16 Oct 1890
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1890
Page
1
A historic Bluecoat school in London suffered minor damage from a fire. Reports note small flames and smoke, with no immediate injuries or evacuations reported. Fire brigades acted quickly to contain the blaze.
The World’s Fair Committee plans to relocate Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace from Washington County Kentucky to Chicago. Justice Samuel F Mitre of the U S Supreme Court has paralysis and is gravely ill. RB J Firpes of St Louis wounded in a fight, later dies from erysipelas. Narrows WilleTs arrested for a Texas murder committed eighteen years ago. A German farmer finds Spanish gold coins worth 3000 in Portsmouth Ohio. Treasury to issue more 434 bonds next September. total outstanding 69,526,000. Tariff tax validity challenged over tobacco rebate clause. Census figures show population changes in Arkansas Louisiana and Tennessee. Patriot Sons of America vote introduces “white” native-born eligibility. Cattle disease TusencuLors found in Manchester West Virginia affecting nearby herds. milk and beef sales disrupted.
Oct 14 report details Dillon and O Brien skipping court amid assault summonses near the courthouse. Warrants issued for their arrest as rumors they sailed from Queenstown for America grow. The pair attended an Irish National party conference in Dublin and are urged to win American support for famine relief.
KH G Dan & Co reports a mixed but improving business landscape with heavy merchandise movement and rising prices in grains bread and several commodities. Wool cotton lumber and chemicals show strength while iron and glass hold steady. Copper contracts large. bread and wheat gains noted. tin and lead fluctuating. overall failures rise slightly from prior week.
President Warrlans and party visited the Fair Grounds in Topeka where a massive crowd gathered. The President spoke on law and unity, praised veterans, and urged support for constitutional government as Secretary Tracy and Senator Ingalls joined brief remarks before the party hurried to Kansas City.
A dramatic account from Linden Alabama describes the capture of outlaw Tee Barrows by Deputies McDuffie and Carter and two African American men, the ensuing prison sequence, and Barrows killing Carter and Marshall before dying in front of the courthouse. The piece also notes rewards offered for Barrows and related legal actions including Jonas Jonas son’s acquittal in Germany.
Advertisements issued under the Fortifications bill call for furnishing the army ordnance with twenty five eight inch and twenty five twelve inch steel guns and ammunition all American manufacture. Bids open December four. One fourth of guns may be built on the Pacific coast. Specifications available from the War Department soon.
The article outlines the convention's final draft on public education including free schools for ages five to twenty one, a statewide Superintendent of Public Education, a Board of Education, county superintendents, and funding rules. It also covers separate schools for white and colored races, land grants, and anti corruption provisions for school officials. The report notes a large farmers meeting rumored for Water Valley and ends with local tax assessment figures for Montgomery County.
A weather and crop survey from Mississippi notes more sunshine and general rainfall, cotton progress uneven with rot and sprouting in fields, and boll worm impact varying by region. It lists rainfall totals across many towns, cites mixed fruit and crop conditions, and forecasts harvest prospects dependent on favorable weather.
A regional push to place levee construction and upkeep under Congressional control follows a Rosedale Mississippi meeting. A levee mass convention is set for Monday October 20 in Greenville with landowners planters and businessmen urged to attend for strong endorsement. Signatories include W A Pollock J I Smith Gen S W Ferguson W W Worthington S M Spencer William Yerger N Goldstein Atterbury & Aldridge Mimms & Co L N Witsinski J A Feltus and William P Johnson.
Attorney General Miller files in Chancery Court a bill against W L Hemingway former State Treasurer and his sureties seeking to determine which bond is liable for losses and to set aside conveyances to indemnify the sureties. The suit, begun in the Circuit Court, targets penalties totaling 160000 for the last two bonds.
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