The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-08-14
State News Boiled Down.

There are $50 school children III Amito
county.
Speaker McCool is again confined TO
his bed.
Sardis has organized Bryan and Rain
water club.
Holly Springs is making an effort Ia
get water works.
Shnbuta has \ citizen who won't go to
dinner until IL 10 l.
| Hon. J. p. Neal, mayor Of Tchula, Miss,
died u few days ago.
Typhoid lever prevails to a large cx-
tent in Jones county.
/ j. r. Olipliant has taken charge Of tho
Greene County Graphic.
A new military company has been or
ganlzcd at kosciusko.
e. A. Tcdford, of Drookhaven, family
grocer, has assigned.
II. l.. Riley, a prominent citizen Of Col
umbus, died a few days ago.
Claiborne county crops are reported IN
jured so per cent by the droulh.
The Coahomian m,imates thai squir.
rels are ripe owe in that section. "
Amite county liapIists are discussing
the formation Of ii new association.
The first new bale of cotton carried TO
yN..t Dalai ,,tl L.. m ...., ....
Hazlehurst aud Tylertown received
their first bales of new cotton on the LIST.
John Sunderland, an old an respected
citizen OF Smith county, died on the .}0th
ult.
Meridian received its first bale of the
new cotton crop August LIST. 1t sold at
81 cents.
Y%alabusha county reports a falling of
IN the cotton and corn crop OF 90 pei
cent.
Gleenville had considerable of i fire on
the 2nd, aggrcgating II loss Of abort SlO,-
900.
1t is reported that typhoid fever is be-
coming epidemic throughout Marshall
cOunt,.
The hottest weather of the season pre-
vailed generally throughout the S.atc
last week.
The conference of the Stat e EpwOrth
League will DO held next year ~ Water
Valley.
Ths Sam Jones camp meeting, near
Gloster will begin OH August 2lst and
last ten days.
The grand jury of Sharkey county pre-
scnted thirty true bills, fourteen OF which
were against blind tigers.
Cotton in the "vlcinit, of Water Valley
is reported badly damaged and the mid
dies are full Or squares.
Franklin corut.'s poor house is now
empty. the only occupant, an old lady,
haying died Il few days ago.
The law and Order League of Clai-
borne county have taker. active steps to
rid the community OF blind tigers.
Both the cotton and corn crop of Nus.
sissippi is in bad shape. The last thirty
days's drought has played havoc with 10.
The box factory at Friars Point valued
at $1,000 600 was burned Friday. 1t was
partly insured in Chicago and will be re-
built at once.
The present crop of cotton will doubt.
less be gathered and marketed earlier
than any crop in the history Of the Delta
country.
Tile coolest inhabitant" does not re.
member when we have ever had as hot
weather as we are having in Mississippi
this summer.
At WoOdville on the 30;h nit the cor
ner stOue of thesnew an imposing jew
ish synagogue was laid with Masonic
ceremonies.
Daniel Buie, of Lincoln county was
thrown from his buggy IA few days since.
and had his right aim broken near the
shoulder.
Will W. Humphreys, Jr., u bright
young maa OF Fickshurg, and sou OF
Capt. w. W. Humphreys, OF Columbus
died on Friday last.
Vicksburs will have an exposition in
November, from the 9th to the 18th. The
association has been organized and Off.
GERS elected to push it to success.
Rev. II. }. Holm, the priest in charge
of the Catholic churches in Columbus and
Macon, was found dead in his bed at
Columbus OIL the morning OF the 81.
Tallahatchie county has issued $1,000 in
bonds to pay off her land Indebtedness,
and the town of Charleston will issue
sl;500 to build Il good school house.
The fire insurance company recently
organized in Natchez has collapsed. The
board of directors on examination found
the laws of the state too stringent.
There is Il growing demand for Missis-
sippi lands by Northwestern Investors,
who are purchasing with q view of locat-
ing formers from the great Northwest.
Jerry Dixon, u young man charged
with committing several %depredations in
Jones county last year, was recently
captured by tho sheriff of Jasper county.
The West Point Lender cries loudly tor
reform IN the jury system OF Mississippi.
There is no greater humbug, it says, to.
day in law than our system OF grand and
petit jnries.
New cotton is being received MI over
the State. The crop has been damaged
of late by the drought and the output
will Oe much smaller than looked Tor
some weeks since.
DR.. w. C. Weathelsby, of Jamestown is
meni ioned AZ u probable candidate tor
the Legislature in Coah0ma county, to
oil the %uncxpircd term OF Judge +. A..
Montgomery.
Warren county comes to the front with
a pig that will in all probability eclipse
the Texas hog that has attracted 50 much
attention. 1t is not one year old and
weighs more than 500 pounds.
The South Vicksburg match factory Is
now under full Roadway and is workinga
full crew. They are making u specially
Of small boxes in which to pack matches
for which there is u large demand.
Thos. B. Reed has been renominat.