The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-06-17

Malnc has Jolucu tne NicNtldnu cOlulilu.
Texas gives Cleveland her thirty votes.
The Bay St. Louis militia company has dis
banded.
The sweet girl graduate is now in the mat
rimonial market.
Surely warm weather has come, but the sea
breezes are delightful.
John Nj. Allen has no opposition for Con-
gress in the lst District.
1t is said that "boodle" was freely used at
the Minneapolis Convention.
The Rev. Sam Jones has postponed his Ma
con appointment till July 7th.
The National Democratic Convention meets
at Chicago, on Tuesday, June 2lst.
The peach and water melon crop in Georgia
is said to be the largest ever known.
Ben Harrison was nominated on the first bal
lot. The man from Maine is politically dead.
Indiana has appointed a negro woman as a
member of one of the Worlds Fair Commits
sioners.
Sam Jones says that the Omaha nominees
may get to Heaven, but that they will never
camp in the White House.
Col. II. Clay King has had his case post
poned until July 7th, and he will lie in Jail in
Jackson, Tenn, until that day.
There will be 1913 votes in the National Dem
ocratic Convention 500 will be required to
nominate under the two thirds rule.
The great American trotter will soon be no
where. Zimmerman, the bcyclst, has made
a quarter of a mile in thirty seconds.
Report of the President, Mrs. J. NJ. Stone,
of the Columbian club of the State, for May,
aggregates, in round numbers, SAP.
There are now three vacant chaplaincies in
the United States army, and 1000 clergymen
have their names enrolled as applicants.
A bill to prohibit the sale of Lottery tickets
and Lottery drawings after December 81, 1898
has passed the House of the Louisiana Legis-
lature.
| If honesty and purely patriotic motives
prevailed in politics, there would be very
few men in the roll of professional politi-
clans.
A new and dangerous counterfeit is reported
from Washington. There is consolation in the
fact that the bill is of the fifty dollar denomi-
nation.
The General Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church, by a vote of IS to 26, has
struck the word "obey' from the marriage
service.
Bradstreet's Commercial Agency estimates
the total losses from the floods and overflow;
at $4,000, 900. Missouri heads the list with
$22, 2,l5O,O 900.
The DEMocRATSTAR is entirely printed il
its own Office, and not a block or inch of "platt
matter" is used in its makeup. 1t is HON,
institution.
Hon. G. B. Howry, National Committeeman
from Mississippi, has secured quarters for th
Mississippi delegation at the Grand Pacif
Hotel, Chicago.
An exhibit from Syrian women, consisting
chiefly of beautiful and costly embroideries
has been received by the Board of Lady Man
ayers at Chicago.
Col. J. II. Jones, of Wilkinson county, ha
declined to run for Congress in this district
He said he had every encouragement, bu
could not stand the expense.
Hobbs, of the Mississippi Leader, in hi
Convention notes, says the "red-necks" an
"hill-billies," as they are classically called
were like angels vsts-few and far betweer
The Oriental bank, London, has suspende
=. for $30,OOO,OO0. The cause is stated to b
owing to the depreciation of silver, the grow
ing distrust of investments in silver countre.
The editor of the Deer Creek Pilot say,
"the times are pretty hard now, but black
berries will soon be ripe and if they will la.
until watermelon time, we can pull through III
til corn ripens."
At Ellisville the other day a jury of whi
men awarded negro verdict for $94 an
= costs against white man. The amount ha
been won at game of cards and the loser n
fused to "fork over"
A Covington county girl "backed out" aft
the wedding guests had assembled, and refu
ed to be married. Later in the day she e
!. into row with her folks and finally consent,
to have the knot tied.
Bro. Z. p Thompson has sold the Aberdet
Weeklyto Mr.. 7. j. Graves, formerly of Il
Corinth Herald We part with Bro. Thorn
son with regret, and extend the right hand
fellowship to Mr.. Graves.
Z The Natchez Democrat says "Col. Thos.
Stockdale is at present in the district, lookil
after his fences, and Congress is still in Sc
sion with several important bills pending, nc
ably the river and harbor BILL"
| The Board of Supervisors of Jasper coun
has had 800 copies of the new road law print
in pamphlet form for the use ofroad overseel
That is a capital idea, and the same thin
should be done for Jackson county.
l 1t is said that the pension Office at Washin
ton is perfect literary mine. There is
doubt but that many romances, to call the
by the wild name, could easily be found whe
the afiidavits for pensions are kept.
l The Money Order Department Of the PITT
burg postofiice, where the receipts are mt
than $2,o0OO0o, is exclusively in the charge
Mary Steele. This is said to be the larg,
business handled by any woman in America
III The State Of Mississippi, before the Giro
| Court Of Kinds county, has obtained anotl
judgment against Hamilton, Allen 4 Hoski
= former peuitentiary lessees, for $s2,2so, ms
ing an aggregate in judgments against tn,
iessees Of 30, 900.
We regret 10 hear Of the death Of Miss Nj
Savery, Of Tupelo, Lee county, v
wrote much for the Press Of the State un,