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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
ApvERTIsIMe.


The Natchez Democrat truth
fully says: The newspaper is
the surest medium through
which the public can be reach
ed in these days Of rapid transit,
free mails and unrestricted DO.
hemianism. Any person who
has anything TO say that is novel
or interesting, uses the news
paper to say it. If he has any
thing to sell, he informs the
public Of the vact through the
advertising columns Of the
newspaper. Even the formula
ton Of an advertisement has be-
come q study, and we would
not be at all surprised II Pro-
fessorship Of advertising would
ere long be one Of the necessary
adjuncts of q well regulated
modern college.
That advertising is an art In
which skill can only be obtain.
ed by long observation and ex-
perience, will be recognized as
q fact by many old advertisers.
We remember years ago when
some of the more prominent
newspapers of the day, notably
the Matrimonial Intelligencer,
gave particular attention to the
description of real estate Offer
ed for sale. The description of
the landed estates advertised
was made in SO graphic and
elegant a style that few persons
who had once begun to read the
advertisement would cease until
they had taken in the whole
beautiful picture. The descrip-
tive power of Walter Scott or
Of Washington Irving, did not
surpass some of the advertis.
ing descriptions of those lands
and residences for sale.
In our own times the greater
part of the most attractive ad-
vertising seems to have fallen OH
the patent medicine man. Who
is there who has not been dc.
ceived into a perusal of a re-
commentator Of some of the
patent medicines Of the day un-
der the guise of an entertaining
story, or a scientific disserta-
tions The climax or anti-climax,
is reached when it is found that
the reader is entertained into
reading a medical puff through
the medium Of a thrilling or an
amusing story. But in spite of
the disappointment of the rea-
der, the name of the nostrum is
forced upon his attention, and
while he abuses the fraud he re-
members the name of the medi-
cine.
Business men of lively, en-
terprising disposition are all
fully aware of the benefits which
result from q constant, persis-
tent keeping of their names and
their wares before the public
through the medium of the uni
versally read newspaper, and
their object is to do this in a
manner that will make it most
attractive to the public. All
sorts of methods are resorted
to by advertisers as substitutes
for the 50
6lhcacious as the daily OF week.
ly visitor to the firesides of the
people Of the country. To in
sure attention is the object, and
for this purpose the whole range
of literature, poetry, romance,
and science, has been ransack-
ed by ingenious advertisers.
The extent to which this
method of reaching the public
has been current recently, is
simply astonishing, and can
readily be realized by any one
who will take up some Of the
most widely circulated newspa-
pers of the country, the New
York Herald for instance, in a
single edition of which a short
time ago there appeared twenty
six pages Of advertising matter.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Hon. Shelton Heard, our next
District Attorney, is visiting
Tippah county this week. We
hope Capt. Spight will take
good care of him while over
there.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Mr.. @. r. Loveless and wife,
after q visit Of . few months to
their relatives and friends in
this county, departed Tuesday
morning for their home in Bell
county, Texas. They have many
friends in old Lafayette who
wish them a pleasant and safe
journey to their Lone Sar State
home.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Mort. Lay, of Winona is dead.
Mrs. Agnes Dismukes died at
Macon last week.
Benjamin Mcleod died a few
days since in Winston county.
The Presbyterian church of
Winona is without a pastor.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

The mills Of the gods grind
slowly, but they grind exceed
ingly suall-and they're grind
ingl
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

The Uoneeville Times says
Shade Hale il the oldest citizen
Of Yalobusha county, having
lived there since 1881.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
TEXAS NEWS.

