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Newspaper

Oxford Eagle

Location

Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1888

Page

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Varied Inaccurate News Flows From Distant Realms And Trials

A garbled dispatch reports multiple uneven items: a death in Variees Geurves, resolutions of respect for Emperor William, a Belgian expedition at Stanter Falls in the Congo Free State, and arrests of dealers in Des Moines. It mentions royal congratulations in Europe, trials in Ohio, and diverse legal and political notices, all warped and inconclusive.

County Democracy New York Wiliam Stanter Falls Congo Free Eed

Congressional Activities and Bills in Secret Session

The Fiftieth Congress reports Senate actions on appropriations for Atlanta public building expansion. alien naturalization restrictions debated. civil service committee probes discussed. pensions, telegraph regulation, and internal revenue repeal proposals advanced or referred. House covers ports, district militia, passport charges, and low denomination banknote retirement while considering postal and urgency deficiency measures.

Senate Delph Atlanta Oates E Gee District of Columbia Hale Tate Messrs Beck Sherman United States National Bank Brows Congress House Carusie Hannah J. Jones Teller Seth Moifact Michigan Allegreed Post Office Department John ©. Fremont M~ Enloe

Outlawed Jons Saroven Seized After Lynching Attempt

Grainy war era notes report Jons H. Saroven alias ox, an outlaw blamed for a fatal 1817 shooting near Hopkinsville Kentucky, was taken from jail by an armed mob to the scene and hanged at a cherry tree. Other dispatches note Alaska drowning rumors, rail rate tensions, a Pa rail wreck, New Jersey tax delays, and a Swedish royal marriage.

Jons H. Saroven B. P. Torqueau Hopkinsville Victoria B.C Skirna River Alaska Sheldon Cunningham Indiana S Heldon S Heldon Jackson Colpsst Fister AppDrrsox New York Hamcock Senator Ingalls Senate Burlington

Wide Range of World News From Storms to Trials

A fierce Scottish snowstorm disrupted rail traffic and caused closures. An explosion in Toledo caused material losses. A man named Freman died from burns, and a carpenter named Faepenich Camotta killed a mistress with a hatchet in New York. The Ohio River jam at Brown's Island trapped barges and coal. The Attorney General testified about funds for catching illicit distillers. The Senate heard on Chinese immigration terms and a bill to admit Texas. Robberies occurred near Gainesville, and mourning followed Emperor William’s death. Carriages, trials, and civic events filled international headlines.

Scotland Trafic Toledo Freman Faepenich Camotta Bix New York Ank Nows Ohio Brown's Island Steubinville Garland House of Representatives Senate D. Batura R. Mundy Temple Tex Santa Fe Hed River Gainesville Mundy Malta Madrid Melbourne Australia William Germany San Remo Italy Mackenzie Sixtres Perons Bari Naples Trieste Jas Scarlett Bonham Andy Lacefield Tnd Camvot Presia Boulanger Chamber of Deputia Paris Berlin Belleville John Dean Acer Dean Dease Henry Bergh Society For the Prevention of Jay Gould Fernanda Fia House Committee of Commerce Emory Piladelphia G B. Tharcher House of the Ith

Striking union painters seek uniform wage across Chicago

A group of 170 union painters walked out on the 19th demanding a standard rate of 37 1 2 cents an hour. A Black man named Jeff Curry was killed by a white mob near the Bine Creek mines, twenty miles from Birmingham Alabama, on the 19th. The article also notes political and economic items including a stalled Minnesota education bill, the death of former Georgia Senator J. P. Kiva, large sums in the New York sub treasury, Blaine still leading Republican sentiment, and various regional incidents and business news.

Union Painters of Chicago Jeff Curry Bine Creek Birminham Als Mnlair Jons P. Kiva Georgia Augusta The Georgia Railway New York United States Ohio Pennsylvania Minnesota Blaine Gattman & O Aberdeen Mixa Baltimore Bergatep Frosta

The Living and Dead. Kaiser Funeral Observances

Emperor Frederick's funeral arrangements unfold as for the late Kaiser with solemn cathedral services. Attending dignitaries include Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, royalty from Saxony and Baden, and foreign princes, as prayers and hymns mark the procession to the mausoleum.

