The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-02-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Political quidnucs are sure oil
three names tor the Cabinet: Bay
ard, Manning and Garland.
: Francis S. Drake, a well-knOwu
literary man, died suddenly at the
. fremont House, Boston, last night
phe dynamiters held a session in
Chicago yesterday. Mrs. A. II,
Parsons, the fipndish colOred wO.
man, made another of her iDcendi.
AIRY speeches.
Tue remains of Rev. Father Ca
hill, the Irish patriot and preacher,
which have been for the last TWEEN
ty years in H~olyland Cemetery, will
be removed to Ireland.
Mrs. BOny, 90 years of age, liv-
ing alone near Falmouth, Ken
tncky, barred the door aud win.
dOws OF her house, started a blaze,
aud persisted therein.
The Supreme Court in Tonnes
see has decided that \ trainer has
a lieu upon a horse tor his services,
time and expense IN preparing the
hOIse for his races.
The New York World estimates
that at the lowest calculation there
are $4,000 men and women idle in
that city, which means at least ST.
OOO, 900 "a week lost in wages.
Another famous legend has struck
q snag. 1t il now asserted that
when Rome burned fddles had not
been invented, and consequently
Nero could not have INDUCED in
the musical pastime attributed to
him. Alas! with the disappear
ance of the Captain John Smith.
Pocahontas, the Tell Apple and
other allegorles, what will the
school chilJren of the future do for
pretty fables
The resolutions which were re.
Gently passed by the Connecticut
Legislature, expressing abhO:euce
of the dynamite Ontrages at theI
Houses o. Parliament aud the Tow.
Pr OF London, have been engrOssed
on parchment and will be forward.
ed to the Queen. The parchment
will be enclosed in a handsome box
and forwarded through the State
Department.
A st. Louis physician has dis.
covered Il crank who wants to rival
Guiteau. He unfolded his plans
for the removal of the President
elect at length, aud as the details
were discussed became so violent
that he had to he taken into custo
dy. When searched a murderOus
knife was found upon his person.
1t was afterwards ascertained that
he was an escaped lunatic from
Seneca Falls, n. Y.
There is rivalry between Trenton,
N. j., and Washington, ID. g., for
the location of the National Cath
Ollie University of the United
States, recently provided for by
donation. A special 10
The Baltimore AmericdA states that
almost beyond u doubt Trenton
" i'll be the site. Tho Rev. Father ,
OF Washington says he
has good reaso to believe tbaC a I
site will be found and the institu- [
ION will be established ia WASH
On the 23d inst, Cecirs mill, near
JitrOnelle, Ala, was burned. The
Mill, and two hundred aud fifty
thousand feet of lumber, are Il to-
al loss. Mr.. Cecil had a few DAYS
go sold his lumber to the Mobile
)OaI and Lumber Company of Mo
'ile, and was preparing to ship his
lumber on to-day. Losses estima-
eel at $4,000. The cause of the
ire is supposed to be the work of
n incendiary.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry
avs that in January, the thermom.
ter at JabOutsk, Eastern Siberia,
egistered 101.So below zero, AMI
q tue same country a staff surge
n had known it to DO 80 colder.
iercury in that region is solid for
at a time, aud can be worked
nth a hammer like lead ; iron is
rittle like glass and is useless /;
ven the fire seems to freeze, for the
ases which feed it lose their heat.
the winter of 1920 it was
npossible to go out without a mask
prevent losing the nose or ears.
The dedication OF the Washing.
IN monument, at Washington, d.
;, took place on the 22d. Presi-
ent Arthur and Cabinet, and a
'st of distinguished gentlemen
The President delivered -,
% GRAFTON of the day. The total -
light OF the monument is 555 feet; =,
% feet higher than the Bunker h..
i'll Monument, 275 feet higher COZ
an tue dome of the Capitol, 1877
ct higher tban the Cathedral Of 60
ilan, 1876 feet higher than st. Pa
luls, London; liz feet higher
an st. Peters, Rome; los feet 81
than the Pyramid of CleopS,
1Ol higher than st. Peters, =,
. Petersburg; O3 feet higher than
Q hitherto uDequaled Cologne
Ithedral.
Additional details of the killing
Marshal Costing on a train at Up
w Braunfels, Texas, show that
3 two women, Mrs 4. A. Brown, I
of Pitts aud Miss ger