The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1896-01-17
TOWN OFFICERS.

Wet weather.
lie calls early and stays late.
VIM. B. Schmidt spent Sunday here.
Rev. w. c. West visited Scranton
Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Boyd returned 10 New
Orleans last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. f. Riggle are guests
Of Mrs. f. Il. Bragg.
Sundays excursion always brings q
number of visitors.
Friday evening Mrs. II. A. e. llol'
comb entertained the Euchre Club.
The Whist Club will meet on the
second and fourth Wednesdays OF
every month.
Every one enjoyed the entertain.
ment gwen by Ralph Bingham. The
proceeds were given to the Methodist
church.
Col. G. A. Hayward, Mrs. McVay
and VIM. McVay enjoved fishing
trip up Fort Bayou on Wednesday.
Miss c. X. Selby, of st. Louis, is at
the Ocean Springs Hotel.
June p. Vancleave ids "etnrned
from visit to relatives in New Os-
leans.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Bill, of Winona,
Miss, are at the Hing House.
Capt. ]. d. Carson visited Scranton
last Saturday.
W. A. Horton and Ora Young are
deer hunting on Red Creek.
Miss c. X. Seby. Of st. Louis, No,
has rented the Edwards cottage Oh
the Beach for the winter.
f. W. Hing, the clever proprietor
of the Hing hotel. paid Scranton a
business visit Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Hopkins, Of
Waterbury Center, Vermont, and Miss
G. X. Selby, of st. Louis. Mo-, are Wis
iting guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II, A. E..
lloleOmb.
Mrs. NJ. Z. Becker and son, Mrs. v.
NJ. Wufson and daughter of Chicago,
are stopping at the Shanahan house.
Rcccntarriyals at the Ocean Springs
Hotel: J. p. Sharp and wife; Mrs
Geo. Sharp, Mrs. Henry NJ. Wright
and Miss Wright, Chicago.
New Year eve a charming little girl
stranger arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Nil, along whose
future path may flowers bloom
A gun club called the National"
was organized here the first Thursday
in January, 1896, with twelve mem
bers. The following officers were
elected A. Schriber, president; G..
Ryan. vice president; A. Franco, sec
retary; J. L. Schribcr, treasurer.
A catch of SO red fish and a Quanti-
ty of small fry was made Tuesday in
Davis Bayou, by MeSsrs. j. W. Clark,
L. N. Dick and Geo. w. Davis.
The fruit growers Of the Coast will
meet at the schOOl-hOuSe at 10 o'clock
a. m.. Saturday, for the purpose Of
going into permanent organization.
Arrivals at Frye's Hotel: G, B.
Warner, G.. A. Elder W. L, Kline,
Chicago: j. +. Mead, Randolph, Yer
mont; Ralph Bingham, Philadelphia.
The newly-elected officers of Castle
Lodge No. &C, X. of F., were in
stalled Tuesday night by specially
appointed ID. ID. G.. G. Ernest Des-
porte, of Biloxi. A sumptuous lunch
was served after the ceremonies and a
number Of speeches made.
DR.. Stephen Brewer from Massa-
who is spending the winter
with his sister, Mrs. II. L. Stewart,
on Fort Bayou. fell from his bicycle
while attempting to clear a ditch late
Tuesday afternoon. The Doctor, who
is a clever wheclman, was somewhat
shaken up, but not injured.
Mrs. A. A. Davis, the venerable
mother of our esteemed fellOw-towns'
man, Geo. w. Davis, Esq, fell from
the gallery of her dwelling Tuesday
evening and sustained serious injuries
about the right arm. Mrs. Davis was
her little grandson at the
time, and although precipltated a
distance of five feet, the child escaped
being hurt.