ssHC WsW0s
Caldwell is to have a new
opera house.
1t is said that the purchase of
the Alamo by the State is an as
sured fact.
The Corsicana compress hand
led $4,000 bales of cotton mp to
April L.
The Dallas Merchants' Ex-
change is talking of building o
$4,000 building.
It's believed that San Marcos
will have water works by the end
Of summer.
The sheep raisers of Webb
and adjoining counties lost very
heavily the past winter.
James Burns, who lives two
miles from San Antonio, died
from the effects Of rattlesnake
bite.
Georgetown is to issue $4,000
in bonds for the purpose of
building q new city hall and
truckhOuse.
The farmers of Lee county
have fine stands of corn and
have nearly completed cotton
planting.
Bryan has raised $4,000 for
the Huntsville, New Orleans
and Western Railroad, and has
more ready.
The recent cold weather did
great damage to crops In the
Northern and Central portions
of the State.
John Dimmit, a prominent
sheepman of Dimmit county, re-
Gently shot one of his herders,
and is in Jail, charged with MUIR
der.
Pendleton is the name of q
new station established on the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
road, eight miles north of Tenn
pie.
All the prisoners in the Craw.
ford county Jail made their es-
cape a few days ago, except one
negro, charged with theft, who
refused to leave.
1t is said that work will soon
be commenced on the Sabine
and Trinity Railroad, and that
the contract has already been
let from Colmesnil to Jasper.
An iron bridge, connecting
New and Old Larado, is being
talked of. The river is now
crossed by skiff ferries, which
is very dangerous in high water.
Stockmen estimate that be-
tween $4,000 and 20 5000 head of
cattle died the past winter from
cold and hunger between Sour
Lake and the Gulf.
COmanche has two chances of
securing o railroad-one being
the Texas and st. Louis road
from Gainesville, aud the other
q tap Of the Santa Fe from Nc
Gregor.
OF late cQnsi2erahla-hasas
mGx0dOp edSC by rail- on the In
ternati0nal and Great Northern.
Cattle and horse buyers are
everywhere, the interior of
Mexico not excepted.
Geo w. Vests Co., of Gaines.
vile, have purchased the famous
stoner0ad herd Of sheep-15,-
600. California merinos-pay.
ing "a per head. They are ne
gotiating for the Pablo Boco
herd, consisting of 10000 head.
Alex. Frazier, o prominent
Sabine river lumberman, made
a desperate attempt at suicide
q week ago. He shot himself,
cut his throat, and stabbed him.
self near the heart twice, but is
still living, with every prospect
ofrecovery.
A shooting ARRAY occurred
last Thursday three miles from
Sherman between John A.. Mil
Ter and Butler Carpenter, in
which the former received three
wounds, one Of which may prove
fatal. The difficulty arose from
q former quarrel, and at the
time of the fight both men were
on their way to court, Miller be-
ing on trial for assaulting Car
penter with intent to kill.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Hon. n. n. Sullivan was visit
ing Aberdeen the first Of the
present week.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

8. Imbry moves from Univer.
Esity Avenue TO the residence
inst vacated by VIM. Freuden
berg to-day.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Miss Leila Hartins has .
flourishing school at Yellow
Leaf Church.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Col. w. o. FaIkner, Of Ripley,
il visiting the Gulf Coast for his
health.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Mason Wilson Il lying danger
ously III 81 Rocky Ford, with
consumption.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

The Star announces the death
Of Dr. Arthur Ellis ct Sardis.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

We take this from the Ripley
Sentinel: Having received an
appointment - Government
clerk, Hon. b. @. Worsham left
on Tuesday's train Tor Watching
ton City.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
NEWS.
louisville Democrat

l1OutBvllt0 OemOcr8t.l
Near HardyviIle Pat. Rierdan
was murdered by Frank Mar
cum. Whisky.
DIR. Harris, Of Richmond. is
dead.-Albert Thornberry, of
New Haven, is dead.
Small pox Is reported in near
" all the villages in Cnristain
and Caldwell counties.
Cicero 7. Sutton has retired
from the Hartford Herald.
John P. Barrett is now sole pro-
prietor and editor.
Hon. j. Proctor Knott, Col.
Th0s. L. Jones, and Hon. A. b.
Smith attended the stock sales
In Lexington.
L. F. Mann received the'Dcm-
ocratic nomination for Repre-.
sentative from Nicholas and
Robertson counties over j. P.
Norvell.
John M. Fraun. of Monroe
county, donated $4,000 to the
Indian Greek College, an insti.
tuition under-the control of the
Christian Church.
Hemp sells at $3.50 per cwt
Licking river sent out 2O,OO(
saw logs last keek.
Hiram Peck, the newly elect,
ed Judge of the Superior Court
Of Cincinnati, is o native Of Gym
thiana.
The Paducah ship yards are
building six barges for the Fed
eral Government at a cost O
$4,000.
At Hickman ex-State Senator
H. A. Tyler has been sued fol
$4,000 damages for Islander BY
John Ringw6od. Tyler charg
ed that Rlngwood sent a threat
ening letter received by hin
some time since.
Prof. H. X. Taylor, of Vance
burg, has been called on to be
come o candidate for Superin
tcndent of public instruction
and he has thankfully accepted
mot as q professional politician
but as q friend of universal edu'
cati0n.v
We are always willing to give
the devil his due, and in this
connection we are glad to state
that Governor Blackburn is sale
to have refused to pardon Fer
gusOn, the convicted thief Of
Louisville's money.-Flemings
burg Times.
The State Short-horn Ass0ci
alton at Lexington elected B
f.. Bedford, of Bourbon county
President B. +. vanmeter, Of
Clark, and w. W. Estill, of Fay.
cite, Vice Presidents, and Dan
Runyon, Of Lexington, Score.
tary and Treasury.
Franklin County court Of
claims gave the Cleveland, Ohio,
King Iron Bridge company The
contract for a bridge over Elk.
horn at aAcost ~ $4,000. The
same CONT rs{Rn atoanh9ife
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
Oxford Eagle.


