The progress., 1904-01-16

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IAN average Of 300 begging letters \ day.
TITS evident thai II Uncle Andy dies
d,sgraced Il Will be his own fault.
Forty barrels Of jackson county mo-
lasses, shipped 10 Illinois BY : M. Skin
aer who resides near F6ntalnebleau.
brought him 81 cents per gallon. This
is no fairy tale, but an actnsl fact.
The mammoth water tank at the de-
Dot, which has been In course OF con-
struction for somelme past Is now al
most com pleted. 1t Is by far the larR-
est tank between Mobile and New Or
leans.
We regret to report that Mrs. Whitile,
nee Mss Georgia DAVIS. still remains
seriously III. Her many friends earnest
" hope that u change for the Letter
Will soon set In and that she VIII be
speedily restored TO health.
Mrs. A. Eglin is preparing to build an
addition to. her restaurant. Lumber Is
now being placed on the ground. We
understand that she also contemplates
erecting a new store building TO replace
he one recently destroyed by FIRE.
A defective chimney came near caus.
ing the destruction of the cottage occn-
pied by Lucian Westbrook, last Tuesday
night. fortunately the fire was dis
covered before IL had gained much
head way and was extingushed without
great damage. :
In cLr item last week about the COM
ing mardi gras ball we inadvertently
omitted the name of E. Domning from
the committee in charge. Mr.. DIM.
ming is one Of the head men IN The fire
company and always lakes prominent
Rttu III VIC nOEh.
The fire alarm was sounded Wednes.
day noon. Some weeds were being
burned and the high wind carried the
flames over into the ward Of Mrs. Caulk-
ius and seriously threatened her new
residence. Prompt assistance soon
placed the property out OF danger.
The Board of Aldermen have finally
arranged for the purchase CT Ten thous.
aud barrels of shells for ase on the
streets and will commence RECEIVING
shipments sometime next month. This
is good news. for the streets are in bad
shape and need the shells very much.
II is rumored thai the L. Il ~ con-
templates running all OF her fast trains
through Ocean Springs without stop
ping. in the near future If they do
every citizen in Ocean Springs should
get on his war paint and let the railroad
people understand plainly that we
won't stand for any .such deal. Eov-
ever, the report may be without ftun.
dation, so there's no use ''holleriig e.
before we are hurt.
Mrs. Rudolph Petferle, an old and n,
spected citizen OF this place, died Sur.
day last and was buried IN the Catholic
cemetery Monday. She had been AZ,
invalid for the past two years. The fu-
neral services were conducted by Rev
Peter de Gruyter at St. AlpboGsus'
Church, and were largely attended
Mrs. Pefferle's husband was once a
prom nent coS,ractor and builder, buI
died some vegs ago. She had lived
| her. more ,hau Dirty years, and was
nearly eighty year. ola' NO members
OF her immediate fSSl'y survive her
twou;d be god hing II several
more csterns were,ut &"n in various
parts of town for he usA OF the hre
company. They re needed ana Inc
small cost should hi be allowe4 10 oe'
lay the work. We iould suggeS iha'
the Board of Aldrrm'n arrange foN .he
building ola numbel VI these reservoirs
and assess the cosl to the adjacent
property owners. Suely there is not a
property owner in toyn but would be
willing to pay his smaRpro rata for a
cistern to protect his Eace in Case of
fire.
The neyt Of the series of Entertai~
ments given BY tae Southern Lycea N
Bureau, which is bacFedi bv some OF
our m ,st p.nuent.al cIrr1e.\s,Fwiil occur
nm Fr,hy. Jan %. At Fifemen's Hail. |
The entertainers on this occasion will
be Hcndrickson and Rosani. magicians.
shadowgraphIsts, jugglers and manipu
,ators. The fact HAT they are sent oul |
by the Southern Lycrum Bureau IS u
guarantee of Il good clean show aud |
this fact is amply borue ont by Inc
newspaper reports wherever thew have
exhibited All will remember the |
splendid entertainment of the Chicago |
Gee Club. Everybody was pleased |
The coming show stands in the same |
class and everybody is guaranteed his |
or her moneys worth. The Progress |
bespeaks fer them crowded house.