Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1896-07-23

J.e<son- July ID Il W Jsn-s. wa0
e2zs aer- VITA . <reak foarssh OF srum-
2~Cs. r~pr~s~assa~ hin<ssf ro be sh~
champion aeel-and sos WALKER ss the
world. and a. being under y wager
backed by Richard E- Fox sf the Police
Gazesse - walk fron New York - san
Fr.nSiscns aas 4ev-gop~l iaso the rzn<-
ezs xfnsi Of n fraud To 3essr-uiae the
matter Z Z FraaEx Of sAis city sent
thu ssgl0~ta< telegram 10 Fox
Isl " 5su~s ysda< frsm S~w ysrx IN san
Frznesse~ 60 sss-~ ~~r-w. sz~xs.< - y~zs An
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Fax fzzs,ziassgr sent ths soEfesiax
reply
Nv Ian-s nas 40 zafhsrifY a. r-pr-sens
ne PsEIes Gax-x1c- We azxs no xasslestg. sf
snv s1s~z RrCHsR1 K Fox
jones 4ad some trials Of speed with
htcycliSts Of Jl-ks5a. IN which it Vas
eIea-Iy .ho-a that he lacked n great
deal Of being What he claimed to be. In
the frst r1es with SD Moore. Il Ilyear-
old boy. Moore rolled rixht away from
aim. beating him ten or afteen feet
Jones claimed sas ieseas vas owing 20
the Bermuda xr1sa II. then pulled OF
the race. defeating Moore by About the
sane number Of feet He vas cuasid-
erahlY ieered BY the crowd which vas
disguised with the entire performances.
many Of whom threaten 20 demand the
return Of shstr admission ticket Jones
has been playing this same trick in
various ro~ns IN NltssisStppL-T. NJ
Henry in Commercial Appeal
Pfans nsr the New CapSEsL
Jackson. July fS-Aftsr examining
thirteen plans for the new wcapisoi bafld-
ing the eon mission this afssrnooa ai-
ioarnej subject 10 the call Of the rresi-
dent l. will be several days before the
worx Of ex1mininx ths remaining Ave
tve or six plans is resumed One plan
vas examined submitted By Louisville
archfsectz. two by those Of Memphis.
two By Atlanta Ga. one BY chatsa-
aoogz- one by Lexingtou. KY. one ~
Saa Aasonios Tex enc By Fort Worth.
Tex. one By Graad Rapids. Mich. and
three BY New Orleans. Il ts felt sha.
there xiII be no trouble in selecting one
thas - desirable. as several have been
submitted that appear % I'll the re-
sairenenz Some Of the sbless arvhi-
seess have personally Appeared before
the counission--T- NJ Henry, in Con-
nerrtAl Appeal
Laaass~ Asytasa o3<er~
Jackson. July iz-TAe board Of trus-
tees Of the Iunasie asylum today made
the following selections NJ J. NeCor-
mick. manager Of the farm. vice Robe
C. Smith. NJ A Cznsrun. Of Madison.
dairynan- vice Alex Rohlets J. G. Sin
xieserry. OF Rankin. ssorskssper. vice
r A. Rutherford The position Of gar
dsnsr Vas abolished The salary Of Dr.
Nolan. steward and assistant ph yxiciaa.
Vas Increased from S. 900 - $500
Three hundred dollars Of thiz amount
Is for clerical work
Ja.p<d Frsa the rr.ln
wesson. July ls-A young man
named Jennings Of Crystal Springs
iuRped from the limited train zs IL
passed this station today near the norsh
switch and falling upon the rails re-
esived very severe injuries about the
head and hodY- Physicians think he
will recover
BartHl Of - Wlastsa cssp<r
J. Winston Cooper. veil aad favorzbly
known throughout Mississippi aad in
NsuphiA Who died lass week near
Tehula Holmes county. was buried nj
Jackson in the city esmssery tron the
First NsEhodiss Char-h-
Frsishr Pxia Kzzlrs.As by rrzeksrz
To illzstrzte ths enornous tribute
paid the railroads in frsighs charges on
truck. = gro~er wao has toaesi ap these
charges and the net procssdA izfor=z
- thzt tse sorzer znoaaleS - q. 90
Kzf the l4t-er 70 o.. 100. or. expressed in
di1srsnt manner. his fzrn had P4id
the rzilro&d Company seo an acre IN
t-eighs charges. whsrs2s the same Lad
planted In eotsoa x11ld have paid hus
3 tar srzasport2EioaL Ths ulasEr7Ees
q. - 49,