Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-01-10


The patients in the State Insane Hos
pital at Jackson had a regular fe.s, on
Christmas day. The ball Of far. in
eluded . roas; turkeys. 80 e.keS-
amoog them saficieucy Of ane frui,
ease->~veral barrels Of cookies. chick
en- and oyster soup. vegetables. crack
ers; 70 each patient. two oranges. two
apples. nuts. rarsins aai candy. SIR
barrels of four were used in the cake.
IL was one Of the haPpieS; households
in the State Many OF the patients
were remembered. 10 various ways.
from their homes. Que was much dis
tressed because she hal received moth
ing. hut another eomforted her b. Civ
ing her one of several nice handker-
chiefs that came 20 her.
According 20 the Railway Age there
are i9S.i5s miles Of railway in the
United States. private roads not count
ed In the forty-one States and Terri
tories s.ssf-07 miles were constructed
in i9oo-Nississippi having the good
record Of iss-ss. In the railroad con-
missions map published las, February.
Mississippi was given s.9.57. miles
This included several miles constructed
in 1000; but Mississippi has. in round
figures. 5000 miles Of trzc, for general
recently chartered. vii add 800 miles
in the next few yearS
The legislature. a. It's las. session.
appropriated four thousand dollars for
a eoiored annex 10 the ins,itutiou for
the Blind The sum not being su.S-
cient- the trustees have retained The
mOney 10 the treasury. anA they viii
Ask the legislature next winter - ap-
propriate six thoasznd dollars for the
purpose
The Illi1ois Centrai railroad aushari
ties have Agreed % baild spur track
from the Jackson depot % the new cap
itoi site. through Hamilton avenue
The distance Is about half mile I,
will COS; the L c. about 8. .o0a. and viii
greatly facilitate construction Il will
also save the eontraetors and the state
. good many thousand dollars
The Meridian Star wants an ordi-
nance TO protect the ladies from the
sidewalk splitter II says the fellow
who walks down q sidewalk and emits
4 pint or two of anbeer every few steps
for some lady's garments TO gather up
ought TO be ASSESSED q dollar a spit
We second the motion Il ought to
carry.
The public printing contract with the
Vance Printing Company. Jacksonville,
Fla. has been cancelled By mutual con-
sent. The Board of Contracts will re-
let the work, which Will be chiefly the
department reports. TO be printed nex.
fall.
The Virgioia-Carolina Chemical Com
pany will establish = quarter-million
fertilizer plant In Jackson next spring.
IL is already operating forty-f0ur faeto-
ries in the Southern States, making
about four hundred different brands.
The new capitol expenditures. thus
far. are: Architects fees. sI9. .sS4- 90; ad-
vertising, si7o.O5; eommissioners' sala-
ries and mileage, si,223.8; experts,
$500 %; Office expenses, s75T.sO. Total,
s2i.9i5+i- Actual construction ex-
penses will begin very soon
Among the visitors 70 the Masonic
grand bodies TO meet at Oxford during
the last week in February will be Gen
John Corson Smith. of Chicago He is
One of the most distinguished and most
learned Masons on this continent. and
has travelled the world over in search of
Masonic light We hope nothing will
interfere with TIE wish that he has ex-
pressed to be with U.s.
The cornerstone of 4 seventeen thou
sand dollar building, to be erected and
used jointly by the Masocs and Odd
Fellows of Grenada, will be laid with ap-
propriate ceremonies on the afternoon
of Jan. 10. Hon. W. A Roane, of OK.
ford. will deliver the address
The total receipts at the State treas
ury for the fiscal year ending October
l, 1900. were s2,257. .s4O.45. This in
cludes s3Ss, ,765-so on hand octooer 1.
1899. Total disbursements for same
period. sl6S, ,543.53; cash in treasury
October /, 1900, ss2s. i0i9a
There were only two deaths in Jaek'
son in December. both colored. This is
perhaps the best health record in the
history of the city.