Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1910-02-10

= trl&4 n n. codrI AZ bruokhaven- The
trb bad cvsrpowered the sheriff a-a
ruksn INTO the courtroom where the ezse
pas N progress The venerzbie ias-e
cok IN the situatioa at ouee. ant. quick-
b ieavi-x the bench- met the rufSaus
~ aesed them to take the pri~on~rs NJ
k> har- They guaileS3 before his stern
Es and courzgeous manner, and sl-zk
y. of the eourtroem-
>cuthbound Passenger train We. ]. SEC
rt section, left the track at TaIa-
atchie. a station about four miles soGth
Sardis- The engine TUNED upside down
sa the coaches, al except two. turnss
their sides against a hixh euhank-
bent. which kept them frote turning
bnPletely over, and this no cOubt save,s
bazy lives Five persons were slivhtly
blurred Engineer Greer being the oue
fa~t seriously hurt He had his foo,
htly crushed
For House. Barn and Roof Prints
kir-ie Stains. Wagon and Implement
sints, Wall Papers. Rubber ROo6nc.
Prits to Farrell-CaIhoun Paint L Wall
APer Co. Wholesale and Retail, 4s-4s
>ec01d ST., Memphis, Tenn
Samples sent on request.
forty-tvo damage suits for sIeoo
"a sgzin<t the Alaban@ & vieksburr
|aiFoa4 Company were fled here by
fr1y-sWO negroes because they we're com
rilea TO stand up in crowded coaches on
eeeIber while en- route to vieksburz
attend a grand lodge meeting. The
.eaaratiozs aver that they were treated
ke cattle IN \ stock car.
GreradA is very much interested in
p proposition before the lower house
4; congress by Hon 7. L. Sisson to make
survey of YalobushA river for the
purposes Of navigation Every piece Of
rioruAtioa and much data are being
Polleeted to send Mr.. Sisson. so that he
pay De fortified against any probable
PPPosition- Old citizens recall the time
ben steamboats, piled the waters Of the
hser regularly A steamboat was I'd as
Pish as Grenada as hte as the SOS that
Farred one thousand bales of cotton.
BY vote of 6si to the bond issue
Z $4,000 to be given the Mississippi
Fiser Western railroad BY the city as =
Pen1s to build into Nateiez was the re-
|rif OF Mondays election The $4,000
not to Be paid to the road until they
ave Completed the same from Meridian
= NA,ehex and running trains into the
utter city over its own tracks.
Following some correspondence be-
'ween Secretary Rurnells Of the BUSH
lsss League and Prof Thomas L BAR
y, secretary of the Mississippi Inter
'A.eglzie Oratorieal Association. the di-
'sstors of the league issaed a formal in
'itaihoa to the association to hold their
'eaf Haee,ing in GreenviIle, the time se.
|<ing May IL.
= the trial Of John Gaines. at Co
'insus, on the charge Of selling booze, it
'sseioped that some Of the most eon-
kans Patrons of local blind tigers are
boys Three of the principal wit
'esses were boys IL and Is years Of age,
'ae all swore that they frequently threw
noney and bought whisky from unii-
Sased vendors
o1e OF the most important meetings
'1 held IN Mississippi among the ne
Jos viii be the midwinter session of
y bishops council of the African
Z Episcopal Church, Febsa, in
.exse1rg- II Is estimated that upward
: 1000 people viii be in the city at the
me. because of number of Important
-rs'ions TO Be reviewed BY preAtes-
Nord comes from Judge Henry c.
'Aes, Of the Federal court, that the in
anefloa suits instituted BY eight of the
'eest railway lines in the state to re
.iaia tAe Mississippi railway commits
: irom enforcing its new rates On COM
.essei eottoa viii come Up for hearing
ssioxi On the 2sd of February.
l. W. Hamilton, ehzreery clerk of
! a'ekasAw county, died at his home at
'o1z'on. aged 40 years. No man vas
.'e widely and fzvorably knOxns in
itipea.
sn>rkey county is not to be outdone
ner sister counties of the eastern part
'he State in the way of agricultural
'0sres, as Dr. l. L Martin IS engaged
looking applicants for a competitive
- growing contest among the boys of
= county.
!. ne discovery Of natural gas in Fay.
4. county, Alabama. has caused sons
@snent at Columbus Geologists
IN that the vein runs in . westerly
aon and probably extenas TO pcisf