08 Aug 1889
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1889
Page
1
A jumble of 19th century items. Exerton Writia receives an honorary admiralship in the British navy on the 21st. The British Commons pass the Tax Royal Grants bill after committee review, while regatta notes report the SS Tee Valkyrie defeating Varana and Irex at the London Yacht Club Cowes event.
The State Department received dispatches noting Captain Duvergs a French adventurer was convicted by the Consular Court at Tamatave Madagascar for killing Victor F W Stanwood US consular agent at Agdakabe Madagascar. Also noted are railway rate cuts, political signals from Washington and Paris, and various domestic and colonial developments.
A Spokane Falls fire destroyed the entire business section, burning twenty five blocks and causing a loss around 14 million dollars. Bonds totaling 50 thousand dollars were issued for Alabama State Fair property improvements ahead of the October opening. An arrest and escape story follows of Dr J T Horricas captured in Tennessee after a jail break. Other items note levee efforts in Arkansas Crit tenden county and a fatal accident in Mississippi involving cattle tampering. A mastodon tooth discovery in Louisville is reported as well as crop damage in Mississippi from heavy rains. A Kansas youth accidental death in Clay Center is described, along with various federal postmaster appointments and a new fish commission effort in the Mississippi Valley. International dispatches recount the arrival of the German Emperor and the Prince of Wales at Portsmouth, with elaborate naval displays and royal receptions at Osbourne. The piece highlights tensions with Russia over Turkey as well as a royal farewell visit.
Ottawa reports Canada furious over British vessel seizures by the United States off Behring Sea and in the Pacific. Ottawa leans toward British policy while warning on exclusive jurisdiction. Military strength cited at over 1400,000 men possible. Jesuit incorporation sparks Protestant agitation with 1000 petitions totaling fifty five thousand signatures. At the front, Grenfell’s forces clash with dervishes near Masmas, with deserters flooding Egyptian camps and Wad el N Jummi poised to fight. a battle is anticipated.
Death of pioneer Culbertson Sharp at his home in Muhlenberg County Ky. A tavern quarrel near Pratt's mines Birmingham Ala ends in murder as Thomas Johnson dies from knife wounds after confrontation with King McDonald. Memphis bridge caisson placement progresses weighing 1 (tons) and 672% feet. Majocary to be completed by March 1. Buckner, ex-Internal Revenue collector and former Kentucky House Speaker, suffers paralytic stroke. Fires devastate Homer La including hotels. losses around 15000. Notorious thieves Jack Smith and Jim Jones held for circuit court in Webster County. Sebree sees fresh cash evidence in a noted case. Danville Va tobacco sales rise sharply in July. yearly totals dip year over year.
John Hamilton a nineteen year old Black man was shot and killed in Wasoo City Mise by John Hall a white man aged twenty one The coroner s jury returned a verdict of murder against Hall stating the killing arose from an alleged insult by Hamilton to Hall
Items report a New Orleans area business facing liabilities of nearly five percent assets including demolished buildings and unpaid bills. a fatal shooting in Mobile and a divorce complication. a Kentucky railroad crossing death. ice company cartel plans. New Orleans Swag erfest funds and building bids. Liberty Georgia disturbances led by a self proclaimed queen of the Negroes. Mississippi Methodist College funding talks with Bishop Galloway returning to Jackson and potential endowment boosts. towns weighing college site bonuses.
Reports across the cotton region including the Gulf and South Atlantic States say weather favored all growing crops. Cotton is improving rapidly and tobacco in Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia shows progress, except for low ground Virginia suffering from excessive rains.
A severe storm moved through Natchez Mississippi and surrounding area. Trees were uprooted telegraph poles prostrated and substantial damage occurred to cotton and corn crops.
In mid December a party of miners faces a ferocious storm in the mountains. Old Brady warns of impending disaster as hunger and cold press in, a bear intrudes on their cabin, and the men fight to survive until the thaw allows escape to the valley and return to work.
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