The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1896-05-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

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News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.
Business is only so so here.
The weather is warm for fact.
He says he is one Of the big four.
lie says he is now settled for life.
1t is awful quiet in social circles.
| Vegetables are Inc and plentiful.
There is no end to the crop of logs.
Watermelon time will soon be here.
New bikes are still coming to town.
Our streets are needing sprinkling
Picnics and boat rides are all the go
now.
No babies found this week in Rhodes
Bayou.
The doctors report our town very
healthy.
All the mills are crowded with Or
ders for lumber.
Some men would skin flea for his
hide and talOw.
Mr.. J. w. Stewart was in Mobile
this week on business.
DR.. W. T. Beall is on professional
visit to Abbeyille, La.
Mr.. W. Fred Herrin visited Mont
gOmery, Ala, Monday.
Four more marriages are to take
place ere the leaves begin to fail.
Mrs. Emma O'Brien, of New Orleans
Is visiting the family of MIA Blumer.
Capt. Fritz Lienhard is able to walk
about with the assistance OF Il crutch.
Mr.. Thos. NJ. Evans attended cir
cult court at Mississippi City this
week.
The Hypathean Society meet, TO.
night at the residence OF Mr.. A.
Blumer.
Miss Lucy Shannon, of Ocean
Springs is visiting Miss May Morris
this week.
The Pa cagoula river has been the
past week or so at its highest stage |
for spring time.
There were ten acccssiOns to the
Presbyterian church hist Sunday
most OF them young men.
Railroad commissioner NJ. NJ. Evans
is at home with his family this week.
His health has improved very much.
The young people went out on the
PaScagOula river on the steam tug
Victor Friday night, and had most
delightful! time.
Rev. L. n. Brock who has been on a
visit to his sick brother at Jasper,
Ala, returned Saturday night. His
brother was getting well.
Mrs. A. S. Denny, accompanied her
sister, Mrs. f. II. Bragg, Of Ocean
Springs spent Friday and Saturday in
the Crescent City shopping.
C. B. Beck, the Jeweler.
Is at his bench early and late,
Take to him your broken watches,
And get them repaired 'while you
walt"
Mrs. Keel and Miss Linda Henley.
OF Biloxi, who have been spending
some weeks with the family of Capt.
e. Castancra, returned home Thurs
day.
Miss Florence Randall gave her
Sabbath-school class in the Presby-
terian church picnic Thursday at
Bayou Chicot 1t was enjoyed by the
children.
The Christian & Craft Grocery Co..
have gone into the export timber trade
with Mr.. Il. II. Wilson as inspector
and shipper at Moss Point and head
Office at Mobile.
The steam tug Alberta B. was dis
covered on fire Wednesday morning at
3 o'clock by the tug Fox. After tns-
sic with the fire it was eXtengulshed
without much damage to the boat.
The merchants of Moss Point who
need job Printing Of any description
can have it done at the DEMOCRAT
STAR office just us well and as cheap
as the same work can be got else
where.
Mr.. Burton GoOde is dangerously i'll
at his home. His brother DR.. Rhett
GOode, of Mobile has been to see him.
but gives him no encouragement. 1t
is only question OF few days, when
his days will be ended on earth.
Mrs. Henry Colmer had the misfor'-
une last week to lose her old gray
goose, aged fourteen years. The old
fowl has been faithful until to death.
She was picked, and picked for many
years. She is gone where good fowls
go.
The annual Sabbath-scllool picnic
of the Methodist church last Friday
was a pleasant affair. The day was
beautiful, the crowd large and orderly
and the refreshments the very best
and in great abundance. Thanks were
voted to the Messrs. Gautier for ten
dering their beautiful grounds for the
picnic.
Mr.. Henry COlmer returned Sunday |
night from Hattiesburg, whittier he |
had gone to see his brother, Mr.. 9. II. |
Colmer, prominent farmer Of that
place, who was critically i'll. but now
on the road to recovery. Mr.. Colmer
was very favUrably impressed with
the business enterprise of Hatties-
burg, and says that the town is grow
ing rapidly.
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