jack Tste, Of uuion county,
il dead.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

1.ouis Davidson goes from
Water Valley to Colorado.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
Jefferson Davis on Albert sidns
Johnson.
mo. Times-D Democrat.


Johnson.
mo. Times-D Democrat.
You have heard the eloquent
orator Just speak of Albert Sid
ney johnson, an orator whose
eloquence is intensified by his
sleeveless arm, and l can add
but little to what has already
been eaid. II was from Louisi-
ana that Albert Sidney johnson
received his first commission in
the army ; and there is no place
SO appropriate as New Orleans
for q monument to his memory,
here among the people who fol-
lowed the fortunes of the Con-
Ifederacy with such devotion.
/ knew him well. He immedi.
ately preceded me to the United
States military Academy, and
when / came there he received
me "a an elder brother might
do. Together we served on the
Indian frontier, together we
served In Mexico. I have seen
him In the most trying situa-
tions, and / have never seen a
man whose mind worked 60
quickly, whose voice was SO
calm, whose purpose was so fix
ed, and whose bearing was &c
great. Physically grand, intel
leCtually great, morally sublime,
his life was devoted to duty
Indeed, in the conscientious
discharge of that duty he died
upon the field Of Shiloh IN q mo
ment Of victory, when / firmly
believe, had he lived but hal
an hour longer, Grant woult
lave been q prisoner. / loved
him so that l dare not trust my
self to speak Of him as my hear,
would prompt me. As / have
said on another occasion, wher
he came to rs 1t appeared to M
that . great pillar had been pui
under the Oonfederacy; ant
when he fell on the field Of Shi
lob, that ruin stared before IA
You have heard how he wal
left without q command IN Moxi
CO ; and yet, General Zachary
Taylor, the best judge Of hu
man nature / ever saw, sale
that Albert Sidney johnson hat
more sterling qualities than any
Officer he knew. / know no
why it was but I suppose tina
In those days, a. In these, mel
wero not taken so much fol
their capacity as for their posi-
ton in some political organiza'
ton. / do not know how w
shall ever correct that the oivi
service reform, / am afraid viii
not do It. [Laughter.] 1 viii
not detain you, my friends.
am sure there is nothing 1 could
say that you do not feel OF
know of the great mon whom
you have assembled here to-day
to honor. Thanks be to your
generous nature, that brings
you annually to decorate the
graves Of the Confederate dead
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Gen. n. B. Buford, of Ken.
lucky, died recently in Chicago.
Ed. Hibbler and family have
gone from Columbus to Macon
to live,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19
and Georgetown railroad.

Near Lebanon Irwin Tucker
murdered hts brother George,
shooting him from ambush,
about property.-At Glasgow,
Garrett was cleared of the
charge Of numbering Pember-
ton and Sheckman, who chlorO.
formed and outraged Pember-
IONS wife.
Princetown Town Marshal,
Carr Smith, defaulted for 800
Cadiz had : 100000 fire.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Vuuk0 rt0enc, 8nu
the latter presiding at Holly
Springs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1883-04-19

Miss Barbary Jones died at
Go0dman-On the 9th.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-25
BUILDERS!

