The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-15
Bay st. Louis Items.

The Bay is eminently healthy
with no fevers of any kind.
The shrimps have come in guam
titles though hot due until Septen
Der.
There Is room for many more
people at the bay. We are not a
all crowded.
Another candidate is announced
for the legislature by "many citi
zens," and "Barkis is willin',n but
not anxious to 60.
A very large colored picnic from
New Orleans raided on us last
Monday and dropped such loose
change as they had about their
persons.
A negro with a big string OF
names and aliases Is in Jail upon an
indictment for an attempted rape.
He Is likely to eat prison diet for
some time to come.
There is considerable business
of a variegated character before
the Justice courts. Some of it is
very foolish, which proves that the
fools r not all dead yet.
The late reports in regard to the
glass factory m yet more assnr.
ing. The experimental test of our
sand, recently made at Pittsburg,
shows that it makes a very superior
glass.
New sweet potatoes are in mar
ket, large in size and excellent in
quality. Our model farmer, Mr..
Weir, is the "early bird" that gets
ahead of other competitors in such
things.
Hubbard Saunders, clerk of our
several courts, died last Monday
after II long and lingering illness
of some chronic disease, as to the
nature OF which the doctors diff
fered. He left a widow and sew
eral children.
Last Sunday there was a lively
boat race between the Emma, of
Mr.. Volkast, and Eds Widow, a
new boat of Mr.. Hale. The purse
was 800 a side. The Widow took
the purse. On the previous Sun
day the Emma won a race,
We have had too much rain and
too little wind for personal com
fort. And the wind, when it blows,
won't blow the right way, as it
ought to, coming up from "the
sweet South," but blows from the
north or west, driving out the bay
waters. But this is q bad year for
weather anyhow, and VIZ are not
cursed worse than other people.
A few months ago Bay st. Louis
was out of debt, and oir mayor
proudly exclaimed, "the cancer is
cured.n But the cancer has bro
ken out again, and there are up
of $1,000 outstanding in city
and no funds in the treas
ury. But this years taxes, when
paid, will probably cure the can.
Ger again-for q little while.
Mr.. L. A. Hansen died very sud
last month of some disease
of the heart. He was a man OF
large education and intelligence,
and an able writer on some sub.
jegts. He was, at the time of his
b writer on the New Orleans
The death OF such men is
public loss. He came here an in
valid some years ago, and his
greatly improved, but his
disease being organic was incura-
BILE.
Julia Wicker, a "shoo-fy" wo.
man from New Orleans was arrest
ed on the Camelia last Saturday in
tho act of leaving for New Orleans.
She was charged with stealing
about $1TO from Mrs. b. Ross.
Some females took her in a room
and "went through" her in genu-
inc detective style, and found
S115 in greenbacks under her cor
set and some small gold in her
CATERS. She waived an examina-
and in default of 5000 bail
to the lookup. Julia's mis-
caused a good deal eff mer-
and chit-chat. She is said
to have a husband in New Orleans,
and if he loves her it is time for
him to put in an appearance and
see what can be done for her.