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Poison In the Filter.

From the New York Graphic
Nearly all our cherished theories are liable 70 De
overthrown In this tnquiring and iconociastic age
The world has been confidently trusting FOR gen
erations back 70 the thousand and one appliances
for purifying ordinary drinking water. AL sorts
OF flJers are In daily use, and every blessed one
OF them emblazoned with certificates OF disease
preventing qualities. Now rises up Dr. swarts In
the Rhode Island Medical society I'D declares that
the flters are not only worthless but absolutely
dangerous 70 health. He does more lie proves
his assertion. He took unrltered water and showed
In IL the presence OF about thirty sx specimens on
animal and vegetable matter. He poured the same
water through = litter which had been In use Two
days and made the astounding revrlatlon mat
there were thousands OF new germs added 70 IL
Then he explained that the posons caught up py
the hitter every day OF its use become the source
OF vast multiplication OF the dangerous eie-
mene In the water and render tt necessarily more
Impure than when not Altered u all HIS advice
was that n water nlters could NOT De Thoroughly
Cleaned at least once day it would % Ia better
70 dispense with them aitogethef.
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The Uacas a.eaa.

From the New YORK Star.
One OF the fosHilized sbsurdities and incobss-
nienoes OF our time h the uncut leaf OF the boa
or magazine. II amounts simply TO an unfinished
BOOK OF magazine. The trimming Of each oook
can De done by machine In the fractional par q
minute. Tine reader b now required 70 90 tsss
part OF the publishers unfinished work TIE Gus
tom IL almost ~Eariy Englsh" IN ~ origin. sDd
dates a. Tar back ~ the time when me kngll.n-
man hadn't many printed books ana vac 70 prvud
With the leaves uncut - proof that no one he'd
read it before him Two hundred ana cd ye~rs
printed matter. and LOOKS were then rogArocd
win actual reverence. But the uncut leaf n enc
OF the many barnacies o. custom ana usage re
stagRer under ana endure, along with the i0ra
srlll curreot with c1ass that woman hzs no
head Tor business o. that man can beorn -
new en- tra1s a 0roesonon after my.
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HAGERSTOWN HAPPENINGS.
Florida PASSENGER 10 be Ouaranttned.
the Exodus from the Mountains.

Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
HAGEKsTOwN, september IL
The "yellOw fever scare" has struck HagerStown.
This grows out Of the fact that we are only about
twenty-four hours de to prominent points in
Florida by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad (Which
has its terminus here) and the East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia Railroad. 1t Is favorlte
route for Northern excursionists to the South and
as immense amount OF freight in through cars
come up from Florida route to New York. Phila-
delphia and Boston, our citizens are apprehensive
that the disease may be impaired by refugees or
conveyed by the freight cars. This feeling has
been intensified by the recent death OF Prof.
Proctor in New York. and steps will oe taken look
ing to quarantining passengers and cars from the
afflicted localities.
The social event of the week was the marriage
OF MI. H. 4. Beachley, one OF Hagerstown's proni-
only daughter Of P. A. Wilmer, county school ex-
aminer, and one OF the editors and proprietors Of
the Daily NeWs, Of this place. The wedding
day, In st. Pauls NJ. Z: church. the ceremony being
Performed by the Rev. A. M. Courtenay. The
bridesmaids . , were Miss Liboie Beke, OF Hagers-
The bride Was given away by her brother, Mr..
Frank Wilmer, a student at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College, near Washington. After the
ceremony the couple left for an extended northern
tour
Mr.. Thos Knode, a liveryman, of Washington,
who had been conducting the business at Blue
Ridge summit during the summer months passed
through here yesterday with his teams FOR ASH
tngtOn. The cold weather has caused a general
exodus from the mountain resorts, and a number
have closed for the season, including the Caremont
House, M1ller's Hotel and Buena Vista. The Blue
Mountain House at Pen Mar Will remain open until
OctOberl.
The 13Oth regiment OF Pennsylvania volunteers
will hold their first reunion the Antietam bat
teneld september H. This regiment was badly
cut up in this memorable engagement, having
had 40 killed and 250 wounded Gov. Beaver will
De present on the OCCASION and the veterans will
entertained nf
Sharpsburg, aud Gen. U. s. Grant Post, OF Har-
per's Ferry.
Mr.. Thos Orcott, residing at Rohersville, this
county, met with a possible fatal accident at
Harper's Ferry. While at work at the pulp mill
he was caught by q truck car. One or his legs
was broken In three places and he received severe
INJURIES about his Aead and breast II.
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Girls I'm Candy stores.

