The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-12-21

There was IS 81 g.. paid to Pike conn
ty by the /. e. Il. r., for taxes for the
year 1894.
Frank Goodwin shot and seriously
wounded Oscar Carterat Crystal Springs
Saturday.
Sam Ford, u firmer. living near Macon,
Miss, shot and fatally injured his wife
December IA.
Adcer hunter recently killed a deer in
Snntlower county bottom that weighed
80 pounds.
The Populites have decided to put a
full State ticket in tho field Tor the cam
paigh Of 1895.
The Baptist congregation of Jackson,
are now able to worship in their new
church editice.
Capt. +. w. Brown, of Hazlehurst, is
announced as Il candidate for clerk Of the
supreme court.
Electric street cars are one OF the pos.
slbilities and probabilities OF Vicksburg
at no distant day.
Thos. Wade was shot and ilstantly
killed by a negro at Rosinburg. The ne
gro is still at large.
The Mexican Gulf hotel ut Pass Chris
tian has been opened under an entirely
new management.
The Comic CHEST is II new journalistic
venture at Ellisville, A. NJ. Price, editor
and publisher.
The Clarion Ledger says the good opin-
ion of the Mississippi press is more TO be
priced than fine gold.
Yazoo City has an excellent fire depart
ment, and wishes insurance rates to come
down in consequence.
The large firm of c. D, williams 4 Co.,
Of Bolton. have failed with liabilities
amounting to $4,000.
Three hundred and sixty-fve turkeys
were sold in Monroe county by one party
at six cents per pound.
Rev. Fl NJ. Long, Baptist, of Shnqua-
lax, has been decided insane and place.,
III the asylum at Meridian.
There have been a large number of
business failures throughout the State,
within the last few weeks.
Meridian with a population of $1,000.
has Il bonded debt Of $l56,5 500 aud a
floating debt of S2S,45327.
Gov. Stone has approved the purchase
Of The Sivley place in Kinds comfy for
one Of the p%enitentiary farms.
An Alfalfa county farmer made this
year on 90 acres OF land, without the use
of fertilizers, 915 bushels of corn.
The Governor offers a reward of 500
for the arrest Of the parties who trled'to
murder Sam Goss in Winston county.
Hon.John r. Cameron of Madison conn
ty has written u letter in which he de-
clines to enter thu race for governor.
The grand jury of DeSotO county re.
ports crime scarce in that part of the
moral vineyard, finding only Is true-bills.
The new courthouse at ~Brookhlven.
which. will, the furniture. cost $4,000,
has been turned oyer to the board of su,
peryisols,
Hon. J. X. Vaidaman of Lclore and
Senator A. J. McLanrin Of Rankin are
thus far the only avowed candidates for
governor.
A candidate for treasurer 10 Leake
county has neither hand or foot. and yet
he writes a good hand and is u fair shot
with n gun.
The Catholics of Yazoo City have de-
cided on building a church to cost about
$50 900. Nearly $4,000 have already
been subscribed.
The East Mississippi Times says that
some of the men who voted tho Porulite
ticket in OktibbelIa county are returning
to the Democratic fold.
There were Al additions to the Baptist
church at Clinton during the late meet
ing conducted by DR.. Pace, of %Hazlehurst,
and DR.. Leavell, the new pastor.
Bishop Gal!oway's latest lettor from
the East, printed in the Clarion L,dger,
IS dated Shanghai, China. Oct. eth. BY
the LIST of Janu uy he expects to be in
Jerusalem.
Mississippi's total State, county, muni-
| cipal and school debt is only 81 66 per
capita. West Virginia aud Utah are the
only States which have smaller per capt.
ia Indebtedness.
A man named mccarthy has been sent
to Jail without bail in Carroll county for
killing a jew pcddler. mccarthy was an
officer and killed the peddler for failure
to produce his license to peddle.
A cotton growers convention meets In
Jackson, Jan 9Th, to consider the agri.
cultural situation aud zee what can be
done to advance the price Of cotton aud
improve the condition Of the Southern
farmer.
Whitecap Will Purvis, who was nearly
hanged In Marion county some year ago
will not he re-sentenced until the June
term Of the circuit court at Columbia, As
the December term has been POSTPONE d
until that date.
A colored preacher Is lectnring In Ran
kin county ID the interest of the African
emigration scheme, where he says TWEEN
ty-ive acres Of land, teams, farming i'm.
plements. ETC., will be given each family
on their arrival. He states that It will
cost only $4l to make the trip. The ne
glOes Of the county are greatly enthused
and stirred up about the subject.