15 Nov 1888
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1888
Page
1
A scattered news digest reports mining disasters in Hungary with twenty miners drowned, crimes and legal actions in the U S and Europe, trade duties on machinery, church appeals, and notable figures like Mr Henry Villard and Mr Gladstone. It notes railway expansion costs in Prussia, a rare early printed Cato Major, New Zealand clover crop issues, and a Ga man’s brass spoon molds linking to Revolutionary era ancestry.
A broad briefing from Waite Mall covers diverse items including presidential news, Prussian election results, British and European political moves, committee actions, and local incidents. Notable mentions include expositions on government appointments, court and election actions, a cabinet meeting, and various political demonstrations.
London hearing reports outrages in Ireland blamed on league instigation. Nearby, a dissolute Archibald Pelon was lynched at Grayling. Recruits sent to Missouri for Seventh Cavalry service. Fires in Chicago and Milwaukee cause heavy losses. A deadly rail collision in Southern Russia near Kovel. A freight express crash at Fishkill kills a woman. A stage holdup at Downsville yields £2500. Long Beach hotel fire destroys property. Alsace Lorraine friction sees stones thrown at a German officer.
The Mississippi State Fair opened in Jackson on the 12th with favorable conditions and broader displays. Woolen mills in Tullahoma burned, causing 75,000 in losses and over a hundred workers to lose jobs. Yellow fever cases rose to 12 with one death in Jacksonville and total counts near 4,451 cases and 385 deaths. A seven year old girl died after clothes caught fire in Little Rock. An explosion in Pittsburg Kansas trapped 16 miners, presumed dead. The next House may admit new states to dilute the Solid South, and Pine Bluff Hotel burned in Arkansas.
A catastrophic explosion at Cherokee and Pittsburgh Coal shaft No 2 near Frontenac Kansas traps 144 workers sixty five feet below ground. As debris and gas hinder access, authorities report many feared dead with only a few escapees reaching the surface amid snow and fear. An alternative Pittsburgh report adds detail of broader devastation and rescue attempts. storms hinder aid as villagers fear many perished.
A body was found dismembered in a Dorset Street house in Spitalfields, with organs missing and the head placed beneath a limb. Police use bloodhounds as they hunt a presumed homicidal maniac identified by residents as a mysterious killer known as the Loadef Fiend. The victim is named Lisie Fisher aka Mary Jans, who feared starvation and sought supper with a well dressed man before her death. Inquest awaited. experts predict another attack may follow.
A seven story lantern works building near Genesee Falls Roches ter MN suffers a devastating blaze. At least fourteen die on the third floor with others fatally injured or missing. about thirty workers were present on multiple floors. Total loss around $270000 with $179000 insured. Fire started after supper. watchman Jacob Diehl alerted others as flames surged through floors.
Republican head quarters report Harrison leading by 73 074 votes across 56 counties with 29 more yet to hear, Humphrey similar total 73 214 and Union Labor under 31 000. Surprising parity noted as Kansas figures defy expectations. Also a stock train wreck near Jasper injures three and kills one tramp.
Australia faces a rabbit plague as James Watson of Victoria explains costly methods and a government fence spanning 500 miles. He outlines rabbi t cannery ventures and a 100000 reward for the best extermination plan, with landowners fined for failures to curb the pest.
A humorous exchange from Texas Siftings features a Montreal tourist recounting a bank career in the United States. He explains leaving after being unaware of his own wealth, turning a serious claim into a wry anecdote about “accidents” and sudden exits.
In a mock police recruitment exchange, an applicant asserts readiness by claiming to have raised a family of no children, countering questions about staying awake nights. The dialogue captures a humorous cross between formal inquiry and rural wit.
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