Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-05-25

An enterprisi1E netr~it wonnan =
trying 20 zct a diTurce from her second
husband in order that she nav obtain
a pension : widow Of her first wko
died Of s~Poplsxy i've years azo
II stone cvfin. weighing i.Ee
pounds has h~en made for stephen
Ianxseld- Of Madison county. Ky He
Is % yeaE old but in goni health He
Says the country i ovcrrun with pole
eats minks and groundho~ and MS
stone coffin = to protect h> body from
these animals
The following story on a Norvalk.
Conn. clergyman has Just leaked out
On q recent OCCASION after marrying n
curPle. an envelope was handed In him
which h. supposed Of oourse- contained
the marriage fee- On opening Il ~
fogn6 4 slip Of paper on which was
written I'VE desire vour prayeN
Mrs. Delight : Boudfnoe vhc=e
death = announced in Troy. y Y. had
been IN charge u thu cay hoGze f1r
children of that eity fDr thfrty-six years
vas many yearS ago missionary among
the CherokeeS AMI while among them
married Elias c Boz1i1oc who suhss-
quentiv died at the hands ofan assassin
Senator Hoar had a narrow escape
from su6ocSt5on while asleep in a Mex
York hotel a few nights ago By the
ieskzxr % x7s throEgh a defect IN the
,soPeo-k Of the pipe. which Wa for
tun1telv detected By one Of the EN-
TIoyeS N the hall IN ssa@rn Tn ar1u>e
him in time 20 prevent any serious coa-
~-equsnce&
Rupert >chr1id- the san Francisco
sculptor, has secured .he contrast TO
madel a bruuz~ group representing
~fo-7hnu-as saving the life otCapc John
>Dsth The exp-n~e viii h. tl5-gsn3
The money was contributed h. the
smith family II Virginia AMI NEBRASKA
\ descendant from the original John
Smith has been the promoter OF the En-
terprIS~
At b recent wedding Of a grand
80 q the prime minister Of Nldz-a~
car IN a young lady named R~afeIaSina
the que~n and her court were IN attend
snrr- and after the ceremony ali par
took heartily 81 a dinner -hieh con-
taEzes4 In fewer than Efty-Sre Items.
inciustiag R>ariy every well known
Dish trum bs~fs-eaS ant chicken to
pork pattb~s and rsscarunu&
Jobs : Gav-< returned % his home
IN Huntington Ind a few DAYS ago
after N absence % tw~eutv-ons years
during vhich time he had been all over
North and >onth America The Fov Of
hS relatives was somewhat mirixzrsd
hy the fact thattfr1vr$ instead ~ h-fax
n a cemetsry- a. they Thought. turned
NJ IN time 10 gst a fu-tuu~ that would
oth~rNiSs have g0ne ts then
The sermon was in progress IN an
Atlanta church when an usher sum
mnrst a Doctor from the Sarr~si eiiRse-
Ten ufEutes later the Aur usher again
tiPtOs6 down The aisle ami whispered
10 a well known undertake who also
promptly left The hruHs- The members
OF the e~sugregztipn smiled knowingly
az each other a. IL the ro-s.rr had been
making work far the undertaken
Thomas Allen a veteran lgs rea-
Of age lives n Tyler epua.v. a few
miles above ParSe~burE. W Va Nr
Allen ever day regardless Of the
weather. walks from hES hou>~ 81 the
p<ss oEics- 4 distance Of thre. miles
and return He served under welITu--
ton N the war with Napoleon under
ten >s,ott IN the war With NexieN ami
a. the age Of - years enlisted n the
war Of the ebeiIioa- His physical .p
Pes1uee ~ belsed hs age that he hal
NJ fFsirulty IN passing muster as being
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