The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-02-20
NEWS In BRIEF.

a
Tne London police hiss seized
%qnautity Of dynamite in Portlan,
Place.
Newport, r. l., has decided l.
light ner PARKS and principal street
by electricity.
The farmers in the northern par
OF Aiizona are gong into hol
raising very extensively.
"A boy OF fifteen murdered hi,
grandmother in Hardin county, IL
linois, because she had reprimlnd
ed bin.
The Arkansas Legislature passed
a resolution favoring the opening
of the Oklahoma lands TO settle.
ment under the homestead laws.
Gov. Cameron, of Virginia, re-
fuses to comply with the order of
the United States Court, ordering
the State bond coupons receivable
for taxes.
W. r.. Harvey, a civil engineer,
in charge of levce work neIr Friar's
Point, Miss, shot and killed one of
foremen named Ed. Manly, who
had made an assault N him.
j. NJ. jackson. a levee contractor
near Memphis, was assaulted by
sixteen men. jackson used bis
six shooter with telling effect,
striking six men, three of whom
have died. Jackson was acquitted.
De Lesseps. the great engineer,
considers the English expedition
doomed to failure. The ttnatics Of
the Loudan will aunihilate tue
British army.
A prominent resident of Hob0k-
en- says be fell ont CT Il second
story window. The authorities be-
lieve hts wife pushed him out. She
swallowed some ammonia, but il
did not kill her.
Preparations are being made by
the inhabitants OF St. Augustine,
Florida, for the celebration of the
anniversary of its founding,
which will take place Oh March
9th and 2Sth.
The Cincinnati fire department is
GUESSING the propriety of doing
away with its hoSe-rcels and sub
stitu'iDg heavy spring wagons,
y hicl have been adopted in nam
Der Of the leading cities.
Some of the clerks in the depart.
nents where special skill ~ rcquir-
ed, says IL Philadelphia Press cor.
respendent, are said to be allowing
'caseS to accumulate on their
in Il partially finished eonli
ion so that they may have Il claim
10 be retained until tie first Wild
'uSh for office under the new AL.
ninistration Is over.
A Detroit man went home drunk
he other day and..Started to smash
hinas. His daughter ran IN Ter.
or for The police. When thu DO.
iceman arrived he found The
imasher Oh the floor with his hands
lnd feet tlcd with Il clothcs-linc.
While BIS wife found time between
isoioas blows OF tie broomstick
o say that she was policeman of
hat hepSe.
Valuable deposits OF manganese F..
re said to have heeu discovered
ear Batcsviilr, Arkansas. The +.
was first discovered on /
tract OF 1000 acres Of iaad, en- !
red at $1.25 per acre before the {
iScovery. The manganese belt or
is estimated to he about
velye miles long. The ore occurs /.
packets, and is IN oxide running ?
ON 40 to 6j per cent, OF metalic )
anganese.
Rapid progress is being made 10 s
in getting rid ot erial tel 3
graph aud telephone wires. TIE /
ok OF placing the wires under L
Quad is going forward without
tracing attention or disturbing {
%lsineSs. There are now 7IS niles
underground wires 10 the city,. I
d the IafcrOccdh predicts that in
ar or two 9iial wires in Chicago
be as much a thing of the past
the erection OF fame buildings
thin the city limits.
The National C1lion Planters'
ssoeiatIon, which met in New Or.
last week, finished the bnsi.
SIS before it, aud adjourned TO 70 :
'et in Charleston, s. c., next
The last day OF the meeting
) taken mp with an address by
esident M%orehead, with resolu.
ms of Importance aud election OF
which resulted as fOllows:
rsideut, f. O. Morehead, Of
sSisSippi Vice Presidents -
och Erusley, Tennessee ; Henry
all, Texas; IL. g. Stringfellow, Y
n%isiaua; \. J. BuSSey, Georgia ; ~
w. FOote, Mississippi; II. p. SeT
tier, South Carolina Mcnttord pos
Gehee. North Carolina; S. r. Tw.
Arkansas; I. 4. Hilder, earl
'sissippi; NJ. Sebring, Florida.
A. Pollock, OF Mississippi, was j.
treasurer, aud I. p. -
of New Orleans, reelected ~
Mr.. Grasty promptly
gned, aud Mr.. w. w. Alleine. s
mississippi, was elected to fill
vacancy. President MOrehead
Endorsed for the appointment 81
Jnifed States Commissioner Of q