Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-04-03

unfairly extend their visits abroad
d and a number of drummers an,
visitors to extend their stay i,
Oxford.
8 90 pieces Toe quality Batiste
TINS week and next, DC yard.
THE OXFORD DRY Goops Co.
Few business OF dwelling hous
es in our town stood the down
pour Of rain Friday, without
springing a leak. In many in
stances water came down the
chimneys by the ~bucketful. and
wet carpets and ruined walls
we're too numerous to mention.
l. All Fools Day was duly cele.
DRAFTED Tuesday by the votarics
and devotees of that tine honored
anniversary. 1t was also the day
ior green stamped "billy duesr
to be distributed to those who
had made bills, which were no
means j~estful In bearing or mean.
ing.
1t is an old saying with farmers
that a wet March makes a dry
summer. Our farmers shonld heed
the warning and p.ow and plant
with q drought in view. Seeds
planted deep, with plenty of soil
to protect the roots, will with
(, stand a hot, dry summer much
better than those with shallow
covering. A word to the prudent
should be sufficient.
Country butter is unusually
scarce in our town Tor the season,
OF the year, and brings a fair price.
This should be a suggestion to
some Of our e%nterprising land
owners to invest in cows and sell
butter, and raise hogs on the sur
plus milk. The demand for both
butter and pork is never ceasing,
and the capital required for such
an industry is small.
The Guild of st. Peters Church
will give IN Evening Entertain.
ment tonight, (Thursdsy,J.st the
RectOry from = to 10. The Pigeon
House. and Home Sweet Home
with Delsarte illustrations. Re-
Treatments tree. Admission 25c,
children 20c. AL are welcome.
An attempt was made Tuesday
night TO a~ssassinate JEFF Collins,
colored, by parties unknown. Col.
Inns was shot from the window of
the room in which he was sleep
ing. Tom Davidson and James
Boone were arrested upon suspi.
cionsand placed in Jail, but there
IS no positive proof against them.
JEFF Collins was not dangerously
wounded.
Mr.. Dalton, one ofthe local .ele-
phone linemen, met with a pain.
full accident Tuesday morning.
The pole broke upon which Mr..
Dalton was fixing a wire, and he
was thrown against tha spike Of
another pole, which cut his face
painfully and his body was seri-
Ously Jared by the fall. The ac-
cident occurred in front of DIR. A.
A. Young's residence.
Mr.. Sid Foster died at the resi-.
dence of Mr.. Albert Hale near
Liberty Hill, on March 23rd, and
was buried on the following day
at Cypress Creek cemetery. Mr..
Foster was about As years OF age,
aud was born aud raised in La
Fayette County. He was a good
citizen and highly esteemed. He
leaves u wife and four daughters,
to whom The EAGLE extends
sympathy.
Miss Beulah White, teacher of
the Burney school, Oxford Camp
GroOnd, gave her scholars an
Easter egg hunt at her home
Saturday. She has 40 on the roll
and about 40 were present, and all
seemed to enjoy the sport. 1t was
amusing to watch the little ones
shuttle the leaves hunting the
colored eggs. Music aud other
games furnished amusement for the
remainder of the evening. The
five months term closes Friday.
Although we gave timely warn.
ing, and threatened hanging upon
the ready made gallows, should
the spring poet begin to manufac.
ture 0des to gentle spring, the
temptation to poetize has over
come some of u readers and
gushing rhymes ad0rn our copy
hook. But so long as they are
not in print, they are harmless,
and our patrons need not fear
these illusions will be dished out
to them as long as reason lasts.
We would respectfully suggest
that those POLITICALLY inclined
would turn their attention to
practical subjects, such as potato
culture, pea vine hay and like use
full rural pursuits.
Mrs. Lulie Lewis Delbridge,
widow of the late Geo. w. Del.
bridge. died at her home on Depot
street, on the 3Oth inst. While
she had been an invalid for seve-
raj years, she was not confined to
her bed until q few days before
her death. Mrs. Delbridge was
born and raised near College
Hill, and resided there until her
removal to Oxford a few mopths
ago. She was q devoted daugh.
/ ter, wife and mother, and q beauti-