The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-03-03
State News Boiled Down.
Water Valley is now "dry."

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A large strawberry crop is predicted.
Wayne county has n colony of Swedes
Hind, county has discovered II black
bear.
81 600 school building rs to built al
Gloistcr.
New Albany complains of having nc
sidewalks.
Newton shipped twenty car loads Of
cotton last week.
Leflore county voted against a stock
law, 3 to l, Monday.
Kinds and Rankin counties prohibit
seins in Pearl river.
Crystal Springs growers have ordered
10000 tomato crates.
Several towns in the State are bidding
for the Litchfield Car Works.
A colony of fifteen families from Iowa
have settled in Lankin county.
Winston county is beginning to raise
stock to supply home demands.
The trial of the famous Heard Colbert
case ut Utica resulted IN II mistrial.
Vlcksbnrg has thirty persons arrested,
charged with dealing in lottery tickets.
In McComb City one hundred houses
dwellings and stores-were erected last
year.
The railroad safe at Potts Camp was
blown open and about SIS secured Sa-
turday night. :
The new Methodist Church at Hick ory
was dedicated Sunday by Bishop Gallo
way.
Alex Robinson, an escaped pcnitcntiary
convict has been captured and pnt in Jail
at Tnpelo.
Columbia is clamoring for the con-
strncIion of bridge across Pearl river at
that place.
Only five small pieces of property were
advertised as delinquent for taxes in I'M
ion county.
The coal discovered in Holmes comfy
is said to equal tho best ''black diamond
of Alabama.
In many towns in the State services
were hcld in memory Of the late Rev.
Geo. s. lago.
MIR. Maurice Thompson. the wcll-known
l%lttrati OF Indiana, is spending the sea sou
at Bay st. Lonis.
The unprecedented high price Of cot
ton seed is causing nearly all the seed in
the country to be marketed.
A l6-yrar old school boy at Water VAL
ley, while reclting dropped dead in the
school room the other day..
Corinth reports two business failures
I. W. Cunningham and Smith. 4 Walker
duo to credlling too literally.
The reports of lawlcssn ess. whitecap-
ism, etc, in Ncshoba and C~oyinrton
counties have been exaggerated.
The Jackso po%stofice was pl accd M
der civil service rules last January, to the
great disgust OF many applicants.
The building and machinery of the L.
flore Ice ANA Coal Co.. at Greenwood.
burned last week. Loss S30,OOO.
The sherif, Convention ut Jackson did
NOT pan ont well, 50 it was decided TO
,he meeting till September.
The bursting of huge millstones at New
Albany, last week, killed one man, IN
jnred several and made ii general wreck.
In "A spell Of drunken anger Il George
Goodwin, n white mitsman, shot and
killed Clas. Davenport, at Greenvllle, Il
few days ago.
Meridian's "sOcial" clubs have found
out that tho ispensing of liquors is not
the correct thing to do, in the eyes Of the
law, and will 'sin no more"
Four white caps tried to force Il. A.
Anderson to leave Carroll county, but it
didn't work, aud one of the gang headel
Il funeral possession next day.
The hog crop is large. There has not
been Il carload of meat sold in either of
the principal towns along the line of the
Illinois Centred road since December.
One exchange has tho tcmerity to re-
mark Mature is putting on her spring
dress of green, while most of the fair
daughters of Z nth are figuring Oh their
Easter dltSS ANA bUnnetS."
Jas. Duncan came to Water Valley
from Texas and sccGred Il license TO mar
ry Miss Ward, but suddenly changed his
mind and took the train for home with.
out a word of explanation.
The first yam potato. it is said, was
planted in Alfalfa county in 1881 by u
man who picked il up IN the road be-
tween Benton and YazAo City. From
this one Seeding was raised fifty bushels
that year.
Frank Tarvcr, near McComb City, gave
an old fashion country dance at his house
Il lew nights ago and during u row that
occurred WAS fatally shot by one of his
guests. He leaves II large family in poor
circumstances
Capt. j. 5. McNeily will soon sever his
connection with the Jackson ClarioR-Led
er. and return with his family to his
old home, Greenvllle. He will agnin
take charge of the Greenvillo Times,
converting it into Il tri-weekIy.