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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
HE CAME TO PAY.


latter The Aged Stranger, by Bret Harte.
The editor sat with his head In his lands
And his elbow at rest on hls knees;
lie WAS tired Of tbs sSer increasing de-
manis
On his time, and he painted for ease.
The elamor for cory was srornsd with q
And he sighed In the lowest tones
won't somebody come With dollar to
cheer
The heart Of Emanuel Jones r.
Just then on the stairway a footstep WAS
heard
And rap-a-tsp loud at the door,
And the pickering hope that had long
been deferred
Blazed up like beacon once more.
And there entered ai,Nan with cynical
smile
That Was fringed with stubble ofred,
Who remarked, as he tilted sorry old
tile
To the back OF an average head:
81 have come here to pay" here the edi-
itor cried;
"You'ro as welcome as flowers in
Spring.
Sit down in this easy armchair by my
side,
Aud excuse me awhile till bring
A lemonade dashed with little old wine,
And dozen cigars of the best,
All here We are, This, assure you. is
fine;
Help. yourself, most desirable guest"
The visitor drank with relish aud
! smoked
Till bis face wore n satisfied glow,
And the editor bcaming with nerriInont,
In a Joyous spontaneous flow;
And then, when the stock Of Refreshments
was gone,
His guest took occasicn to say,
In acccuts distorted somewhat by yawn
"My crrand up here is TO pay"
But the generous scribs with wave o
the hand
Put stop to the speech Of his guest,
Aud brought in n melon, the iine-t tn
land
Ever bore Oh its generous bltAst,
Aud the visitor, wearing singular grin
Seized the heaviest half Of tho fruit,
Aud tho juice as II ran in stream frou
his chin
Washed the mud of the pike Of his boot
Then mopping his face on favorit
sheet
Which the scribe had laid carefully by
The visitor iazily rose to his feet
With tho dreariest kind of sigh,
Aud he said, as the editor sought his ad
In his book 10 discover his dnes,
81 came here to pay-my respects to tn,
Aud to borrow dollar of your
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

A writer in juvenile magazine
lately gathered "a number OF die
tionary words rs defined by Ger.
tain small people, Of which the fol-
lowing are probably genuine: !:
" "Dust-Mud with the juice squcez.
ed out. Fan--A thing to brush
the warm of with. Ice-Water
that staid out in the cold and went
to sleep, Pig-A hogs little bqy.
Salt-What makes your potatoes
taste bad when you don't put any
on. Wakctulness--Eyes all the
time coming unbu.toned."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
II BOT Why Not.

Grenada Sentinel.
The Presbyterian general Assem-.
bly, ofa recent date, wants con-
gress TO put stop to violations Of
the Sabbath by carrying and dis
tributins mails on that day, and
stop all parades at military posts.
When these aud many other simi-
lar things succeed, We should have
the rivers cease their noisy flow,
the tides to roll, the winds to blow,
aud let us have a suspension OF
natures laws on that good day |!
Why mott
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

From this it will be seen that 2Ol
votes will be necessary in the cleo.
toral college TO make u choice for
President, and that under the two.
thirds rule, which will probably be
adhered to, it will require 535 or
53I2 votes, rs thb decision may be,
to make u nomination. The repub
lican national convention was com
posed OF $40 delegatesi being two
from each of the Territories, and
two from the District of Columbia,
in addition 10 those from the
States, as follows.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

An old maid, long regarded as an
cyesore to the people Of Mossop,
windham county, Conn, was blown
mp by guupowder recently By some
party or parties unknown. Con,
necticut seems to need an infusion
OF new blood--say a colony OF Tex
as cowboys-to regulate its morals.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
Religious Nonsense .


NY. Truth seeker.
The Christiar Messenger is re.
sponsible for the story that the
ladies of q prominent church in
Allcghany, n, Y, recently a.lver,
tisesl Hug and Kiss festival. to
raise money for the food sufferers.
Only "very niee persona .yere in.
vitrd. The car,ls ran: "You are
invited TO assist ia a hug and kiss
festival beld ut the church for. the
benefit Of the food suifer,rs. You
were highly commended to the
committee.' The prices we're, 10
cents 10 hing any girl betYeen Is
and 20; Q cents for girls Between
20 and 80; old maids, two for q
cent, and sl to bug another mans
wife. Such is the pousense prac.
ticed in some sections In the name
of religion.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
Chancery Court Seventh Dist.
sYLyASUs EVANS, Chancellor.

