Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-02
OASTrLiAN sPsGNas, MISS,
Being Put in Order for the Summer
.Season-FEeir Curative Properties.


Special Correspondence of the Appeal
DURAET, Miss, April 28.-You may be
surprised 10 get q Letter from me at this
place. / want you to understand | did not
come here for my health, but 10 accompany
some lady friends uhe have been fll,eted for
several months With dyspepsia, and az these
springs have been highly recommsud i for
he Leaf fcr;y Yeas - . sure cure Tor that
horrible disesss we have come 10 lest the
truth Of the virtue Of lis waters. On our
arrival OF Durant we were furnished d
splendid hack, with good pair Ct horses
and an excellent, careful driver, and in
thirty minutes we found Ourselves at Css-
lillian Springs, three miles west OF DuranL
Slaiioo, Miss, The luino;s Central.
We were cordially greeted by the
presen; pr0rrieiors, Col. d A. Outlaw
and Maj 5 d. WiImoth, formerly Of Green.
wood, Miss. Ga the 10th Of last anuary
these wealthy and enerprising gentlemen
purchased this properly, consisting Of 80
sores OF land with jhA liz prove E1ents. The
place has been rented for several years and
was in very bad repair, but am glad TO find
that the present proprietors are spending
large amount Of money in needed improve
men,s. By the Is. OF June they will have
| put ca the place near 100 600 iest # new
| lumber IN new buildings, new galleries,
fencing and other improvements about the
! dining-ro1ms, Kitchens gardens, etc. By the
| lst OF June, when the season fully opens,
| they will be prepared TO enteTt9in COM fort
ably l25 persons, and have no doubt but
| that over that numbsr will want accommo
dations. The waters are pronounced by the
| most celebrated phy sjcians IN the Safe 10 be
the best known for dyspepsia, drupsy, hux,
kidney, skin and other chronic diseases. L.
| W. Hilgard, late State geologist Of N isis
IL, I'D 4, holt
| ia Texas, says 10 his analysis of this water,
that 1T res mbles somewhat the water oil
Cooper Wells, hut is -siToDger, more astrin-
gent, and contains the sulphurst5d hydrogen
| IN addition"
The propri5tors ore receiving letters 1aily
| engaging rooms, from New Orlesns. Mem
| phls and various smaller places 10 Misais.
sippi. The springs and buildings are loca ed
in beautiful grove Of large oak, pine and
other timber On irvel pist of ground Of
| ABOUT ten acres, vita clear, swift running
spring branch running through The center of
the place, and surrounded on The east and
west by high hills covered with pine and
| ojhtr timber. The gardens contain about
two acre., aud are filed with vegetables Of
every description. The table il Tupplied in
addition to vegetables with the bls OF mests.
game, ian, etc, ard the head cook is one OF
| the most experienced that could he found in
New Orleans. They will soon have bar
(msli liquofsb cigsrs,. barber shop and ten
pin alley, swings for the children and croquet
sets Tor the ladies and young gentry.
In fact everything will be provided
to mske the place attractive for
| the sick aud am1sins and pleasant to the
| pieasure-seeker Col. Ol.law, yho is a
| lawyer OF Greenwood, has removed his large
library Of literary works hsre, besides, lie
| takes a dozen or more WeeF'y aud daily
paper, wh,ie his accomplished lady bas oue
If the finest, be4.tcnsd pianos We have ever
seen. l have extended this letter logger
than yosr pace will admit, fear, but feel
cure ihe filio,ed peep e where the APPEAL
circui4tes will b. thankful if you viii pub
iisb il. Your paper has always token a deeu
iuterest in the welfare OF Mississippiana, aud
enierp'ising men down here feel a, il theg
can obtain It's Influence success ia sssured
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