The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-07-29
LOCAL NEWS.

Several dry days last week.
Tho arm.clulch il here again.
The mosquitoes arc awful ba,
here.
The nving horses have gone Ia
Moss Point.
business in all lines dull Money
VERY tight.
New sweet potatoes are on the
market for sale.
Some of our merchants buy but
ter in Tennessee.
DR.. w. A.. Cox visited New Or
leans this week on business
Miss Geneva Nix. of Whistler,
A,a,. i, wishing relatives here.
Miss Matte Brdmc, Of Macon,
is visiting Miss Bette Blake.
Scranton is gradually improving
aud new houses continue to be b"''''
Mr. J. Ira Ford attended Cham
Gerry Court IA, Bay 81. Louis Tins
week.
TUESDAYS rain caused the boys to
s,il their boats on onr principal
streets.
Deputy U. 5. CLERK. Mr.. Collins
Phelps, of Mississippi C''y' was mere
ON business Monday.
L, will probably be September be-
FIRE the annual revival will begin at
the Methodist Church.
Miss Ke,c Peterson is ON a visit
to friends at Pensacola, Fla. she
will be absent snnc time.
The uuanty Poor House is to be
sold at public cutlery in front OF the
Courthouse next Monday.
That was a regular chunk m"v-
inv. gully washing rain Tuesday.
The like never seen here before.
Mr.. II. b. Evcrilt has a new
b,ar.lcr a, his house. She is a nice
little lailv and has come to stay.
Mrs. blackwell, of New Orleans,
is visiting her lau.htrr-in-law, Mrs.
r. b. blackwell, on Pa.cagoula street.
-Cmgkens and eggs are very
scarce in Scranton. Some of our cit
liens ~, their supply from Tennessee
The Board of Supervisors meet
Monday, TO examine assessment rolls
and for the ira nsaciion Of general bus
ness.
Misses Rosa Glass, Clara McDcr-
mott and Bessie Cherry. of Mobile"
are here on II pleasure trip, the guests
of Mrs. VI. Glass.
-Rcv. f. p. Scarclit. who has beer
absent Il few weeks on Il visit I" hl'
old home in Kansas City, Mo-, is cx
pcclcd lmiuc iO-tlay.
MIR. o. y. Lyons sold his building
formerly used aSa beer saloon tn Capt
VIM. George, tor $500 cash. Thu
house is on leased land.
Mr.. james II. Rolls, has gone Il
Grand Bay, Ala, 10 get away from tn
mo.quilocs and enjoy the hcal'h-slv'
ing hrcczcs oftlat place.
The person who horrows hi
neighbours paper is cheating The ell
tor. 1t only takes ~ TO get one o
your own for a whole year.
e. Wash Vinct, the widc-awak'
travelling man has been in town sey
cral days hooking orders for the Sar
rain Bros King Bee, aud o,he
goods.
The girls arc complaining tina
Scranton is dullcr, socially, now tina
for summers past. The chivalrlc na
,urc of u beys should not allow TN
to remain SOY
Scranton, compared to other town
of like size can furnish as larg
crowds at Sunday trr'ms as amy tow
in the State. At tho churches, how
eyer, il is different.
MIR. Frank r. Ross. of Mississippi
City, Deputy U. S. Marshal, was J
town Monday looking after the cIga
smuggling casc The case was SC
tied at $l57 cash money.
In these sizxing days Of sumni
and rain, II Is well to make good n'
of plenty of lime about your premise
D"nt depend too strongly upon tn
'salt sea air" for health.
--Drtnrc an election can be held !
Scranton for Mayor ami Aldcrmc
there will have 10 hc a registration
the voters. This 10 be had lou
months before Tie election.
We received a pleasant call MOI
day from Mr.. James W. Mormon
formerly of the S~tarkville Citize'
hut now connected with tho Merca'
tile Agcncy Of II. &. Dunn n Co
Mobile.
The Hunter. Ecnu \ Co. sa'
mill has been shut down since The I'll
IN order That some Of the ~nachincr