The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-02-28
State News.

PrrntiSS county.
The New Orleans, st. Louis ant
Chicago road have n line of sleep
ingamd reclining chair ears between
New Orleans and NIcksbnrg, ~hicl
90 through without change.
Macon Sun: Petitions have beef
circulated in all count es in thi'
judicial district, praying the gov
ernor for "a communication of the
sentence of w. b. Caranaugh. The
third Friday in March is the day
appointed for his execution.
Maj WIN. Dougherty, editor OF
the Columbus Iader, was found
dead in his bed OIL the morning OF
the 18th. The verdict of the jury
was that death was caused from an
overdose of morphine, taken to re.
lieve pain.
At the last session of circuit
court in Kinds county Judge Gal.
lloun passed sentence upon nine
convlrts who were sent 70 the pen
itrntiary for terms ranging from
four years to lite. All of the offend.
ers were colored except two.
Meridian Homestead: Gen. A. NJ.
West has resigned his position us
one OF the trustees of the A. and
NJ. College. We regret this, as
Gen. West was II OF the best men
on the board, and his suggestions
would have been valuable in eslab,
fishing the proposed college,
Prof. Thos. 5. G.,nright, who is
president Of che agricultural and
mechanical college OF Texas, thinks
1t will cost 100000 to build and
properly equip our State college
which is to be built at Starkville,
and that it will require an annual
income of S25, 900 to maintain it.
Rev. DR.. Palmer of New Orleans,
and Senator Gordon of Georgia,
have accepted invitations to attend
the annual exercises OF the Aber-
deem female college next June;
the former will preach the com
mencement sermon, the latter de.
the address before the Alumni.
jackson Clarion: The remains ot
Miss Maggie +. Moore, sister of the
late Clras. L. Moore, and Mrs. DR..
Langley. were brought here from
NickSburg and Inferred on last
Friday. Her death was IA prcu-
sad one. She was suffering
a cold, and by mistake ut
took carbolic acid which was
Oh the mantle, instead Of the cough
mixture that she intended taking.
thing possible ii done tor
but The poison did its work
fatal effect.
Macon Beacon: VIM. Cavanau2h,
sentenced TO be hung on Friday,
the 2lst Of March, for the murder
of Cameron, in Noxubee county.
WAS so shocked when he heard Of
the decision of the supreme court
affirming the verdict of the Jury
and denying him ii new trial, that
he came near dying. He tell ON
the floor of his cell, perfectly I'M
conscious; his e~XtremiticS became
cold. his eyes were set. and he had
all the appearance of II dying man.
He has not been well since, and
the loss OF sleep is rapidly wearing
him ont.
VickSbnrg Herald: Col. Lyons,
president OF the Helena railroad.
is pushing that beautiful little road
hlon i'll Il way that merits the es-
attention OF the public of
mississippi The road begins OPP
Helena, AT Glendale, in Co.
lhOma county, Mississippi, aud is
low completed seventeen miles, to
)onesboIo. 1t is doing ii good bus,
ness, aud is Il great convenience to
he citizens along the line. The
have no money, but they
Keep NO. king all The time, length
ming the road aud paying laborers
With the receipts of the potion
'ompleted. Hard work, pluck, aud
lnconqnerable energy take the
'lace of red tapeism, and the result
$ the road is slowly but surely
'nilding itself. The engineer is
CONDUCTOR, freight agent, collector,
nd general superintendent of the
rain while on duty. The president
oes the work OF three or four men.
nd the book-keeper is freight re.
shipper and accountant. A
liked train is run that makes three
+ four trips a day, running when
ecessary thirty miles an hour.
Jackson Clarion: A deadly affray
ccnrred on board the steamer Sun
at JohnsOnville, Sunfower
Dunty, on the 18th, which resulted
! the killing OF three of the partic.
aud the wounding of the
'urfh. Col. ID. A. Holman aud
'r. w. l.. Lowry bad some words
bout "A week previous. On Satur-
ny they met again. Holman shot
III the breast, killing him
most instantly. Before falling
owry cooked his piston aud fired
Holman, and at the same instant,
icing DIR. g. Z. Walker. Holman's
tller-in-law,) with "A pistol in his
and, fired on him with deadl,
Walker died almost without
struggle. In the meantime john
Arnold. Lowry's clerk, encount-
ed Holman, and in the struggle
rnold received his death wound
the chest, Holman being severely
bundled in the left arm and side.