The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-11-16
LETTER FROM MOBILE.


MOBILE. ALA. Nov. IL, lS9i'
Editor Dsmocrat-Star.
1t has been SO long since we hav,
seen your genial face in our city. that
| suggest y0u pay us Il visit next week
and see the wal ship Montgomery. !
promise you Il genuine treat not only
in seeing the beautiful steamer, but
in the many and great improvements
in our old city. There has been more
buildings put up In the residence poi
tion OF our city, than in the same
space Of time during its history. 1t
matters not in what way you turn
the sound OF the builders Il be heard,
and this in turn has caused much re-
pairing and r%epainting Of other bull
dings, which has produced almost Il
magical change in our already pretty
city. Many new stores have been
built and many more have had new
fronts with more modern shapes and
styles and these with many new forms
of electrical lighting, give Il fine
SNOWY appearance that makes an eve
ming walk d)wn the streets very at
tractive and pleasant. Most of the
residences, If not all, are OF frame,
while all the stores and new fronts
are Of brick, iron and glass, the latter
taking a very prOminant part, and
adding much to these very snowy ap-
pearance. \ feature Of some OF the
new stores, that they are made of
pressed brick, of beautiful buff color,
made here in Mobile at Qulgley's brick
Np ri thlf lrn vp~t,nf.1np,.n nv lsnnlIIp.
tent judges to equal the far-flmed
Philadelphia pressed brick. and sew
eral dollars per thousand cheaper, and
very much handsOmer in appearances.
One or two fronts on Water street,
and Immediately opposite the Fhila-
delphia brick, makes IA favorable con-
trast in favor of Mobile brick anoth-
er very handsome one on st. Emanuel
street, and one on the corner OF Gov
eminent and Commerce streets are OF
this buff colored Mobile brick, which
shows another step forward in South
ern manufacture. The last named, Il
very handsomely finished twO-story
structure is occupied by Mr.. II. p.
Blalack, formerly of your city, COM
monty known, and | might say every
where known as ''Dick." Well.
DICK had an opening last saturday
night, and lovers or the ardent had an
unusual treat IN IL table grooming
beneath as line Il supper as culinary
SIKH could make 1t, and l need only
mention Il Few things TO snow you
now DICK" blows when he does blow.
An oyster stew, not Il soup with one
oyster TO the quart, put an 0ld iasil-
lonrd stew, rlch IN all that makes one
good; roast beer, roast turkey, chicken
and potato salads, celery and sauces.
ana What else | cannot tell you, Tor
when saw That much | was sent Tor
TO Jolna friend, Il commercial traveller,
IN IA few bottles of champagne, and i
boX or Hoffman cigars. and when
got away from there al! could tell
was That people were still eating ana
walters were still bringing on the
catables, and a perfect mob OF people
IN number, but OF the orderly sort;
were c0Tgratulatlng DICK ana
thlnk thcy are AT IL yet. Long may
he live.
There have been many business
changes here since you paid us a visit.
The fruit business has become an i'm
portant feature, and the railroad IA
c%lllticS offered by the NJ. \ q. IL. H.,
is tending to still further enlarge 1t.