Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-11-02


OwISs TO Dr. W. C. Blacks election
10 tho edftorship % thu New Orleans
Christtan Advocate. Bishop Galloway
has transferred him from the Georgia
back To the Mississlppi Conference.
THE Love wagon factory u Durans.
Que % the largest plants of the kind la
tho State. vas destroyed by IRE Lass
we~k. Loves loss Is estimated At H*oas
$4,000. with ouiy light Insurance..
NJ. W. D~uyRAEn> a well-kuown ami
popular young man OF Grenada. died
last week in Greenwood. where he had
gone 10 visit bis parents. In the hope OF
getting we'll He wss 4 youag ma Of
sterling traits.
Wa QUISx died at Seuatohia lass
week- Mr.. Quinn vas an old citizen %
Tate County. \ brave and true Confei-
crate soldier. and had the high esteem
Of all who knew him
LsKsE barn containing 1880 ba-hsis
o. corn on Mrs Jsserson Davis Brier-
Geld plantation. in Warren County.
burned a few days ago Insurance not
known Fifteen hogs were burned ~tth
the building.
W. NJ FosrKR- depaty Chancery Clerk
Of Warren Coanty for the past twenty
one years. died last week Ills death
IL y great Ioss - that county ard
Ancs with the ehanccry and probate
business vas phenomsnaliy rre2t
REvKsrE officers have destroyed some
Illicit stills In Newton Coanty and ar
rested their operater< Word comes that
monashiners arr doing a thriving bass-
ness between ~Estinbarx and Carthage.
IN Leake Coanty. In utter defiance Of
Az. and that good people ars serrorized-
Ar Meridian last week Gre broke out
in \ cotton warehouse and destroyed a
number Of bales OF cotton belonging tn
w. :. Harris Il Bro The IRE - sup
posed 10 BE- he work Of an incendfary.
When the Gre was discovered great ex-
element prevailed. and men and women
In their night clothes rushed franti-
eally into the street. the women scream
Ina for help. and the men beating .
hasty retreat before the dremea and
spectators.
Na- WHEY. o respectable ami wcil-
to-do farmer. living seven miles east Of
New Albany. one night last week s~s
fire TO Marion Wynne's and william
speck's barns. After seeing them under
good Roadway, and that nothing from
them could be saved. he quietly re-
turned to hts own home. and. without
disturbing his family. set his own house
on IRE. when the family aweks tbs
root vas falling In His wife and daagh-
ter are suffering from burns received
while making their escape
The case Of the State Revenue Agent
~ the Postal Telegraph Company vas
argued in the Supreme Court last week
and unlimited The suit Is brought By
thsr revenue agent 10 secure back privi-
legs taxes due BY the company since its
admission into the State IL denied
liability. whsn the agent brought suis
10 recover the taxes In the lower court
Judge Chrisman held IL liable. when IL
appealed 70 tho Supreme Court In the
z@ss ts i=-ss=s4 sss rzass u tas STATE 10
TAI telegraph companies should IL b.
decided against the STATE IL will have 10
refund all taxes collected from The
Western Union Telegraph Company
AsAss Of professional burglars. Who
have been doing the State. struck Col
Hmbas last ~eek- The large dry goods
house Of w. C. Beard q Co and the
clothing store ot Voorhees,. Miller n Co.
were robbed The rear end Of these
houses run into an open alley and frO.a
the rear the burglars gained an en-
trance BY saving cut . panel Of the
back door. From Voorhees,. Miller q
Cos they took several hundred dollars
worth OF g~entIomen's hne underwear.
and from the safe they gos ssas in cash
The safe had been opened without the
use Of any explosive. but an AZ xzs
used 10 break open the money drn~erin
the safe
Az election under the local option
lawx was held in Holmes Coanty lass
week The result wasa ~toreg0ns eoneiz-
sion. and owing to thIs fact thAs Ilsrls in
terest wa manifested. and the vo.e vas
remarkably small The county has xozs
dry By = large majority. considering the
number Of votes cast The utmost bar
mony and good feeling prevailed
throaghoas the county. The lexington
p~reeines ave the dry ticket IS votes and
- for the wet
Thar watch Hardapps sold me turned
cut % have rusty WORKS. Il don't won