15 Mar 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1888
Page
1
disjointed reports note arrests of war dealers in Des Moines and broader treason concerns. references to Vatican, New York clergy suspensions, treaty talks, and political shifts in Rhode Island and Oswego. scattered items include a fatal elevated railroad accident, cattle disease actions in Middlesex, and labor wage advances on several railroads.
The Senate discussed regulation of telegraphy and considered the Urgency Deficiency bill but adjourned after executive session. House actions included private pension measures, a Great Sioux Reservation allotment bill, and a $10.0 purchase for General Shiely’s swomls.
Numerous reports from Baltimore to California detail a mix of deaths including district attorney Pennington in Maryland, a fatal shooting in Logan County, plus bank robbery aftermath in Bradford. Also noted are labor wage boosts in Woonsocket, counterfeit arrests in Norfolk, and a major earthquake in California.
A mix of terse items reports the death of Hesar Breen in New York on the 12th, and note discoveries of Moemox elders in Botetourt county Virginia urged to depart or face lynching. A card quarrel in Art Springville Arizona ends with Pittman and Blaine dead. New York tax receipts show a 3 percent second dividend, totaling 5 percent of claims. Severe hail hits Mississippi coast towns from Red Lick to others. Mississippi’s Clement Sullivan gets a $1400 pension clerkship. Lexington and Arkansas politics feature candidate Purreazen. Burnt depots and burglaries hit Arkansas, with J L Golden killed on the Iron Mountain track and safes burglarized in Otolona.
The German Emperor William II dies after a drawn out decline in Berlin. Family officials and ministers gather as crowds await news. The passing marks the end of a historic reign noted for reforms, alliances, and the unification era of Prussia and Germany.
Reported outbreaks of a disease in Hickory Valley and Cherry Creek, White County, Tennessee, with several cases noted. A brakeman named PKH Rambo fell from a freight train near Malas, Tennessee, dying from injuries. A convict from Kentucky’s penitentiary escaped and was recaptured, while other local items include a murder trial in Hopkinsville, a fire at a university campus, and notable community events such as anniversaries and civic group dedications.
In Dry Fork vicinity a famed rider Dick Rock bets fifty dollars he can ride a buffalo. Vic Smith helps corral a cow to start the ride. Rock clings as the herd bolts, bucking and circling until the half-breed Baptiste ends the run with a shot. Rock’s wind sells the show, earns him fame as the “buffalo rider” of Billingy Montana.
The piece notes a saying that only one happy woman exists in Russia the priest’s wife. It argues a priest’s status hinges on his wife so he seeks a healthy wife and spoils her care while she tends him. She must avoid getting feet wet and is pampered for any illness, seen as better than marriage to a noble.
Uncle James gives Bobby a coin while a moral on pennies and dollars echoes through a fragmented note. In Rochester New York Mrs Lewis Ramsden leaves property valued at 1290 000 with most funds to funeral expenses and a monument, after specific bequests to daughter and grandson.
A Ferry Michigan school teacher is accused of beating a student with a club and then parading with a quiver as a display of control. The incident prompts court investigation into conduct and discipline practices.
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