Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-06-07


eomPl Imen,c'i Romance and Realism
80 that that the book 10 on the run. te |
the delight of it, readers, and the profit
ot il gifted author.
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The Pascagoula 4 Northern railroad
has been surveyed from Pasragoala To
Eliisvillc. the distance beng about ou,
hundred miles Tho surveyors r-port
the route an ideal one for railroad con
structiou- Il will split open a solid
belt Of tirabcr from Ellisvilie n the
gulf coast. When completed 20 Ellis.
vile u Is proposed TO extend ,h~ rad
some two huudrei miles 20 Poutotoc.
paSsing through JoueS. Jasper New.
ton, Neshoba, Winston. oktibbeha.
clay. Chicka~aTv and Pon,oto--. where
it will connect with the Gulf & Chicago
railroad that runs through New Al
bany. Blue Mountain and Ripley "a
Middleton. Tenn. On the old M~mphis
& Charleston. now the southern rail
way the distance from Poa'otoe %
Middleton being titty-s~ven miles. Total
from Pascagoula - Middleton. three
hundred aad fftv-seven miles Frosn
Middleton 20 Psducah. kv. .ould no,
be a bad extension.
The grra, l. q. i rightly named: for
IL secs ways - contributing Tn the coa-
vcnicncr ami comfort - IL patrons.
II Is about - plaer a through sleeper
from N-S Orleans - hatcher. and tho
hatcher People are rriascin- over the
announcement
The sudden death Of Capt, A A Boyd
% summit on sunday. the ssth. was a
great shorS 20 that community. where
M cttizrn was morr highly ->te~m-st
lie was cashier sf the Bank % summit.
Aboat o elsez in the afternoon his :. ife
telerhsned to the hank 10 know vhy
he haa nat gone - dinner. and she wa
Informed that hr bad not been TO the
bank during the Cav. Abput o'clock
he was found Wing dead in the garden.
Capt Boyd vas a splendid gentleman.
and there are many outside Of Pike
county who deeply regr-t his sudden
death He had h~eu sheriff of his county
zad wasa yzIient Confederate soldier
The wzterWorkS company of Jackson
has . big suit on hand. instituted by ID.
vs.. WilkinSon- The declaration. fited
~ rhompSsn & Neville. claims that
Z = hsn Nr- wiixia>ras handsome resi-.
denee NAs DESTROYED bv hre in >-pten.
{ h~r last. the company failed 10 furnish
a sarseient supply % water 10 the fre
eomp4aie~ The amount claimed i.
ST .Ds. interest on sane from date Of
Sr- aad ~ls;S ~ action The fire iasar-
anr~ companies have broarht similar
aessoa for tn. lss>ss~ sustained by ta~m-
" Is ussx very evident that Chairman
E Mixer 1iIl not re-onsrn~ the D~mo
erzsse state executive committee. not
hawiax h~~a 10 requested by ma iorisy
u the cosnluiste~ I. !. siD very evi
4-rs sha. eoax-ntssu will BE- held iz
J,rxssr 90 Tuesday. June 5. as sax
r~~s-a sv Naior vari2man. ct which
Z delegates ~ the nationsi ecnvcntsou
and presidential ele~tor< MI 70 aont-
aatess 10 the primaries on June II. NJ
ordered by the committee
( The wissisSippi Baptist state Convea
tina viii hola - a~xt annsal session ir
JArx-sn Jalv 10 o The attendance
pror-aises n se uaa-sally large. but the
hospifab.s people of the capital city
wiil take good care of ali who cone.
oa occasions of this kina the several
denominations IN Jackson dwell to-
<-th-r IN uaity--
The southern Presbyterian General
Assembly having decid-si To raise mil
lssa dollar century fund for edaestioa.l
psrpos~-. from thirteen synods, Mr.. c.
n. Alexanaer Of Jackson and DR.. Acf.
Alexander Of New Orleans have been
apcolnEed 20 represent the synod Of
Mi<sissiopi on tire committee.
The Brandon News notes that Prof.
Eager. Of Nississippi College. Is prepar.
ing a volume on Southern literature. in
WHICH he viii tell something of South
ern writers and their work. He Is well
qualified for the undertaking
The Mississippi Daughters OF the Con
sedr-aey have raised $1,000. conditioned
upon their getting the Legislative ap-
vropriation Of g. ooo. for the erection OF
q Confederate annex To the Vicksburg
hospital I, will be built during this
summer
w. r. Craig. Of vicksburg. has been
appointed commissioner to the Paris
Exposition. More honor than emolu-
ment in that appointment
The census euumcrators have listed
rsS manufacturing enterprises in Jack
xou-from milIinAry shops to oil milla
Col. VI. D. l. stephens has been re-
appointed notary public for Water
Valley.
The Mississippi National Guard viii
hold its annual encampment At Green
vile August 3 To ID. at Camp Lougino.
General Henry looks for . very large
attendance
The census man will soon be asking
the ipps -tinent question, How old are
vouy- His time will be precious b.
ready. -
prsmsditated smart sasnxs nearly sivsys
eosxzin l,lson.-Atcnasoa Gleoe-