The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-05-21

Yieksburg Commercial.
The Mississippi river at Vicks-
burg stands forty feet eight inches
above low water mark aud is tall.
ing slowly. All danger from an
overflow is thus abated.
Jackson Republican.
Says the Vicksburg Commercial:
"COlumbus Miss, has eight church
es aud yet it will not support a
daily newspaper Jackson has
eleven churches aud never did sup
port Il daily newspaper.
Jackson Clarion.
Miss Mollie w. Hoskins has Ia.
ken charge of the telegraph Office
at Lexington, and the Advertiser
says she will not fail of making a
good operator. Here is a good ex.
ample for others of the fair sex.
Comet.
The United States court has
been engaged during the past week
in trying the cases of the counter.
feiters. Russil Hollis, has been
convicted, Dick Underwood plead
guilty and the case ot-Reed occu.
pied the attention OF the court yes.
terday.
Water Valley Central.
Mr.. j. q. Allen, living some Is
miles east OF Water Valley assures
us that he had a gander that laid
tour eggs abont six inches in length
set on them aud hatched two COS.
lings. He says that this is fact,
and can be vouched for by his fam.
lily and several of ihs neighbors.
Courier Conservative.
Mr.. q. Il. Williamson, OF Green.
wood is trying 10 organize stock
company for the purpose of running
a telegraph line-NDm that place to
Wlnona. The cost of the line will
be $1,000 and we understand that
5000 of the stock has already been
taken. We wish the enterprise
much success.
Oxford Falcon.
Visitors attending the University
commencement this year will find
the programme unusually interes.
ting. The annual address before
the two literary societies will be de.
livered by Hon. Robt. Toombs, OF
/ Georgia the alumni address will be
delivered by Hon. IL. ID. Money, of
the 81 district, and the essay read
by DIR. Il. +. Griffin, Of Puscagoula.
Columbus Dispatch
Gen. Stephen ID. Lee leaves this
morning for Kansas aud the North.
west to investigate aud familiarize
himself with the workings of the in.
dustrial schools and colleges of that
section. We may expect good re.
suits from the Investigations of
Gen. Lee, as he is thorough and
painstaking in every enterprise he
engages in. He will be absent
about two mouths.
Columbus Dispatch.
James T. Keys, a drummer for a
Louisville house whose parents live
about II miles from Tupelo took
his own lite at the Artesia hotel
last Wednesday. The evening
previous he purchased a drachm of
morphine. About tour o'clock
Wednesday morning he took out
of his bottle twenty-seven grains
it is supposed as that much was
gone when the bottle was found.
Meridian Homestead, 14th.
The board of supervisors held q
meeting on saturday, and after thor.
oughly examining the new court
house accepted it and took posses.
sion of it for tue county. 1t was
found satisfactory iu all respects,
aud was insured for $4,000. They
also adopted the plans prepared by
Mr.. Fucker, the architect tor the
furniture, railing, &C., for the court
room and brick and iron fence to
enclose the court house square.
Brandon Republican.
The Kemper Herald says "W.
W. Halsell has in his saloon a
natural curiosity which grew on
the plantation of A. f. Rush. 1t
is a corn cob in the shape of hand,
the fingers, palm and back of the
hand being as perfect rs any hand
we ever saw We have precisely
! the same kind ofa cob in this Office.
1t is the exact figure of human
hand from the elbow down. Ours is
a left hand and was grown on the
place OF DIR. Lee, near Fannin.
Send us yours Mr.. Halsell, SO We
can have q palr OF corn cob hands.
The members of young ladies'