jackson county, first Monday Of March and Sep
tember, continuing six days.
Harrison county. second Monday In March and
September continuing six days.
Hancock county, third Monday In March and
September. continuing six days.
Greene county, second Monday n April and DC.
taher, continuing six DAYS.
Marion county fourth Monday in March and
September continuing six days
Perry county first Monday after the fonrth Mon.
day In March and September, continuing six DAYS.
Waynecou fourth Monday after the fourth
Monday OF March and September, continuing .six
davs
Clarke connty, first Monday In May and Novem.
ber continuing ak days
Iaederale county, third Monday Of MAY and
November, continuing twelve days,
kemper county, second Monday in May aud No.
veniber, continuing six daya
Monthly rulesof Chancery Court on second Mon.
day in each month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
Official Directory jackson County

Clerk Of the Courts-walter NJ. Denny.
sheria-JoAn y. Clark.
Tressurer-S. X Thompson.
Suryeyor-E. W. NORTH.
ASseesor--A. A. vaughsn.
CN Supt Pub. Ed-Dr. II. l.. HOWE.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

Little soc Of q bill broker to his
papa: "Papa, what is business
honorf Well, Alphonse, my boy,
suppose Que Of our customers sends
\ thousand irancs too much.D ayes,
papa." "Well, | give Mr.. Ratipeau,
my partner, five hundied OF it,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

A rich contractor was holding
forth upon the instability Of the
world. "Can you account for it,
siri he asked, turning to Foote.
"Well, noe very clearly" he res
ponded, sunless We suppose It was
built BY contract
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

A PROMINENT preacher rscently
chose for the subject OF a sermon !:
'.How to Trent your Enemies.p The
average man, however, thinks be
has done his duty II be treats his
friends.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

The aSolid South" (153 votes
with the votes OF Now York, New
Jersey and Connecticut, or the
"Solid Soutlin with the votes Of
New York aud Indiana, can elect q
Presidents not to mention the pros
pect of obtaining tue votes Of Mas.
sachusetts and other outlying dis
tricts,
The Presidential election for 1884
takes place November B.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

Judge jas. /. Friar holds regular terms
of court at the courthouse in Scranton the
first and fourth Mondays IN each month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
THE COURTS.
REGULAR TERMS.
Circuit court-seventh District.

sAMUEI. II. TERRAI. judge.
JAS. II. REvILEE District Attorney
Clarke eoaniy first Monday Ia February and
August, continuing twelve days
kemper caanty, first Meaday III March and Sep
tember, continuing twelve days.
Lauderdale eoahty, frat Monday in July and
January. continuing twenty four Judicial dayssif
business requires.
wayne county. fret Mondayiin April and Oeto-
Der, continuing slx days.
Greene county, second Monday In April and Oc
tober, continuing six days.
Perry county eighth Monday after third Monday
In April and October.
Marion county, Sixth Monday aftsr third Monday
in April and October.
Hancock county fourth Monday after third
Monday in April aud October. continuing twelve
days
Harrison county. second Monday after third
Monday in April and October, continuing twelve
DAYS.
jackson county, third Menday Of April and Oets
Der, continuing twelve days.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
A new game, similar to nble and

a new gamo, similar 10 nule and
seek, IL becoming very popular in
this country. It is played as fol-
lows: a cashier IN y bank takes
the money Of the institution aud
disappears. Then the detectives
try TO fud him. II they succeed, ,
he comes home aud has to pay for.
Fasf
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

The Pail Mall Gazette warns its
readers to be prepared to uuder..
stand tho word "telphorager when
they encounter it. II is to be used
to mean transportation By meaus
of electricity.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
Delegates and Electoral Votes,
1884.

Clarion.
The following table gives the
number Of Presidential electoral
votes to which each State is ell.
titled, aud the number Of votes in
the democratic national couven.
ton:
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

The mother who is ut all times
ready to deteud her boy, right or
wrong, will ,somo day have d law
yer to help her.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
BOARD Of Health, jackson Co.

s. s. Henry, president, DIR. W. A. Cox,
DR.. NJ. Moore, J. w. Stewart and W. s.
Dodson, ST. DR.. w. d. Bragg, port ply
scisn and health officer.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

"Ob, mamwa!n Dried n littls girl
who saw a dude for tho 6rst time.
(which. Ii the nlan and which Ii
tho cane y
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20
Justice Coslrts.

