hit upon
their heads with rocks and then
beaten or kicked into in.<nsibiiity. after
which they were robbed aud left To grs
away the best way possible. so fro
qarnt had these occurrences become
that no one dared to 20 on the back
streets unarmed. The Henderson broth
crs. eoloresi. were arrested and con-
fcssed to committing the crimes
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12

An order issued by the board Of su.
pervisors OF Washington county. Misa.
to County Treasurer q. H. Alexander.
ths, he produce instanter the funds Of
the county In his hands and In those OF
his deputies for actual count was tho
cause of an unusual spectacle being
presented 10 tho people Of crsenville.
that OF 10000. mostly In silver. being
loaded upon a dray and cartcd TO tho
new courthouse along the thorough
fares of the city. The cash was prompt
ly furnished hy the local banks acting
as Mr.. Alexandcr's deposisorsL A count
OF the funds evinced the absolute &C.
curacy of the trcasnrer's accounts
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-01-12
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


JACKSON. Jan Ia private Telegram
IRON Dr. T. d. Palmer announces the
death OF his venerable father. Thomas
Palmer. OF Canon City. Col
The deceased was for many years .
citizen OF Jackson, and was prominent
In journalism and in Masonry. lie pub
lished the Flag Of the Union. and was
State Printer In 1850. He was perhaps
the oldest Mason in tho world at the
time Of his death. having been made .
Mason in Ontario Lodge No. -. Canaan
daugua. n V. seventy years ago. And
although he removed 10 Colorado many
years since his name has been carried
on the rolls Of the Masonic bodies In
Jackson a. An honorary member.
Mr.. Palmer was born near Dublin.
Ireland, January 1. 17ge. and had there
fore just completed his ninety-fourth
ISIS. and after residing In the State OF
New York. Boston and Philadelphia.
removed 10 Mississippi lie was the
frst TO introduce In this country the
glue and molAsses composition roller.
sincs in general use, prior to which time
type was linked with balls and pads.
During the Templar Conclave in Den
YER in August last, the Mississippi Sir
Knights paid visi, OF respect to their
veneral fra,er. which was one of the
most interesting episodes OF the Grand
Conclave. The old gentleman was very
much affected by tho incident
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
rhs aaiea a1g eagle Saturday goruuo anens 49, 1893.

some paragraph ralsing up the past ap-
pears and is sent, marked, to friends
of Cebhard. The dirty trick is more
annoying because the perpetrator OF it
is careful to preserve anonymity. AS
a matter OF fact there exists great
nlisapprehension in the public mind
regarding Mr. Gerhard. A man OF
great physical strength, he is very gen.
tie. Well educated and aristocratic,
he never puts on airs and is affable
with everybody. He is temperate,
quiet, good-humored fellow now,
whatever he may have been, and pos
sessed of great shrewdness. When
ever he invests his own money the re-
suit is highly advantageous to him
self pecuniarily, and, considering his
means, he is not an extravagant liver.
Perhaps time alone can tell how true is
the report that Gerhard will adopt a
public career-that is, not necessarily
seek public Office, but help along such
political reforms as are needed. AS an
orator Gebhard, with his strong, agree
able voice and splendid address, would
be success.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
This Frog Weighed a Ton.

The labyrinthodon, a huge creature
resembling a toad or frog, and which
lived in the earlier periods of our
planets history, has recently been
found in surprising state of preser-
walton in the mari beds of Huezel-
weitz, Hungary. All species of this
gigantic frog are now extinct and are
known to the naturalists only through
the Investigations of the biologists,
who have often found parts or entire
fossils of the monster in strata of the
triassic portion of the mesozoic period.
Southwick mentions in a three-line
entry in his ''Quizzism and Key" I'M
der the head "a Frog as Large as an
Ok" and in Barnett's theological
Epochs' it is considered in q chapter
on Huge Frog-Lile Creatures of the
Mesozotic Age" The specimen un-
earthed in the Hungarian mari bed is
entire, with the exception of the left
forearm and the lower jaw. The
skull measures eighteen inches be-
tween the eye sockets and weighs ex-
elusive of the missing under jaw, three
hundred and twelve pounds. The
bones which have been discovered up
to date land there is still hopes of
finding the missing parts. with the
adhering matrix. weigh eighteen hun
dred and sixty pounds, almost ton
St. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
A Youthful millionaire.

