The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-06-13
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

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.-Fruit.
Bathing fine.
Try Chidey's soda.
A rain would be acceptable.
Candidates coming to the front,
Chew Jackson's best navy
tobacco.
We poblish President Davis
speech In fnll. hT.E e
Full stock of all kinds of groce.
ries constantly. being received at
NJ. A. Dees'cheap cash store.
Those who wish their pianos
timed by q competent tuner, at a
cost of IS each, will please leave
notice at this office, at an early day.
-Dont fail to call Oh Uncle
Henry at II. A. Dees's bargain
store and examine his complete
stock of dry goods, notions, etc.
Low for cash is Mr.. Dees' motto.
During the week several ex.
cursion parties from the cities have
been out on the bay. Postmaster
Wickersham, of Mobile, and party
were Oft P~ascagoula Wednesday.
Those beautiful gilt edge lace
visiting cards are the nObbiest ont,
and just the thing for Il present to
a.young lady. Call and see them.
Only 70 cents per pack printed.
Several sloops, luggers and
other sailing crafts are out in our
waters hunting up melons. Those
who have fruit .ot this kind will
have no difficulty in ~tinding ready
sale for it..
The American schooner Indian
ola, Capt. Bloom, is out on the
ways at Pol Il Frentg'S sh.pyard.
She is to be coppered all over the
bottom, painted and otherwise
liked up, and when she ome Oft
will be as good us new.
Henry Andrews, of West Pas
cagohla, presented MS this week
with the largest watermelon we
have seen this year. Henry is an
honest, industrious colored man,
and We thank him for remembering
us. He has ii fine patch of melons
which he will sell.
Mr.. j. j. Bordages has sent us
u sample box of fine Irish potatoes
raised at Day st. Louis, in the
ordinary sandy soil. They IRE the
largest we have seen, and is only
another proof OF what can be done
in the way of raising fine vegeta-
bles OF the coast.
The new advertisement OF
Mcssrs. II. Krebs Il Son appears
in the DEMoCRAT-STAR of to-day.
This is an old and reliable firm,
and being close buyers are enabled
to sell goods as low as any mer-
chants in this section. They keep
IA full stock of dry goods, notions,
shoes, hats, crOckery and glassware,
groceries, feed, liquors, aud in fact
everything found in u well,kept
store. t.&A- 49,.
We are under obligations to
Messrs. Smith Brothers for an in.
vitation to attend the twenty
eighth annual commencement ex.
ercises of the Columbia anthenBum,
a boarding and day school for
Young ladies, at Columbia, Tenn.
The exercises closed yesterday,
and the invitation came too late
for us to attend, but we extend our
thanks nevertheless. r. /.
For a complimentary pass over )
the New York and Manhattan
Beach railway, from New York to
Manhattan island, Col. A. COrbin, !
president of the road, will accept !
our thanks. The hotel at Manhat- +;
tan is n of tGe most magnificent !
h~ostelrys in the United States, and
thousands go out from New York 6
city, and from the South to enjoy
the bathing and inhale the salu-
orlous seabreezes at this place. s
nd' lebUtTJ kiiieu an
eagle, recently, near County Line
church, in this county, which f
measured eleven feet, four inches s
rom tip to tip. This huge bird '
was killed, SO we II Informed, u
,whlle 10 the act of carrying off a
haltgrOwn lamb in its talons. One +,
Vi the feet can be seen at this .
o'lce, and from its size we should =
imagine tho eagle could easily have I
'afrled off IA hve-year old child. |
-Commencement exercises of s
l9e Whitworth female college be- D
SIns on the 2ith, at Brookhaven. Il
nave received a very neat and b
.aS'riully-gotteu mp programme of s.
.-aercises, aud no doubt a large at p
,enuahce isanticIpated. The Whit
~Orth college under the manage
ass OF Rev III. f. johnson, the Il
eutclent DrpsIlpnf is an i~usfitutiOn "A