The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-10-26
Ghe 1rmorraf-S Star
State News Boiled Down.

The Wick sburg Hegold continues I
sncer at ideas ct there having bee.
yellow fever ai jackson.
Mrs. Writ Jnhnson, wife Of IN
President nth" State Board "f Health
was fn"i {2J Tor violating the quar-
aniihe u%r,linanrrs NJ Jackson,
A correspondent at the Duran
Democrat gives an ac cunt of Il gen
Ileman's finding in the heart OF u sol
id cypress hog. a brass cup filled VIII
papers covered with = peculiar writ,
ing bearing the date 1911. The writ,
ing is supposed 10 be- old Spanish.
Some months ago some laborcrs
who were rNcavaii ~ Il large Indian
mound on Silver Creek, Yazno county,
came upon the skeleton uf Il man oi
gigantic size which lay some distance
below the surface. The bones when
exposed 10 the air sOon mouldcrcd
away, and nothing was preserved of
this relic Of the past except a necklace
composed of a dozen milky-tiutcd
stones strung on some sort of wire
which was found cncirclIng the neck
of the skeleton.
Miss Minnie Lee, OF Vossburg, died
at Blue Mountain Female College
Sunday. This is the first death that
ever occurred among the boarding
pupils of that institution since its cs-
Enlistment fifteen years ago.
Tupclo has four saloons,
Mr.. Stanard Mitchell, Of Tupclo,
died suddenly on the 10Th inst.
Verona will have Il colt show on the
LIST Saturday in November next.
Pearl river is getting down to low
water mark oncc moro, and the
steamers Earl and Lille Lou are
looking lonesome.
The Bolivar County Democrat
thinks the Loop line railroad VIII be
completed by Christmas.
The Mississippi State Fair viii
open at Jackson November 18th and
continue until the 18Th.
Mrs. II. F, Kennedy & Son, in Clay
county, own Il fine flock of COtswold
sheep, numbering some 200 head, the
wool of which brings them twenty
five cents per pound IN ITS washed
state, at Enterprise.
AT Lexington jeff CAN'T blew his
brains literally out OF his head, lcav-
ing his skull empty. He was twenty
eight years of age and 40 cause was
assigned for his rash deed.
Alice Ross, of Natchrz, widow of 4
colorcd United States soldier, has re-
ccivCd recently a check for Y2,2jl, be-
ing arrcSr. OF pension due her hus-
baud,
McComb City wants a weekly
newspaper.
Capt. w. II. Hardy was In Coving-
ton county last week making speech
es in behalf of the Cult aud Ship Isl
and Railroad.
Winona il rapidly building up and
is now rejoicing rel the completion
az - unVr haultnr bnuoo |
There is big money to he made in
poultry in Bay St. Louis. Frying
size chickens are worth 20 To % CENTS
apiece aud eggs find a ready sale at 30
TO 40 cents per dozen.
The Vicksburg Uerald aud Post
have finally agreed once in their lives.
Neither believes that Jackson had any
yellow fever.
An election has bccn ordered IN
Simpson county, November 5ilI, TO
vote on the proposition To subscribe
$4,000 to the Mobile, Jackson Il
Kansas City Railroad. The amount
asked is small compared to the bcnc-
fits that The road would confer.
Chalmers is making no Roadway IN
the Second Congressional District
His candidacy will only have the
effect 10 bring out the Democratic
vote and insure the election OF Judge
Morgan by the largest vote lac has
ever received.
The Crystal Springs Meteor says:
The suffering OF some of the refu-
gees from jackson is reported as terri
bic. Many were threatened with
death by starvation. Gong North
they were denied food and warmth
for oyer a day. In times Of panic the
brute in man crops out, and his inhu-
mainly makes countless numbers
suffer.
There was nc paper issued in Jack
o for three weeks, but the printers
who remained did good service in va
riOus capacities. They were moro
than willing TO get back TO the Cease"
A census Of ilIe population Of jack
son, taken by the letter carriers on
September 18th, under orders of the
Executive Committee State Board of
Health, showed a total of 1891 with
quarantine limits, 39S whites, 1898
colorcd. OF these l26 whites and 300