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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27
1T DIDN'T WORK,

A woman was in charge of q
saloon on Russell street the other
day. says the Detroit Free Press
when man entered, Looked
around for the husband, and, find
ing The coast clear, he tenderly
observed
MADAME, have been appoint.
ed a committee 10 wait upon your
husband"
Yes
"To see if lie would accept a
nomination"
yes"
"We have decided to run him
for Alderman of this ward"
"Yes."
"And, ! believe it is usual on &C.
caslons Of This sort TO greet the
commiltee-receive them with lib.
eraliy-in fact, sci up the beer"
Yes" she replied, as she went
on with her knitting, ''but you'd
better see my husband"
,O", certainly, Dut where Can he
be found 2"
About six miles out on the
Center Line road"
Coming in soon q
Hardly. He's out there in a
6nrylng ground. lie has been out
there seven wears"
"Ah, see! And IN that case he
probably wont accept
Probably not"
And the best Thing for The com
mlltee to do is 10 retire as grace.
inlly as possible ard as dry as a
bone. The committee retires."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27

Col. Shepherd. editor of ihe New
York Mail and Express, who hi,
faiher-in-law says Is more kinds
of a d-n fool than any man he
ever knew" has made another ex
hlbitIon OF himself and shown that
his faiher-in-law measured HIM
correctly. The other day a case
was brought TO trial before Justice
Ryan in which Shepherd was IN.
ierested and he addressed a note
10 the Judge saying : 81 hot sou
will see that justice is Gene in this
case" As a matter of course the
Judge regarded the note a. an at
tempt to influence his decision and
he took occasion 10 Indignantly
denouce Shepherd for his action.
N. o. States.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27

The st. Louis Globe. Democra'
says that the Alliance is counting
on The support of FIVE men in ,
Senate-Vance Of North Carolina,
Irby of South Carolina, Gordon, 0,
Georgia. PETER of Kansas, ana
Kyle of South Dakota. Excepting
in the case OF PETER and kyie,
though, that organization is likely
TO be disappointed, the allegiance
of The Southern men here nancy
is first 10 the Democracy ana az
forwards to The Alliance. The Ar
lance will be supported when is
schemes coincide with Democrats
policy. and not at any other.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27

What do girls look for as soon as
they enter churchi The hims.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27

Among The Government exhib-
its al The Chicago Exposition will
lie dummy representing a great
baiiie-shlp: The hull will be of
brick and iron aud will be placed
on The edge Of The lake. The guns.
%turret<. armor, etc, will be the
same as are actually used upon
war-thips Captain Meade has
charge OF the undertaking. and the
cost will be about 100000.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27
A.. BLUMER.
MOSS POINT, MISS,
PROPRIETOR or
MOSS POINT GRIST MILL,
AND DEAIER IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
USUALLY KEITH A FIRsr-cLAss STORE.
Furniture and Housekeeping
Goods of all Kinds a Speciality.

STON Els are sold lower than New Or.
leans or Mobile prices, as | buy them fol
spot cash direct from the manufacturers.
STEAM GRIST MILL-Fresh Meal,
Grits, homity, Chops, Cracked Corn and
Feed of all kinds sold at lowest market
prices. and delivered free OF charge thin
city limits. Buying feed in large quaint
ties enables me to get the benefit of
Wholesale prices, and can therefore sell
as cheap as the cheapest.
CUSTOM SHOE DEPARTMENT where
Il person can get the best Shoes for the
least money. No paper soles, paste-board
counters or wooden heels are used in my
Shoe Factory-none but genuine oak
tanned leather. and | defy competition as
to prices and quality.
Also, have always on hand tirst-class
handmade Shingles tor sale at reasonable
prices.
Thanking customers for past patronage
invite "A continuance of same.
Respectfully, A. BLUMER.
Goods Delivered Free Of Charge.
October =, 1890. Billy
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27
THE GREAT
MALARIAL MICROBE KILLER.
DR.. c. DELEEy's INDIAN VEGETABLE
F~EBRIPUGE.