If young Elliott Z. Shepard is really to
be put into Uncle Sans navy, as re-
ported the other day, many friends of
the Shepard family viii be intensely
astonished. Certainly there is nothing
in the life and Surroundings of this
millionaire in his teens to warrant any
such statement. and n near friend of
the family says Elliott will not be
made a sailor, and no one ever thought
of doing so. The young man pursues
his studies in disjointed way now,
owing to the holidays, but this autumn
there will be work cut out for him.
His education is planned on an ella bor-
ate scale. Languages, music, mathc-
matics and art are all 20 be mastered,
or rather studied, by this heir to
Q great name. His pleasures arc
horseback rides, boating and sports
His health is trifle delicate and his
personal appearance would not COM
mand much attention were it not for a
quiet, gentlemanly manner beyond his
years and a pleasant, deft way of say
ing clever things The boy promises
to grow into clever man, with all his
}1aJneT gOou, peHeTOuS qualities. Dub
I without his headstrong viii and rugged
obstinacy. Young Shepard is surpris-
ingly well educated, for very few of
New York's upper ten are educated in
the sense that poorer people UNDER
stand the term. The wealthy and
socially prominent New Workers spend
too much money in educating their
children TO achieve satisfactory results,
but fortunately for young Elliott he
has the benefit of George w Wander
bits counsel and supervision. Mr..
Vanderbilt has nothing of the peda-
gogue or pedant about him and his
easy way of swinging heavy dumb
bell and handling an intricate aorist as
if both were mere feathers, would fire
the emulation of youth. Altogether
no one has reason 10 think that Elliott
+. Shepard will become United States
naval officer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
A Turks Narrow Escape.

Schampeddin, the moliah. observed
dark figure prowling in his garden
by moonlight. Thinking it was a
robber he took his bow and arrow. shot
at the object, and quickly retired to
bed.
On the morrow great was his aston
i tment at finding that he had trans
fixed his own craftan. which his wife
had hung out in the garden to dry. He
knelt down to pray, stood up again,
put his hands to his head, and then,
folding them devoutly over his breast,
he once more Frustrated himself. kissed
the ground. and cried out:
Praised be Allah and his prophet!
How fortunate that l was not wearing
the craftan at the time the deed was
perpetrated, else the arrow would have
pierced me through and should now
be dead man!"-Phare du Bosphore.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19

them supposed TO be night shirt,
when he left the bath" over night. J
Quickly we dressed and then marched
out into the ward. Some of the men
were selected as cleaners, others as
stone breakers and others as oakum
pickers. I was among the last. Each
man was handed a bundle Of short
pieces of tarry rope. almost as hard as
iron. These were to be unraveled into
spun warn almost as fine Is floss silk
There was a time when such a task
would have seemed to me impossible.
But practice and experience, If they do
not make perfect, at least teach one
even to pick oakum, and by the aid of
the worn heel tip of ny boot j man
aged to achieve my task in the course
of the day.
For dinner we were served out si1
ounces of bread and one and quarter
ounces of noldy cheese; for supper.
the same rs for breakfast Then We
were marched off TO bed" ~. AT six
a. m. we were turned out into the
streets-breakfastles
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19

"Zoo" does not pay, and that it is pro-
posed to introduce beer and music into
it. But as Philadelphia, he adds, is
too moral place to permit that, New
York should buy out the gardens in
mates and take them to Central park.
This unique project, he says, is quite
feasible. A special train would cost
very little, and New York could send
over its experienced keepers and trans
fer the animals in no time. 1t would
certainly be one of the oldest train
loads of passengers that ever journeyed
between the two cities. 1t is highly
unlikely, however, that the scheme
will be carried out. From a purely SUI
perficial acquaintance with Philadel-
phia, should judge that that historic
city would never consent to the bar
gain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19

