The progress., 1904-07-23

Laying hsns fos sale chsap. Tels
phone IS. ss
EoH SALE, y good mtlch COW BY
Chas. Hemur.
Louis Dietrich and family have. rens.
ed rooms at Mrs. Geo. H. Tardys.
Quite crowd from this city is A.
tending the regatta - Biloxi today.
An enjoyable dance way givenby rhe
guests of the Amss House Wednesday,
evening.
The Ballev Boys came out VIC
torlous last. Wed nesday evening against
! picked team Of boys the score was IL.
The fast passenger train on the
Illinois Central vas badly wrecked
Monday afternoon At Cold Springs
Miss.
The Ocean Springs Fire Co. No. !,
has this week q corp Of painters on
their building making great improve
ments
Don't forget the twenty-fourth an
niversary Of Ocean Springs Fire 90
No. grand ball at Flremen's Hall,
August II.
As an advertising scheme, Harris
Business College, Jackson. Miss, is
offering few scholarships at big
bargain. Write them.
Miss Maggie Starks will close her
school at Fontainbleau next Saturday
with picnic. All are accordingly Ia
vited to come and bring a basket.
DR.. Newcomb has returned to Ocean
Springs and can be found at the Drug
Store as usual from to o'clock every
morning Afternoons at home on the
farm.
Louis Ryan and Arthur Westbrook,
while out sailing last Sunday In the bay,
had the misfortune to oapsize the boat
and received duokng, much to their
disgust.
q. NJ. Westbrook, our popular real
estate agent, is kept very busy these
days tending to business. Real-estate
is on the move and almost every day
sale is recorded.
An enjoyable birthday party wa
given Wednesday evening by Mis-!
Emily Reuter- who is summenng In
this city. Delicious refreshments wer,
served and dancing lndulged in ii
late hour.
J. L. Armstrong, prominent bridge
contractor of the Il, u NJ, met with 4
painful accident last week. Whllf
superintending work at West Pasca
goula, fell and fractured his arm which
he carries in sling nowadays. We
wish him speedy recovery.
N. Seymour & Son are on the jump
these days in filing their local orders
for fish, oysters, crabs and shrimp.
The firm under the management of II.
@. Seymour, who is progressive young
man uf business faculties and who is
always prompt IN filling orders is one
reason of the firms popularity.
A short time ago burglar broke into
the room Of newspaper man In a
ueig boring town. "Who in HI is
thaf?" yelled the awakened scri5e-at
not much week. "Don't stir; If you
do, you're a dead man. I'm looking
for your money" ''Hold on" replied
the newspaper man, ''let me get up and
strike match and I'll help you hunt
for it,"
During the week the following real
estate changed hands, through the
agency Of H. r. RUSSELL: w. G. West,
East Beach property to G. o. Clayton,
now of New Orleans but formerly of
Illinois. The Margaret .Elverert
property on jackson Ave. to Mrs. Mary
Bellande. DR.. o. L. Bailey purchased
a lot from Mrs E. Bradford, property on
Jackson Ave.
Vancleave. small village situated
fifteen miles from this city, must have
been highly pitched with excitement
last Saturday among the negro element
The negroes OF that place must have
been "boozy" or crazy, and the result
is that one was killed and two very
seriously wounded. The wounded
negroes were sent to hospitals in New
Orleans and Mobile on the night train.