27 Jun 1889
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1889
Page
1
The report outlines a volatile political scene with Democrats poised to secure a majority in a retail Constitutions Convent. It references shifting rail links, Atlantic steamers, and regional moves affecting governance and commerce across Pennsylvania New Jersey and nearby areas.
Jams L Lawes of Elmira dies at home described as the heaviest man in America. Reports cover a New York grand larceny case, a German preacher turned believer, a statue foundation ceremony, a Jersey City fire, a major railroad wreck near Steubenville, Irish and Irish-Canadian topics, pension increases, embezzlement cases, labor unrest in Bohemia, and Johnstown flood aftermath with hundreds possibly dead.
The items report on a charter for the Bank of Malvern Arkansas with 25100 capital, an opinion from Sormtron Herstax on Chinese transit, a fire destroying 125 houses in Johestown Pennsylvania, the death of Mrs. Sctsax O. Axpansas in Nashville, the murder trial of Dr. T. B. McDow in Charleston, the death of Rev. William Henry Beecher in Chicago, and messages from James D. Richardson to Ex-President Cleveland about a Fourth of July barbecue. Also noted are a Tennessee cotton seed price proposal, a July special election in St Francis County Arkansas, the Murray County Georgia jail incident, and pension funds exhaustion delaying payments in Augusta Maine, Topeka Kansas, Detroit Michigan, Boston Massachusetts, and New York City.
June 22 reports detail a disastrous blaze at Hyer Bros fireworks and fancy goods on Summer and Hawley streets. Five killed or missing, two boys and a man fatally injured. workers fled as rockets and explosions lit the building. Local deaths named McCord Callahan Payne and an unidentified man and boy, with C. A. Gage missing. Accidental blaze under investigation. firm employed 20 to 25 workers with stock worth thousands insured.
A sweep of brief items reports deaths and crimes across several states. Notable incidents include a magistrate in Kentucky dying in court, multiple killings and shootings in Mississippi and Alabama, a post office robbery in Waynesboro, and a man killed by a train near Chattanooga. Also noted are university commencements, prison labor details in Louisiana, and a planned international typographical union meeting in Atlanta.
A short report describes a portable irrigation unit using a single active force pump $7.50 powered by a hand sweep and 12 red pipes to deliver water from an inexhaustible spring to a garden bench. The owner claims one barrel of water in four minutes equals fifteen barrels per hour, enough to irrigate an acre in a day with labor costs around $17 plus extra day's work. The system could be deployed along rivers or canals and may pay for large plantations, with potential protection against drought for crops like celery and strawberries. The piece notes drought losses in the vicinity and cites estimates from farmers and reader L. B. Pierce.
A Royal Horticultural Society committee will adjudicate orchids alone amid rising interest and millions invested in English orchid cultivation. With nearly two thousand species and countless varieties, experts acknowledge the need for qualified judges to distinguish true novelties from renamed plants.
A New York Sun note describes London experiments by enthusiasts to breed rats for fighting. Domestic rats proved timid toward terriers, with many dying slow deaths. Medium hungry rats perform best, as they bite the terrier and endure until the pit fights end.
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