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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
POLITICAL ARRESTS.

Vicksburg Commercial.
The administration honnds have
commenced their work IN this State.
We yesterday published q tele-
gram from Natchez, announcing
that the United States marshal had
commenced arresting citizens OF
that place for violations of the
election laws, and to-day we print
another telegram from the same
place, stating that more arrests
are being made, and that much in
dlpnation is being aroused, aud the
proceedings denounced by both the
napers. But Natchez is not the
only place where these arrests are
being made, as the following from
the Greenville Times will show
q Mr.. United States Marshal Hunt
has come to Greenvillc supplied
with batch of warrants, for the
arrest of the six inspectors at tht
Stonevllle and Refuge precincts
at the election last November. Fo
the district attorney he made tn
usual proposal to the victims, tina
on the payment OF enc dollar mn
and ucosts,r amounting to aoou
afty dollars, they could so free."a
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
Lilies.

Everybody is delighted with the
fragrance aud delicacy of the white
water.lily, and we buy them at the
railroad stations In summeras good
cenii, which dispel largely the las
situde, the depression aud disgust
of hot days ride in the sultry aud
and eindery cars. Very few but
have. at one time or another, wish
ed that they might he able to pro
paratc so sweet IA flower. The fol.
lowing mode has proved successful;
The roots, procured in the tall, are
kept damp during the ensuing win
ter in flower.pots. In the spring a
halt.barrel, with the hoops well Sc
cured, is procured; IT painted, so
much The better, and set OH bricks
in the garden, and one-third filled
with a mixture of garden earth
sand. and well-rotted manure. The
roots are set in this aud covered
Water is added gently, anda llttl'
at n time, every day or two (so al
not TO disturb the earthl till thu
tub is filled. In the fall the waite
il allowed to dry off, aud the tut
is placed in the cellar and watere'
at long intervals.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27

Our handsome Auditor, Gwin,
is very liberal in prcseting the new
Code to North Mississippi editors.
Perhaps he has forgotten that he
has some friends in South Missls'
sippi.-Democrat-Stdr.
The Rereilie was among The nrst
to name the Captain for auditor,
bnt We have the Code IRON other
sources. The State administration
comes mostly from the north, IN
cluding the Mingo from from Tisho.
mingo-and why not lean IN thai
direction Port Gibson Rereitle-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
Ex SENATOR BRUCE.

st. Louis Post-Dispateh.
Ex Senator Bruce, OF Mississip,
pi, has been made register OF the
treasury as compliment to the
col0red race. Mr.. Bruce is about
the color of a new saddle. When
he has a political point TO make he
associates with negroes, but his
closest companions and trieuds are
white men. He is in no sense a
fair representative Of the colored
race, though it mast be said to his
credit that he has behaved with
great decency aud dignity ever
since he entered public lite. .
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
THOMPSON S PROJECT.

Chicago Times.
The ancient but active Thomp-
son, late secretary OF the navy, bas
a project in hand which may posi-
bly, abate the alarm of the people
of Kansas, who have been greatly
disturbed recently by the prospect
that their State will be deluged by
u migration of blacks from the
South. Mr.. Thompson, being at the
head of the American bureau OF the
De Lesseps canal company, propose
to test the adaptability ofnegroes
to the istnmus climate By taking
out a colony of them from the
Gulf States" Should this expert
ment succeed, large numbers OF
the "exodusting' colored people
from the dominions of the bull
dozers may be tempted to move
south ward to Panama, instead o.
swarming like black giasshoppers
over the Kansas prairies.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27

