Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-03-09


structieu OF the road, and on yester- I
day
THE FIRST BEow WAS STRUCK,
and the work commenced.
There was no parade or pieten-
tious effort made to signalize the
event beyond the presence Of grave
men, who could fully embrace the
importance Of the event at hand.
Consequently an invitation was
extended to the representative BUSH
ness men Of the city to join Gen.
Rice at the ferry landing, where the
steam tugs Of W H. Brown Sons
and O'Neil & Co., having been
rendered by Captains J. B. ScruggS
and J. B. O'Brien, were moored to
receive the guests and convey them
to the quarantine grounds, below
the city
WHERE THE WORK WAS TO BE BEGUN
The Mayor and Aldermen the
members Of the Board Of Supervi-
sors of the countyya delegation from
the ministry, the bar, the medical
fraternity, the press, the merchants,
the manufacturers and cititizens OF
the city and county, comprised the
!, company which numbered in all
about $50.
Upon the grounds were Capt
4 Wingate, chief engineer, with his
" assistants and a large number OF
laborers, ready to commence work aS
n soon as the signal was given.
- President Rice took his stand
upon the spur Of ridge where the
work was to begin and called to bis
L. side Mayor Benbrook, the President
Is OF the Board of Supervisors, Hon
al @. N. Wilds, Capt. Jas. W. Lam
bert and X. Palmer Lanneau, thu
81 orator Of the day. y%
Az Around this natural grand stan'
mr. under the outrageous oaks ant
maenohas which would soon b
felled by the axe, the assembl
az grouped themselves, when Capt. Jas
oa ". Lambert, who has been one 9
as the promoters of the enterprise an
'e' an ardent friend to 1t, addressed tn
nat company in his usual felicitiou
ny manner,
IN. GIVING RAPID HISTORY
d a of the inception, and accomplishing
thus far Of the enterprise, and dive
upon the advantages to accrue fro
'ui- the completion Of the work.
ms Gen. Rice followed In 3 shO
up address exOrting his hearers
'pis patience, declaring that he wou
you make good as he had done in t
past oil his promises in the futuI
sale At the close of his remarks G'
and Rice took the spade, at hand, a
i'm. TURNED THE FIRST EARTH
sell in the road bed Of the N. o., N.
It a +. S. Railroad with the same ener
OF motion which characterizes all
movements.
lcea Mayor Benbrook followed O.
attn Rice in iervid words Of hope /
uess confidence, and he too, for the {
s1' of Natchez,
VhlS TURNED THE SECOND SPADE FULL
Mr.. K. Palmer Lanneau then t
, w. the rostrum prepared by nature
.ning in one of his most eloquent
even. promtu effo,ts spoke ieellngly Of
f. hopes deferred and disappointm
,ters. Of the people Of Natchez, aud
( the necessity for
PATIENCE AND FAITH
in the accomplishment Of 6
on on enterprises. He referred to
'Ol'co had been done by those facto
as 10 success in Natchez and argued |
Douy that by the past success, cou
9 sue should be strengthened.
anaie Capt. E. B. wingate chief
q lot neer, then gave the most impre
of all the speeches, by turning
assembled workmen who held 81
ii, . and axes in hand, in three wor
u n tGo TO WORK."
uroVe which was answered by the ri
O..s blows of the axes and the dull
my of the spapes and picks as
:" 'As penetrated mother earth
y " AND THE FORT SCOTT ROAD w
BEGUN.
ON Of If ever the hope Of those pr
ling Of had laDguished to as to the int
Justice and determination Of the prof
After Of the road, # was thOrO
he case revived on yesterday, and the
to bail ness men Of our county and CT
linden that > new leaf was turned an
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