The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-10-04
GM Drmurraf- Star
State News Boiled Down.

West Point is to have a steam laun
dry.
All of the colleges report fine open
ings.
1Iatticsburg wants a fire depart
mcnt.
McCool will have Il new VI. T..
Church.
There are 1884 sub-Allianccs in
this State.
Much sickness is said TO prevail in
Pamela county.
Vicksburg Is 10 have an incandes-
cent light plant.
A hotel enterprise is being placed ON
foot at Yazoo City.
The Jefferson county Jail is entirely
empty Of prisoners.
The Democrats of Kinds are thor
oughly organizing.
Worms have dome a good deal of
damage in the Delta.
Lexington Dapti,ts will erect a
handsome uew church.
Starkvillc will have 200 ear loads of
gravel put on lis streets.
The free schools of Jones county,
will run six months This year.
Mississippi has 269, 429 illitcrate ne.
grocs and about $3.50 illitcratc
whites.
Anne Cox (cn) died in Lee county
a few days ago aged lI6, says the Tu-
pclo Ledger.
1t is reliably stated that there are
now 10000 more negroes in the State
than in 1880.
The Democrats of Warren county
have split, and there arc two tickets
for county offices.
The products of a number of Missis-
sippi counties will be displayed in the
Sioux City corn palace.
About Il dozen State papers an
nouncc the receipt of the first bale of
new cotton o: the season.
Natchcz iS about TO have a new rail
road. which, should il mateliaIizr,
would be big thing for the place.
DIR. Melville, assistant physician Of
the lunatic asylum at Jackson, has had
10 resign on aecoun of protractcd i'll
Cotton is coming into all the Mi>sfs-
townsat 4 lively rate, and giving
a %quickcning impulse to all kinds Of
business.
The Columbus Rifles is the oldest
military organization in the State. 1t
organized in 1887 and has never
disbandcd.
The Republicans all over the State
re organizing. The Democrats had
otter look sharp, or some of their
onnty tickets may be defeated.
A sneak thief entered the residence
Rev. j. L. Gambrcll, at Meridian
w nights since, aud relieved that
nntleman's pocket OF fifty dollars hard
ISL.
Young James Alcorn, 'the sono Of
S father" is AN independent candi-
TIC Tor sheriff Of CoahOma county.
C says that he is conservative Dem.
rat.
1t is proposed by Adjutant General III
enry and others 10 hsc the $4,000 ap- LIT
opriated by the government TO the
G OF the State militia, to the %euuip-
sht OF new companies with arms.
Van Watts and Capt. j. A.. Hos
rs are Independent candidates for ~,
Legislature in Lincoln county,.
j. Hart, a good man and the farm q
friend, is the Democratic nominee.
ackson has a Young musical COM %
or III the person Of bright Miss IIes-
T. Clark, whom it may well b. IT
ud OF. Her latest production is
esterday," little gcm Of musical
c and feeling. 2
lie Aberdeen Fair will be held O
10Th, 10Th aud 18th of October. e.
VIII have many attractions for
Tors. Their stock exhibits are al II
> fine, because they always give +
dsomc premiums. If
as Wheeler, the celebrated Copiah 1I
Ity %bulldozcr, was sentenced to Sk3
county convict farm for four e
tbs and fined 800 by Judge s.
at the late term of court. "
Unlawful retailing. Z NJ
'ooba Herald: Wiley Anderson.
o Of Lclore county, committed d
last Saturday. lie lost bIs
'n thoroughbred of George Allen, o'
Threatened to kill him for re-
g to join him in the uprising I
lst the whites. a
yeiie Chronicle: The Board of
r%VisorS, at Its meeting this week,
II an order allowing the JEFF Da-
.olunieers 500 per annum ia NJ