Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-08-31

Here . an ITEM Of interese to pep
pie In alriost every section Of the
STATE.
There !. now On ale IN he Uugte,s
states Land Oc*c- at Jaeksnu over
sixty Thousand patents for lands IN
tn state of Mississippi These pat
enfs are issued By the United Ssagss
amt are the basis OF title 70 all land
purchased from tie government.
They viii be delivered TO the owners
% the tracts upon the fling IN this
Office u IN airdavu 10 the eject that
he t. the owner OF tn. land Described.
ami the original r-reipf Is lost or DE-
strvysd Please insert in the papers
tor which you correspond a uotise to
this effect
FRED ". COLLINS. Reyistes-
This notice means more than l., in
diested On its face. II means that
IN the state Of Mississippi there are
more than sixty Thousand pieces of
land % which the rit'e has never been
perfected Nr. Collins says that for
owners TO secure these patents. all
that Is necessary Is to certify that
the original Receipt has hsea lost or
destroyed and thai the party applying
( = the owner of the land n mighs
be well for those who own Land that
came fruri the government to give
the matter some attention to preven.
trouble in the future.
Reports from all over the Sta-- In
dicare that nsyer before has there
been 50 much work Of sanitary IA
ture done ard that the towns are
now in a condition to cain the app,l-
lafiou OF -spofless- This l. certainly
one good effect ot the fever scare
They ought to be kept in this coudi-
tim all Of the time and IL fs crirnina
not To do SO. The crusade CT e,ean-
tng up viii not only tent to lessen
the possibility Of Infection from veE
low fever. but from other diseases a.
we'll The writer becoues more for
chilly coustuCet every dag that the
proper thing 20 do Is 10 take tie
Eloney being sRert in est1b ishing
Guarantines ansf spend II IN SAINT 1fiou
And do away with the stringent GUAR.
9nfine-
fhs hrtls city Of Mark. IN Q,lit
man county. n partasing cf a large
sire " nrpsasEitx. Z. ir. fhe rieh
delta country ssfsf sfrpiffy has a lar<3
trade The business houSss have
been more than dnubled in a short
time ami ROW E,fl<en.s Clarke has
started a E-wSpae~r 20 keep things
humr1tng- Thsrp Is a great future
before sIaFifs ami ths peopie up there
are Of the sind thar viii likely get ali
that Is coming 10 them
Recent reports stars. that only four
mct- E1i,ss OF road are to D. con-
stefcted before the IL. j. L II { vii
be able to operate trains through from
Mobile to Middleton. Tenn. the north
ern terminus at present The work
has been delayed somewhat By rains
but IS progressing fairly we'll
Friend Robertson, OF the Wessou
Enterprise. in response 20 about t5a
letters fruzI Northern people asking
fer printed matter descriptive ot his
section. issued an edition Of his paper
last week flied with information that
viii prove valuable ard nailed to
these Interested parties. Il va an
especially interesting paper and will
Eo doubt grove 70 be worth many dol
lars to Wesson ard vicinity
Indi5nola vii have concrete walks
of uniform dimensions tn the princi-
pal parts q the town. The city board
viii pay half the ccst ard the sburting
property owner the other halt This
Is a good scheme that other towns
might adopt with profit Money spenG
in gi1o.i roads and walks Is rniiciously
expended and regret viii net follow
such Retinn-
Greenwood claims 70 be the clean
est city in the State Il is to be
hoped that Il large number Of cities
VIII gzr themselves n shape to con
test this ciairs- II every eity and town
in the Ss=te vas trying to occupy the
position claimed by Greenwood there
would be No eause ter the present bus
inesS-destroying quarantine. Com
Henee newt year eariy. clean up sAa
towns. destroy mosquitoes and keep
open koHse.
Capt J. F. Merry. Of the Illincis
Central railway. with headquarters at
Manchester Iowa. desires experiences
ef successful farmers for use in
pgkiication On Mississippi n you
have been successful write Il cut and
send to him The writer OF this de-
parrmsnr also desires such expert
snees srd VIII be glad to get as many
as possible
Grsnadas rev brick factory has
proven all rigSt IN t1at the product Is
a. gocd a. can be manufactured any
where. II viii prove a great benefit
TO thar city. rs well as profitable to
the owners.
Meridian il TO have n rev sf59Ga1
cotton compress to be haiit and opsr-
ated BY parties from New Orleans
The wagon factor- at Laurel VIII
be greatly enlarged. aimest il not
quite doubling its present capacity.
This plant has been very successful
from the beginning, acd gees to prove
that such establishments. Il property
handled. can be made success in
this section And why rot We have
the material from which they are
Manufactured and the market for the
finished article We should 90 more
es this kind Of work
The first train on the NJ J. < x c
came into PhiiaGelphIa recently. and
from the published reports the event
was made ere OF islIiEeathon and
good cheer. The t0wn Is experieEc-
ing period OF great prosperity since
the location of the road through il and
many rev buildings. enterprises. etc.