05 Jan 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1888
Page
1
A wide compilation notes riots by Russian students and political unrest, a Massachusetts tariff reform meeting, Manning's funeral in Albany, and King Millan's resignation. Fire losses in Cleveland and rising rail milestones are reported alongside a moonlit cave discovery, a Prince of Wales gift, shipboard incidents, emigration fines, and various European and colonial updates.
Mysterious comments on Lord Itandolph Churchilis visit to Russia spark talks of peace with India. Snow and ice sweep Hau Claire river wrecking horses from Stillwater. Burglaries hit Marasilon post office. Major trials and sentences unfold in Alaska and New Jersey. Coney Island endures a deadly gale while ships, docks, and industry face peril and change.
In a dramatic Wednesday night storm Portland faced a giant tidal wave that slammed the fog bell and engine house, bending iron straps and hurling debris inland. Cape Elizabeth witness reports describe a pyramid shaped surge that filled a harbor opening and smashed shore cliffs with tremendous force.
Oscar CoGer colored was lynched at Cherokee Alabama on the 2d. Atlanta’s new city council fixed liquor licenses at 1000 dollars and includes five prohibitionists and ten anti prohibitionists. Cincinnati Louisville coal shipments totaled between 6 and 7 million bushels on the 2d, first to lower ports since last June. A fatal snoring affray wounded Patrick Mealy Mike Walsh and Daniel Markey in New Orleans on the Ist. Suggs Arkansas and Gattman Mississippi each established new fourth class post offices with Robert post masters David M. Bavidston and William F. Riley respectively. December government receipts were 20.3 million with 10.4 million expenditures leaving a net gain of 18.9 million. after interest about 3.5 million, actual surplus 15.4 million. In Helena Arkansas a woman Jennie Wilson died in a stove fire while others slept nearby. Birmingham stock exchange scene unmatched in the South with margins and Wall Street like speculation. Spain invites US and Spanish American republics to join Christopher Columbus jubilation plans. Chicago blizzard trapped streets and halted traffic. Houma Louisiana fire losses around 150000 insurance 916000. many families burned out.
Clarksville Indiana residents seek secession from the state and admission as a U S territory or district under Virginia’s old charter. They plan elections, delegates to Congress, and to pursue a court case over the Illinois grant tied to General Clark.
Report criticizes Ohio penitentiary treatment of E. L. Harper former Fidelity Bank vice-president. Allegations include lack of common prison discipline such as hair clipping, luxury food from his Cincinnati family, wide inmate privileges, and private clerical work in the secretary’s office.
The Chicago job and book printers strike ends with defeated workers returning to work. Nonunion men are being discharged as strikers come back, though many employers pledged not to hire back any striker. Newspapers and nonstriking printers note a slow end to the conflict and unions cut weekly assessments.
The J. P. Allen reports meeting the wreck of the sloop Liszie Elia seven miles south southwest of Cape Blas. The vessel lies ruined with a broken mast in three pieces the stern missing except for the name painter and the deck reduced to a small forward stretch. The windlass remains intact but cables anchors bowsprit and bows are gone.
Readable items report a fire destroying the Mooring-nill patent roller in Harrisonburg Virginia, with $5000 losses and no insurance. Other briefs note editor John J. Littleton shot in Nashville Tennessee, a rowdy Tellin Tennessee mining fight, a fatal Toledo port knife incident, a fatal Jackson Mississippi confrontation, and a Nashville classroom accident. Additional items cover strikes on rail lines, murders in Georgia, Alabama wrecks, and counterfeiting arrests.
An observer recalls Pekin dental courts where locals supposedly pull teeth with fingers. A guarded expert reveals the true method using a hidden iron tool to loosen teeth while feigning finger technique. The piece also notes wooden or metal dentures and a worm tale as misdirection.
A Tupelo Journal reader asks if any mule footed hogs still exist in Lee County Mississippi. He notes a historical breed once named mule-footed due to unsplit hooves. The inquiry seeks current presence or records of such hogs in the county.
Chicago Journal urges every citizen to accept jury duty as a public obligation. It argues evasive behavior harms justice, warns that shirking shows weak citizenship, and stresses the duty to serve on juries, elections, inquests, and conventions for the common welfare.
A tense scene unfolds as a character grips a worn hand and contemplates a bitter moment. The figure recalls struggle, desolation, and an uncertain future, then quietly declares his action with a quivering voice. Sylvester wins seventeen cents as a distraction punctuates the moment.
The Osaka Ladies Christian Association held a meeting at M. A. Hall with an audience of over 1000 women. A playful exchange about Blondin’s donkey added light humor to the event as they discuss future activities.
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