DAvILLA, MILAN Co. Texas,
Nay IL, l5ei' \

Nay IL, l5el'
Editor Demoerat-Star:
| yesterday attended public
sheep shearing at the fine stock
farm OF ii. j. Chamberiin, a few
miles from this place, and was SO
much interested in what | saw,
that | thought | would fulfill my
long deferred promise to write TO
YOU, believing that the sheep rails
ers OF jackson county will like to
hear something from Texas on the
subject.
While living at Ocean Springs
my attention was called to a state
ment, copied from the Texas pa
pers, asserting that a Mcrino buck
on the Chamberlin rancho, had pro-
duced a fleece of A pounds. Like
Colonel Stuart, | was incred II
lous, not believing 1t possible for u
sheep to produce such IN enormous
weight of wool. Last week was
rcioIeed when invited to he present
on May 10th to witness the shear
ing of that identical buck, together
with five others equally rs line.
Arriving upon the grounds at
the appointed time, we found quite
a number of invited gnests present.
Mr.. Chamberlin announced that he
was prepared tor a great falling off
from last years yield, owing to the
severity of the past winter and The
heavy rains. -Four bucks, aged
two and three years, were sheared,
and their iieeces weighed %, 22a,
2Oa, aud 293 pounds. But the in
te,est ceutered in I" Bob Lusk,' the
champion, six years old. He was
weighed before being slleared, and
timed the beam Mt 1I5 pounds.
The best shearer then took him in
hand. laid him down gently on the
plank floor, and commenced the
: task of removing his enormous
coat of wool. We timed him, and
noted that it took him two honrs
and twenty five minutes to conh'
! plete his task. Mr. G. called upon
: the writer to weigh the fleece, and
we announced the result as 324
pounds, we having previously test.
J ed the scales. As before stated
) the crowd were prepared for a
shrinkage from his pre- 'ions yields,
I, but we're disappointed at so great
n deficit. His yields have been
! When at one year old, % pounds |;
!, two. 275 pounds; three. 3S pounds
5 ounces; four, "A pounds; five,
: ALI pounds.
Two of the the finest graded
: tlocks in the State. belonging to
Mr.. Chamberlin and I. +. Fowler,
), are in this vicinity; and | wish
that Colonel Lewis, W. r.. Stuart
or s. G. Ramsay could Wis ttheiI
!, ranches aud examine their flnt
i tlocks.
/, We have been blessed with sen
sonable rains, and tile crop pros
pects are tiattrring. Many farmers
I !, now have Il sufficiency of corn ii
II their cribs to last them two years
), it il worth about 20 to 20 cents
. bushel. Our people are mostly fret
), from debt, aud we are prosperous
) Before leaving jackson county
{ promised several of my friends Z
write to them, and, as my tims Il
!, very fully occupied, they will pleas'
: consider this as a joint-stock lettel
70 tn them all. NJ. S. PARK.
,e " ."s'' an
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
Press Comments.
pRoHInIrIoN IN THE souTH.

PROHIBITION IN THE SOUTH.
New York Times.
The sentiment in favor of pro
hibiting the sale OF intoxicating
liquors appears to be developing
with considerable vigor in some of
the Southern States. Ii is organ
izing itself, in true American fash
ion, into "A political party, aud pro
posing to exercise its Influence
upon elections as the only way of
reaching legislation. This kind of
movement is new to the South,
hut it is indicative of healthy ten-
dency.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
Girls i'm Swimming.


"Bob, did you ever see lot OF
girls in swimming|
"No, never--did your
eyes, and such sight i never
expect TO see again. They beat
m, rmaids out OF sight,
81 expect so--but where did you
obtain your knowledge ="
"Listen and I'll perpell. fon
know Sally Dusenburry, OF Straw.
berry Hill' Yes, OF course You
do. Well, Sis the other day had
company, fourteen samples of dlml.
ty. that would have infused wicked
IDEAS in the heart OF an anchorlte.
Amoug the number was Sally
Jones aud Becky Jocelyn. After
tea, Sally - beautiful creature
proposed to go bathing. You may
want to know how heard that. !
listened through the keyhole. The
girls Jumped at the idea, aud as
soon as the cups and saucers were
wiped, on went the boi'nets anu
ribbons, and away went the whole
fourteen in pursuit of Glover lake,
where the emersion was to take
place. The right was taken by
SALLY Jones. think | have men.
toned her name before. Beautiful
creature, lips like cherries, aud a
breast that would do honor to an
October partridge
"Well, what has that got to do
with the story9 That fourteen
good looking girls went in swim
ming | can underslaud-nothlng is
more reasonable. But how came
YOU to see thems That's the ques-
j., tion."
Bob having said this, sucked
bis cigar, aud locked as If he had q
certain gentleman in quandary
"Don't be impatient my FRIEND
and | will divulge all. The mo
Il ment the girls left the house, go
= an old trock and cast-off bonnet
| dressed myself i'll these-dis
guised my looks with a little fals'
hair-stole market basket hal
full of apples, and started dow
the road looking like Biddy Shane
: the fruit peddler, who resides Il
, this neighborhood.0
> 4" Well, go on.'
.Keep cool. Having eqnlppe'
I, myself to my liking, left the roa
and struck out for the lake throug
= a short cut that brought me to II
margin just AS the girls had take
their first plunge. Great Venus
what a siglltl Don't ask me
u apostrophize. No language ca
adequately express my feelings. !
IS. the centre Of the maids was Sal
We Jones, a growing ruby in a basin
:. diguihed moonlight"
IT. "Were they all inf'
nd GAL In but two, and they abo
to to undress, but they were SO fea
tul ssome mem would come alol
aud frighten them. ! assured the
w that there was no danger, that
the men were busy in shay and ls D
= vesting,' while the boys were on
o"' school at the ncighboring villag'
= 4Did this induce them to tai
Id. the plungef 7"
aOn one condition."
w, "And what was thatV
"That | would hold their thlll
ek. and help to pin ny wneh u
viii come ont OF the lake."
ca "And you, OF course, consente'
ntl No, sir-I thought Of my m'
- csty, aud took the nearest ~
home" :.
The scene closed with ?
- longed whistle IRON Bob. Wheel
,, this indicated doubt or sa.ls' us,
ton, we have never been aole
ASCERTAIN. When we do, we 81
lay the same before our reaoer'
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
Call for State Prohibition Con-
yenti0n


