Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-08-26
PRospeR,rYs WAVE.
The n",,- strike. ~. t.ai. aud cowr sis
t,"uht~r- q. n.llss. -. sa.h uasias-.
tfss nrea p.s~ -tnre tS3t. uhlsh ws.
the nss.es N~sr Ia the Ha..s-.. faiere-t.
Of the ttts.

"''" h'tf - W" ssa"tN"~% tAhNNs~t~
.f the tits.
ST. Lprts Aug.s - The Republic lie.
votes nueh space to th, wonderful in-
crease in business throughout the en-
tire country Of this iacrra~s in this
city u yesterday hal this 10 say.
There has b,rn a great deal written
about the incrcasrd basiacss. but .hc
Ggarcs thcmielvcs till the story bsttsr
than IL caa Ia told In any other way.
A numb r. ~ u pablic reporters were
assigned saturday Ia 70 among the
different business interests of ~. Louis
aud secure carefully estimated figures
on the business incrsase ~ compared
with last year.
No such business has been doac since
1872 which was the banner year in the
business hisory of the city. The iarg-
est transactionx havv been in dry
FOODS, clothing. boots aud shoes aud
pats aud eap>. There has slsD been n
lery s~avy haSines, in wagoaS ani
,rIn implements.
/ The branches uf tusiac~s which
aow th, largest incrcaSs ovrr iast
sar arc in dry goods aud clothing
isits to all the leading houses In these
hcs disclose the fact that there II an
ierea,c OF fully 20 per cent over last
yhr IN each line. Next t. thes, come
ts hat ani cap bu sinc>S which shows
a lean gain ~ Is per cent Il might
h1ne ntionei ia connection with this
lie - business. that buyers claim
,la' that they eau get better results
frtn buy iag hat, anl caps IA thi> city
>tsrs. There are two hol,ss hers.
i Gao ~ which carries more conPletc
hnsof goods than any hoa,c 81 sim
iiaikint in the country.
D IN hig millinery hpusc~ were visi ted
anathc proprietors report that their
bu~ue>> has plc,sed az wonderfully
thve being an incrraS, of fr,m - tn
ID cr r.nt. over the ha,ints. 81 last
yvaI Next in the oc,icr IL inrrca,e
c,ims boot, sai shocS. with ~ par
csut. gro,rrirs. with ten per ccnt. and
har.f arr, with from -igat t. ten per
c'nt Ia the retail dry gool> bu,iuc>, /,
ther. Ia, bscn an tnrrta.. ~ fuily tsu
per tint. an thi, in it>elt dcm,l-
strats, the fact that the wave ~ prps-
perit has struck the eitv rhrg, j.
not aliuc OF busine,> rrPrc.entr,l IN
the ct which do,.s not show decided
gain o'rr ttc amount Of bu,ineSt done
ia l>1t AMI sofnc Of the fgurcs are a.
mo,t snrtling
Durag thc past week there werc ia
81 Lon. abpIt . 900 t.putfrv huvgr.
from ali, aud other states in the west
aud s,athweSt. all of whom took al
vantasr II the one and one third rate
- ldr, secured fruin the rIilroa {,
tllronfh the efforts of the Interstate
Merchants association. They can.'
prepared Ia tus and they d.d
buy ~ never befors. The gem
erai buyer, ~ they arrived in
mort ewes visited III, dry ga |, s;o.cs
fir,t and after they Va flashed thrre.
went to the hats anl caps houses. aud
fr,m .aprs 10 the boot an sno. hon -.
~ IS ss,ems Il to ~ tue or lsr geni.sa.i e.
r. s....s.sfs sfsss. ssss no IL tntc ally
wbsrs arer Ia pric.i eN.spt in III
latter iniu,tr.s. where the did ditii-
eulty apparently rem tin,. the deal
crs bting unwilling t. buy largely
at ths prices which the manu-
sactufcrs nov as, nlthon IL dur-
ing Tia pl,t weak the olly chal :, la,
hs.a "a sl,gat alvIn,s 81 calf b1It>.
Tine manufacture, 81 dry gopls ar
aslSi,g price, a lit.is high r. aal this
il owiat to Tia, cutsailm mt in the pro-
duction af euttoas.