The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-11-08

More new wheels in own

JOHN II. 'hUL, oGilioh |Nsoh''
More new wheels in town.
OYSTERS are fat and plentiful now.
A few cases of fever in town yet.
Scranton has its share of deadbeats.
Ths last rose of summer has faded and gone
II will soon be sausage and chilling season.
Henry Jacobs left for New Orleans wednes'
day.
Col. Joseph Hodgson, of Mobile, was in towr
Saturday.
Early risers report a heavy frost here Sun
day morning.
The bracing fall weather has increased busi'
ness in some lines.
Considerable inquiry for we'll timbcred lands
in this county.
Mr.. G.. NJ. Luce, wife and little son Jex left
for Basin Monday.
Widowers and widows are slow, but they get
there all the m
Mrs. II. Collie is visiting her daughter Mrs.
E. II. Toenes in Mobile.
What is more tempting to a healthy person
than duck and turnips?
Harry A. Dorr was in town Sunday and
Monday visiting his family.
Mr.. Jas. II. Rolls has recovered from a re-
cent attack of sickness.
All Job Printing executed at the DEMOCRAT
STAR office is cash on delivery.
Look out for your aucs. See that they are
O. K. before building a FIRE.
Mrs. X. Z. Allen, of Bellefontainc, is visit
Ing her daughter, Mrs. Chas. E. Chidsey.
Ducks have made their appearance in our
waters and the hunter gives them no rest.
The Pascagoula Land Company has issued
folder showing the advantages of the coast
country. A.2
On account of the scarcity u usnnev, the
tax PAYERS are not coming up to the scratch
very lively.
The schooner Thos. J. May was hanled out
for general repairs at Capt. Geo. Frentz's ship
yard on Thursday.
Street Commissioner r. NJ. Grant of Pasca-
goula has repaired the bridges and streets in
that thriving village.
Capt. Chas. Boster, the genial proprietor of
the Cottage by the Sea spent several days in
New Orleans attending to business.
Mr.. J. A. Miller, the popular proprietor of
the Scranton Hotel and Exchange, who has
been quite i'll, We are pleased to see is out
again.
Two 'hobos" dropped in the DEMOCRAT
STAR office the other day and got a square
meal or two and left for the west, happy as
millionarcs.
We are pleased to learn that our handsome
Young friend Mr.. Geo. W, Grayson, formerly
station agent here, has been appointed baggage
master at Mobile.
Mrs. W. II. Belt and her beautiful little
daughter Jessie, from Biloxi, is on a visit to
her husband, who has been quite i'll at his
fathers residence here.
Capt. l.. N. Hanson and wife spent Sunday
here with the family Of Mr.. Chris. Nelson on
Pascagoula street. Capt. Hanson is Is years
old but isas spry as as a man of 80 years.
Mr.. b. W. Taylor, of New Orleans, visited
scranton last Friday. He came to pay tribute
TO the graves of Maj. and Mrs. John Henry,
VINO are buried on the Villa Ada place on the
Pascagoula river.
catch of seventeen large rats was made in
a'rap at the residence of DR.. w. r. Kell Sat-
"rday night. They were transported to Mr..
h'M' Plnmmer's Dull Jog keLnel, where they
were slaughtered in less than three minutes.
All Saints Day was generally observed by
we people in this vicinity in spite of the cool
aud gloomy weather. The graves in all the
y" '1'o'sries were nicely cleaned and decorated
""n natural and artificial flowers. At the
oa'nol'c graveyards services for the dead were
held.
som complaints from the back country sub
sc''oers to the "old reliable" that the paper
""es not reach them regularly. The fault is
"0' AZ our door. The DRMocRAr-SrAR for all
re oack country postofRces leaves here every
in"ay morning and should reach the furthest
'n'ce by Saturday night.
""en d Beck and Levie Grey, two Young
negro men who were recently arrested for de-
wing away Newton Shefield's daughter,
n"'cr 10 years, were tried before Justice Chas.
lindsey last Friday. At the trial the pris-
|e's counsel, Messrs. Billiard L Billiard,
asm'n'ed a trial by jury. When the jury was
."pane'ed it was found to be composed en-
Icy OF negroes, who, after hearing the evil
"e"ee and the argument Of the attorneys,
mv"p.'y rendered a verdict Of guilty. Beck
o'ey were then sentenced to the full
c,.;a 0, the law, $50 fine sndcosts. 1t is
J""oea That this is the first caSe In Nlissis-
"'p' '"a' was ever tried befcrX negro jury.
saturday afternoon at . o'clock as the tug
vo.""S towing a barge up the river a negro
'D'" named Gilbert Moore jumped off the
anu attempted to swim ashore. lie had
sinI 'a' a short distance when he began to
Joh" a number Of people standing on Capt.
,na rosters wharf saw the unfortunate lad
s". made every effort to to 70 to his rescue,
Js was drowned before they reached him.
IN. walker Immediately made . search for
O'y ana succeeded in bringing Il to the
bar. WIN pair o foyster rakes. The mem
.tso,'n e colored Baptist church took charge
N'ne BODY and nara n u