fSan tiic tn1ca<O journal
In confectionery establishment where half a
dozen pretty young women are employed behind
INC counters noticed one OF the latter cram half
= aoLen earamels into her mouth at once and an
year 70 ENJOY them hugely. she stood In full view
OF Tue proprietor as she did so and exnecfed 70
- - ni sahinister reproot Instead OF doing so
We oniy ooAeu al me and knowingly CLOSED MS ieft
eye. sAo1id think terrible inroads must he
nlaus u yvuf STOCK II all your young women nave
appetitcs Ike that" observed .Sot q bif of A. "
ne nssponaea wnen young woman Is engaged
~ ~. ior tnis mousse she receives PERMISSION
70 eat just as much az she likes: with the sfr,cr
understanding, however, that she Is nor 10 carry
any out or the store. She avails HERSELF of the r
mission readily enough, but sac doesn't n. yporr
hall so much the second day as she does the ursi
on the third she gets away with even less ana =,
the end VI week she wouldn't give you 10 cents
Tor the contents OF the whole sf.op so Tar a. her
appetite Is concerned The girl VINO bolted thess
caraiaels Just now thinks she's the Iuckiest girl
alive. In Q week she won't care whether All ina
Candy shops In the country keep school or not 40
long a. her employment Is secure. Ny advice To a
youth with candy -devouring girl Is for him 70
iced her steadily with Il for week At the END Of
. week he can devote bis salary 70 other uses"
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Artificial Flowsrs,

Artincial lowers were nrst invented BY pious
nuns In tine Italian convrnts the affairs and
shrines were up 70 the eighteenth century deco
rated with artificial nowers laborously put TO.
gether OF paper. parchment and other sun mate
rtala since then the '1talian flowers" which are
made tn Venetian factories OF the imperfect CO.
coons Of stlkwormA have become famous for their
daintinesA which makes them particularly suitable
for toilet decorations have been over one OF the
Visitor 70 Venice taken hts early cup OF chocolate
g Fiorian'4 near the Marcus Place, when the
clcor0no appears, Offering 10 shoW MIN the
s'famousr factory Of the sfamous Italian fjoWera
The factory V situated In one Of the Rray old
houses OF the Fressans, and several hundred girls
ago occup1sd n r.
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Conc After Wafer.

4 rom tne 0reen1Doro (0A.) Sun
Astory Is toid on Sunday school teacher in
certain oackwoods settlement In a neiohbortnc
county which Is worth publishing. she hsd = ns,s
class OF young scholars, the parents OF vhicn Ma
neglected 70 give them any instructions IN sns,r
catechism whatever. Coming to the f,rst nov N
the class she asked him who made him. he d,c NOT
KNOW. she toio MN COD and urged him 70 remems
oldest man He did not know ana the teacher to Old
him 0ethuSelah. 30 she went on down she
class asking each question and giving them the
While abe was thus engaged the ,rss boy want
20 the bucket AFTER some water. The teacher "a
that any was absent she asked the nrst boy VINO
Wi.houl hesitation the boy quickly replied, .xe-
~. ,.NOI" exclaimed the teacher In assouishmsnt
mo ne didn't" persisred the urchin. with con.
noence the boy God maoe u gone after WssSr =
The teacher gave up The clasA
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
HUNTING FOR Uo,rxr,
People Returning 20 Tn. c,,xr.r..

