The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-03-27
State News Boiled Down.

State News Boiled Down.
Oxford has Il woman's book club.
Gloster is soon TO have a cotton factory.
Williamsburg wants Il bauk and Il brass
band.
The citizens of Aberdeen are building
u compress.
Measles and humps are prevalent in
Greenville.
The Gazette says that Magnolia needs
Il pork factory.
Burglars are worrying v:.cksburs peo-
pie considerably.
Enterprises turpcntine still has re-
snmel operations.
The new privilege tax bill increases
the revenue $4,000.
The University got $4,000 for repairs
FROM the Legislature.
Raise enough bread and meat aud then
as much cotton as possible.
Tombcckbee Presbytery will meet at
Hattiesburg April %, 1896.
Ex-Sheriff Harding. of Kinds county,
has invested in a Texas bat cave.
vicksburg has more idle capital now
than ut any time in her past history.
Snow was reported throughout tue
northern part of the State last week.
X. A. Bowling's residence ut Durant
was destroyed by fire one night last week.
The }. I. Liddle Lumber Co. at Hands,
boro has gone under. Liabilities S23,:5OO.
The Carrollton Conservative seems to
DO dead set" on the "Col. II. d. Money"
family.
Meridian is wasing u winning warfare
upon it's gambling hells of high and low
degree.
Mrs. Col. J. L. Power is reported quite
sick with pneumonia at her home in
Jackson.
The Legislature has declared music to
he an industrial art iu tue l. /. aud c.,
Columbus.
A sneak thief robbed a Crystal Springs
trucker of 10000 tomato plants one night
lost week.
Rev. Z. L Wcsson has accepted the
call to the pdstorate of the Baptist church
at Aberdeen.
Chancellor Hill will hold his FIRST court
at Decatur, Newton county, first Monday
in April next.
Hon. I. c. Catchings is being doomed
for reelection to Congress in Bilivar and
Warren counties.
W. l.. Catching, of near Hazplhurst,
has Il hiefer 81 feet high that gives q
gallons of milk daily.
Hon. Clark Lewis, II prominent %c;lizeu
Of Macon and once a member OF Congress,
died at his home last week.
Congressman Kyle, Of the Second dis
trict, will again make the race, but will
80 as Il gold standard man.
P. NJ. b. Wait, the 1866 pound drum.
rler, keeps regular tread with the mum.
Der Of days in every year.
A law department has been established
IN Millsaps College and Edward Mays.
Esq has been elected professor of law.
J. s. Hicks, treasurer Of the Legislative
committee to visit the coast, turned back !
to the State $l6O of the $500 appropriated.
Hon. Geo. B. Lester, of Coffeeville, is
dead. He WIS IA prominet lawyer, u pol.
ished yentlem an and an houorcd citizen.
Harrison county is well supplied with
executive committees. The Democrats
and Republicans each have two commit.
ices.
A new town has been artistica!ly laid
out at McHenry on the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad, about 81 miles North Of
Gulfport.
The oil mill, together with the colored
Methodist church, at Cl,rkslale, was
destroyed by tire on the morning of the
18th inst.
Petitions and counter petitions are fly.
ing arOuud Over Monroe rOunty, which is
now in the thrOes of u struggle for Il
local option election.
Fl. A. Lovett, a young man who took
orders for enlarging pictares, has taken
temporary quarters in the Rankin county
Jail for embezzlement.
An unknown vendor Of hog cholera
IN edicine, was murdered on the nth IL st.
IN Alcorn county. His pal, who has dis.
appeared, is suspected.
The March term of the circuit conrt at
Point will not he held this year,
of tho prevalence OF small pox
in the county Of Coahoma.
The Williamsburg Waterman says Gov.
ington county has the shabbiest court.
hOLse Of any county in the State. Dirty,
not large enough aud III Reconstructed.
Widow Carey Holloman is suing the
aondsmen of Jos. Bellande, a %saloonkeep- .
N ut Biloxi, for $4,000 damages. He sold
liquor to her minor sou sunday, February
9th.
The new bank at Jackson has been in
,orporated under the title of "1he Mer-
Bank of Jackson" with an author.
zed capital stock of $l00, 900. Ex-Gov.
is president.
The Natchez Democrat says that Hon.
J. X. Varlaman's friends uro gro oming
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