03 Jul 1890
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1890
Page
1
OCR notes a devastating blaze in Oldenburg that destroyed seventy houses and spread through a wide area. The report lists casualties and emergency responses, with nearby towns reporting rising fire risk and economic disruption.
The Senate and House cycled through debates and votes on fortifications appropriations and various fiscal bills. Conference reports were issued on Naval and Diplomatic bills while Presidential. executions and elections measures advanced or stalled. A wide range of acts including pension, territorial admission, and national election considerations dominated the sessions amid other incidents and international notices.
Telegram style notes report Commodore McGow’s ill health after firing on Star of the West in Charleston in 1861, farm fights in Alabama, threats to Woman’s Christian Temperance Union members in Kansas, railroad control changes in the South, rising US business failures, and varied frontier and mining incidents across Mississippi, Arkansas, and Pennsylvania.
The Levee Board met at Greenville to adjust accounts with high water costs projected at at least 125000. Gov. Storr appointed R. W. Williamson of Greenwood as Circuit Judge for the Delta District, replacing George Winston. Vicksburg aims to build a cotton factory with funding from local and New Orleans capital. The State Alliance meets August 5 at Starkville, replacing the usual August meeting. A Mississippi Presbytery installed Rev. H. H. Brownlee at Port Gibson and licensed Walter L. Stewart from Natches. Lupton Tom, last Choctaw on the Tombigbee fringe, has died after a life marked by fishing and hardship.
The Philadelphia’s trial trip yesterday reportedly highly successful with speed excelling expectations. Captain Hen ry Erbin, president of the trial board, telegraphed Secretary Tracey that the shipyard repairs are complete and the vessel has returned. The Navy Department awaits official confirmation of the positive brief dispatch.
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