The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-03-15

GEO. j. SANTA CRUZ, Station Agt.
There is some little sickness in
town.
Mr.. Cookers health continues
bad.
The strike is off and somebody
got hurt.
Red liquor and mustang ponies
make things lively here.
Don't forget the Odd Fellows
Grand Ball, on the 18th inst.
We have had more than a week
of dry, pleasant weather.
Mustangs will run away It every
opportunity. They are not to be
trusted.
More land hunters in town Mon
day. Land is advancing in price in
this county now.
"A County Superintendent of Ed
u%cation is to be elected for this county
next November.
The strike is over, and the poor
deludcd negroes have gone to work
perfectly satisfied that the white
Knights have gulIcd them.
Mr.. f. p. ScarcIif returned home
Friday rom visit of several weeks
TO his parents in Kansas City, Mis-
souri,. lie is looking well.
Mrs. W. A. Dawson, formerly of
this place, but now of Birmingham,
Ala, is visiting the family of Mr.. G.
IL. Alley, on K"r street.
DR.. u. =. Russell, Of HunbpIt
county, Iowa, was hero Tuesday. He
j. charmed with our place, and we
think he will buy more laul soon.
1t leaked out the other day that
there is 10 be marriage in the Luther
an Church on the Ali SUNDAY, dcdi-
cation day of the church. Guess who
is to be the happy couple?
notwithstanding the strike Of the
mill operatives hrrraboutS the lumber
shipments from this port for TIA. week
ending the 7th inst. footed uptlIc ennr-
nous amount of 4,525,l47 feet.
Mr.. e. II. STYLES, Of Rolling Fork
Sharkey county, has rented the late
Mrs. NJ. G. Drcs place aud will settle
here permanently to practice the law.
We'wclcomc him to our midst.
The Luthcrans are having their
church plastercd, benches and altar
made. and a fence built around il. On
the fourth Sunday in this month they
eX pccl to have the church dedicated. |
Rope jumping on our streets has
rot 10 be "a nuisance. The Scranton
Kids batS.' better keep off the side walk
when .ley want TO jump the rope.
Some of them may jump into the Jail.
Fair warning
Scranton must have m%anufacto-
ries if she wants to prosper. There
are too many people here for all to
live comfortably on what money The
timber aud lumber business brings,
and other lines of business must be
opened up.
We saw al the new market house
of Lewis 4 Roberts last week, 4 cab
hage raised by Mr.. Jim Thomas, of
this section, which surpassed anything
we have seen this season, measuring
from tip to tip three and one-half feet,
and having a solid head twelve inches
in diameter.
The ball TO he given on the 10Th
inst. at New Firemet2s Hall by the
Odd Fellows promises to eclipse any
thing of the kind this season. 1t is
for the benefit of the building fund of
the order, and all should attend that
can.
Hon. Alfred E. Krebs has sold his
residence on the Pascagoula river 10
Messrs. Hunter, Bonn & Co., for ST..
$50 cash. The house is to be moved a
few hundred feet north OF the pres
ent size and the mill is to be erected
on that spot.
The bark Palos, belonging to Poi
tevent 4 Favre, arrived here the other
day AVID has been hauled out on Blan-
chard's ways for the purpose OF un-
dergoing needed repairs. The fame
Ssranton's ship yards hav5 gained
a wide celebrity for promptEess aud
unsurpassed work.
1t is reported around about town
that the'L. and N. viii extend the run
OF the accommodation train IRON
Ocean Springs 10 this place. How the
report gained currency we know nor,
oat we do know that the consumma-
Of the report would DC a great
convenience o ~ people, and we
hope the road win extend the run.