The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-09-21
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State News Boiled Down

VEN "ory byS2l majoHlv
A bagging made of pine straw i,
said to be a success.
West Point wants a musical chm
The colt show nj Corulh was a.oo.
cess. "'u'-
Carpenters are IN demand at ponlo.
toe.
A 100000 \. NJ. c.. A Hall is 10 h
erected in Natehez.
The ice fasaay in Water Valley
viii soon be at work.
The Baptists of Winona are go,o,
to erect a handsome parsonage.
Winona received her first balo NJ,
new cotton on The 9Th. II sold for IN
5-8.
Two Mormon preachers were ar.
rested in Winston county a few day.
ago.
Col. c. F. Merrill will soon BERN
the erection of a pump yineer and bov
factory at Grecnville.
The estimates made by our stoto
exchanges OF the damage done TO tbe
cotton BY the iGccssant rains and fro.
quent storms range all The wav from
twenty to fifty pcr cent. The avcragn
will probably not reach more than
thirty per cent.
Little Clayton, Webb, Of Liberty.
was bitten twice in cigh: DAYS bv
what are known as ground rattle.
snakes. THE remedy applied, which
effected a cure of the bites, was
pouliice Of crushed garlic, five drops
ofiodine Internally every two hours
and an application of iodine extern.
ally.
A red fox--a rare specimen--vas
Killed rear Oxford last week by .
party Of hunters. II is to be stuffed
and preserved as a curiosity,
The last Legislature authorized the
Board Of Supervisors of Monroe couu.
ty TO levy ID poll tax of two dollars,
The school debt of the county is large,
and the poll TAX fand is to be used in
paving it off.
The Meridiln saloons are beginning
to open after l~4bspcnsion of a ycaror
two.
More than fifty persons were con-
vcrieG at the late Camp Meeting at
Crystal Springs.
Hon G. E. Hooker, Jr, has rendered
his resignation TO the Governor as
member Of the Legislature, thas re.
moving all doubt as to his eligibility
as a Presidential Elector.
Prof. e. II. Cooke, of Columbus, a
graduate of The University OF Vir-
ginia, and tor several years CONNECTED
withthe Udllins' Institute, has been
elected President orthe Girls indus
trial College, vice r. w Jones, resign
eat.
The creamery at Macon, in NoXn-
bee county, is shipping about z5W
pounds of butter per month 10 Que
grocery firm in Atlanta, Ga,
Union county, in her recent local
option election, gave a majority OIL @
against the sale of whisky, an H.
crease of95 over the dry majority %o
years ago. The prohibitioniSls caT!eu
every box in The county.
Prof. w. L. Davis, President oil 'e
Union Female College, at Oxloru'
, Miss, died at that place on the Sn
inst, from the effects of an attack O'
typhoid fever. His death is a hea'!
blow to the school as well as o2lO'0'
The Durant Democrat says ie'
have mosquitoes measuring some aA
/. feet, which enables them TO sit Oh u"
head of the bed and probe througAu0
5 bars for their victims.
The Alliance Exchange rcin''O'
permanently located at Winona'
! The movement in favor OF sDi'"'
= or cotton bales is gaining grounu'
Tho Rev. WIN. Hmtly, a NeIiOuN'
minister at Flora, Miss, has OecO,uv
insane over the recent dca'l u
wife. lie. roams about from mouse
house and frequently Is found al Nv
grave, where he talhs to her As "a
ling, and begs he's &c get UP a."
back home with HIM.
! A boy named TobiIh' o1|
J mitted am uncomfortable crime Ons
+ nine year old colorcd girl, near o''' n.
Vile. last week. IObin was in u'
hands of a deputy sheriff Wlen m
al masked colored men waiAe"
and shot robin full of holes, killing
5 him instantly. aaucior
w. ID. Moore, a freight 'O' shd
on Tho Georgia Pacific Railroad 'H.,
another conductor named
: Columbus. on the 1Olhi inst e.,,l
, The Canton citizen is again 0n'
for sale. ppder
The Kcmpcr Hereldi no" MS
,no editorial management Of M
Binnic BimsoD, who besides |.;olw
good writer, is a prae'icai u6.