26 Jan 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
1
A brief roundup notes the American Poland China Swine Bee Association holding its annual meeting in Rapid City Minnesota on the 18th. The item touches on government contracts, diplomatic posts, and various international curiosities with a mix of political and industrial snippets.
The report outlines a week of activity in the Fifties Congress with executive sessions confirming nominations, extensive debate on finance and printing bills, and numerous bills introduced. It notes Speaker Pro Tem Samuel Cox and filibusters over bank notes, along with passage of a direct tax refund bill and timber disposals legislation.
The Albina Oregon fire destroyed Tae roundhouse and shops of the Northern Pacific Terminal Company injuring locomotives and coaches. Other items note political intrigue in Bulgaria, a Rochester attack and suicide, a glass works death in Butler Pennsylvania, a jail escape attempt, a swindle in Norristown, and various political and criminal developments including Washington Territory women’s suffrage, Mexican diplomacy, and a prison hanging in Cambridge Massachusetts.
Mas Ceookr, kin to fyrows and recently executed in Trelandt, is detained on suspicion of poisoning her 57 year old husband who died shortly after. The case widens with locals in Europe and shifting family trials amid reports of other regional events and arrests.
Reports from Texas, Mississippi, Ohio and beyond note blizzard deaths, riverfront work costs, gas supply ventures, and swindles. Items include a 250000 pound capital gas venture for Chattanooga, Mississippi riverfront completion at Greenville, Jones revival earnings, and war claims payouts.
Washington January reports a looming clash in the House committee on ways and means over tariff reform. Republicans charge Democrats intend to push a revised tariff bill directly to the floor, bypassing public comment. A short strike at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing ended after officials reversed an order shifting press assistants. The National Board of Trade convention urged banking reform, silver policies, and uniform pilotage, adjourned sine die in Washington. The Reading Railroad inquiry was postponed for further debate. Postmaster General Dickinson issued rules implementing the new law on second, third and fourth class mail with adjusted printing allowances.
The Knights of Labor District Assembly 66 declares heartfelt sympathy for the Schuylkill valley workers in their strike against Reading Iron and the greed of management. They pledge to contribute to the cause and stand against injustice.
Southern Gleanings reports deaths including Mrs Anna B Cheatham widow of General BF Cheatham in Nashville Tennessee. It notes political troubles in Louisiana and Tennessee, a missing man found dead near Chattanooga, a Union of busyness in Moble Alabama, and a fatal train incident in Florida. It mentions industrial and legal incidents including a heifer case Cartersville Georgia, arson acquittal in Memphis Tennessee, thefts at Birmingham Alabama, a severe accident in Greenville District DC, and a frost in Baton Rouge Louisiana. It includes diffusion experiments boosting sugar yield in Louisiana and a new telegraph line in Florida. It covers prison plots in Nashville and discharge claims by Kentucky regiment veterans.
A collage of witticisms and brief jokes from readers and labels, including pithy remarks on love time life and manners. The items mix adages about luck and fate with humorous exchanges about manners and misunderstandings, reflecting a lighthearted humor section.
A Century illustration discusses whether bacteria in ice are dangerous or beneficial. It argues that some seeds are poisonous yet life relies on seeds and bacteria may aid air and water, hinting microbes may be essential to human life rather than mere threats.
A garbled letter trail shows misaddressed notes circling St Louis Post Office. Names like August Jackson and C A Hubians appear in a puzzle of postal handling, with instruction to return if undelivered and a claim by Maitle Carpentr.
The article lists numerous African American individuals with sizable property holdings and earnings, including Frederick Douglass valued at 250 000 though taxed 18 895, William Lyons in Richmond at 50 000, Dr James N Gloucester in Brooklyn at 200 000, and others in Baltimore, Augusta, Raleigh, and Ohio. It notes occupations from barber to bank holder and mentions a forged fortune inheritance for Nora Foster and a government carpentry contract for Stewart Ellis on a 500 300 building.
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