20 Dec 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1888
Page
1
A compilation notes Pope Rome stance not to leave, unions surpassing in agricultural college attendance, Atkinson a business figure in Fos t, and Aldermanic and imperial news. It cites currency reports, dueling case in Augusta, royal marriage speculations, Serbia vote results, tariff opposition, Madrid bank robbery inquiry, and other varied items.
Reports from the 50th Congress show tariff amendments debated in the Senate with failed action on the hoop and bend tron section. The House moved the River and Harbor bill to committee, while amendments to the Department of Agriculture were non-concurred and a conference ordered. The Direct Tax bill saw several amendments rejected before passage. Executive session followed as a senator faced arrest threats amid tariff dispute headlines.
The French Chamber of Deputies approved the 18th extra budget by 545 to 9, fixing estimates at $27,000,000 while other international items and local incidents color the news. Observers note Belgium strikes easing, Ryssian loans move forward, and various disasters and legal notices across Europe and America.
A robbery and assault report in Lamar county Alabama where Mrs. Jane Johnson was whipped and ordered to leave the county. Illinois Central train robbery near Duck Hill Mississippi totals over $3,000 and other valuables. Chester Hughes of Jackson Tennessee murdered by robbers. Wall Street land value cited at 14 200 100 dollars per acre. Metropolitan Opera Box sold for 22 dollars. Crop data notes Tura corn and cotton ratios. Fresno fruit growers fencing against rabbits. Memphis cotton rate 23 bales at 13 cents. Whisky trust plans price cuts January 1 to hit non allied distillers. Arkansas debating constitutional education suffrage qualification. Diptheria deaths near Albuquerque and smallpox outbreak alarm. A C Owes of Mason City Iowa challenges any 79 year old man to a forty or eighty red race with high heels jump. Smith county Tennessee corn damage at 3 percent. U S gum chewing expenditure cited. Tenpesses brick production 1887 figures by city with values. Jackson Louisiana worries over Rev J W Penn missing for a week and feared harmed.
The London and Paris press discuss Emin Bey and Henry M. Stanley captivity. England may force negotiations over Suakin with Osman Digna threatening victims. Stanley’s fate under debate, amid calls for liberating the prisoners.
Alfred Moses of Burke County North Carolina attacked Jake Helms at his home. Helms stabbed Moses in the throat during a fight, killing him instantly amid a longstanding grudge.
A characteristic collage of biographical notes cites W P Read the Chicago coal merchant, General Butler of Chesterfield manners, Yale donors George Gabriel and Yale Divinity School, and Senator Sherman called an icicle. It also recounts Mrs Coates of Kansas City, James Densmore’s income from a typewriter patent, and Warwick Castle’s fortune from guest gifts.
A miscellany of humorous exchanges and oddities across newspapers includes jokes about insurance policies, a one legged politician and a one armed orator. Quick quips from Life and Philadelphia Record mix with local curiosities and oddities about diamonds and a necrology of small incidents.
Mr Larkie, known for good humor when drinking, is approached by a shabby man under a bright sign asking for a quarter. Larkie questions the request and doubts the man will use the money for a drink or bread, reflecting a tense street encounter.
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