The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1878-02-01
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

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back club.
Judge Springer, one OF the Oldest
and most respected citizens Of Vicks-
burg, died in that city on the Goth.
The material Of the late Natchez
Telephone has been purchased by
Mr.. VIM. Griffin. who intends START
ing a new daily in that town at on
carly date.
Holly Springs Reporter: There is
good reason to believe the build ng
Of the Holly Springs and Memphis
railroad will begin between this and
the first OF March.
The Natchez Democrat says that
Mr.. Fergus P. Ferris, who is n of
the writer's on the Democratic Post
in Washington, is a grandson Of
the lato Col. Andrew Marschalk of
that city.
Kemper Herald: Jesse Gully, one
Of the supposed murderers of W. W.
CEisolm, was arrested q few days
ago by the sheriff. THIS makes two
arrests of the number indicted Tor
the murders of April 29lh.
Kemper Herald: We are going to
ha We one OF the liveliest times at the
March term of the circuit court OF
this county ever recorded in the his
tory OF the state. The men indicted
for the murders of the 18th OF April
last will be brought up for trial.
On Sunday morning a poor old
deaf man, belonging to Meridian,
named Richardson, while walking
down the Mobile and Ohio railroad
track from Marion, was run over by
a passing train, and go mutilated
that lie died in q few hours.
Okolona States: We UNDER
stand that The Changers Lille and
Health insurance company of Mobile
and Meridian has suspended. We
have not been positively advised
as TO what will become of the
policies tina, have been taken By the
people, Tut we understand that they
will be turned over to the Mobile
life.
1t was rumored in Natchez last
Friday that q rencon.re had taken
place a! Woodville an Wednesday
betw cen Mr.. Parish. sheriff of Wiki
inson county, and Mr.. Benjamin Ia
man, in which the latter was shot
and seriously, but not fatally,
wounded. Mr.. human fired the irst
shot, which was returned by Sheriff
Parish, with the result as above
stated.
Brookhaven Ledger: We regret
to say that bull-dozing has at last
appeared in this county. 1t was
hoped Lincoln county would escape
the disease. We hear of several
darkics who have been notified TO
leave and of several house burnings.
This is to be deplored, and We trust
that those engaged in running the
negroes off and burning their houses
will see the evil of The thing and he
moved by nobler feelings to desist
from such work. Nogood can come
OF such conduct and much harm may .
Vicksburg Commercial, 25th: The
freight train due here last night met
with a serious accident, which was
fortunately not so bad as it might
have been. Shortly after the engine
had crossed the Big Black bridge,
one of the cars jumped the track,
and five more were thrown upon it,
all Of which are a total wreck. One
man, colored, a brakeman, was re.
vercly injured. The mail train,
which lett last night, went as far as
the wreck, but had to return. 1t is
probable the trains will be running
regularly to-day.
Cboctaw County Inland Recorder:
Saturday last, at dinner, a twelve
years old son of Stephen Monk re.
siding in the Bowery, at Cohoes,
while eating a freshly boiled egg,
suddenly paused as his eye fell upon
q singular phenomenon. This was
seemingly half curled up and encir,
cled by a yellow gauzy substance,
which was embedded in the white
OF the egg. This substance was re-
moved and placed under a micro,
scope, when what seemed to the
naked eye to be a hair, proved to be
a young snake, apparently OF the
garter species, and with the young
reptile was what seemed to he the
Larvae of others.
Kinds County Gazette: The law
of 1876 requiring Taxpayers to call
on the Assessor and furnish him
with their property list for assess
ment was an experiment. 1t has
been tried for two years, aud we
think is now esteemed by all a COM
plete failure. 1t ought to be repealed
by the ensuing Legislature without
fail and the old system, or some 9th.
er sensible one, adopted. We are
not far from the mark when we say
that at least 5000 Of the voters OF
Kinds were mol assessed in 1877,
and consequently paid no taxes; and
it was the iault, not of the public
officers, but OF the taxpayers WIN
were nnassessed.