That the liquOr traffic has been
and still is OF incalculable injury to
the State-deStructive alike OF It's
health, prosperity aud happiness OF |
the people-is conceded fact. /
That its complete and utter sup /
preston would be Productive of
the greatest good, all are ready to I
admit. The controversy between
the friends and opponents OF "pro
hibitionn is only this, shall the peo-
Pile be allowed to say that the traf
tic in this State shall come to an
end But when all agree that the
end aimed at is good it is easy to
adjust the controversy by submit
ting the question to the votes OF
the people. 1t the majority favor
prohibition, surely that majority
ought to determine the policy OF
the State. We do not believe there
are any intelligent people in this
State who think that the liquor
traffic il OF any benefit. In view
of this we are instructed to call n
State convention of those who ta.
vor the prohibition, by law, OF the
the liquor traffic in this State as a
pure matter OF State policy. 1t is
understood that this convention
shall be composed OF delegates from
all the counties in this State, aud
that our colored fellow citizens
shall be represented in il on the
same basis with white citizens OF
the State.
We are instructed to announce
that it is not our purpose to organ
| ize any political party, or to antas'
onize existing political organiza'
tions. Our sole purpose is to com
bine aud cooperate, so as to IN
4 duce the adoption of ~ constltu
tutional amendment, prohibiting
the liquor traffic in this State after
a given day-leaving the scope
and phraseology of the amendment
to the wisdom of the Legislature. II
we have an enemy or opponent |
is whiskey. We have no qnarre
with the men who, under the sane
ton of law, are engaged in thi
traffic. We have many friends Il
all parties, and are determined no
to forfeit their good will or esteem
by drifting or being drawn into
new party with platform and car
didates.
In order, therefore, that th
frieuds OF prohibition may have n
opportunity to deliberate upon
and devise the means necessar
to secure the adoption OF the pror
; er constitonal amendment, IN pun
sur r,nce of authority vested IN u
, BY the meeting heretofore held l
!, this city, u State convention, com
: posed of such delegates from eac
, county, as they may appoint, !
, called to assemble at jackson, |
: the hall of the house OF represents
tives, on Wednesday, the 10th da
of July next, at IL o'clock, a. N.
: w. l.. NUGENT,
JNo. I. BUCK.
DANIEL DENNETT
J. h. GAMBRELL.
!, &. b. GALLOWAY,
s. A. STEEL,
Il. b. RAMSEY,
Committe
/, Papers throughout the State al
a requested to publish.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
IN A BAD FIX.
Chicago Times.

Chicago Times. !,
In 1884, who will there be in the
REPUBLICAN, camp to save Indiana
and secure New York 7 For want
Of d Dorsey and a Roscoe, star
route steals and customhouse sopss,
il this unhappy country TO 60 head,
long to the devil and the demo
urats.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
caANCERY couRT-7rn DISTRICT
GEORGE WOOD, Chancellor.

