The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-06-07
Ehe DemOrraf- Star
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MANY Of the farmers u Poutoi,
county are reriauu z cotton.
IA Crscnville wants ihc earth,
will get the Bankers Convention nsA
time.
Meridian j. abouf 10 engage 10 Va
manufacture ola new fuel called 40.
allie cordial"
Judge Robert II. hudson, an 81
and respected lawyer Of Yazpo CITY
Is dead.
The editor Of The Raleigh ReeteU j
editing a boarding houseia connection
with his paper
Col. c. Il. Mitchell and Mrs. Pauline
Patterson were married ia Poutoto'
on the 18th ut.
G. P. VI. Turner, formerly Of Mis-
sissippi, Is editing a Republican paper
in Memphis.
The Brookhaycn Lepder says that
about every man in Lawreucc county
is foi Stone.
Yazoo City has 4 jersey COW which
has never had a calf but has been CIV
ing milk since last August.
The CorinGan Staadard Is the name
Of a new paper at Corinth. lis ell
tied BY a cOlorcd man.
In a carl to the public, Evans Han,
Of Coyington county, declines TO be-
come'a candidate for Auditor.
Ore by enc the vsrions counties
throughout the State are endorsing
some favoriic sou" FOR a State Office.
Mrs. j. r.. DAVIS has received her
commission as postmaster at Biloxi.
She was appointed by President Clerc-
land.
Miss Lara Chrisman, Of Bcaurc-
gard, has entered the foreign mission
work Of the NJ. L. Church SDnth.
She goes TO Brazil
a primary election win be held in
Tippah county Juiy 9TH, when tie W.
tiers Will express their prcfcuce for
the different State candidates.
Hon. W. If. Hancock has returned
afler a months s%oj1uru IT Washing
ton. He is confident Of being the
next postmaster At Meridian.
Rev. Peter Sears, formerly A Lead
ing base bail played Of O1for3, has
been appointed Rector Of the Epi.co-
pal church Of Holly Springs aud wIl
begin his duties soon.
Lieut.. Robert X. Evans Of tic 18th
Infanty, his many friends IN this State
will be glad to learn, has been ordered
TO visit the camp Of the Mississippi
National Guard, at LausdOwuc Park,
near Natchcz, for ten days common
cling June "a
Hon. II. D. Money has rented the
house at Biloxi formerly occupied by
the Greek Consul, aud viii spend the
summer there with his family. The
coast is attracting great attention a, a
summer resort.
The Columbus D3patch, In speak
ing Of a sercuadc recently given By
the Columbus band to the young
school girls al the college, relieves IL,
love sickcned heart with the follow
ing:
with locked arms they stood close
to the fence and while the band play
ed One Of it, sweetest waIlzcs The
whole line OF living beauty swayed
gently to the rylhIc strains like grace
fal willow bougs entwiued and mo-
wing to the soft cadence OF an evening
zephyr"
Commencement exercises begin AZ
The Columbus Industrial Institute aud
College, SUNDAY, June the ninth. The
annual oralion win be delivered on
The tenth by President J. S. Hopkins
Of the Georgia School of Technology.
Complete reports by the various tax
collectors of the State show that un-
der the operations Of The law recon-
mendcd by the Governor aud passed
by the Legislature making Tic failure
10 nay poll-lax a misdemcanor, about
$4,000 above the former collections
under the old law have been collected
and goes INTO the county treasury.
Robert Tyus, a young man about
scyenteed years Of age, killed himself
accidentally, near Baldwin recently,
while squirrel hunting. Failing to re-
turn home, his mother became alarm
ed and instituted search, which result
ed IN finding his body Saturday
morning.
F. w. Blackwell, a prominent cili-
zen Of Forest, Scott county. has been
aTTcsted aud l"dgcd in Rankin county
jail, charged with the seduction Of his
seventeen year old daughter. The
mother has become a raving maniac.
James ID Ferguson's saw mill, seven
miles northeast Of Brookhaven, aud
over 10000 feet o. lumber, were burn
ed on the 2sh uli., at y o'clock q;
night. Cause Of fire unknown. Sup
posed 70 have eanght al the boi.ers.