The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1895-11-22
State News Boiled Down.

operation by February LIST.
The Meridian Herald says the express
company alone brings into that city 200
gallons of whisky daily.
N. Scales Il Co., leading merchants of
Macon, have gone to the wall, with La
bilities amounting to $4,000.
In the interior of Hancock county Nor
mon elders are preaching aud making
converts to their creed. Treat them to
tar aud feathers, or something worse.
Newton Jones, a Jackson darkey. got u
decision in the Supreme court last Mon
day, allowing hun $1,000 against the A. ".
Il NJ. r. Il. He WAS mashed some time
ago at the railroad yard at Jackson.
J A. james, of Hattiesburg. had his
skull fractured and left eye put ont by a
runaway horse last week.
A farmer by the name of r. p Jones, of
WaynesbolO, went crazy on the subject
of sanctitication.
The Poplar Springs Academy, situated
two miles north of Meridian, was de-
srroyed by fire on tuesday.
Ten thousaud people attended Barnum
4 B%ailey's circus at Jackson on the 9th
instant.
For the first time since the wal there
will not be a negro in the Mississippi
Legislature.
The vote for State officers will not be
made known till the Legislature meets.
Il W. Boyle, one of the editors of the
Sun, committed suicide in Macon Mon.
day.
The Raymond Gazette says Mormon
elders are in that neighborhooi.
There is "A strange coincidence in the
fact that Mississippi, like Kentucky, has
just two POpulite members of the Legis
lature.
The Winona Times ridicules the Popu
lite claim that they were defeated b.,
fraud. Tie Times asserts that there was
never Il fairer election held.
The Newton County Progress advcr.
tises for a purchaser of secondhand pa
triotism in Mississippi and directs them
to apply to Populite headquarters.
Nesl'oba county pays a. 20 per month
for the maintenance OF bor paupers.
Society folks of Wafer Valley go pos.
sum hunting.
A negro woman preacher is after col
Ored sinners in Jackson.
Crout's store at Pelahatchie was bur
glarized last week of $3.50.
Coriah county has a very sorry Jail, Y
wooden structure, and the demand il, fol
Il better one.
J.ckson merchants pnt mp such large
signs hat borses get scared at them ant
run away.
In Newton county, Lewis Williams. au
Indian. was killed hy Rev. Ben william
so.,', nm Indian preacher. Ihcy SS.1
drinking 'bitters."
The county superintcudent-elect Of
Hancock county failed to pass the re-
quircG examination, hence is i~neligibl.
and the present incumbent will hold over
a fatal shooting ARRAY occurred OF
election day At Midway, a voting pre-
cinct in which j. 4. Stewart shot aud
fatally wounded A. j. Scott. An OLD
fued was the cause.
Ben Therrell, a merchant of Steen'
Greek, who was convicted in tho Federal
court on IA charge Of running a blind
tiger, made an assignment o + his stock o
goods.
Two negroes with a twO-mnle team
attempted to pass in front of Il passengc
train at Canton as it came into the sta
ton resulting in the killing of II negro
and both mules. The other negro will
probably die.
The Meridian Herald says that Their,
are ninety five U. s. Revenue licenses 70
the sale of liquor in that city.
The keeper of the Simpson county poo
house boards the paupers for $500 pc
month. The bill of fare must he elabU
late at that figure.
The Populists elected one Justice O
the peace in Lawrence.
Jackson has made up the amount oil
stock called for to secure u big Wagon
factory.
The Lincoln county Jail is one OF tn
few in the State that contains no piisOn
ers.
Only one Populite was elected /,
Amite comfy, and that by q very small
majority for Supervisor.
A colony of $50 families Of Hollander
have secured land in Bolivar county an,
will soon move there from Dakota.
There are two papers published i
Cotfeeville called the Courier and a law.
SUIT is Oh hand to settle the right to The
title.
Mrs. Stokes. the housc.keepcr at VIII:
worth College, was married in the dining
room Mt the college last week to Mr.. Stai
ford, Of Stafford Springs.
The Brookhaveu Leader announced il
its issue last week that it will be the pa
per's last appearance until the negotia
,ions pending Its removal to Jackson ar
settled.
Fire in the A. Il NJ. College last wecl
did damage to the amonut OF $500. III
entire building would have been burne'