Will Do Well to Consult them
Before Contracting.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04

before a collision occurs. One or TWO what
might have been serious accidents have thus
been prevented.
superintendent of railways and of express
companys almost without exception report their
business on the increase and times better gener-
ally with them than at any corresponding period
since 1879. April earnings are footing up ahead
of their expectations, and more especially is
their revenue from local traffic highly satisfac
tory.
Superintendent Peabody, of the Ohio & Mis-
sissippi road, is Boosting that the train laden
with manufactured tobacco was run from st.
Louis to Cincinnati in fourteen hours, leading
was twenty-five miles per hour. The Vandaa
and O., l., st. L. & Q. got carload through,
however, in twelve hours.
The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st. Louis e. Chi
cago people have taken the steel aXles which
were under their parlor cars out and substituted
wrought-ir0n axles. The superintendent OF roll
M, LIZ SVSck says eney were contlnuousy troubled
Drass soft enough to prevent friction when
brought in contact with the steel axles.
The attorneys of the Greensburg, Hope Il
preme Court of Indiana to a decision on the
questions at issue between them and certain
parties In Columbus who oppose paying the tax
voted 10 the enterprise as, should the matter
hang fire few months longer, the limit on which
the road should be built to insure the subsidy
voted will expire.
An ex-railroad official, who yesterday rode over
the indianapolis & St. Louis division of the Bee
Line system. pronounces the track, with the
Cepton OF eighteen miles between Nation and
Charleston, to be in fine condition, and 100 per
cent. better than year ago. He says the lavish
expenditure OF money on this line the last eight
cen months is fully accounted for by the excel
lent Improvement in the property.
NO TRAFFIC AGREEMENT YET MADE.
The Journal has the authority of c. G. Waite,
vice-presldent and general manager or the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & indianapolis road, for stat
ing that no agreement for an interchange
OF passenger or freight traffic has
been entered into between their man
agement and that of the Chicago & Indianapolis
Airline, nor is there likely to be until some ar
rangement is made by which the Air
line can get into the Union Depot, or
they 1.-THE c., 81. & d. and the L., N. A d c.
join hands and build union depot Of their own.
The Airline, he said, was giving them few cars
daily for Cincinnati, and their interchange Of
freight business promised to be heavy whenever
the line was fully opened for business, but no
JOINT tariff had yet been made, they prorating
as they did with any other of their connections
at Indianapolis
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04
Personal AND LOCAL.

Movements of Prominent Railway Men
Mr.. Cassatt's Future.
T. A. Lewis, western manager of the Erie fast
ing.
General Master Mechanic Turreff of the Bee
line system, and D. NJ. Calkins, general baggage
MASTER IN the city.
H. B. Hammond, president Of the Indiauapo-
lis, Decatur & Springfield Railroad Company
writes that he will be in Indianapolis May 10,
and remain for some days
M p, Kelley chief clerk of the White Line at
st. Louis has been appointed agent of the Lack
awanna Fast Freight Line at that point, making
the seventh White Line chief clerk General Man
ager Smith has gathered in.
G. E. Henderson, general mana ger Of the l., B.
and w. on Tuesday travelled over the Chesapeake
lent condition of the roadbed and the general
management of the property.
ID. T. McCabe, general freight agent, and ]. A.
Perkins, division freight agent of the Chicago,
st. Louis q Pittsburg road are this week passin &
over the hve divisions, travelling on special
business chat with the agents. General freight
agents who think it not their duty to visit their
agents and talk business may well draw a lesson
from the above Item.
A Philadelphia exchange says that A. J. Cas-
satt will spend the summer at his country resi-
dence near Philadelphia, and that 1t is iftimated
that he may accept the presidency of the Denver
& Rio Grande road. This position wonld allow
him to live In the East, and would only require
an occasional day at the New York Office The
salary would be about the same that he recev ed
as vicepresident of the Pennsylvania Mr.. Cas-
Grande, and was elected director while in
Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04
UNIFORM RAILWAY GAUGE.
Exposure of the False Pretense that
Outside Ticket Offices Are Closed.
The Struggle for Supremacy by the Heavy
Freight Engines-Personal and
Impersonal.
A UNIFORM GAUGE DESIRABLE.
Southern Roads 20 Change Their Gauge to
That of Northern Lines.