DIR. c. DELEEY's INDIAN VEGETABLE
FEBRIFUGE.
An 1NFALLlBLE remedy for Ague,
Intermittent, Remittcnt, Bilious, Dengue,
TyphO-Malarial and Pernicious fever
also Hepatitis, Ague Cake, Jaundicc.
Malarial HemorIhagiae, Anemia aud all
kin diseases due to MALARIAL POIS-
ONING.
As a PROPHYLACTIC or preventive of
the above named diseases, and as a TON
&c ESPECIALLY in CONVALESCENCE
it is the remedy PAR EXCELLENCE,
being SUPERIOR to any known to this
day.
1t Is also an EXCELLENT APPETITE
Err. the taste being AGREEABLE makes
it ACCEPTABLE to the most SENSITIVE
PALATE AND DELICATE STOMACH.
n. B-To facilitate the process of ac-
climation strangers settling in malarial
regions should invariably take at least
one bottle of this Febiifuge.
Endorsed and prescribed by the leading
physicians of the country. and admitted
as being the best TONIC PROPHYLAC-
TIC aud APPETIZER.
ED. DELERY, Proprietor,
Corner Dauphine aud Kerlorec Streets.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Sept. vi, ls9O. Billy
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27
DRS. BETS 4 BETS,
- ST. CHARLES ST.. NEW ORLEANS,
toppo.i,e St Charles Hotel)
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS,
Are Still Treating With the Greatest
Skill and Success all
Chronic, Nervous and Private
Diseases.
VNERvoUS DEBILITY, LOST MAN.

HOOD, Failing Memo
ry, Exhausting Drains.
Terrible Dreams, Head
and Back Ache, and all
the effects leading to
early decay, and per-
haps Consumption or
Insanity. treated scien-
titically by new meth
DDS and never failing
success.
u>SiHILIS and all
bad Blood and SKIN
Diseases permanently
cured.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27

An exchange relates that there
is a calf IN Georgia that sucks
milk from The end OF its own tail.
to The amazement of all the sur
rounding country.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-03-27

A San Diego Physician who does
much charitable work found thls
on the Office slate bearing The CITY
missionary's signature: APlesss
call on Mrs and charge II 10 ihe
Lord,5
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
A PRINCE OF FAKIRS
Is J. NJ. Balm, Pure Soap Swindler,
Now in 0hio's Penitentiary.
HIS SCHEMES WERE SLICK ONES.
By Them BE Managed to Control q Very
Comfortable Income.
FINALLY CAUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT

GAINESVILLE, O., July 11.-'The Prince
OF Fakirs" is titlewhich might be well ap-
Piled to j. NJ Balm, the gentleman hailing
from this burg whom Judge Sage, in the
United States Court at Cincinnati last
Thursday, sentenced to 1S months in the
penitentiary and $500 fine for using the
mails In promoting fraudulent scheme in
the sale of ''pure SOAP"
He made his first ten-strike when the
blooded poultry craze swept over the coun-
try dozen years ago. Balm was somewhat
OF chicken fancier and here came an oppor-
tunity for his great power to develop.
Whlle beginning in a legitimate way to
dispose of his high-bred barnyard fowls, he
soon found his advertisements brought him
more customers than he could supply.
Even the eggs were sold before they were
laid
He called upon his neighbors for aid, but
In order that his customers might not be de-
celved In what they purchased for So to s. q
sitting, dropped the common eggs-which
formed the greater part when thorough
vented any mixture of blood in the prod
uction of the far away hen that was to
mother the chicks tina. had their beginning
In Bain's barnyard.
AS the poultry was on the wane, the fer
tile brain of the owner of prize chickens
evolved other schemes, and one of these
was the establishment of the "National Ex-
press Company, whose headquarters and
only Office was in GAINESVILLE. Postal cards
notified thousands of people at distant
points that there was IN its office valuable
package, which would be forwarded upon
the payment of 40 or 30 cents express
charges. Uncle Sans postofice detectives
finally discovered how the land lay, and
Mr.. Balm served 30 days in Jail and the Ma
tional Express Company suspended busi-
ness.
The plating machine was Bain's most
successful and lasting fake. His receipts on
its account through the postofice often
amounted to over 5000 per day The
machine consisted of glass jar and portions
of an alleged battery, the operation of
which would require a skilled electrician,
but many thousands were led to believe
that they could make fortune with one by
plating silverware
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
BIG SWARM OF PESTS
Ravaging the Wheat and Corn Fields
of Kansas and Colorado.
GRASSHOPPERS BY THE MILLION
Cover an Area of 46O Square Miles and Stop
Railroad Trains.
GREAT DAMAGE THREATENED BY THEM