HE CONDITION OF TIE REAL rxr,rv x,r
Prices STEADILY nArSr.rxrn--uv xvyrr-, %
TEE PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIVE IN
THE SUBURBS. Nv
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Senior Romero, . high oeicial In the spanisn
Bank, az Havana, has been nhoc and Killed bv \
caerk whom - hsd dismissed
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IrsrER WALLACE DIED a rooR sAS--SEw roKse
AID TO JACKSONVILLE srIFEREks-Akr woksHIr-
ING xaNNoS-BpsfSEss WOMEN VINO swEAk Asp
DO OTHER nASsTsH rHISos
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SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION.
Reproductions Of the Early Maps Of
the District.

A VALUABLE WORK NEARLY COMPLETED BIZ THE
COAST sURvEY-THE ORIGINAL LRSFANT NAP
LAYING OUT yHE cAPrTAL-How THE LAND FOR
STREETS WAS sECURED-LArER MAPS
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Ar HOME IN Japan.
From m acknowledgement Hotel % q
Aouss 81 Wicker and Paper.

STITCHES or LIE m roKro-opprTrEs IN rHE CON-
sTRUcT1oS or PRIVATE REsIpRxcE-A Baru OF
FIRE AND wArER-rHx OPPRESSIVE PoIIrENEss AND
TIE INFINITE nERRnESr OF JAPANESE DINNER.
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should be sighted, and when he met any OF his
oid-time neignOors from his New Hampshire home
make their stay with him. Mr.. Snow remained
until President Buchanan came In and some tine
after.
Mr.. BUCHANAN AND THE FRExEN.
'Mr. Buchanan" continued the old attendant.
''never forgot friend. While have seen the re.
ceptOns given by him to distinguished people. mill
tary organizations, and other societies. never saw
MIN receive any with greater cOrdiallty than he
dld the nremen: This was particularly the case
have often wondered why he seemed so partial to
them and the key is In the fact that In his young
days he ran with the machine, and FOR some wears
was president OF the Union Fire Co.. of Lancaster
Pa, as have been told"
How GEN. GRANT WAS PROMOTED.
II see" said the veteran, "that Gov. Washburne
Is given the credit OF securing Con. Grants pro-
motion Well, that is true for I well remember
Mr. Washburne's visit to the White House to urge
Gen. Grant for the head OF the Army, think In
March, 1854. There were q number OF visitors
awaiting AN interview In the evening, and Presi-
Gent Lincoln was engaged with q gentleman at
the time. Mr.. Washburne came In and said he
wished 10 see the President, and must see hiIn
hour Win Si sald IL mass be ena Maps an
business and Mr. Washburne replied that his OBJ
sss was wa 70 nave the war closed, and Gen. Grant
the war more than did, and told MIN SO. and
Inal would see the President for him. then H.
Mr. Lincoln Of Mr. s went up 20
M. Lincoln did not like TO make any ex-
saao: hear people outside waiting TO
~ me; what can I do with them?'
You Wen Know that u takes some tact. some
nav,msoge VI human nature, " manage tine crOwds
gaming can. at tae White House. told the President
ona 49,, %oeH manage the crowd for him, ana going
San sn: you must excuse the Presi
Nv Inns evening" He says tnat he will certainly see
s0 O6 al eo-mSrrow morning, and know YOU an
S Sna VIII see that he win give each Of You an au
9,en I Sne man said: That's all right for he
viii t nc oe JUST up from the breakfast table and
ana MI. Wash0urne having been admi,taa ~ ~
n IA ~ Inc ONCE Two hours and nan. When
ne nc ca. came aoMn-stars he remarked, sWelL have
VIII d. ended' He left In The best OF spiritaS
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the site of the city was selected TO convey all the
streets and reservations delineated In the Man
10 the commissioners. This order elected yvorons
lengthy communication TO the President. then NJ
Adams setting tort that the new man ~.
their Fights put they forbade the trustees 10 CON
yey, ana promised them indemnity in case they re-
fused 10 convey. One OF the principal Changes COM
planned OF In the new map the failure To insert
new map also contained what u now known as
Lafayette Square. In LEnfalts' man Connect, on:
avenue, l6th street and Vermont avenue were con-
unueu down 10 the line OF Pennsylvania avenue
cutting up this reservation into several irregular
blocks Mr.. Samuel Davidson, the owner, natu-
aaNy Eo1ectea 70 having bis land transformed into
ooliged 10 sell 10 the Government at the
rate Oh 500 per acre. Mr.. Daniel Carroll
dences he had erected on his land fronting what
ne supposed would be the Capitol grounds would
DC Injured II the squares at the Southeast and
northeast corners OF the grounds were retained as
proposed by the DermoIt map and the lots sold for
building sites. The DermotI map was adopted in
ssh IN sne protests ana me approval OF President
however, this did not prevent the bringing OF suits
al law Dy some OF the proprietors One OF the curl
OF streets and squares In what Is now the marsh
land or the Eastern Branch. There are thirty
SQUARES laid out In addition TO those shown on the
recent maps OF the city, and the streets extend to
3lst street east instead OF TO 25th street. a. at
present.
THE KING PLArs
The last part OF the volume OF mana ana in fact
constituting the main portion, IL the sixteen
plates OF the King plata They were prepared By
Mr. Nicholas King, as shown by the old records OF
the Uty IN the once OF the commissioner OF public
buildings and grounds, under the custody of
Mr. Jonn N. Stewart, Q. L Mr.. King Was en-
ployed as surveyor BY the commissioners and In
1so2 he became the chief city surveyor, which
ONCE he held until his death, In the yeaf isIa
MI. Taggart states In regard to these plats: ~The
work bears evidence upon its lace OF having been
prepared with great care. and Il is manifes.T an
elaborate piece Of map making. In addition 70
the streets squares, &c, there are laid down upon
II the h1s OF the holdings Of the original proprte-
tors OF the land within the limits or the CIV ~
The plats In Tie opinion OF both Mr.. TagRart and
Mr.. stewart, were begun by Mr.. King during his
nrst employment for The period OF a year In con-
nection with the surveying department., which
was IN 1856 ana finished during hts last period or
service. The plats have the date OF leO2
Senor Romero. high ofaclal In the spanish
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ENGINES OF DEsrnUCrron.