Southern Roads 20 Change Their Gauge to
That of Northern Lines.
An official of leading Southern railway yes
terday remarked to the railroad reporter of the
Journal that he was well satisfied that wit hin
few years all roads south of the Ohio river
would be converted into standard gauge roads,
and in fact, some arrangements were already
making preparations for the impending change,
and he thought that the sooner the change was
made thebetter, as only one argument could he
advanced in favor of the gauge of Southern rail
ways; that was, that their cars did not get lost
Northern roads, or did not get down into New
England, where cars were kept run
ming for weeks in local business.
1t is stated that ever since the Chicago, st. Louis
q New Orleans narrowed its gauge, to conform
with that of the Northern roads, 1T has been
gaining steadily In earnings, and its traffic has
constantly increased. Connecting lines in the
North have found it much easier to deal with
this company than with those whose tracks re-
CURED that the trucks on all through cars should
be changed. This official states that on several
OF the Southern roads the equipments have been
SO constructed that the wheels can easily be
pressed back on the axles and adjusted for
row track, and the narrowing of the track a few
inches of any one line can be done in a single
day, without interruption Of traffic, when proper
preparation for so doing has been made. We're the
railway system of the United States of uniform
gauge, there could be greater economy in opera
tlon and greater convenience for moving fre1ght6
and carrying passengers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04
HEAVY FREIGHT ENGINES.

Doubt as to It's Being Economy to Use
W. F. Turref, master mechanic of the Bee Line
system, states that this company will build no
more eighJ-wheel locomotives for freight service
The company is now building eighteen mogul
engines Mr.. Turreff believes In consol engines,
but says the railway arrangements must be edu-
Gated up to building cars more substantially. a
matter which is receiving more attention,
before consols can be safely used. He
states that in the Bee Line system all new cars,
so far as draw-bars. couplings and pins are con-
cerned are constructed onet third heavier than
three years ago. correspondent of the Iron
Age, however, who is connected with a promi-
nent Eastern railway, predicts that in ten years
from now heavy locomotives of the mogul and
consolidation types would be used only on very
billy roads. He had for some time kept q care
full account of the cost of repairs to freight cars
that were properly chargeable to this class
of enginee as well as extra repairs to tracks and
accidents from spread rails caused by the excess
sive weight, and found that it exceeded the saw
ing in tranmen's wages and the interest on the
cost of the extra number of lighter eightwh wheeled
engines necessary to the same work, TO ar extent
that he was really afraid to mention. The
heavy engines pulled ont, in freight work, three
draw-bars, where the lighter engines pulled out
one; and the floor framing of cars hauled ex-
clusively by the former was racked and loosened
more in u single year than 1t would be in five
years with the latter. With the lighter engines
thirty cars a load, while with tae heavy
ones sixty cars were now considered about the
thing. This superintendent also asserted that
if there is an average OF eight inches slack be-
tween the draw-heads in a train of sixty cars, q
consolidation engine, or "hog," as 1t is called out
Wesr will, In starting the train travel forty feet
before the last or rear car moves, the engine, of
course, acquiring Roadway in the meantime of
from two to three miles an hour, the result being
that the rear car, weighing, with it's load say
thirUy-two toms, is jerked from a dead stand
still to a speed at which the engine is moving II
10 a 10 va n nj m
the effect of the sudden jerk upon the car can be
easily imagined
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-04
SUPERINTENDENTS.
The New Policy of Requiring a ''Char.cter'
from the Last EMPLOYER

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~ lno huioo' Vi ehe ihunanapons JournaH
once upon time there was noted tragedtan
starring in large city. He heard that he was
bein0 bnrlesoued nv n co,nic actor Tho t,ooa-
ulah consulted with MS friends. He then sent
a pressing invitation to the comic actor to come
IN his room, Tho ootor o.,,,o ,,ro,,nt,,, mr.
500 o"no P'P'' Ano
trageulah locked the door, pocketed the Key, told
the actor he had burlesqued him for the amuse-
ment of otbers and be now nro,,osed ba shorld
-, . -, -. ~ - s.0U'u
give rehearsal LOT inc Denent OF hlmseh and
friends. There was to be penalty il he refused
IN coD,n1v Tho daltnantions Of ,ha aotor ,oo,,.oa
" 0on,p''' A"o ueiinea''on' Vi 'ne actor causeu
tue WIG ana Irlends OF the tragedlan TO laugh,
but he, shaking with wrath, exclaimed to his
wife "Good heavens Eleanori No 7 nooutb liLa
ia, s,Ds-",,., l,1-.' -, ,"'"'n i,Ao
thats one repned, upon my soul, Chares It's
You to the very llfe!" Wonder if that conclave