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.I
TOPEKA, KAN, July ia correspon-
dent sent from here to investigate the re-
ported invasion of grasshoppers in Eastern
Colorado and Western Kansas to-day sent
a most startling report of the ravages being
wrought by the pests and their progress
toward the eastern part of this State. The
grasshoppers cover an area of 460 square
miles, where the Santa Fe railroad crosses
the Colorado line. They are young and not
able to fly, but are hopping eastward at the
rate of two miles per day. They will have
matured sufficiently within two weeks to
enable them to fly, and as it is certain that
they will move in an easterly direction,
much damage is anticipated.
The hoppers are a brownish-yellow color
and are not readily seen from passing trains
because of their resemblance in color to the
soil and grass. Little damage has been
done in the region infested by the hoppers
because few crops are grown there, but
pasturage has been destroyed, and the few
fields of corn, wheat and sorghum have been
swept clean. Every westbound train that
passes through the swarm during the night
is stopped, for in the night, when it is cold,
the rails are warm and they cluster
about the track, almost hiding the rails
from view, and when a train attempts TO
climb the upgrade near Arriba, Col, it is
like climbing a creased pole, the drive
wheels revolving, but sliding helplessly
upon the rails.
This vast area of grasshoppers is the
young of those that were in the region last
year, and more anxiety is felt because of the
large increase that is certain to be Matched
there next year than from any damage which
may be done by those about to take wings
and assault the fields and stacks of Central
Kansas
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
THE SLATE WAS BROKEN.
Democrats Have Lively Time in an Ohio
County Convention.

Democrats Have a Lively Time in an Ohio
County Convention.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcH,1
YOUNGSTOWN, July 1.-THE Democratic
County Convention was held here to-day.
During the past week a..combine was formed
which defeated John NJ Webb, Chairman
of the Democratic County Executive Com
mittee and prevented his being a delegate
in the convention to-day. The leaders of
the party were incensed at this action and
in the convention to-day routed the combine
completely. securing control of the conven-
tion and preventing the gang element from
carrying single point or securing a single
delegate or alternate in the State delegation.
John NJ. Webb was vindicated by being
placed at the head of the list of nine dele
gates. The convention refused to instruct
the delegates and motion to instruct for
Campbell was lost. 1t is understood Neal
has five of the delegates, and NAV secure
the solid delegation. The following ticket
was nominated: For Representative, Sam
Phipp, Of Youngstown; Commissioner,
David T. Moore, of Coitsville: Infrmary
Director, Obadiah Peters, of Beaver; Sur
veyor, F. NJ. Sillie, of Youngstown.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
Gossip OF the Wharves.

