The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-09-15

improved.
HUNTING AND FISHING ON LANDS
OF ANoTHER.-The law Of this State
is very plain on this subject. The
owner of any lands may post the same
by placing conspicuously on the bor-
der of his premises and near the en-
trance thereto, notices that all per-
sons are forbidden to hunt or fish
thereon ; such notices must be plain
ly painted or printed, and shall be
sufficient for them to contain the
word ''posted," and there shall be at
least three for every mile of the
boundry of the tract and one at every
road entering the premises.
james O. Smith and Charles Tag
ert, who robbed J. p. Clayton's store
Of S $1,000, and tried to murder Mr..
Joseph Cook last April, and were
promptly tried and convicted
and sentenced to the p%enitentiary for
twenty years each, were detected last
week in IA plot to escape. They were
ut once placed in close confinement
and will be kept so close that they
| will not have another chance to even
concoct a plot to escape.
Capt. G. +. Peterson, owner of the
| schooner l.. A. Edwards, returned
Sunday from a trip to Caibaricn with
lumber. lie reports a rough voyage
on the return trip. His schooner is
now loading with 100000 feet of lum-
Der at the Farnsworth Lumber Co.'S
mill for the same port.
The attention OF our hunters Is
hereby called to Sec. 1874 Annotated
Code, 1892, in which it is made a mis-.
demcanor for anyone to shoot, wound,
injure, kill, catch, or pursue will
such intent any partridge or turkc!
between the first of May and the first
Of October in any year.
The trustees of the public school o
this place met Friday night last by
electing Mr.. C. ii. Alley chairman
and Mr.. S. r. Thompson secretary
The Board is now ready to receive ap
plications for teachers. Next meet
ing of the Board wi ! be Monday, TIN
18th inst.
The colored population had big do
ings down on the Pascagoula rive
Sunday last. Ten converts to thu
Baptist faith were buried deep dow
in the water where the "mysteriou
music" is heard. The crowd of al
colors and conditions was immense.
The school law of this State say
it shall be unlawful for a trustee q
any school to vote for any person as
teacher who is related to him b
blood or marriage within the thir
degree, or who is p%ccuniarily depcr
dent upon him.
MAYORS CoURT.-IIon. M. G. All
man presiding. Sam Saucier (col.
was up Wednesday in this cour
charged with not paying his stree
tax, His Honor sent him down t
work II days on the streets.
We hope there will be an earncs
effort made by our citizens general
to raise the debt on the new schot
building so the school can open in
! this fall. There is no suitable hOus
: but that in town for the purpose.
Mrs. f. D. Dean has closed III
s summer home, Ocean Rest at Pasc'
!. xoula, and returned to New Orleai
Y for the winter. On the Goth inst. wit
her husband she will visit the World
Fair.
The public schools of the coun
n shall be kept in continuous sessit
four months, and as much longer
the school fund of the scholastic ye
will maintain them.
The County School Board shall
the day for the opening of the whit
term between the first Monday
November and the second Monday
January.
The preacher said last Sunday
- his sermon that a horse snapper al
- trader would lie and cheat. Such
- person could not be a good chur
member, he thought.
~. State Senator f. N. Scudder,
Mayersyille. Miss, was here Wedn'
70 day. He is prospecting for a place
locate to practice the law.
- There will be no special term
:. the Chancery Court for this coun
y on the first Monday in October.
: DR.. w. Saucicr, will move to Biz
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