lLAM on wAR vEssRIs THAr rnI pEsssxxns rxNr
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND SECRET METHODS or
WORKING THxM-A NAN wno SENDS rlAm on
HALIFAX HAKDOR.
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OLD TIMES IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
RecollecstOus OF an Old Astache % the
Prcsidemt's Household.

PRESIDENT FOLKS FoNDSRss FOR cH1IpRKN-KNTBR-
TANNING TIE MARINE BAED-0KN. TAYLOR AND
MS OLD wAR H0Rs.-NR PIERcRs HosPrfALrrY-
HOW GEN. GRANT WAS PROMOTED.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-20
SUNDAY LAW.

From all we hear we think n eft
fcient and excellent mayor and ex
OficlO justice of the peace has about
frozen out the last Sunday law vlO-
latOr. 1t has been a straight
smooth cut, and no bark lett. No
more hunbugging with JurleS about
selling sandwiches and a glass OF
beer thrown in no more throwing
dust in the eyes OF Justice.
Our mayor and ex-officio justice
of the peace says: 81 must see the
law vindicated if you don't like
the law make your law makers re.
peal il."-BiLori Herald.
The mayor aud ex-oficio justice
OF the peace of Biloxi is u philosO.
pher. Scranton is not altogether
purged. We need a little more of
the freezing out process. We live
under the same Sunday law, that
old, respected law. 1t is worthy of
respect and demands respect. We
would call the attention of our new
mayor 10 the resolutions of the
mayor of our sister city.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-20

