24 Oct 1889
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1889
Page
1
The item compiles various 19th century notices including ship incidents with the United States steamer Nipsic and wreck concerns, a Tex Pan American party reception, university visits, a Liverpool to New York voyage, tax disputes over relief funds, Cherokee Commission affairs, pilot suspensions in New Jersey, a court judgment in New York City, and alimony cases in London.
The South Dakota Legislature met in joint session on the 17th and canvassed the vote for United States Senators. They named Gideon C Moody and R F Pettigrew as Senators amid cheers and adjourned until January next.
A jumble of notes reports John Tallman and wife celebrating their seventieth anniversary in Taphan New York. Frosts in Tennessee damaged crops and delayed coop harvests while Arkansas officials chart a local secret society chart. Georgia anti railroad bill killed after a long fight sparking a duel between two political figures. Cotton in Tennessee reportedly down percent from last season’s level. Incendiary fires plague Kansas City linked to school children aged 11 to 15. Mormon migrants bound for Salt Lake City arrive in New York from Europe after weeks in rain and dryness. A Kentucky moonshiner captured after decades on the run. police note a Mayfield capture mirrors earlier Mississippi robberies. Chicago tea firm Teasera Co. Co. posts a market rumor. Alabama reports a large express robbery near Bulspor with a suspect arrested in connection to mail theft.
Fragments describe a Pope Leo letter to Cardias Gibsons regarding a Catholic centennial and a university dedication in Washing Bac. mentions religious prominence, church authority, and national bishops. Also included are Birmingham shooting reports and Pan American Congress plans in Nashville with local figures and incidents.
The Legislature met in joint session and canvassed votes for United States Senators. Gadeon Mooly and KR Frack Petticrew were named as Senators, provoking cheers as the session adjourned until January. The report describes Moody as the new state's leading figure and Pettigrew as a key West representative with a history of service and varied career background. The piece also notes political maneuvering around statehood and local reactions to the vote.
General Henry D. Clarton, president of Alabama University, dies at Tuscaloosa. General Claytee, famed Brigadier, remembered across the South. The South Alabama Fair at Green Hill praised. exhibit sent to the State. Reports of fires, murders, and trials across the region include a prison death, battlefield-era names, and local intrigue. A bond swap by Governor Seay affects Alabama debt. A Louisville incident ends in multiple fatalities. A South Carolina shipyard firm budgets new Charleston-area yards.
A jumble of brief notes covers health, travel, royalty, and technology. Items include Austrian and British empresses studying Greek, a Berlin family using a city shelter, Brassey’s lamped London house, Afghan vengeance practices, a German mother’s travel自由, railcar design with hidden Czars, and proposals for lending libraries at rail stations.
In Seville a staged spectacle ended tragically as a young peasant rider calmed Mosquito the bull after removing banderillas. The crowd cheered until the beast gored him and crushed him, the performance halted and spectators fled. The incident shocked attendees and authorities.
In a log den conflict near rival nests, two bluebirds attack a pair of flycatchers threatening their eggs. The confrontation erupts before sunrise as the quicker bluebirds drive the stronger flycatchers away, claiming the nest scene with surprising power and resolve.
A passenger in a crowded streetcar spills into a seated man’s silk hat after a sharp turn. The offended rider denounces the bumping as rude while the hat owner apologizes loudly and explains he assumed the seat belonged to the standing elderly lady.
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