The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-04-12
OVER THE STATE.
Geanings and Scissorsings from our Misss.
sippi Exchanges News and Notes
Over the State

NfCl tlC OtdtC'
The Crystal Springs camp grount
buildings were destroyed by fir,
last week.
DIR. NJ. Gilman an old residen
and practicing physician of Vicks
burg, died in that city last week
aged sixty years.
The ghost scare is about over il
Natchez. The good people of that
town. after trembling for nearly =
month, have come to the conclu
sion that it wasa bumbug,
A little negro boy of ten wear,
Of age killed bis little sister, age(
three years, the other day, in War
rem county, with mnsket, for in
forming his father that he hat
stolen some bread. i.-.
j. w. Moore and Enos Turner
two members of the Madison coun
ty grand jury. were stricken Will
paralysis last week. The former
died and the later was in critical
condition at last accounts.
The first lot of cotton goods pro
duced by the Natchez cotton mills
was put on the market on the I'd
inst, and was bought up at once.
| The mills have now one hundred
/ looms at work, having brought
their operatives from Georgia,
The Enterprise Courier says that
a cyclone passed over Clark coun.
ty and near Enterprise, last week,
which demolished houses, fences,
etc, and tore up the largest trees
by their roots. A great deal of
damage was done, but no lives
lost. ..... ..t.. ............
The Magnolia Herald says Rod
ney Green aud Sam johnson, both
colored, made their escape from
the Jail in that county last week.
w. III. Yeandle and colored hoy
went in the Jail to give the prisoners
dinner, when these negroes forcibly
took the keys from the jailer and
fed.
The grand jury of Amite county
at its recent sitting found twenty
eight true bills, as follows: Muir
der, L; burglary. l.; larceny, o;
robbery, ! conspiracy, |; rape, 2;
kukluSing, ; assault with intent
to kill, 5; assault and battery 1
retailing, 6; miSlemeaDor i'm of
fee, l.. s.. ...
On the night of the 2Sth ult. a
fire broke out in the heart of Crys-
tai Springs, which consumed near.
~ all of one street. The following
firms lost lleavily-many Of them
everything they possessed Hum
phreys & Barnes, Il. T. Stackhouse,
j. W. Bailey, l.: Fuestenberg. A.
Lotterhos, A. T6rnecich, NJ. Hart,
L. Bacher, and Henry Hudson,
barber. eE. OBS
The forthcoming statement of
the business of the Vicksburg aud |
Meridian railroad for the fiscal year
ending February %, shows that
29,S17 passengers have gone east,
and the revenue theretrom amount
ed to $62 243 l6; going west there
has been 81, 800 passengers trans
perted, who paid $G9,S32, the total
Gl l,3l7 passengers, and
1872, ,075 0S us the amount received
therefore.
Liberty Herald. There was quite
4 sad and affecting scene in the
,ourt room on Thursday last.
While the judge was passing SEN
.ence on James FurguSon- two
years III the penitentiary, for PROV
ing in mask-the wife of the con
iict being present burst into fit
If lameutation and weeping, and
appealed to the judge for mercy
IN behalf of herself and helpless
children. The Judge expressed
lis sympathy for her but kindly in
Ormed her that the sentence must
tand.
Last week, at kosciusko, Mr.. G.
\. Boyd, gentleman who had
'een raised in plenty and who mar
led, about four years ago, one of
he most beautiful Young ladies' of
hat town, blowed his brains out
nth shot gun. He went home
t noon and asked his wife if din s
er was ready, and being told there
as nothing to eat in the house, |
G kissed his little daughter, asked {
cr ii she loved papa, and went in 5
, another room and committed the I
,rrible deed, He was ont of en- s
loyment at the time, but had an |
cconut At store aud could have !
rocured food, but the loss of pro. |
erty had worked upon his mind I
ntil he could bear it no longer. q
Liberty Herald: There was con
derable excitement in aud around
he courthouse on Friday afternoon Z
last week. Mint. Newman and q
-hers, charged with bulldozing, [
ere held in custody nnder guard 5
the crowded courtroom while I
le court was in session. One of e
le parties requested permission a
go below, and while being at 2
nded 10y a deputy sheriff, he 2
'oke away and fled through the II
,rth door and ran down the walk OF
TO the street, pursued by the de o'
ity. He was soon captured and pl
aced in Jail. The officers on re- of
rning to the courtroom found IN
the other prisoners except Mint.
,wman, who, taking advantage nj
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