The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-06
Stat News Boiled Down,

Dogwood blossoms and fish bait.
The early fruit caught the freeze.
7. w. Keenan, will he Brookhaven'
new postmaster.
The Lexington Advertiser is 8
years old.
Kosclusko joined the ''dry" rank
last Saturday.
Whitecapism is still reported II
Smith county.
Buffalo gnats are getting trouble
some in the delta.
A deaf and dumb printer works OF
the Westville News.
The water at Columbus is cut of a
10 O'Clock at night.
The new court house at Clarksdal'
has been completed.
The Populitcs will support Il new
paper at Alderman.
Gold hunters, after buried treasure,
are at work around Natchez.
There is talk Of reviving the Biloxi.
Blizzard by a stock company.
Natchez Bicyclists contemplate /;
trip to New Orleans next month.
The Mississippi Journal OF Educa
tion is a new publication at Aberdeen
1t is said Madison cOunty's loss b,
the late freeze amounted to $40 OOO.
The Episcopal church at Lexington
recently burned nothing being saved
The mounds around Wesson will
soon be examined for relics of Indiar
days.
o Meridian again has electric lights
after a two months spell of dark
nights.
A new spur track OF the L. & n
is talked of to run to Pennington ant
Logtown.
Columbus will amend her city char.
ter, reducing the salarIed bill about
so per cent.
a New Albany man recently worked
up a tree into 1900 slaves for which he
received S4S.
The safe in the postollce at Stone
wall was blown open by professional,
last week and robbed of $30l.
Rev. ThoS. j. Newell has declined
reelection as president of the Grena
da Collegiate Institute.
Nearly all the cotton shipped from
Natchcz is carried by steamer to Gin.
cinnati, thence by rail to the East.
The Lawrence County Press serves
notice on Congressman Stcckdalc that
II he returns to Washington it will be
in the face of its editorial opinion.
Gen. J. r. Chalmers declines to be.
come a candidate for Congress from
the Second District ON the PEOPLES
ticket.
Capt. L. G.. Aldrich, OF Natchez.
withdraws from the Congressional
race in favor of Gen. W. II. Martins
candidacy.
The Corinth Herald says, "Barring
hecold snap. farmers are well under
way with their crops, early planted
corn coming up and the land in good
condition.
Cicly Thomas, c0lorcd, died near
Port Gibson, the other day, aged 125
years, leaving in the neighb0rhood six
generations of her family.
There is an old corn crib on a plan
tation in Jefferson county from which
corn was sold to Gen. Jackson when
he was on his way to New Orleans in
1912.
The Natcncz Democrat has hopes
OF Il new railroad, one heading from
Kansas City to New Orleans. to be
the Kansas City, Arkansas and
New Orleans Railway.
The Oxford Globe says, "Whitecap-
ism, like SuLtrcasuryism and Third.
partyism, has faded from the borders
Of our dearly beloved State. May all
false isms disappear in like manner.
The Magnolia Gazette says: every
Mississippian should own real estate.
Our young men should be early taught
to invest their earnings in buy ing a
portion OF the land on which they
were bred. Let us not think too lit
tie of our native land.
Mrs. White, of huntsville, aged 70
years, was burned to death last week.
A mule case was settled in the Ok
ford circuit court last week, after a
litigation of eight years. The costs
amounted to more than SO 600 and the
mule was valued at 80.
Referring to the Vicksburg Herald's
persistent mention as a candidate for
Congressman Aliens seat, the Vlcks.
Post says; "The Governors
past record shows that he is very ca
pable in determining what course to
pursue. When the people want him
another position, they will proba-
bly, send him to the Senate instead OF