The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-09-27

complished without much difficulty
and as everything is very dull lei
us have Il race.
-Mateo Poliche, native OF
Dalmatia, Austria, died of yellow
fever Monday night at the resi-.
dence of Mr.. John Latimer, neal
Handsboro. The disease was con-
tractcd in Biloxi. DIR. John T..
Lyons was the attending physi,
clan, from whom We get this infor.
nation.
We have been looking over the
assessment rolls of our county, and
find that the last assessment by Mr..
}. w. Faulkner is far ahead of any
for the past three years. The as
scssment of personal property tor
1873 amounts to $267 ,67l, which is
an excess of S65,359 over the year
1877.
Oranges iii this section will
not yield more than half a crop
this year. We notice on many
trees the fruit Is bursting open,
caused by the rains after a long
dry spell, which gives the trees Il
new growth, causing the fruit to
burst, and then on many other
trees the rust has appeared on the
fruit.
The October number of the
Nursery has been received. This
is the brightest and best periodical
for large children that comes to
our office, and, as usual, is brim
full Of pretty pictures and enter
tanning stories. 1t is published by
John l.. Shorey, SO Bloomfield
street, Boston, at the low price Of
81 GO per annum.
From the surgeon generals re
port We obtain the following infor-
nation regarding yellow fever on
our coast: At Pass Christian,
from the 9th to the Goth, there were
6 new cases and no deaths; total
cases 81, deaths l. At Biloxi 20
cases and Z deaths had occurred up
to the Goth. At Bay st. Louis 10
new cases during the last week; no
deaths reported. .H.t. .
Our end of the street is i'm.
proving. Dir. Chidsey's new drug
OF is now open opposite MS, aud
in u few days G. NJ. Cruzat will
have his new %stoIehouSe going up
Just below this Office and on the
opposite side of the street and
then there il the new courthouse,
just a little above us and on the
same street. .DclmaS aTenue is
going to he the street of II little
city,
"Wednesday last Miss \. Os-
good, who lives with her brother
James on the river, about two and
half miles above West Pasca-
SOula, met with a serious accident.
Mr.. Osgood was drawing coal from
a pit, and in throwing out a brand
which weighed about twenty
pounds she was accidentally struck
on the side of the head, cutting an
ugly cash. Though the wound is
quite severe it is not considered
dangerous.
The entertainment given by
the good people of Moss Point, at
Live Oak academy last Wednesday
for the benefit of fever suffer
.rs, was, we learn, decidedly one
of the most successful perform.
ances, financially and otherwise,
ever given in this county, and e
fleets great credit on the citizens of
Moss Point. The gross receipts
amounted to nearly $500. W. will
the entertainment at length
n our next issue.
-Demorest's ladies' magazine
Tor October has been received. This
lumber is very full and interesting,
md every lady in the land should
subscribe for this superb magazine
If fashions. There are two chro, .
natie pictures, besides the steel
,ngrayings, in this issue, which
will be sure to please all who see
hem. The subscription price OF
is 90, and each subscri, !
,er gets a premium worth that '
mount, Address w. j. Demorest,
Sew York City. ]
Mr.. G.. II. Withers has just {
neat and large store
louse for Mr.. A. w, Ramsay, on
Bluff creek. Mr.. Ramsay intends
in a full and complete stock ;
If groceries, dry goods and general
snnnlies as soon as the