We try and keep q tull stock oil
anything aud everything needed in
town or country, bnt II We should
not have any article, We order same
with pleasure. Il. Bloomfield & Go.
The Schooner j. aud j., Capt.
George A. r.. Lawrence, is loading
at the Dhntzler Lumber COmpIny's
Mills. She will carry about 49,
900 feet of dressed aud rough lum-
Der, for Point Clear. Ala. The Ce-
celia will take 10000 feet of lumber
aud $4,000 shiugles, for Mississippi
river from the Ddntzler Lumber
COmpany's Mills,
The festival at Mr.. r. W. Hunt
ington's, Tuesday night, was a sue
cess in in every particular. There
was a large crowd, the refresh.
ments very nice, and the floral
decorations were superb. The
amount realized was about $18.
The new hotel of this place is
about complete, and open for bust
ness. 1t is the Eagle Hotel, under
the management of Mrs. S. Sud-
bury. The Eagle is two story aud
has twenty-five rooms, large and
airy. This is a ~long-telt want sup.
piled.
The very neWeSt store in Moss
Point is Mat Cadabac's Ladies'
Store at the old stand of his father.
He is now receiving a we'll selected
stock OF ladies' goods, which will
be sold at the very lowest figures
tor cash only.
The prOtrated meeting at the
Baptist church closed last Sunday
at IL O'Clock. One young lady was
received in the church, and i'm
merSed Sunday morning.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-20
PERSONAL, GENERAL
And Other Notes Gathered From Various
Sources.

The new Baptist church bell haI
a "dalsy7 sound.
Mr.. q. Il. Wood is attending Cir
cult Court in Greene county tbiI
week.
Mr.. E. L. Myers, of HandsbOrO
was here this week pushing his
insurance business.
Give Stewards Condition Pow
ders to your horses aud COWS, %
cents a package.
There was a wedding in town
Sunday, but we failed to learn the
names Ut the contracting parties.
DON'T neglect to call aud examine
Mat Cudabac's goods, before pur-
chasing elsewhere. Go at once see,
and we guarantee you will buy.
Mr.. j. w. Turner, of Winchester,
was here Tuesday looking after his
interest in the square timber bust
ness.
The general subject of the next
ChautauQua meeting is Shakespeare,
aud promises to be of unusual in.
terest.
Mr.. j. FL. Blomer, who has been
attending school in New Orleans,
spent last week at home.
We keep tho best selected stock
of groceries in town, and we call at
tentioH to our California eau goods,
fruits, preserves, and %jelIies, choice
cOrn beef aud pOtted ham, olives,
pickles, ETC., E. Bloomfield & Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. w. Huntington
spent Saturday aud Sunday in Pas-
cagoula, and returned home Mon
day.
A lovely line OF spring aud sum
mel goods have been opened by us
this week, to which we invite your
inspection both as TO prices and
quality. Il. Bloomfield q Go.
The pleasing cOuntenauce of sev.
eral of our we'll known travelling
men may have been noticed on our
streets this week.
Summer is upon as in earnest,
that is il we are allowed to use the
numerous festive straw hats, which
may daily be seen on our streets, as
a criterion to Judge by.
Hon. d. Webster Mcleod, the
able Representative in tue last Leg
islature from Greene county, was
in town this week, looking after the
log business.
Mr.. G. w. Robinson leaves next
week Tor New York, via Chicago
aud Milwaukee, TO be absent some
time.
We have now for sale in addition
to our complete stock of shoes, an
elegant Cincinnati ladies' boot.
Call aud examine.
Il. BLOOMFIELD q Co.
Hypathean meeting tonight Fri.
dayl, at Rev. ID. D. Byer's. All
members are requested TO be pres
cut, as election Of officers takes
place.
E. Bloomfield s. Co., buy their
goods under guarantee, aud sell in
the same way. Remember this
when comparing prices.
DR.. Ed. r. Bragg left this week
for jackson, where he goes to stand
an examination before the Board Of
Medical Examiners for this district,
so as he may be enabled TO prsc-
tics bis profession in this State.
Ii is growing warm, but the pub-
lie will fnd the cool and comfOrta.
BILE store of E. Bloomfield & CO., a
most delightful place in which to
shon-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-20
GARDENERS ASSOCIATION

