The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-23
NEWS SUMMARY.


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Forty Eyt-iss sfe ,sllaK She faiofs
~ sscos "a.
Theirs are { $50 convict. 10 ibs Tsa
ssssss peslts stlsfy
9~a Autosi9, Tssss, Ia erecting an.
ether lee mandatory
The smouns appropriated by oongrs"
y. ths improvement u the Tennessee river
VI. larger sbsa 10 ssy stb.r sis.is object u
O.. iii.
Two negroes Of Richmond, Va, were
seat 10 ths chain gang twelve months for
stealing trelvs chickens
Two British steamships, the Van
guard aud the Maurice, drawing resrt ctiVely
lsS aud i6h feet, passed through the jsttiss
l~t wsef.
The Hazard family Of Savannah and
the state at large have fallen heirs 10 . si5r
10000 estate in Enzlsnd.
A Texas stockman recently sold TO
parties In southwestern Ksnsa. 20 900 h.sd
Of cattle and 2,ooo horses for $4,000 in
silver.
The receipts Of cotton at Raleigh from
September / to FEBRUARY 2 were 32,73t bales,
Al increase Of $3.50 bales over the same
period last year.
The United States coast survey steam.
ship Blake made one sounding Of 1915 feet
in the Gulf OF Mexico, one hundred and
fsrty-ave miles from Pass Gallo.
The legislature ofArkansss has adopt.
cd a resolution to appoint a state bosrd of
finance, the chief duty OF which will be to
settle with the creditors of the state.
Two-thirds of the taxes OF Tarrant
county, Texas, for the year 1879, have not
been paid, and $4,000 for the year 1875 re-
main unpaid.
A man in Georgia raised 3,100 pounds
of seed cotton on three-fourths of an acre OF
land, and secured the price of sos, which
had been offered by the seller of the seed fol
the largest yield from a s package OF seed
The Standard says that "a through
passenger and mail stage route has been
established from fort Worth to San Diego
California. The mail to Conche is tri weekly
sonnesting with the stage there to FL Paso
and then to San Diego"
Charleston exports for the week end.
ing the 18th were PAS bags OF sea island cot
Ten, 11,267 bales Of upland cotton. 1860;
Heroes rice, LOSS casks spirits turpentine
s,Sos barrels resin, o25 tons phosphate
rssk, and sundries.
The New Orleans Picayune says OF
the %jetties, the 10th The United States
Ran.sf-war Plymouth, Bassett commander,
from Pensacola, passed through the j~etties al
S:l6 o. m, bound up, at low tide. Her draft
10 nineteen feet six inches. She met witt
no detention.
VIM. Wrenn, who was sent to the Ten
nessee penitentiary from Memphis for
term OF fifteen years, was pardoned by tn
governor on condition that he would neve
visit Memphis again. He violated that cor
dition, and has been arrested by order of tn
governor and carried back to Nashville.
AS to goat skins the Corpus Christ
Gazette says: Doddrige, Davis & Cadel
received q large shipment of choice goa
skins from Monterey, Mexico, consigned b
kessrs. Daniel Milmo Il Co. The shipm-n
consisted Of 1874 bales, weighing 1900,
pounds. 1t is very seldom that as large
quantity Of this class Of produce is ~receivet
Ut one time.
On the price of mules the August,
t6s.) Constitutionalist of the 18th saws
The demand for young broken mules tn
past week, while very good, did not equa
hat Of the week previous, and the sales a
together did not amount to as much. !
very good mule can be bought for one hui
sred dsllsrs, and for one hundred and fort
dollars a frst-elass animal can be had On
hundred and twenty to twenty-five ar
about the average prices for young mule
The tendency in prices is upward, an &C
vance of at least ten dollars per head havin
resulted sinc e December.