The river is falling rapidly. The marks show
feet inches, fall of feet inches in "A hours.
THE Sam Clark left yesterday with II barges.
JOSEPH WALTON returned from New Orleans
last night.
wheeling, she having assisted the Hornet to that
point.
cursionists yesterday; going about % miles down
the river.
THE James G. Blaine was the Brownsville boat
yesterday. She left with big load of freight and
passengers.
SHIPPERS say that there will be a drop in the
price of coal in the lower markets. as they are now
overstocked.
THE c. W. Bachelor arrived from Cincinnati
late in the afternoon and departed for the same
port after taking on light cargo.
THE members of the Bon Ton Social, of Home
wood will give an. excursion on the AIayfower
TSursdsy, July u, to Monongaheia City and re,
turn.
THE CHARTERS packets are an accommodating
craft to be sure. Yesterday afternoon, as the
Venus had pulled out from her wharfboat and had
lust gotten her nose pointed down stream, q stout
woman, with market basket on one arm, baby
caught the pilots eye. They were abont half way
down the wharf when he saw them, but he oblig-
below y @an out It. plank and waited The woman, en-
numbered she was, mace slow progress. and to
way and she had to stop about every ten feet, set
the baby and basket down on either side, and pull
up her hosiery. Inc pdSSenkerS Oh tne OOdt got ln-
terested In the race and watched its progress with
breathless interest. but after this performance
enacted for the fifth or sixth time they grew impa-
tient. At last she reached the waters edge and
dashed on board with the baby. stood 1t down
on the floor and rushed back for the basket.
The passengers drew a breath of relief. but when
she stopped in the middle of the gang-plank to
give one stocking one last yank. they howled. and
woman. basket aud children were hustled aboard
with scant ceremony. Still the boat didn't get
away. Just as the plank was drawn in, another
belated one came racing down the wharf, and
he was waited for, but he was only the first of
long line, and by actual count just IL men, the last
of whom must have been up about Fifth avenue
at the time the woman In the case first started,
caught that boat.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
FIGHTING FOR EQUALITY.

McKee's Rocks People Seeking to Have
Taxes Evened Up All Around-The Bor-
ough Fight Lost Sight Of for Awhile at
Least.
The people of McKee's Rocks, who lately
wanted borough. are crouching for another
spring. They will strike their enemies in a
different point, and thereby help the County
Commissioners in their project to make
property assessments more nearly equal in
the county. AS it was the heavy landed
proprietors and manufacturers who success
fully opposed the incorporation of the place
when the matter was before the grand jury,
the pro-borough people decided on flank
movement, and resolved by tile election of
assessors to make the triennial assessment
that the valuation of property should go up.
They cite all the arguments applied to the
Mckeesport case and other places, and
say they bear with more force
in Stowe township than else
where, as at the mouth of the
creek is large unincorporated town that
gets no more benefit from the distribution
of taxes than does the farming population,
and not nearly so much as do the owners of
factories. AS the borough project was de
feated on the question of cost, the small
property holders have decided they can
stand a material advance, in order to force
heavy holders to pay more. One house
holder states that he pays SIT road tax.
which is as much as the average farmer of
the township pays,
1t appears that the back county farmers
are not the ones that excite the ire of small
property holders so much as the large land
holders around the town, the factory own
ers and some owners of plats of lots near
the mouth of CHARTERS creek, who ask
$1,000 apiece for lots at present assessed at
5000. They say that while some people are
paying on their assessment as high as mill
and a half on the actual value of their
property, some of the N1uldoons only pay
one-tenth of actual value, or three-tenths of
mill, and the idea is to assess property so
as to divide the difference
DIR. Barr states that the borough fight in
the shadow of this last contention has been
temporarily lost sight Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
FLUSHED WITH HOPE.
Chairman Kerr Once More Repeats That
This Is a Pure Democratic Year.

Chairman Kerr Once More Repeats That
This Is Pure Democratic Year.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.l
PHILADELPRfA, July 11.-Democratic
State Chairman Kerr left the city yesterday
in very happy frame of mind. He re-
turned to his Clearfeld home and expects to
pre-empt log cabin in the Scootac region
next week to rest and exercise himself
Chairman Kerr said before going: ''This is
a large Democratic year, and one that
knocks out the prophets at any rate.
have no prediction in my inside pocket,
save and except the one that we will make
it success, and the battle begins Septem-
Der So
Secretary of State Harrity is in the city
most every day just now, but for while his
visits will cease, as he has completed ar
rangements for a summer outing. Mr..
Harrity says that the Democratic State
Convention may nominate Is candidates at
large to the Constitutional Convention.
Chairman Andrews was in the city briefly
to-day, on his way to meet Senator Quay at
the Brigantine Beach cottage The presence
of Chief Clerk John w. Morrison in the
city has somewhat excited into new life the
Morrison boom for State Treasurer.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12
TWO SETS OF DELEGATES
Selected by q Boisterous Convention al
Springfield.