,,.tsop eouaty, first Monday of March
.na sentsmber, continuing 6 days.
N Harrison county, second Monday IN
March aud september, continuing . days,
Hancock county, third Monday IN
March and September, continuing dass.
Marion county, second Monday after
,hs fourth Mon lay in Mrch and Septem-
h.r continuing days.
Perry county first Non lay after INC
an Monday 10 March nd September, con
tinuiug q days. ,, i,
Greene county. fourth Mondays III
usrrh and September, continuing days
Wayne county, fourth Monday after IN.
fourth Monday Of March and September
continuing days
Clarke county. first Monday in May aud
November, continuing 8 days.
Laudprlale county, third Monday Of
NAV and November, continuing l2 days.
Kemper county, second Monday III May
November. continuing davs
Monthly Rules Of Chancery Court ou
m. second Monday in each mouth.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27

CHURCHES.

Baptlst-Rev |. A. HALEY will preach
Mt Scranton anil Mess Point the first, see,
ond aud third Sal,bashs Of each month, ana
at Ocean Springs the fourth and fifth Sab
baths,
Ncthodist --Rey. j.. i. Dancer will prfaeh
Al Scrantnn and Orange Grove the ssecondi
and fourth Sabbatbs of each mouth, al,d
at Ocean Springs the first aud third san
baths. Rev. J. w. Weems breaches NJ MOSS
Point every Sabbath morning and night
presbyteriau Rev. W. Z. Bingham,
breaches at Muss Point the second ana
fourth Sabbath moruiugs aud nights OF
each mouth H
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
TUE DEMOCRACY COMFORTABLY.

THE DEMOCRACY COMFORTABLE.
Cincinnati Commercial.
The democracy feel very com,
Portable about il. They see IN the
contest over Robertson as much as
the republicans thought they saw
in the departure of Malone. 1t is,
in their opinion, the beginning OF
;he disruption of the national re-
publican party. They have assall-
ed this patty with every kind OF
weapon and every art Of warfare
during the past twenty years, with
out making a permanent impress
ion npon il. But now, 10 and be.
hold /! it is going in pieces. and all
they have to do is to stan1 aside
aud witness the marvellous process
Of dissolution.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27

,..,arrdale county, second Monday IN
:, Laasr L1isrr and August, continuing l. days.
ttSlaa,s ela,nsr county, first Monday IN March
asSF SSsFptember, continuing u days;
'1S S,srte = sornty, third Monday in March
tS,S Ss,aSntember, continuing y days. !,
and ST. So county, first Monday in April
y 6etober, continuing days ),
ine e.ssns oS, county, second Monday in April
.SSortober, continuing 8 days. -,
'Oe e.vry county, third Monday IN Aprii
IIn.tober. Isls continuing 6 days. !,
ana ,, 49, ';',a county, fourth Monday m April
a1h netoher. continuing 6 days.
'na nIaneock county, first Monday after the
nth a, Monday Of April and October, con
''Ga,r Harsison county, third Monday after the
s,artb Monday Of April and October con
''p.,Is I..sson county, fourth Monday aitei
sS,th Monday Of April and October, con
tnslng II days
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27

Chicago Inter Ocean.
Some Of the Utah saints were last
year somewhat disgusted Mt the
number of dried mp old specimens
who were converted and imported.
This year missionaries were enloin-
ed TO look ont a little more
thoroughly for Young subjects. A
correspondent in New York, no
ticing Il large batch just landed
and en- route for Utah, speaks OF
''the large number OF fresh young
faces among the females of the
company.n They will lose bnt lit
tie time in New York, but will be
promptly forwarded to headquar-
tcrs, aud be speedily distributed
among the harems under the noses
of the governor, prosecutor and
United States judges. The govern
ment at Washington should use for
veil a Macinac blanket, four folds
thick, to hide its blushes every
time it looks toward Utah. Utah
| is the devils workshop, aud tue
United States is silent partners
in the concern, aud responsible for
its work.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27

Two hundred and fifty thousand
comics of the revised new testament
were sold in New York In a single
day.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
THE PANAMA CANAL.

San Francisco Call.
The latest intelligence from the
Isthmus is to the effect that work
on the Panama canal is not being
prosecuted with the anticipated
energy. 1t is not at all surprising
that De Lesseps should wait before
commencing heavy operations to
see what may he done on rival
routes. 1t is within the bounds OF
possibility for American capitalists
to take up the Nicaragua route a
year or two hence, and complete 1t
before De Lesseps can possibly
complete the Panama. If ship
railway should he found to be prac-
ticable, the Tehauntepec route
might be doing the work the Pana-
ma canal is intended to de before
the latter is half completed. The
enterprise is one Of such magui
tude that its projectors may well
await some assurance that there
shall be no rival canal Tor sotnt
years TO come.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
j. Heidelberg,

j. q. Heidelberg,
Attorney aud Counsellor at Lac dnr
Solicitor ia Chdaoory,
PAsCAGOULA jackson county,, MISS.
win practice wherever he may have
business.
viii give special attention to Collcc-
Hons and Cbancery business, snch as set,
Ting estates, examining laud titles, and
giving legal opinions, "quieting' titles to
land, obtaining divorces, etc.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
DR.. VI. G.. Vaughan,
DENTIST,
u0ss POiat, Miss.

