Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-08-16

If you cannot come to Oxford
Friday. Aug. Gath, to hear Maj
Dean speak, then be sure to go
to Abbeyille the next day at
1890 A. N, or to Free Springs
at 4 p. NJ. the same day.
Mr.. " BOwser, the enter>
prisIng manager of the Racket
Store has opened . branch store
at Free Springs, and will edu>
cate the people Of that section
in the matter or low prices this
fall.
MT Randolph Bu.bv placed
US under obligations for some
nice grapes last Monday. He
has made a large quantity of
wine, be informs US, which he
pr0nounces r~rst-eiass in every
respect
Miss FRANKIE Uoggins, of
BrOwuw0od, Tex, came Monday
evening to visit her sister Mrs.
A ) Maddox, and will be in the
city . week or two. We wish
for her q meet pleasant time in
our beautiful town.
II A Montgomery, Esq, re
turned last week from a pleas
ant visit TO his brothers family
in Charleston, Ill. He will leave
tonight to attend the Presby-
OF tue Cumberland Church
which meets tomorrow In De
Soto County
Mr. Perrin T wardIav, OF Au-
gusts. Ga, is in the city on a
visit to :ke family of Mrs. 3 W
Wsrdlaw. on Second South
Street. He zane down las.
Tuesday, bringing home little
Charley Wardlav, his nephew,
who has been in Augusta sever
al months.
Nr. " VI Sstterield. after be
almost ore of our own
boys, having taken the full
course. literary aud Law, at the
University, left last Thursday
tor his home His many friends
IN this city wish for him the
the greatest success and much
lasting happiness
Pc Matthews and his wits
returned last Thursday from a
two weeks visIt TO Texas, and
IN Friday went out to the Camp
ground where they have been
camping, ~ has been their Gus
tom tor several years past. In
deed 1t would hardly be a camp
meeting if their tent was not oc.
cupIed.
Yesterdays Commercially
peal contains the sad inteIii-
geRee that Chas. COttreIi. the
pleasant and genial young man,
who Is 90 well remembered By
our people IS n student at the
University last year, was drown
ed IN TOmbigbee yesterday
while bathing with some com
panions-
The splendid ram which fell
last Sunday morning vas . gen
eral rain so far - We have
heard, and came at a most OPP
perfume time. for late corn. as
veil IS improving cotton aud
early eOtB The hay crop also
10 better for this rain Surely
this has been a mos. favorable
year for the farmer all over this
country.
The only peach We have seen
this year gr0Ea AZ home Fss
enc last week which Mr.. Bruce
Brown presented 20 the EAGLE
and a prertier. or more perfect
peach was never seen. We
doubly appreciate the kindness
Of Nr. Brown when we remem
Der that only :wo peaches grew
IN his orchard this year, one Of
which he gave to as.
Ar. Hugh Morley presented
Us With some Of the most deli
eiOGs grapes We ever ate last
SUNDAY. They ara a new vsrie
", and but slightly known here.
The name gfyea than 10 the La
tie grape Ir. wOrley has on
Iy one vine bearing this year,
but next year he expects to
have \ number Of them. as he
has now planted out nearly one
hundred.
Oxford has furnished many
excellent dFummers for the
wholesale business men IN Mem
phis :.snd, elsewhere, and they
rank with the best on the read.
Last Sunday, a. il by agreement.
several of shem met At home
and we're seen on the streets
Those present were w "
Cook. David Archibald, Cliff
Archibald. } z Porter, t w
Yates. VIII wilkins aud j d
AeLemore-
From a private letter we
learn that Maj. P L Tippeit, who
IL kindly remembered by the
citizens in this community, is az
his hoTe in Virginia. after sew
eral years spent in the Govern
ment service ia South Dakota.
While We do not know it to be q
fact We apprehsnd that Mai.
Tippett IS in feeble health, mas
much as Eis weight is given as
I3J pounds, whereas q few years
ago while in the west he weigh
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