The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-04-22
Editorial and Otherwise.
German is for Cleveland.


B irksdale as perennial"
The New Delta wants the Australian ballot
system introduced in Louisiana
The Yazoo City Herald has changed from
Hill boomer to a Cleveland advocate.
The next reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans will be at Birmingham next year.
A bill has been introduced in Congress to
abolish the tariff on agricultural implements.
Maine will send a solid delegation for Cleve-
land to the National Democratic Convention.
1t is said Alabama coal has no equal for
cooking. 1t is as clean as wood and much
cheaper.
Henry NJ. Stanley is about TO undertake
another trip to Africa and will probably re-
main for a long time.
the spring term of the Circuit Court for
Hancock county will convene at Bay st. Louis
on the secone Monday in May.
Tennessee farmers consider the late snow
blessing, as it protected the wheat, oat and
clover crops from the cold wind.
All of Mississippi's Congressman voted for
the Silver Free Coinage bill except Messrs
Hooker and Catchings, who were absent.
The United States gives the Italian govern
ment S25, 900 to be distributed among the heirs
of the Italians lynched in New Orleans.
De Shaxo, the Ellsville jeweer, wrote a
shameful statement about young lady of
that town and in consequence had to skip.
The new State Board of Health is to be COM
posed of twelve men, one from each Congress
sional district and five from the State at large.
The annotated code of 1892 will be half as
large again as the present code. II will con-
tain probably one Thousand pages. 1t is to
he printed by Oct. lst.
Capt. VIII. Hardy denies that the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad has been sold. We think
it has been badly sold ever since he had any
thing to do with it.
The dram shop law does not permit minors
to 60 into saloons or be employed in them in
any capacity. The gay kids have to stand at
the door and peep in.
1t is said that the grated chestnut tree bears
in from onc-half to one-fourth the time re-
quired for the natural tree and produces fruit
of known character.
Only two Democrats voted against the free
wool bill. Babbtt and Miller, of Wisconsin,
bolted their party and voted with the Repub-
licans against the bill.
The Memphis Commercial says there ap-
pears to be something in Hillsm which blights
the manhood and paralyzes the conscience of
all who are touched by it.
Senator John w. Daniels Grafton at the
Confederate Veterans Reunion, in New Or
leans, on the Sth inst. is said to have been the
ablest and most eloquent ever listened to in the
South.
The Legislature abolished the charters of all
towns in this State having less than five hun
drcd inhabitants. Where they have less than
one hundred they cease to be municipal cor
porations.
The States that are absolutely safe for
Cleveland are Massachusetts, Kansas, Mime
sofa, North Dakota, Pennsylvania and Rhode
Island, which will cast l46 votes in the Chicago
convention.
According to the primary election candi-
date must secure majority of all the votes
cast before he can be declared the nominee of
party. A simple plurality is not enough
unless the candidates SO agree.
The United Confederate Veterans at their
meeting last week in New Orleans passed
unanimously resolution requesting the
Southern States to appropriate $500 per annum
as a pension to Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
Judge Caldwell has appointed Miss Adclia
Utter clerk of the circuit court of the United
States for the western district of Missouri.
This is the first case on record where woman
has been appointed clerk of circuit court.
A newspaper cannot pander to all classes Of
people. II Is therefore, bound to make some
enemies and if it does not, it will have failed
to accomplish any good. Whenever a pape,
succeeds in making enemies you may just put
it down that that journal is effecting some
good.
A little girl was. recently pursued by 9
vicious Jersey COW on the streets of Jackson
The Clarion advocates the passage of stock
ordinance by the Mayor and Aldermen of the
Capital City. That ought to be the first or
dinance passed by our City Fathers when they
get the machine in operation.
The Board of Election commissioners
which under the new law is composed of tho
Governor, Attorney General and Secretary o,
State, met at jackson on the 18th inst. and
appointed al the Circuit Clerks Of their re.
spectivc counties in the State Registrars Of
voters. Four months are required for regis
tration before election, and the registrars arc
all urged to strict compliance with the law
Clarence Hunter, young man from Macon
Miss, suicidcd near Forest Sunday, by laying
his head on the railroad track just as trair
was rapidly approaching. He was a Bibl,
kagent and had become pubalaaesd on the sub
ject u religion. He pvesched In the Daptls
church the day before and being, as he thought
refused Christian hospitality by the people o
Forest, left town, and soon after ended his lif
as above. e.