The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-04-26
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established at Meridian.
Prof. Leon is showing and sclliu
bltters In Holmes coIuty.
The Postoffice Mt Amitc, Pontoto
county, las been discontinued.
Jackson now has three open saloon
with a license fee of $1,000 each.
I. g. Ayres, OF Grenada, suicide,
at Little Rock, Ark, last week.
Col. j. X. Binford has declined t,
become a candidate for State T'reasu
rer.
Some imcenGiary fred and burned
the colored Baptist Church in Mag.
nolia.
Mrs. E. P. Armistead, wife of The
editor of the Dispatch died in Newton
on the 18th inst.
j. X. Armstrong, Esq an old and
well known citizen OF CufFccyille,
died last Wednesday.
Crystal Springs, mp to last Friday
had shipped over 1854 pounds oflad-
ishes, Strawberries aud peas.
During the recent revival at Hattics-
burg, forty-nine accessions were made
to the Methodist church.
A very good quality of mating is
now made of pine straw. 1t is said
to be as durable as cocoa mating.
a number of the Lincoln county
bull.dOzcrs have been convicted and
sentenced to various terms Of ilnpris-
onment.
Tishomingo, cx-Goy. Stones home
county, has appointed delegates to the
Democratic State Convention and in
siructcd them TO vote for his nomina-
ton for Governor. :
AT the late term Of the Chancery
Court in Holmes county, Miss, Is di-
vorces were granted all TO negroes.
Immediately after every ono of them
got license TO marry other women.
Rev. Mr.. Thompson &c OF Chicka.
saw county. Mississippi, preached his
own funeral sermon last Friday, and
told his hearers that death was upon
him, though he was then apparently
as well as ever, That very night he
was 4 corpse,
The Natchez Banner claims that t,e
first cotton seed oil mill was operated
i'll Natche1 in 1886, but as there was
no means of refining the crude OIL, the
enterprise did not pay and was aban-
doned.
Miss Francis Willard, president Of
the national w. &. L. u, visited Co.
lumbus, Meridian, and other places in
this State, the past week, and Icctured
to large audiences.
w. Z. Rogers, a druggist of Jack
son, Miss, was shot in the knee, a few
days ago, by The accidental discharge
OF a pistol, aud it is probable that his
leg viii have TO be amputatcd.
The Grecnvllle Times objects TO the
historical blunder made by Hon. Robt.
Powell in advocacy of lion. John Cam
cron for Governor when he said no
native Mississippian had held that of
fec, and cites two instances TO the con-
trary. Gerard Brandon and Is, G..
Humphreys.
CountD. j. Rauncr of Russia is In
vcstigating different modes of cotton
culture in the Mississippi bottoms,
with a view of introducing The grow
ing OF the Southern Staple in The Rus
sic Empire.
Henry NJ. Dixon, of Mississippi, has
been appointed cadet at large 10 West
Point. lie is The son OF Henry NJ.
Dixon, who was shot at Yazoo City in
1879, ia political troubles there, and
grandson of Major Henry T. Dixon,
of Virginia, who was assassinated
just alter the war.
AT Raymond, Miss, on Tuesday a
crazy negro named Grant, held in the
county Jail on the charge of luuacy,
was set by Jsiler Robert Harris to
cutting weeds. While the jailer was
mending the negto's hoe, the negro
stepped up behind him with an axe
and nearly severed his head from his
body. The negro fed, but was caught
and locked up.
A man who called himself Prof.
Harry Lorton, who Ia conjunction !
with his wife gives some kind OF an
entertainment, borrowed a lot Of mo-
ncy 10 Woodville. aud skipped "be.
tween two days" to parts unknown. !
Look out for linn. !
A Grenada school teacher under
took to ''dress" a IL year old pupil, ,
bat the boy made fight and had to be
punished severely. Then the boys pa
took a hand, and the teacher ives for
ced 10 "dress" the old man OF also.- :
Col. Z. /. Russell, general solicitor
OF the n. 4 o. railroad, viii deliver
the ANIMAL address at the commence
meat Of ShuqHalsk Female College,
on the 81 Of June. lie is well fitted
for the task, aual a fare treat il ia store