ha wing luxuri- GEORGE B. McLELLAN.
ated in the municipal chief magis-
trate's chair owing to the absence of
Mayor Gilroy- Young Mcclellan has
just shattered the dreams of his parti-
sans by saying that he does not like
the mayorality, its duties are too
arduous and thankless, and so forth.
He veil knows that nearly every man
elected to the Office has found in it a
political grave. Only the other day
there was reported the death of a man
who, not SO many years ago, had been
New Yorks mayor. Yet everybody
forgot his name so completely that
when the obituary appeared it seemed
that of a nobody. Gilroy's predecessor,
Grant, seems already buried in OBJ
livion, while Hewitt and others ap-
Peal TO possess scant political influ-
enc.- The only exception that would
a13ear to prove the rule is ex-Mayor
Grace. who to-day holds many of the
threads of Gotham's destiny in his
hands.
Therefore all the talk and plans so
plentiful of late upon the part of the
friends and adherents of Mcclellan are
rendered nugatory by his own action
Just taken
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
The Chinese Postal system.

The Chinese have no governmental
postal system, and letters are trans
ported By means of so-called letter
shops" These are somewhat like our
express business. as packages are also
sent. and both letters and packages
are insured and registered. and charges
arc in proportion TO the distance 70 be
carried. There are said To he nearly
200 of these letter-shops in Shanghai
alone. which send out employees 20
work up custom. Foreign letters are
conveyed from China 20 other countries,
BIZ the postal system Of the latter. con
suls being considered as Post1as.ers
for their own countries
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19

$50 I should think" grunted Bully,
and made an entry of some kind.
.'Where did you sleep last night?"
Nowhere"
"Nowhere!" repeated Bully. "Ain't
Won a-going back to Their same placer"
No answer.
''Where are you going to?"
Anywhere.
ANYWHERE, Here, that won't do for
me. You must say where you're going,
even if it's only to make a hole in the
water" Bully laughed at his own poor
wit. Shocks muttered something and
Bully wrote it down.
Have yer got any money!"
NO"
"Then take everything out of yer
pockets and pitch 'em into that basket,
pointing to one close by. And so went
on the examination.
At last came my turn. Bully, who
was evidently not bad judge of men,
at once discovered that i did not be-
long to the habitual tramp brigade;
and accordingly. in order to aggravate
me, put an additional question-viz:
Are you a good hand at picking
oakum?n
No"
"Wen, that's all right You'll have
a good spell Of it tomorrow"
Now came the food A regular
pauper. or inmate, entered, carrying
a wooden tray upon which were slices
of bread, and each casual was ordered
TO take one slice. This was our sup
per Having eaten it, we were marched
into she'd and were told 10 undress.
Then each man had TO walk across q
courtyard and plunge into bath of
water. The one supply of water did
for the whole crowd lat some provin-
cial unions. notably Melton Mowbray
and Northampton. the same uncleanly
kind Of cleanliness prevails), and soap
there was not. Next we were marched
into the dormitory. which is simply a
brick-loored shed like a barn. along
the sides of which were ranged rows
of what looked like shallow collins.
but which 7. from previous experience
gained at the Salvation Army salvage
wharf al BatterSea, knew to be slice p
in- hunks without bottoms except tic
Hoo- of bricks. In each of these was a
straw palliasse and one rug or blanket
As we had left cur clothes done up IN
bundles in the bath shed. Il nav be
ina gined how VIC shirered that winte,
night through
At six in the morning a bell rang
AID the tramp master entered "aoz.
then he roared cut ''oat Of IL All 81
You, Tumble OFT 20 s<niking here
/ Roll Up yoEr mattresses ard put your
! shirts on top Of en- II forgot % z1co-
ton tha. each nan had been given a
.scollec:ica OF holes with rags arQzls
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
A LONDON TRAMP WARD.
Luckless Street Wanderers In the
Great City.
The Lordly Labor Master and His Vulgar
Wit-Scarcity of Food and Cncom-
Portable Berths-The Stone
breakers and Cleaners.