Emperor Frederick Lexpos Frederick Berlin Kaiser Mackensis P Bat Koegle Prince Bismarck Count You Moltke Empire Saxony Belgium Roumania Albrect Baden Rower House Prussia Rudolph Austria Ossrowich Michael Nicholas Ravia Prince of Wales Naples Denmark Greece Bavaria Duke of Hesse General Billot Sing Akademie Boogie Mais

Bill to Prevent Food Adulteration Discussed in Congress

Mr C B Thurber urged a bill to curb adulterated foods with a Washington bureau empowered to sample products nationwide and publish deleterious findings. He cited New York New Jersey and Davnoi measures. Emory of Philadelphia, president of the Society for the Prevention of Adulteration of Food, also spoke to the committee.

Wasursorox C. B. Thorber House Committee On Commerce New York New Jersey Davnoi Washington Thurber Emory Philadelphia Society For the Prevention of

Getting Even With a Horse Shark

A fragmented report from VincennesIndiana recounts a March incident where Lee Buck, a stock drover, filed a complaint against James Leandr Jepeon and Henry Utt accusing them of stopping him on a public highway en route to Vincennes The incident left Buck helpless for a time but he recovered enough to reach the city later that afternoon

Vincennes Ind Lee Buck James Leandr Jepeon Henry Utt Garvey Utt Rathjeta

Various Local Incidents and Notices Across Southern States

A string of brief items reports accidents, executions, crimes, and civic events. Included are a boy killed near Nashville, a Baton Rouge water project start, a wife murder referral in Anderson, a jail demolition in Richmond, a duel-era figure's death in South Carolina, and multiple railroad and industrial updates from Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, and Mississippi. The column also notes a triplet birth in Sumter County and the progression of several Southern institutions.

Wee Overland Dammyr Row Naelivtle Tenn Edwin Smeter Smedley& Wood, Water Works Contractors Dubuque Baton Rouge Jap Davis Anderson Judce Norton Eunics Hower Elxton Ey Will Beachey Rock Ran Chstots County Ala Kansasity Birmingham W. A. Caldwell Jackson Tenn First National Bank of Shreveport Lew Kounts Kentucky Lampkins Richmond South John Puckett Young J. Allen Nashville Board of Missions Southern Methodist Church T. & Hardy Hart County Savannah Bremen Railroas Louisville Wm. H. Leigh Kentucky Methodist Conference Paducah Colonel Cash South Carolina Milas Irwin Chattanooga Ewil Tebinman Louwviile & Nashville Railroad Bermacham Als Chicago William Vauzles Hopkineville Charlieton, Cincinnati & Chicago Railway Camilen, & CC Fell Duncan Jerry Crosby Tombigbee River Aberdeen Mies Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham R. Haliday Witherspoon Memphis St. Louis Witherspoon Nashville & Chattanooga Tran Woodland Mills Keok Eli Davie Hickman Nashville Rolling Mills Elyton Land Company Cherry, Morrow & Co Mashville Sumter County Aleck Johnson Farmer Achid Moorehead Ant Hoe Big Soree

Witty Aphorisms and Sage Advice Collage

A compilation of brief maxims and quotes from various newspapers and authors. It blends counsels on trespass and defense with cautions about youth folly, modest living, listening, learning, advertising costs, political guidance, and reflections on marriage and virtue. Notable voices include N. O. Picayune, Boston Transcript, Merchant Traveler, Judge, Danepille Breeze, and Dr. Johnson.

Pat Op Picayune Bamor Boston Transcript

A Famous Woman: Maria Mitchell Pioneers Astronomy at Vassar

A Milwaukee Sentinel piece praises Maria Mitchell, noting her early telescope work, discovery of a comet in 1847 and orbit calculation, tenure as Nantucket librarian, and later role as Vassar astronomy professor. It argues fatherly support shaped her path and urges opportunities for girls to pursue careers beyond conventional life.

New England Maria Mitchell Nantucket Denmark Europe John Herschel George Airy Vassar College Vassar Darwin Mitchell Milwaukee Sentinel

Women as engravers face strict standards and solo study

A magazine excerpt argues engraving demands wide art training and lifetime practice. It notes few women reach top skill, advises specialization in landscape or portrait work, and recommends hours of daily drawing and engraving while warning against early middle age pursuit.

China New York Harper's Bazar

Truthful coat tale from Texas Siftings

A man returns home with a new coat and learns his wife purchased it from a second hand shop on Austin Street. He discovers the coat is his old one sold to a peddler last week and fears being deceived by the seller's claim it fit him perfectly.

Spitkins Austin Street Texas Siftings

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