The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-04-08

Mrs. Mary l.. WhltsOn and
daughter, Miss Mamie, Of Atlanta,
Ga, spent last Saturday here, as the
guests of Mrs. J. A. Dunoyan. Mrs.
Whitsou is u lady journalist, hcl
specially being 10 write up cities and
iowns and tho characteristics Gf the
Inhabitants.
MIR. Samuel X. Mayors, of Mo.
bile, District ms'agcl of the Equiia-
bic Life Assurance Company, OF New
York, was on IA short visit to his
father, Editor of this paper, this week
The Equitable Is one Of the best and
safest Assurance companies in this
country, and we are glad 10 know
that quite Il number oft,c best citi-
zcns Of Moss Point, Pasca.oula aud
Scranton have policies in it.
Mrs. +. d. Dean AMI her little
daughter, Miriam, after spending
several days at Ocean Rest, their
scaslorc villa, Pascagoula, returned
to their city home, New Orleans, on
Monday. The family will come, as
usual, on the first Of June to spend
the summer months.
The P%ascagouia Wing Shot Club
practiccd again at trap shooting on
last Saturday afternoon. The score
was an Improvement upon the last,
not wi,lstanaing Il strong east wind
prevailed to dcviatc the curse of The
clay pigeons. This sport is deserving
of encouragement.
Captain Joseph II. Forbes, OF
PaScagOula. son-in-law of Mr.. Il. f..
Scovcl, died on board OF the Ameri-
can schooner Eells, on Tuesday norm
ing AT | o'clock, while the vessel vas
crossing Ship Island bar. His re-
mains were brought here for burial
in the Protestant Cemetery at Pas
cagoula.
-.Doctors William II. Kcll and
Samuel II. IInd.on left for Jack som
on Sunday last TO attend the State
Board of Medical Examiners, which
met at that place on Monday. 1l:oy
returned home Tuesday night. Thirty
days will lapse before they will know
whether liccrscs will be given them
to practice melicine IN Scranton.
The blinds and shades IN front of
all rel liquor and hccr saloons must
be taken down now, and billiard aud
pool tables taken out, in compliance
with the dram shop law, which took
effect last Saturday. We have pub
lislrd the law IN fall, in order that
EVERYDAY may understand its pro-
visions and act accordingly. The law
will be enforced.
The schooner b. Frank Neatly,
one of the heaviest and finest built
vessels ever hauled out in Scranton
was thoroughly repaired at BlaH.
chard's ship yard last week. The
schooner Elvira is now undergoing
repairs on the same ways. The
s%cl,ooncrs Charlotte and Shenandoah
i receiving a thorough ovcrhauling
at Frcntz's ship yard.
Captain Aaolph Peters, of the
American schooner II. and J. Dlan-
derman, which vessel is in the port of
Pasoagoula, is stopping at the Pas
cagoula Hotel. lie reports having
picked up the captain and crew Of
tho schooner Henry Wadding, in
latitude 36.l0 north, longitude %. "a
west, in tho gulf stream, and went
nineteen days out Of his course 10 land
them at Key West. Ills schooner Is
chartered, and is now loading with
lumber for Philadelphia.
"A "confldcntial" circular, accom-
panied by Il newspaper clipping,
which details how Il farmer named
John Williams amasscd a fortune OF
100000 by dealing in "grccn goods
or c~oNokerfcit United States treasui y
notes, and, also, a printed mcmorsn.
dunn OF directions Of how to act IN
order to obtain an interview with the
sender IN Now York city should the
recipient he induced 10 embark in The
~ncfarious traffic, was received by
several promincm. merchants oi
Scranton. The envelope, which was
sealed, bears The postmark Of New
York, Mar. %, $50 r. NJ. 92. As ihi,
is not the first communication of The
character received by respectable
business men here, II is best, We
think, to inform all "shovcrs" OF the
queer that IN this community It will
nrovc a difficult undertaking 10 find
any Que 80 poor or dishonest as to
knowingly pass counterfeit money,
and certainly no M could thereby
become suddenly rich without the
reason being discovered. A ~spasmodic
why sometimes intcrvcncs IN this
latitude of sNmmarily ending tho
Hrcer ola public malcfactor through
u fiat Of Judge Lynch.