Most people suppose that those luck
less wretches who take refuge in the
casual wards of warehouses have a
rather good time of It at the expense
of the rate payers. Nothing could be
further removed from fact Some
unions and their officials treat "casu-
els" better than do Others but bad Is
the best" and, as q rule. London
unions rank worse than country ones,
St. Giles being the very worst OF all,
for the shopl1eepers who constitute
the board of guardians-not of the
poor. but of the rates-in that parish i'm
pose upon casuals a task Of stone break
ing which no able-bodied man, no mat
ter how powerful or skillful-and there
is skill or '.lnacls" in stone breaking,
as in other things-could possibly per-
form in the time allotted, says the Pail
Mall Gazette. Hence, as failure to
perform the task means being charged
at Bow street as refractory pauper,"
and as magistrates never, or hardly
ever. believe aught the accused
casual" says, nights lodging in the
Macklin street. Drury Lane, "Bastille,"
usually means months hard labor ii
Pentonville prison to follow The
casual ward OF the parish OF St Ursula
is not far from main thoroughfare
and is not open until eight p m On
the occasion when fate caused me to
seek its shelter had about thirty COM
panions in nisery-all ragged, all
dirty and all down at heel We were
hustled into large room. which had,
of course. that harsh and chilling
ASPECT common to all warehouses;.
The labor Iaaster'-they used to be
called tramp masters had ad-
r1itted rs took his seat at table and
commenced TO take our names. etc
This was the way in which he went
about II:
Now, then. No. I, come on. II ron
are a-coninr." The man nearest the
bully crayvled forward. hat in hand
and body bent forward, the very pic
ture Of abiectness.
what's your nane-if you've got
one?''
Timothy Snoolzs-"
Fine name that How old do yo,
call yourself?''
Forty. please. sir"
II don't please What are yer?-
Nothing.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19

W. BoURKE COCHRAN. from the admin
istration in return for anti-silver sup
port 1t is difficult to believe that Mr..
Cochran ever tried anything SO silly,
not to mention the fact that anything
like intrigue is quite beyond Cochran.
He is an orator, a gentleman and a
democrat. Anybody who expects, there
fore, "a lively time in the house through
obstructive tactics inauguratcd by Mr..
Cochran, of New York, will be disap-
pointed. Never, perhaps, did a con-
gressional delegation go to Washing
ION from this city more thoroughly
determined 20 help the administration.
Tammany's policy, it can be stated on
the authority of Mayor Gilroy, is to
repeal the silver law, to fight for tariff
for revenue only, and to secure the
offices for good democrats.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
Has It's Good Points.

IN some villages in japan robbers
are tried and convicted by ballotl
Whenever q robbery is committed tho
ruler Of tho hamlet summons the en-
tire male population and requests
them TO write on a slip Of paper tho
name OF the person they suspect as
having committed the crime. The ono
receiving the largest nurnb Der Of ballots
is declared duly elected" aud is ac-
cordingly hung. This system, Ike alt
others, has !ts peculiar advantages ~
insurcs the punishment Of somebody
for every crime committed, whereas
under the system in vogue in most civ
ilized countries in nine cases out OK
ten no punishment is inflicted on any
body for the crime. OF course, they
may not elect the guilty person. but
dispose of some other character equally
as bad. There Is much IN the system.
to commend il 20 other nationa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
Furnishing . Murderer.

II man commits a murder IN Tun-
CORA none Of the natjTes wiI dsale
their hands or weapons By killing him.
He is supposed 20 be haunted b. the
spirit Of his victim until he goes road
and kills himself. bu. as mater q
fact the priests capture AID strangle
him unknown &c the rest Of the com
r3uui.y. The thongs with which the
~retch's life Is squeezed out Of his body
are then burnt before the image Of Kali
and the ashes c-a.ured into the dead
r1aa's mouth. by this oezus purifying
his corpse
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19
Foot and Ysfberrs-

The foot Is named from the Length
of that member ia a fuli-growu man.
Some say il was 50 called from tLs
length Of the foot Of certain Enriish
king. but II il believed 10 have been u
standard Of measurement among ,he,
ancient Egyptians The cubit IL from
the Latin cubitus, an elbow. and IS tic
distance from the eibox % The end OF
the middle finger. Fsthosn Il from tbs
Aryan fat. 20 extend, and denote. ths
distance from tip % tip Of the fingers
when the arrus Of az avcr&ge-sized nan
40 fsftI- e~.o~ScS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-19

Geological G a r.
dens of Phila-
dclphia. S ON e
city f a t h e r s
think it can be
done, and argue
that it would be
a splendid thing,
since the city of
Phi l a d G lph i a
owns one of the
finest menager-
les in existence.
One New York
alderman makes
t h G surprising
assertion tn a t
Philaleln HAS