Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-02-16
The vEsUvuS. GUNS

Fsrss~r Tested .s r~~s Ks-sG !. G.
s~tA@rs~tsry E~-aiss atssta~a-rh~ Atus
F~rfe~s se Tvs uhaas.na Nar,E.. oms
The ~ass. F~t5 . rrta~ ~A~ws se sh~
farE-t-furtnsr Expsrta@at. Ia bs
NAT.
PcEr RoTAr. = C.. Feb IA el~ar
eav enahlesl the vesuvisrs 10 resume ths,
tests of her Fu~uraatic guns yesterday
nacruinx. A SsiF sauthvszt wizs4 as.s!ss
the hart-or rather lumpy in th< early
morning. but BEFORE tn. Hrss shot Wa
rresi the brreze was no ns.rrw than fre~h
and the water was fairly smo.s,b-
Promptly Al Ilsa5 the Ne~nvius hssssssd
s<uals announcing that she was reaay
% fre the first shsss. 1nd xosahI afn az
the s.ec'-ysrsi bssov. The knari had
-ore ae.arsi The vexnvius early IN the
morning and Sateh~st the days exrssrs-
zaenss frpsn her hseirN
with her signals fyinx. the ve=avia.
steamed slowly mp 10 the s.esNlvzrsf
bury. healing xfightfv - the aorth 90
the target iins- 4 monetary pauSs
followed. While sh- sSusx slosiv ia'o
Po~ition- Tken the signals drapr-sd
and insszntasgpGsiv there fasEow~si the
white cloud - eomp~r~zest air insii-
eatin< the firing of a shot
Th~ Observers took up the p-ef-ctiis
before Il bad gone hansHrsst yards IA
iss fight IL sailed -rar~faiiv throaxh
the heaveus making a carve Of PER-
feet synmet-y
The hrst shot fell afty yar,iS shsr. q
the t1rsets but cxaetiv in line with
the bsoy which markell the :. esss-var,l
rang~- The target itS.-If hasf ta-s uz-.-h
stray line and hal drift~,l about forty
or hfty yards away FROM the s.atica
uh~n IL was anrhore,s.
The Ne-uvirs was si<naIei that the
shot had fallen short. AMI in twelve
minutes she was ready % fS-v again.
Indicating By her flsS that the SANE
ranx~ would b. kept The V@<uxius
thhs time crasxl.,i clo~e MP 20 her bany
before firing The shot was as pretty
a. is pre,is,,s-sor and asssr- nearIv at
taIn~st ia taryss The she'll fell hsr.
ten feet short A thiri shot was Hrwss
n fe~ seconds iafer. falling short - the
sar-~t. bat practically Ga the buoy line
An Interval - an hour followed. and
then the remaining two pre3~ctlig~
we're srrsA Thss foarth shot fell "a shss
buoy Inc. bat the 6fsh and The iast <hos
of the &1y fell 50 close - the rarx~t
that the spray thr0zxn up hy the
prOi-~til- st-=sur~-i the target "A IN
slant sf.rrwarss an explc.iru wzs
h-arsi ans4 th-r was<r h~hinA the sar-~t
was Szxtu-b.zL
- sz~ a. euui.f ~ ~~-z tAs sra .h-li
-Ras 10 oulv CO. thasexpls-se.s, sA.su-s
sh- sfsr-r~ * sA~ Ns$Hriux ard nssu1-
h~Fs 0f The hs1rl saaE tAas sh~T hA.E
si->slsctlT Asar1 th@ exPia.5sa ef sae
flstrrA sasre
u va lszras-s Ga-izg sA@ aes~rzsu-
shA. sst~r Hrinx fh- Srxs thr~~ pro-
srrtsleS ths <an-csrsaz pSisers hasf
h--sz rsPiass-st by z-suvss-xsi~r przza-rS.
tAe sunr-s~ssasnn h~inzr taa. tA~ <-En-
cs1stsn hzaI fail.ss. - E~sruass -. p-a-v-
@~r- NHzv eese~rs rsazns4in taax tass
was prooa nRv sssrrers- TAs slszrsa ansl
sra sh.ass s~li - As--zras~lF taas ta~w
weahs hare E1ll~a ga IA erslsaarv sss-sg
ssasissn~,t kar sz-<~1
Tlss. szsz.,erS e shs, vssasx ~ Az .~s-asls
elAssd o~~r thss r~$at.s 20 sAss &AE's
trial
The Nc<urfus rvtn-usf - 80 zzxzf
ssatbou and ss,.siS s.rwrr sAsilz f--asn ts~
lighter The gun eussau mas hw~n w.
moved fron th~ rro5sssizsrz. Asss 81 ~
rePlae.,d by p.spssssr- - <uahl- sAs esszr
tinuaues Of the exp<ria~n-s ta-eaF-