Judge j. w. Starr holds regular terms
of court at tho courthouse IN Scranton
the second and fourth Wednesdays in each
month.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

Keeping sfecord Of the eggs laid
By eacll particular beu is The lay.
|test freak.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

A diamond valued at half 2 nil.
lion dollars has recently bseu found
IN Afrisa.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

Under the majority rule All
we're necessary to make Il ncmina-
ti0n.
Apropos Of the foregoing it will
be seen that the "Solid South has
f53 in Electoral College, as
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1884-06-20

Dr.. N. G. Vaughan,
DENTIST,
Noes Point, Miss.

Will attend al 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, 1884-06-20

kAMUEL TT. TEIlRAL, Judgc.
JAS. II. REVILEE District Attorney
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-15

City, Kan, Oct. s. Hail, snow, and sleet
at Lakin. There wa a heavy frost there.
Stockmen. who have been holding back
beef cattle owing to the Texas fever
scare, will now move them to shipping
points; believing that all the fever
germs have been destroyed. Upwards of
$4,000 head are TO go from this section.
Bon HALEY. a man already in posses
sion Of a bad criminal record, having
been under Arrest a number of times for
being implicated in various cEtting and
shooting ARRAYS, provoked a fight with a
young butcher named Joseph Whitney,
in a saloon on Archer avenue, Chicago,
drew a knife and stabbed Whitney in the
neck. The latter died almost instantly.
Haley made his escape and has not yet
been arrested.
A HEAVY rain injured the track of the
Northern Pacific Road, resulting in a
freight train being thrown off the track
near Fondulac, sixteen miles from
Duluth and the locomotive, tender. six
cars of coal, and two empty cars. rolled
into the st. Louis. Engineer Il. c. Har
ter, Fireman Stephen Judkins, and Brake
man Olcson were thrown under the train
and drowned.
TICKETS from Chicago to Counc !
Bluffs, Kansas City, and all Missouri
River points were bcin, sold yer all rail
way counters, Oct, II, for S1,l0. There
was no great rush 70 purchase, owing TO
the fact Of full rates being charged east.
ward from those points.
A FIRE at Wallula junction, Oregon,
destroyed seven buildings. Loss about
&C, 600. Theodore Prefer, a barkeeper,
was burned 10 death.
THE Third Presbyterian Church in
Chicago was partially burned Oct. 10.
The fire is supposed to have originated
in the organ loft, due to a lighted cigar
stump. Church and furniture cost 500.
coo, loss $15, 600: insured 800, 600.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-15
What He Remarked.

He was a particularly hard-up
debtor--or, at least, one from whom it
was eminently difficult to collect any
thing. One day his long suffering
creditors sent a new clerk to dun him,
not with much hope of success, how
ever. In due time the collector re-
turned.
well" said the employer, ibid you
get the money!"
mo; but he promised to pay at
once"
"He's always been promising but he
never fixes a day
"This time he did; he said to come
around Tue sday next, at II o'clock,
and he'd give me the money"
"IIe did? Did he say anything else?'
mo sir. Oh, yes! he did. As l was
coming out he said something about
"a pigs eye, over the left,' but the re.
mark seemed to me utterly irrelevant.
-Drake's Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-15
ITEMS r THE SOUTH.

