The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-07-22
Editorial and Otherwise

Keep your eye on Grover.
The cranks are not all dead vet.
Asatic Cholera is raging in Russia.
The wet weather has caused much distress.
1t will soon be time for planting for fall tur-
nips.
The Democratic party is for retrenchment
and reform.
The Rivers and IIarbors appropriation bill
has been approved by the President
Louis j. Piernas, postmaster at Bay st.
Louis, has been confirmed by the Senate.
New Hampshire Democrats have strong
hopes of carrying their State for Cleveland.
1t is not believed that a single county in this
State will give majority to the Peoples par
ty.
Mr.. Cleveland refuses to let the editor of the
Atlanta Journal put baby Ruth's pctnre in
his paper.
Cyrus W. Field, the designer of the great
enterprise of cabling the ocean, is dead. He
was y years-old.
The Democratic leaders of Iowa are hopeful
of carrying that State for Cleveland and Stew
enson next November.
There are Democrats, Republicans and Pro-
hibtionists, and the followers of the Peoples
party are called Populists.
| The first journalist was Moses. In many
respects he was a model. lie told the truth.
| He had the courage of his convictions.
Jerry Simpson says that the employment of
armed Pinkertons at Homestead is treason for
which Carnegie and the Pinkertons all ought
to be hanged.
Dan Rice, the great Snowman, offers to bet
valuable tract of land that Cleveland will
carry New York and be elected. The land is
worth $4,000.
Mr.. John Wanamaker recently turned his
big Philadelphia store into banquet hall and
gave what is described .as San elegant supper"
to over 200 newspaper men.
The Columbus Index says, "All the murders
are not committed in the South there were
fifty cight this year in Allegheny county, Pa
Pretty good showing for moral-idea- State.
Indian Commissioner Morgan is advocating
giving the Indian the ballot. He says there
are 200, 900 intelligent Indians in the United
States and that they should be allowed to
vote.
Mr.. Cleveland has delicate but firm way OF
sitting down upon the strong-minded women
with whskers and "galuses" who want to dc
all sorts of silly things with Mrs. Cleveland
and Baby Ruth.
Gen. Jos. B. Weaver, the nominee of the
Third party for President, is blind hater OF
the South. He denounced the Southern peo-
pie as rebels and traitors. He was the father
of the pension bill.
Scooba Alliance endorses the candidacy OF
Capt. James II. Duke for Congress. 1t alsc
anew pledges itself ''to the support of the
Democratic party, the hope of prosperity ant
white supremacy"
The free silver coinage bill was killed in the
House of representatives on the 18th. Th'
free silver men met a disastrous defeat. Th
vote stood, 1876 to l54. The negative vote wa
cast by ninety four Democrats and sixty Re
publicans.
Hon. Elliot Henderson is a native of Wilkin
son county, this State. His father, Joh
Henderson, was one of the ablest lawyers il
this country and represented this State in til
United States Senate for six years, from lS3
to 1916.
The House has ordered ten thousand copie
! of the force bill printed. There was lvel
debate. Watson (Allancc) contended that tn
bill as an issue was dead, which called fort
derisive laughter from the Democrats, but til
bill passed.
Germany is trying stringent Sunday law
The last imperial decree forbids the sale G
anything, even cigars, matches, and the lik
on the Sabbath day. Even the soda fountain
are under censorship, and the most KNOWN
of"wnks" doesn't go.
The Senate of the United States has passe
the amendments to the Worlds Fair souveni
Z bill, prohibiting the sale of liquors and shut
. ting it up on Sundays. The petition of tn
Seventh Day Adventis.s of this county did NJ
succeed in defeating the bill, as the petitioner
expected.
: A new city in Alabama, has been laid off @
paper, and is known as Evolution City. III
+ projectors are DR.. r. b. Crawford and =.
Potter, of Wayne county, Nebraska. Evoll
| ton City is twenty-five miles from Mobil
y three miles from Grand Bay and the same d
lance from the Louisville and Nashville raj
road. II is on a ridge which slopes to Il
shores of Grand Bay.
Congressman Frye said in his speech on IL
J Sunday closing of the Worlds Fair, that
believed that the salvation of the country d
pended upon a near approach to the Sunday
r. the early days. There never was an Englisl
speaking people on the face of the earth tn
assented by law to the opening of places of e
hibition on Sunday.
Il In few words the Washington Post tel
II what Mr.. IlaIrison's nomination stands fo
/, We quote: "Whether it be for better or wor
or whether it points to victory or defeat, the
can be no question as to the stalwartncss
the Presidents Republicanism. He stan
- for all there is in the party that gives it di
tinctive individuality from the obnoxious for
bill down to the end of the chapter.
> Mrs. T. W. Smith, Of Birmingham, AL
went into her garden Monday just after
!. heavy rain, and was not little surprised
:, find young alligator, some IA inches 10
I, summing himself between fuschia and bel
az az trope. Where he came from is the questi
that is puszling the Birmingham, savants.
alligator is not indigenous to that soil, and th