06 Jun 1889
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1889
Page
1
A collage of brief wire items notes earthquakes near the Seine, a general placed on retired lists on his birthday, Indian Army talks, a possible Diaz-Harrison meeting in Fort Worth, and Samoan peace reports. Also mentioned are a New York death, treaties, a Columbus fraud case, and couture of Congress.
A judgment was issued against Clark Robinson Griggs of New York for 2198 dollars. The ruling favors the executors of Cornelius Garrison’s estate of Baltimore. The county clerk’s office at Elmira was notified on the date noted in the record.
In Little Rock Hrees Favieses and Ike M Horton are jailed for allegedly manufacturing moonshine whiskey in Pike County. James A Jackson convicted of manslaughter in Helena area received two years in prison. Flood aid of 148000 contributed to Johnstown relief. A railroad brakeman died after falling from a train near Sharon Tennessee with grisly remains scattered along 200 yards. Officials elected in Tennessee railroad assessors board, and Harrison family member sworn as U S Marshal for Middle District. Prohibitionist fines imposed on a Wichita Falls woman. Mississippi governor candidate E Barksdale withdraws. Frost hits Columbus Mississippi, and a Newbern sawmill owner injured by timber.
Rumors and reports describe a catastrophic flood in Pennsylvania from June 1 with the Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas rivers swelling to unprecedented levels. Johnstown and nearby towns face widespread destruction as bridges rail lines and homes are washed away and hundreds are feared dead or missing.
Southern Gleanings reports on late February droughts west of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina harming tobacco crops, bank capitalizations, and new floods of rainfall in Louisiana and Mississippi. It notes accidents, murders, and a deadly bridge collapse near Danville, Virginia, along with church dedications and notable deaths.
The column surveys diverse topics from a French rider for army officers to Belgium’s zinc dominance and Madras silk drives. It notes Duke Adolphus of Nassau becoming Duke of Luxemburg and Japan dentists' harsh methods. It highlights Paris Eiffel Tower height and Krupp steel works, Chinese rail spans, and a Yorkshire coal dealer fined for underweight trades.
A collage of labor actions from a Philadelphia brewery to a Massachusetts woolen mill to a New Jersey tanning yard. Workers quit over drink policies and a foreman’s desk image, while Paris professors form a syndical chamber to claim 5000 francs subvention amid agency extortions.
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