win attend all calls along the coast In
bis profession. Parties desiring his ser
vices can address him at Moss Point. Miss.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
DIR. w. ID. Bragg,

Df. w. II, Df0sSs
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, F.,
Residence Nos, Point, Miss.
0nices-Stewart lruG store, Moss Point,
aud Cox's drug store, Scranton.
VIII practice at Moss Point, Scranton
the seashore and vicirity.
All calls promptly attended to.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
j. A. Anderson,
ATTORNEY 4 CoUNSEILoR-AT-LAw
Scranton, Miss.

win practice in all the courts Of jack
son and adjacent counties, Will give
prompt attention to the collection OF
debts, answer inquiries, and make remit
tanees promptly.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
THE COU r 7 S.
REGULAR TERMS,

,DcrIT COURT-SEyENTH DISTRICT.
LINES 5. HAMa, Judge. -,
Saaw.s 5. FoRD, District Attorney.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1881-05-27
Dark Horse.

Papers throughout the
requested to publish.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-09
MASSACHUSETTS, AND MALONE.

The Massachusetts senators were real
enthusiasts in their support of Malone in
his efforts in behalf of a S'free ballot, "
which was construed to mean repeal of
the poll tax in Virginia, by which many
negroes are kept from the polls, in respect
that negroes do not come out strong in
tax paying. The Readjuster platform dis
tinctly declares for the repeal of this law,
and radicals journals, and especially those
in Massachusetts, indorse the platform.
1t is now submitted that these same sena-
tors and journals are stultifying themselves
on this question of suffrage. A poll tax is
required in Massachusetts as condition
precedent to voting This tax is imposed
VIGOROUSLY for the purpose of operating
on white men in the Bay state,
is designed to operate on negroes.
The wickedness of of the policy in the two
states differs only in degree and not in
kind, By as much as negro is better, in
the estimation of a Massachusetts Radical,
than white foreigner, by just SO much is
the legislation of Virginia more reprehen-
sible than that of Massachusetts. Massa-
chusetts has furnished precedents for near
" everything which she now so bitterly de-
nounces in Southern policy, Even the
dogma of secession which led to the war
solemnly proclaimed by her legislature and
representatives in congress nearly fifty
years before the South put it in practice
That rich and respectable old state should
take some of the medicine she so profusely
offers to others-lSt Louis Republican.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-09
John Sherman in his speech before tn

John Sherman in his speech before the
Ohio Republican convention yesterday
stated that abe platform of the Republic
an party is what it has done for the past
twenty five years"
Twenty five years ago the Republican
party started out all right, and to judge by
its actions, its platform was then good
one, but it has been changing its actions,
and consequently its platform, IL John is
right ever since, until now it is hardly
one that most men approve of.
According to John Sherman, the present
platform of the Republican party
must have been first started about Grants
time with whisky rings the Belknap
matter, a subornation of the civil service.
going along in that groove until 1876, when
we have the presidential steal the hypo-
critical pretense of reforming the civil
service, the star-route rings. and
the treasury frauds. In 1880 we have
the party electing a man who had been
declared by his own party perjurer and
bride taker, and its first action afterwards
was to raise a quarrel within itself, as to
the disposal of federal Offices, with not one
word heard as the fitness of the officials
quarrelled about. This is the party action
for the last thirteen years, without one
good deed to take the curse Off But John
Sherman says it is the platform of the Re-
publican party, and John is teacher in
Israel No reference has been made here
to the party's feality, to money and money
kings, to credit mobilier and railroad
grants, to subservience to monopolies and
to the burdening the people
of the country with high protective tar
iff, to help out few influential manufac-
turers. No account is taken of the false
issues that the party has raised every cam
paign to the lies as to southern outrages
or the continual animosity the party has
kept stirred between the north and south,
with the desire to keep itself in power.
All that however is part and parcel OF
the actions of the Republican party, and
John Sherman says their actions are their
platform. The question is, win the next
Republican convention indorse that plat
form?