Zone MINGo was shot and killed by
Solomon Tonsill in a saloon at Bridge,
ton, Mo. Tonsill served a peace warrant
on Mingo. who swore revenge. The
murderer escaped.
DURING the performance of a "Parlor
Match at Ford's Opera House in Balti-
more a calcium light began Kissing
and finally went out with a loud report.
The boys in the gallery began to run for
the exits. This noise startled the large
audience and in an instant all were on
their feet. Luckily, Messrs. Evans and
Hoes, who were on the stage, had the
presence of mind to rush to the front
of the stage and tell the people to sit
down. Then the orchestra began to
play. and the large audience stopped in
their flight toward the door. But for
the presence Of mind of those on the
stage, there would have been a serious
panic.
ST. LoUIs was entirely given up on the
night of Oct. 7 to the grand spectacular
parade of the Yelled Prophets, in honor
of fair week. The affair was a great sue
cess. The spectacle consisted of twenty
two tablcaux. representing a number of
the most notable scenes and incidents in
Shakespeare. The crowd was the greatest
that cvcr congregated IN the city, not
less than $4,000 strangers being in the
city. The ball at the Merchants Ex-
change was an exceedingly brilliant
affair.
THERE were $50 of the Mexican veter-
ans at the reunion in st. Louis Oct. 0.
A sINGuLAK case Of spontaneous com
bustion occurred at Canton. Miss, Oct.
10. A barrel of whisky, "Mocking
Bird brand, exploded in the saloon of
VIM. o. Hargan and ignited. The room
was enveloped in flames, but no serious
! damage occurred. There was no light
| or fire in the room at the time of the e
p~losion.
NEAR Vienna, Va, Mrs. Clarke, wife
of Justice Clarke, while trying to burn
out a wasps nest with a torch, set fire to
her clothing and was burned to death.
The house also caught fire and was
burned to the ground. She was 10 years
of age.
A BRIDGE on the Wabash. st. Louis
and Pacific Road, near Marysville, Mo-,
went down into a swollen stream with
an engine, and six freight cars loaded
with hogs. Engineer Cornish was buried
with the engine and killed, and the fire
man and breakman were badly injured
Nearly all the hogs were drowned.
JOHN S. Ewes, a prominent druggist o.
Nashville, Tenn, committed suicide by
hanging.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-15
TELEGRAPHC NEWS.
poINos AT THE EAST.

L. l.. WELLER, the c ll-known organ
manufacturer of Muncie, Ind, lost his
arm by a buzz.saw. He was formerly
with the Beauty Organ Factory Of Wash
ington, N J.
DURING q Democratic demonstration
at Higginsport, Ohio, Robert Shaw shot
Kendall Overturf through the heart.
The murderer was arrested.
A. Il. SKINNER. freight conductor on
tho Air Line Road, fell between the cars
at Fair Oak Station, Ind, and was
ground to pieces. His remains were
taken to his home in indianapolis.
The Supreme Court refused to respite
Charles w. Butler, who is condemned TO
hang at Columbia City, Ind, for wife
murder, on the ground that it had no
power to interfere in cases of this kind,
the Governor having declined to inter
venc.
The arrest of the husband and two
sons Of Mrs. Henderson,. whose body
was found Wednesday in a c~istern, de-
capitated and the head hidden in the
bushes, created great excitement in Troy,
Ind. Mrs. Henderson, refused 10 sign
away a farm Il which she had q deed in
fec simple, which the father and eldest
son wanted to dispose of. Several hun
drcd people were at the trial. and at that
time made an unsuccessful effort to
lynch the three prisoners. At Z o'clock
on the evening of the 10th q mob took
the oldest son out of Jail and hung him
to . beam in the barn where tl6 Crime
was committed. lie made a confession
that his father shot his mother, and that
he cut her head of with an ax. Later in
the evening the lynchcrs. 200 strong.
passed through Tell City on the way to
Cannellton, three miles above, to hang
the father and other son, who are in Jail
there.
ACCORDING to the estimates of the
director q the mint there is now in the
country no less than SIS, O0O, 900 in gold
and silver coin. OF this amount $55S,
600, 900 is gold, $1s2, O0O, 900 standard
silver dollars, and $7J, 900, 900 subsidiary
silver. This is n gain of $13,0 600, 900 in
gold and $22, OOO. 900 in silver since Oct. I,
1883. There is also $50, 0O0, 600 of bullion
for coinage, $1,000, 600 being silver.
T~HoMrsoN's Wall Paper Mandatory
burned in Cincinnati on the night of TIT
9Th. Loss $75, 600; insured for $55, 900
THE Windsor Hotel at Kingston,
burned. The inmates narrowly escaped
with their lives. George Mcmahon. 6
telegraph operator, jumped from q
window and had a leg broken. A female
servant was severely burned. Loss, $40,
GOO. The fire was caused by an explo
sion of gas.
THE Supreme Court of the United
States will meet in Washington Monday
next for the October term. Six Justices
are already in the city. and all are ex
pccted to take seats when our rcas
sembles. The number Of cases on the
docket is 1,0a5. or fif~ty-four less thar
the corresponding time last year.
Miss GERTIE DONALD, of Alliance
Ohio, died in half an hour after receiv
ing a pistol shot wound in her back. She
was passing along the street when a re
volver fell from a drawer of a bureau
that was being taken from a handcart
The weapon struck the pavement ant
was thereby discharged.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-15
AhOut Ants.

