The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-02-26
Editorial and Otherwise.
wesson merchants have organized board of

lief OF the Gulf Coast College at Handsboro.
The U. s. Senate has passed the bill appropri
ating $35o,oOO for a dry dock hear Algiers,
La. .s------ :
| II is probable that the new State pension bill
will not give the bencfciaries more than Slo
each.
VIM. knight, colorcd, Is sentenced to hang
at Rolling Fork, March "a, for murder of Mike
Shea.
Crystal Springs will have $40 acres in toma
toes this year, the cost of preparation being
$32,425.
1t appears that the Mississippi colorcd Re-
publicans are not inclined to Harrison's s nomi
nation.
The House of Representatives postponed
consideration of the Pcnitentary Bill until the
session of 1894.
Mr.. Henry Watterson puts Justice J.. O. C.
Lamar with Gladstone and Gambetta AS a
great thinker and orator.
The PRESBYTERIAN newspapers are printed in
Il States. They number 3d. and published.
all told, about 100000 copies.
Meridian is making preparations to advertise
itself all over the North and West. Nothing
like advertising.
inc Clarion says that thirty two of the
forty-fve Senators in the Senate of Mississip-
pi are natives of that State.
The Board Of Supervisors Office county has
already ordered the Tax Assessor of that
county to list all dogs for taxation.
Boston paper will give free pass to tho
Worlds Fair to the person guessing how long
tWill take six-foot candle to burn out.
Of the Protestant sccts the Methodists have
the largest number of ncwspapers-l47, and
the largest combined circulation, about $780,
900.
The Lutherans appear to be the most numcr-
GUS in Pennsylvania and the West. They have
IN all, 81 newspapers, but no one has any very
wide distribution.
The Legislature has tackled the dogs now
we hope the festive William Goat will be treat
I'd similarly by the Legislature. The goats in
towns is a nuisance of the first water.
Representative Henry Calhoun, from scott
county, died at Jackson last week. He had
oeen SICK ever since the beginning OF the Leg.
islature. His remains were inferred at Jack.
son.
Our Legislature leads off by adopting, by a
rising and unanimous vote, a resolution con.
graduating the opponents Of the lottery in
Louisiana and the country at large on the
surrender Of the lottery company.
The Wantangn, Tenn, Valley News thinks
the eyes of the Northern capitalists and tbe
moneyed men of Europe are watching the
southland Of the Union with more intense in.
terest than any other portion of the globe.
The United States Circuit and District
Court are in session at Mississippi City this
week. Hon. Henry c. Niles presiding, Hon. A.
NJ. Lea, United States Attorney, R. II. Win.
ter Clerk, and Fred. W. Collins. United stotcs
Marshal in attendance.
Mr.. Basham, of Monroe, offered resolutions
seeking to amend the constitution. They covor
the subject of poll taxes. II successful thew
would reduce the pol. tax to 3I.oo and make
the collection of It compulsory by criminal
process. They were all referred.
The Grand Lodge of Masons now saws that
no saloon man can join the mystic order, and
that all Masons engaged in The whisky business
after the first day of January, 1893. must abop.
den the traffic or be expelled. Let tbose who
are'concerned take due notice thereof and act
accordingly.
The sensational schoolgirl murder in Mem.
pms seems to have had it's original cause in the
halt-insanc friendship between two school
mates in boarding school run on the dormi.
tory plan People who have daughters to cd.
ucate ought to know both the best and worst
possibilities of human nature.
Inc New Orleans Picayvne saws Publish
ers Of newspapers get more advice about tho
conduct of their bnsihess than they know what
to do with. That Comes from the people who
know nothing about, t,p business makes no
difference. 1t all good and all different, there.
fore interesting.
The fence law an perfected reads "Tbat
when majority Of persons of any county who
are freeholders and householders and ousliaed
voters shall vote favorable to no fences thc
Board Of Supervisors declare it in force" This
was big sentiment in favor of allowing any
person who isl qualified voter having saw on
the question.
justice l.. 2. Q. Lamar, one of the br,inest
men who ever lived in Mississippi, while .t
Macon, Ca, recently in speaking Of the
discussion now going on In that State AZ to Hill,
and Cleveland, said "Of course am out Of
politics, but what little politics have are for
cleveland, as be Is the best man Of the two. Tn
fact, there is no comparison TO be drawn no.
tween the two.'
Both Houses Of the Legislature have adopted
the proposed section Of the code chapter prohib.
"'ng the sale Of cigars, cigarettes or tobacco In
any form TO persons under ls years Of. aec
Inc speaker offered an amendment, which wss
adopted, making the smoking Of cigarettes IN
any public place misde,neanor, punishable by
. hnc Of not less than $5 for each oKensc. If
this law Is ridgidly enforced il may save some
Of the young ''kids" who have not already
formed the habit Of cigarette smoking, but VIC
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