Last Saturday a meeting Of citi.
zens engaged III gardening in tue
vicinity OF Scranton held u meet.
Ing at the Courthouse aud organic
ed Il Gardeners Association. The
plan ut organization had already
been drawn up aud was adopted,
with amendments, by sections.
Officers were then elected as fol-
lows: President, II. Il. Everitt ;
Vice. President, Irving P. Delmas
Secretary and Corresponding Sec.
rotary, H. S. ROurke; Treasurer,
@. Ii. DelmaS.
Thus Differed this Association
starts out to advance the interests
OF IL gardeners by cooperative
enterprise that is doing such won
ders in other parts OF the State.
Mr.. Everitt is a lawyer who will
freely contribute his professional
talents III aid of the work in hand.
Nj. Rourke is an experienced mer-
chant recently from Tuscaloosa,
Ala, aud enters enthusiastically
upon the work assigned him as
Secretary, for which he ispeculiarly
fitted by education and training,
while the MeSsrs. Delmas, holding
the other two offices, are expert
enced gardeners aud shippers.
The attendance was not large at
this first meeting, as the notice
given was short, but another
meeting IS 10 be held next
Saturday evening when a number
Ut new members are expected from
this place, Orange Grove and Moss
Point. There + plenty of gar
deners in the vicinity of these
places to make the organization
quite strong, and they are taking
hold of it with considerable vim.
1t is tue object OF the Association
to handle all the garden products
shipped from this part of the cOun-
ty, and it seems now that it will be
doue.
We have the soil for early gar
dening, and with our early sprung
our Coast gardeners ought to be-
several weeks in the market ahead
of any other part OF the State.
Is no kiud of farming,
probably. that pays better, and no
is better than u Southern
piney wood loan. As these things
become appreciated, our gardening
business increases annually. IT, is
Tow the object OF this Association
o encourage the business, as we'll
Is to bring the producer anl the
consumer iuto more intimate rela.
.ious and belt understanding. A
statistical feature in its workings
will show what is being done and
'Orm a basis upon which 10 act adj :
'antaSeOuSly. We hope for the
)eSt results.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-20
LAND NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, MISS,

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, MISS, I
April q, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-uamed settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his clam, aud that said proof will be
made before the Judge or in his absence
the Circuit Clerk Of Jackson county, at
Scranton, Miss, on May u, 1898, viz. (:
StaOislaus BeaBgez, homestead No. 1906,
for the southeast quarter, northwest quar-
ter aud northeast quarter, southwest quar-
ter. section Is, township Z, south range :
west.
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon aud
cultivation of said land, viz. W. G. Bull
lock, John Ryan. Lazurus Seymour, Jr.,
and Martin Ryan, all Of Ocean Springs
p. o., jackson county, Miss.
JAS. d. STEWART, Register.
April 6, 1558. ont
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-20
LAND NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss,
Nh o. 1904

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, Miss,
March %, 1884.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice Of his
intention to make final proof in support
OF his claim, and that said proof viii be
maize before the Judge, or IN bis absence
the Circuit Clerk Of Jackson county, at
Scranton, Miss, on May II, 1883 viz: Fe-
lix A. Rouse, homestead entry. No. 1856,
for the west half southwest quarter. sec
ton IL, and west half, northwest quarter,
section IA, township 2. south range 7 west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz Daniel NJ.
Howell, Joseph W. Pritchett, William A.
Dennis and Samuel Davis, all Of Basin
p. o., Jackson county, Miss.
JAS. d. STEWART, Register.
March %, IS53. act