The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-02-24
State News Boiled Down.
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Pclahatchie wants Il lawyer.
White caps sober M in Jail at Kosci-
Lsko.
An Okolona editor claims to possess a
bible.
Cuevas, is n new postofice in Harrison
county.
The Holly Springs gas works burned
ont Sunday.
Astormy prohibition fight is predicted
for jackson soon.
Hazelhu rst Will have u new Methodist
Church building.
The total number Of educable children
in Mississippi, is 5l5,453.
W. C. Maxwell, one of Tho OIL lHnd-
marks Of Lawrence county, is dead.
Grenada county farmers are better off
than usual, this year,
Grenada has pro mise of a furniture fac
tory and II cracker and biscuit concern.
The Stark Citizen and Meridian
Nems each appear in 9 new dress Of type.
A Shannon man. during u recent snow,
killed dressed aud sailed niucty-eight
rabbits.
Mississippi is well represented at the
Cotton Growers Convention III Memphis,
this week.
Warren county planters favor a rednc-
ton in the cotton acreage and y divcts'-
~ Of crops.
The insane asylum at Jackson has had
$4,000 worth of repairs to cover the ef-
tccts Of the fire.
Capt. W. II. Hardy, of Meridian, has
taken the initiatOry steps toward Il m.n-
uncut to the late Lamar.
A Winston county m an has two moth
ers-in-law living with him. lu the Ian
guage of an exchange: J-e-r-u-s-a-l-a-m
The State pays s64, 200 to l,9s6 Confed-
crate pensioners this year. Jackson
county has twelve beneticiuries vi this
fund.
The Bruxt0n High School building has
been burned. $40 piano, fine Library
aud II lot Of patent desks were also de-
strOyed.
CUrintb Sub-SOiler and Democrat Oys-
sters ought to be powerful good this
month. and they aro-the word February
having two RS in its make up.
Roland Eaton, of Picntiss county has
sailed down this year several Thousand
pounds Of pork, besides realizing $1,000
from l20 Young hogs shipped " New Dr.
leans.
Rev. J. 7. Nicholson, who was sent to
the asylum from Natchez, last summer,
for insanity brodyht on by overwork, is
reported rapidly progressing toward 10.
cOvery.
W. A. Percy Camp Of Confederate Vet
terans was organized at Greenville this
week with about forty priyates and . full
list of officers. Gen. W. 5. Ferguson is
commander.
A strenuous effort is being made to get
the death sentence OF Ford, who killed
Marshal Clay, of McComb City, commute
ed to life imprison ment. He is to hang
at Magnolia, March 9Th.
In Leuke county a young man named
Yeager was waylaid and INSTANTLY killed
by II schColmate named Fowler, the affair
grown x ont OF some misunderstanding
had between them ut school.
A %luuatic in the Meridian asylum, W.
S. Slimp, of Purvls. escaped, aud lie was
found shortly afterwards dead on the
railroad track, having been decapltatcd
by a passing train. Whether an acct
dent or suicide is not known.
The farmers Of MARSHALL county have
organized and agreed on having u large
bell in each DeishbOrhOod and to regulate
the hours OF labor. They are going to
work more and raised more diversified
crops, with u view OF lettering them
selves aud their county. .
Rev. G.. S. Inse, Of Columbus, who has
gained wide reputation as an evangelist,
died in Memphis Tuesday, and was bur-
led at the home of his parents, Corinth.
He was an unusually bright maj intellec-
tually and is an orator of force and pol
ish had few peers in the Sonth. He led
the fight against saloons j., Columbus
several weeks ago, and it is said his death
was the result Of oyerwork during this
campaign.