Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Though the men were thoroughly exhausted they were around before day-light Thursday and were carried to the station of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad to take the train for St. Louis. One of the most magnificent of Pullman cars was provided for the party. As the train glided over the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, the majority of the men endeavored to make up for lost time by taking prolonged naps. The only rival sleep found was whist...
...clubs will leave Cincinnati early Thursday morning in a special parlor car on the Ohio and Mississippi R. R. and will arrive at St. Louis at 7 o'clock the same day. They will be guests at the Southern Hotel during their stay in St. Louis. The concert in St. Louis will be given Friday evening in Entertainment Hall. The students have been invited to attend the Imperial ball, one of the great social events of the year, but as they will be compelled to leave St. Louis very soon after the concert, not more than an hour...
...constitutional: (a) Under Article 4, Sect. 3, and 2, it would perpare for sale millions of acres now valueless; under Art. I, Sect. 8. and 3, storage reservoirs would obviate the building of levees on the Mississippi; under Art. I, Sect 8 and 1, it would contribute to the general welfare of the country...
General Armstrong then described the work at his school, and showed how much both Negroes and Indians had improved in the last twenty years. The whites of the South have been intimidated into education by the progress of the blacks. The state of Mississippi is doing more for the instruction of the Negroes than is done by Massachusetts. The great trouble, however, is the lack of teachers...
...several important positions. In 1837 he was professor of mathematics and natural history at the University of Alabama, and in 1848 became professor of chemistry there. In 1854 he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal church, the same year becoming professor of mathematics and astronomy in the University of Mississippi. In 1856 he was elected president of the university. In 1867 he was United States commissioner to the Paris exposition. Dr. Barnard is in his eightieth year...