Selected by a Boisterous Convention at
Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, O., July 1.-THE Neal
and Campbell factions in this city this after
noon both claim to have elected delegates
The convention was bowling mob of such
a character as was never before seen in the
city. The Campbell men were most numer-
Gus, and in the caucus previous to the con-
vention had carried everything their
own way. At the convention to-day,
however, the Neal men under the leader
ship of John H. Thomas and his son, Will
S. Thomas, took snap judgement on the
Campbell clan. They announced Will S.
Thomas as chairman. Bill Armstrong, of
the Campbell faction, a boiler manufacturer,
rushed on the stage and seized the gavel
from Will Thomas. Then the uproar, which
had been boisterous, became a hideous pan
demonium.
The anti-Campbell men finally withdrew.
They announce that the convention nomi-
mated as delegates: S. H. Bowles, j. H.
Thomas, j. D. Foley, John E. Donahue,
James johnson, Jr., d. T. West and d. G.
Ballentine.
Finally the anti-Campbell men rallied
and selected the following delegation: Will
lam H. Blee, Ed Bonner, F. NJ. Hagen,
John H. Blose, w. S. Armstrong, John
kinnane, Frank Shrurupf, John Cohen and
Pat O'Brien. They then adjourned
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12

newspapers assert that Blaine is in a most
precarious condition, do you not think 1t
strange that the President does not ascertain
whether these reports are true?"
Would Go TO Headquarters.
There was no reply to this question.
Then the reporter said: 'Do you think the
President would say anything about Mr..
Blsine's health if should 60 to Cape May
Point and interview him?"
Decidedly not. He wouldn't consider
the matter. He is the last man to whom l
should apply for such information if 1 were
a journalist. What reason have you to be-
ieve he would speak of the matter?"
''Only this, that the Secretary of State is
reported in certain journals as being so i'll
that death in the near future would not be
unexpected. One great newspaper which
sent staff correspondent to Bar Harbor
asserts that the Secretary s mind is greatly
impaired. Even some Republican papers
publish dispatches acknowledging that he is
very i'll indeed. 1t is to be presumed that
if this is true the President would have been
advised of it. If Mr.. Blaine is not in that
critical condition it would be natural for
him or his friends TO let the President know
the true state of affairs"
The only reply to this was: 'I know that
President Harrison has received no news
from Bar Harbor regarding Mr.. Blaine"
Another Republican of equal prominence
is reported upon indisputable authority to
have made the same assertion. He also is
not merely the holder of an important ma
tional Office, but he has been and is one of
the Presidents trusted counselors.
Interviewed the President.
This afternoon the correspondent came
from Philadelphia to Cape May Point to
see the President. In view of what had
been said by the two Republicans already
quoted, there was little hope that Harrison
would speak regarding Blaine, but the pos
sibility remained. Colonel Halford has
not vet reached Cape Nav Point, so the re-
porter went directly to see President Harri-
son. He was standing at his door on the
point of starting for a walk. After mo-
ment's silence, he said: "Well, what is it?"
81 wished to see Colonel Halford to ar
range for short interview with you, Mr..
President, but as he is not here L come di-
rectlv'
'What do you want to know?"
"The papers are full of startling and con-
iicting statements about Mr. Blaine's
health and the whole country is agitated.
Will you give me any information about
it?''
The President was silent for a moment.
Then stepping upon the veranda, he ex-
claimed with emphasis which amounted al
most to excitement: "You can't get any in
formation from me about Mr. Blaine's
health. You can't get any information
from Mr. Halford, either. The idea that /
would say anything Go to Bar Harbor if
you want to learn the news about him.
That's the place for news of Mr.. Blaine
The President then walked to the veranda
steps and waited in silence until his visitor
had gone.