The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-02-20
STATE NEWS.

enough TO lay Ave miles more Ot
road on the NiekSburg aud Ship
Island railroad.
Yazoo City Herald: A negro
man by The uameoi Anderson Land
died OH Duck Pond plantation, this
county, hast week. al the ad,ancr,i
age oi l20 years. He has been
able 10 work until this year;
GrrrnvilIe Times: Negroes are
steadily pouring into this and ad,
joining counties. This is a. We
predicted several mouthsago. We
have heard of The Increase in pOpu,
Etliou from this source in Washing
ton county estimated at 1000 since
the Christmas holidays.
Krmler Herald: Several tami.
lies of ursrbes who went to Kansas
from Sumner county, returned
nome 10y way of this place Last
week. They dli HOt unpack their
chdttels IN Kansas, declaring that
II was impossible tor IA negro 10
hive IN that country.
A dispatch from Philadelphia OF
the Eta says j. j. Powers, Il veal.
thy manufactures of cotton seed
oil, of 81. Louis, having factO.
ries Ia Nlcksrurg aud ST. Louis,
vino came 10 Philadelphia recently
t. consult medical authorities with
regard . his bealtb, accidentally
snUt hlmsell through the heart
tins aiteru0on ut his rooms in The
Continental hotel. Mr.. Powers
Was one OF the commissioners from
Mississippi 10 the Centennial
eAhlulllOu.
Canton Mail: We haven't got
any creeks like our nelghbors OF
Jackson aud Carthage big enough
10 rnu a Steamboat on, hut we have
got several miles OF graded road
bed III Madison county running in
tue direction of Nicksbure, which
We think might be utilized aud
made profitable. We know Of
parties who will build the railroad
I oni this point to Vieksburg
wlthln twelve months it they can
gel The franchises OF the Canton
and Nlcksburg railroad free. For
further particulars apply to us.
Raymond Gazette; A gentle.
man who has Travelled pretty
much all over the county within the
past month, informs us that a great
zeal ot meat Was lost 10y the iarm
rrN ih December aud January, but
tndt the hog crop was never 40
abundant as il was last fall aud
that there are now more pigs aud
stock hogs Ia tue county than ever
before. He thinks that even after
the great loss referred TO there will
b. q0lte Il much home meat on
hand III April as there usually is at
tnat period oi the season.
JacNsOn Clarion, 18th: Col. W.
q. falkner, president OF the Ripley
ialnoad company, deserves great
ciedii Tor his energy "A Il perse-
orrancp. He IN pndea, Oring to
sccurr penitentlarN c0nvicts with
" Blcll to extend his road towards
the gun. Senator Dalton has in
tr0duccd "a bill in the seuate to ob.
tain Tie contlcts required 10 secure
the construction ui the road, and
this able Senator will doubtless
succeed in thus laudatle enterprise.
No enterprise IN the State is more
deserving of encourageme { than
the Ripley raillOad company.
Meridian Homestead: On Wed.
hcs,la, night the bridge on the
Nieksburg and Meridian railroad.
over the Chnnkey not far from the
county .llne. was con pletely de.
slroyed b, fire. We have not
been able TO obtain full particulars
rs here has been no train up to
In tine from Vicksburg, hut the
lire is believed to have been the
aurk of an inceniiary. This was
Dup oi the best built aud largest
bridges on the V. aud NJ. railroad,
aud il is believed that II will be at
easI wo weeks before IL eau be re.
built. Ii WAS about 500 ipet
ons, subStan Tally built and cover
'd. The passenger train left here
,rstelday morning intending 10
transfer passengers aud tue mails
At the bridge, and we presume
frans will he run regularly in
hal way.
Brandon Republican: We learn
hat an old man named Finn, or
Flynn, living in the Northeastern
tOA-tVt w WIS WIS
ri tew days since, charged with
,ounterleilIng gold and silver, that
Iis dies were also captured, aud
nat ne has been indicted by the
D. ). grand jury, at Jackson.
de WIS arrested some eight or
en- years ago, tor be same offense,
urned States evidence aga nst bis
,onfr,lerafes, and WAS turned loose.
Cow Walker was sent to the
as one of his c0nfed-
rates. We understand that 1t is
Ilnost impossible to detect his
coin, and that he
hreatens 0 blow on Il number OF
men of standing ia north Rankin
md IN Canton. Several other per-
IONS have been arrested tor pass
ng his spurious coin, but we could