The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-04-05

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mantied In the bay last Wednesday. We
have not learned the particulars.
The board of health had a
meeting this week, but the secretary has
failed to furnish us the proceedings.
The agricultural, horticultural
and mechanical fair will open at Mobile on
Monday, 18th inst.
Our quarantine laws are now
in force, and all vessels from ports south of
latitude twenty-five arriving here have to
report at the quarantine station.
The public schools of Scranton
opened last Monday with Prof. w. P. Car
ter as principal, Rev. Mr.. j. w. Williams
first assistant, and Miss Alabama Delmas
second assistant.
On the second page will be
found an interesting letter from one of
our New Orleans correspondents. He is an
old and able Journalist, and we highly
appreciate his letters, We hope to hear
from him often.
Tile child's favorite, that ex-
ccllcnt little magazine called the Monthly
Reader, for April, is before us. 1t is just
the paper for the little ones, and is pub
lished at fifty cents per year, by John l..
Shorey, Boston.
DIR. G. r. Rencher who has
been paying regular professional visits to
Moss Point, will be there. again, the 10th
of April, prepared to attend to any calls
in dentistry. Orders left at Moss Point
postotfice, will receive prompt attention,
We refer parties needing steam
engines, mills, machinery or supplies, to
the advertisement of IL. Dudley Coleman
& Bro, IL Union street, New Orleans, La,
they being manufactures and dealers of
well established reputation.
"A chum asked our devil the
Other day why he had not married before
this. "Well, / tell YOU" he replied ait
is not my fault. 1t was only last week
that | proposed to three different girls, and
on comparing notes they each rejected me-"
We heard of a school-teacher
recently who marked u pretty girl pupil
nine in one of her studies when her real
grade was only six, and wanted her to kiss
him as a recompense. We don't say, how
ever, this was one of our Scranton teachers.
We received the proceedingsof
the last meeting of the board of superyi-
sors of Harrison county too late for this
issue. They will appear next week.
Clerk Hewes will accept our thanks for
his attentions.
The new advertisement of
Mcssrs. Schmidt & Ziegler, wholesale gro
GERS and importers of wines and liquors,
Nos 40 to So New Levee street, New Or
leans, will be found in this issue. This
is an old and reliable firm, and our mer-
chants would do well to visit them when
in the city.
"A colored man named George
Grow mot u son of old Jim Grow, however,
AL employee on construction train No. ?,
New Orleans and Mobile railroad, while
coupling cars atthe West side, last Friday,
had his hand caught between the coup
lings, and badly mashed it. DR.. Blount
amputated two of Crows fingers.
A comparatively new and pros
pectively profitable use is made by DR..
Morange, on the st. Johns river, Florida,
of the millions of orange blossoms which
annually drop from the trees, and are left
to decay. He distills from them orange
flower water, which is pronounced supe-
rior to the generality of toilet perfumeries
in use.
We have received from Messrs.
Power & Barksdale, the laws relating to
tho assessment, collection and payment of
the public revenues of the State, with
notes and instructions by the auditor. 1t
is in neat pamphlet form and contains
much valuable information TO county Of
ficers and others. Messrs. p. & b. will ac-
cept our thanks for the same.
Our railroad agent, Mr.. James
Dunlapp, has a notice stuck up in the sta
tionhouse to the effect that all who are
using profane or vulgar language
around there will be reported to the jus
tice of the peace and fined. The indiscri-
use of such language on the streets
in a boisterous manner is disgraceful, and
offenders of the law in this respect should
be punished.
Last Tuesday night a general
fight took place at the house of Sam Fisher,
old colored man who lives about a
mile above Randalls ferry, on the Amer
road. Wednesday Deputy Saucier
made q reconnaissance of the neighbor-
hood, but failed to apprchend the guilty
We learn that one man was shot
the back, and that one of the parties
was arrested. Dave will work up the
case and bring the guilty to justice.