The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-08-27
STATE eLRANIEes.


meet at Meridian.
Wet weather, rust and worms
have injured the cotton crop to
some extent in this State.
DIR. E. NJ. Grant has succeeded
w. b. Lowe in the editorial man
agement of the Terry Enterprise.
Prof. w. j. Spellmau, of Enter
prise, has been employed as pro-
fessor in the Whitworth college
during the coming session.
The merchants and business men
of Jackson are talking of placing
line of flatboats on Pearl river so
as to enable them to ship freights
TO the galf.
On the 1st of September a bar
becue and ratification meeting will
take place at Waynesboro. Col.
Singleton and other speakers viii
address the meeting.
Type setting on the new code was
finished last week, and the work is
now being bound at the Clarion
bindery. | will be ready for de.
livery within a few days.
Col. Horn says if he does not sell
his Mercury very soon he will with
draw the proposition, in which
event no inducement could be
offered tor him to sell.
Noxubee river is being put in
navigable condition by Maj. A. NJ.
Damrell, OF ~ U. s. engineer
corps, ana ~ " Satlon having been
made by cor,ous for this purpose,
The Record, q greenback-lahor-
ing.toreform paper at Brandon,
suspended publication last week,
so we learn nom the Republican, OF
that town.
MIR. A. N. Kimball, who was re.
ceutly appointed receiver of public
moneys, at jackson, vice MIR. X. j.
Alcorn, removed, has given bond
and entered upon the discharge of
his duties.
The people of Jackson are talk.
ing of building railroad from that
place to Yazoo City. They seem
TO be in earnest about the matter,
and il road vas built we believe
it would pay.
Work OH the new State institute
for the blind at Jackson, was com-
menced last week. Our old friend,
Mr. Harry NJ. Taylor, has the con-
tract, which is Il guarantee that
the work will be well done.
The Raymond Gasette's Jackson
correspondent writes under the
nom dc plume of Linen Dnstcr"
Very appropriate for this weather
In the winter we presume he will
change his name to "Overcoat."
On the 18th of September mass
meeting of the citizens OF Amlte
county will be held at Liberty to
consider the question of building
railroad, under charter granted by
the legislature, from Liberty to
Woodville.
In suit recently brought at
Meridian, before Judge Hamm, for
the right of way Over the Mobile
aud Ohio railroad company on the
part of the American Union tele-
graph company VS.. the M. and o.
railroad, it was decided in favor of
the plaintiffs. No damages weee
allowed the railroad for tho use Of
the telegraph company.
The Brookhaven Ledger says
there is a man in that place who
wants to bet anything from ten to
one hundred dollars, that there is
not a man, woman or child in Lin
coln county who can eat thirty
partridges in as many consecutive
days, only eating one each day.
The man proposing to make the bet
8 in earnest, and any one wanting
to undertake the feat can ascertain
his name by addressing that Office.
From the Shubuta correspondent
Of the Enterprise Courier of last
week We learn that Jas. A. Rogan,
young man Is or 10 years old,
who has been employed in the drng
store of Dr. ]. L. Hudson for sew.
eral months, took the Doctors, horse
on the night of the 18th, and left
for parts unknown. He left note
to his father stating that before be
received it he woald be cut OF
reach Of Che sheriff, aud 10 tell him
tosinierm )r Hudson tliathe wsuId