ANY one who watches an ants nest
may see the insects as they play with
each other. One of their favorite
games is for ant to pick up another
in its jaws, carry it for some little dis
lance, and then put it down. The
playmate meanwhile curls itself into a
ball, tucks in its legs, and comforts
itself so that it may be more easily
carried.
They keep domestic pets in the form
of a tiny species called Stenamma
Woodii. 1t possesses no popular title,
it is so sm~all--scarcely the tenth OF an
inch in length-and is only found in
the nests of other ants: the wood ant
seeming to he it's favorite host.
THE Stenammas,'' writes Sir J.
Lubbock, follow the Formicas when
they change their nest. running about
among them, and between their legs,
tapping them inquisitively with their
antenna, and sometimes even climbing
on their backs, az for a ride, while the
larger ants seem to take little notice OF
them. They almost seem to be the
dogs, or perhaps, rather the eats Of the
antS,n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1884-10-15
THE LATEST IN GENERAL.

JosE!H boyD, stepson of tl!erman
John Langdon. of Lacrosse, Wis, was
driving a team home, when they became
frightened and uncomfortable. They
ran a short distance when Boyd, seeing
they were about to collide with a wagon
in which a little girl was seated, turned
them against IA large tree. The pole of
the wagon struck the tree and Boyd was
pitche | out, his head striking the II, c
with such violence that his skull was
crushed and jaw bone broken, death
bein. instantaneous. lie leaves a wife
and infant child.
y. Z. FoGARTY. the Cashier Of the
bankrupt First National Bank of Living
ston, Montana, who was arrested and in
default of bail was brought to Bozeman
and lodged in the county jail, has been
so Frustrated since his arrest by the
troubles closing round him that his
physician is very much alarmed for his
safety, and is fearful that the illness now
fastened upon him will end only in
death.
N. MORGAN RoTH, dealer in gentle
mems furnishing goods, Chicago, has
been closed by the sheriff. Liabilities,
$35, coo; assets about x23,0O0
II. ZIMMERMAN L. Co, of Chicago,
| cloak manufacturers, assigned. Liabil-
tiles, $50 NO; assets, $50, 0O0.
A CHICAGO firm. Wardell Il Hincklcy,
dealers in engines and machinery. were
closed by the sheriff. Liabilities S2J,0HO;
asses, SIS, 600.
THE schedule in the assignment OF
Burnett & Pond. New York, was filed.
The total liabilities are $6l1 900; 1885. 0O1
actual assets.
GEN. DELIsLE tclegraphs: The
Chinese lost 900 men including several
Generals in the late battle
GRANVILLE, British Minister of Foreign
Affairs, has forwarded Bismarck his &C
ceptance of the invitation to attend, il
behalf of England, the conference a
Berlin upon Congo ,%ffairs, provided the
conference be confined to questions con
corning the of the Congo, ant
shall not include French disputes rela
tive to the territory of West Africa. Thu
conference will meet at Berlin, Nov. 6
Bismarck will preside.
THE bonded warehouse of J. G. Reacl
s. Co., Uniontown, Ky. took fire ant
was totally destroyed, together will
about 2,000 barrels of whisky, whicl
was three years old and valued at $50.
900. The total loss will reach *l75,0 W
FIVE cars of a freight train jumped IN
track near Henderson, KY, rolled owe
an e%mbankment, and were completed,
demolished. Henry Epmie and Loui
Hoag were fatally injured.
Dock MARTIN, who killed E. N
Peasants, at Rolling Falls, Miss, wa
lynched by a mob of colored men, VIII
overpowercd the guards.
DANIEL DoNAHUE, returning home /
New York, found his wife suspended b
her neck to the ransom of her bedroom
In his excitement he rushed out, whe
he ran against a policeman who arreste
him. On investigation he was released
il being evident that the oman ha
committe d suicide.
OWING to the disappearance Of choler
in Europe. the Secretary of the Treasur
has requested the Department of Stat
to discontinue the services of Sanitar
INSPECTORS at London and Liverpool
The Inspectors in France and Italy wi
be retained for the present.