Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-05-13

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While about one third 81 the deaths
Of whites are Of children under fvc
years old. nearly one-half of the deaths
Of negroes ars such children OF tender
years.
Andrew Jsekssn-. Granddaughter.
Mrs Mary T. Wilcox. a granddaugh-
ter 81 President Andrew Jackson. who
mas heen employed in the treasury de-
partmcnt, n few days ago called on
Secretary Gage and rendered her rcsig-
nation. Mrs. Wilcox held a 8. .oco place
in the Office of the auditor for the war
department. She is the widow Of Rep
rcsentative Wilcox. of Mississippi. She
entered the government, service in lisa
Mrs Wilcox was horn in the White
House. and lock Of her hair was
put in the cornerstone ~ the treas
ury. She il now over eighty years
of age. and the weight Of years has
rendered her physically incapable Of
longer discharging the duties Of her
Position. Her resignation was entirely
voluntary. She has saved enough to
live out the remaining years of her life
in ease and comfort. and she j. DESTROYS
OF retirement. Secretary Gage was
much interested in her history. lie sc-
ccpted her resignation. to take effect
August !. and gave her leave Of absence
until that date.
Confederate veterans Cssp-
The United Confederate Veterans
have camps n follows: Northeast Tex
a. division. ~; West Texas division. IS;
Southwest Texas division. ~: South
east Texas division. 81: Northwest Tex
aS division, IL; total Texas. el7. Ala
hama. -, South Carolina. II. Missouri,
II. Mississippi. 81, Arkansas. 50. Geor-
gia- -, Louisiana. ST. Kentucky. -.
Tennessee. -; Virginia. 50; Florida.
20; North Carolina. ~; Indian terri
tory. l.. West Virginia. II: Oklahoma.
q. Maryland. q: New Mexico. ;; Iii.
nois, =; Montana ); Indiana 1; District
of Columbia. 1; California, I.
Father and Daughter Drowaed.
While John Nolin. his tcn-year-old
daughter and n young man. whose
name is not given. were crossing the
Cumberland river seven miles from
Gallatin- Tenn. in n canoe at night.
the craft sank in midstream- The
man reached the shore, and Nolin
placed his child on his breast and be-
gan tn swim out on his back. He had
almost reached the bank when the
child became frightened and grabbed
him around the neck and they were
drowned.
I've sister. Drowned
While Misses Katie aud Matte Steele.
sisters, and Andrew Brogcr were re-
turning in slSir from party to their
home, - miles from Bar,iwell. NY. the
frail craft was overturned in the mid
die Of the Mississippi The sisters.
locked in each others arms. drowned
together. Broger escaped lie was a
hired man on their fathers farm. The
victims were pretty. young women.
aged II and ~
Three BuiI.ts welded Isx.thsr.
Capt ". H. Rowe. Of fredericksburg.
Va, has in his possession n reusrkaD Dle
war rclie. IL consists Of three bullets
joined together. They were plowed
mp on the bloody angle battlefield, near
Spottsylvania &. H., Va. where bullets
few thick and fast during the fierce
sighting at that point in May. lsSs. and
IL il supposed that these bullets met in
midair and became welded together.
Murderer Transported In . Gage.
Elijah Morton. n young negro. 81
cured in an iron cage, was taken 20
Macon. Ca, the other day from neRae.
Ca. and placed in the county Jail,
where he will be kept until May 81,
and then taken back to MeRae and
hanged Morton i a ''blue-gum- ne
gro. and i known TO have killed nine
people. For some years he has ter
rorized Telfair county.
weu-Kaswa Ten.n.
Judge William jefferson Jones died
st Galveston. Tex. recently. lie was
born in Carolina county, Va, in Sep
tember. 1910. lie located in Texas in
1850. and had resided in the state con-
tinuously since. He was QUE of the
tirst supreme judges Of the Republic Of
Texas.
Dropped M. Gun.
Clayton Lcckert, aged IL. of Lockerts-
vile, Tenn, let his shotgun fall from
plank The hammer striking. the gun
discharged and contents passed through
his left temple, infieting a fatal
wound
Nontgomery's New Depot.
The contract for building a new un-
ion depot at Montgomery, Ala. has
been closed by the Louisville 4 Nash
vile company. II will cost $500. 900.
Monster Elevator
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
has decided to erect monster grain
elevator at Pensacola. Fla, with a
capacity for half million bushels
Bs~ght -Geld- Brsehs-
Phil johnson. one of the weaI,hies,
cotton planters of Georgia. whose home
Is in Sumter county. it is said recently
bought gold bricks; out sil, 600.
The San Jscinto BassIe-6roand.
Inc Iexas state senate has eoncurred
In the house amendments to the bill to
appropriate SO, 600 TO purchase the San
Jacinto battle-ground.
Death Did Not Part Them
After being lovers for half a century.
and married 4s years. Mr.. and Mrs
solomon Leopold. OF New Orleans. died
On the same day.
For Aissi>siPpi Improvement
The sundry civil bill has been
amended to make s., ssS. Sss available
immediately for the Mississippi river
improvement.