The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-12-18
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items Of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

Beautiful weather.
The rivers and creeks are rising.
Good news for the log men.
A genuine hail storm prevailed here
a short while Monday.
Listen for the marriage bells about
Christmas times.
Christmas goods are adjoining the
show windows OF Our stores.
She says she is heart-whole and
fancy free.
The Northern and Western lumber.
mems visit here will not amount to
much!
The Moss Point Lumber Co.'S new
tug boat Neptune is nearing compile
| tion.
Rev. D. 0. Ryers oliciated at the
funeral Of Miss Emma Lienhard in
Handsboro last Monday.
Miss Josie Flechas, Of Scranton is
visiting the family Of Mr.. II. c.
Walker here.
| SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEK.
C. B. Beck IS opening up a nice line
Of stationery and fine jewelry. Give
him q call.
The schooner Robert Ruff is taking
a cargo of 200, 900 feet OF lumber at
Messrs. W. Denny & Co.'s (O'Leary)
mill for Vera Cruz this week.
Quite a large number OF our people
attended the minstrel performance at
Scranton Saturday night, and had lots
OF fun.
The ladies OF the Methodist church
have been very busy OF late getting
the parsonage in readiness for the
new preachers family, and we under
stand that a "pounding" is in pro
gress.
The schooner Austin D. Knight is
being loaded at Horn Island with 1926,
900 feet Of lumber from the L. N.
Dantzler Lumber Co.'s mills for Porto
Rico.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Blumer and Capt.
Fritz Lienhard attended the funeral
OF their relative, Miss Emma Lien
hard ut Handsboro Monday last.
The Hypathean society meet TO-
night at the residence OF Hon. M. NJ.
Evans. A good attendance is desired
as business OF Importance will come
before the meeting.
His many friends ia this neighbour
hood will regret to hear that Rev. Mr..
7. W. Adams, late pastor OF the Meth
| odist church here, is seriously i'll at
his new home in Hazlehurst.
The three-masted schooners Aetna
and James Boyle, Jr. are loading this
week at the PascagOula Lumber Co.'S
mill, the former with $50, 600 feet lum-
Der and the latter with 500, 900 feet,
both for New York.
Mrs. c. w. Jackson, accompanied
by her little daughters, Misses Her
mine and Matte Campbell left We'd
nesday to pass the Christmas holi.
days, with her mother, Mrs. NJ. g.
Partridge at Mobile.
Invitations are out for a Christmas
party to be given at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. Fred Herrin on Deem
Der 22d, and the occasion Is looked
forward to eagerly by the young folks.
Mr.. Anderson Walker, Of Hale coun-
ty, Ala, the venerable father Of our
good fellOw.tOwnsman, Mr.. II. G.
Walker, is here on q visit to his son.
He will probably remain here pcrma-
nently.
"Seeth thou a man diligent In his
BUSINESS he shall stand before kings"
1t is said OF Sir Isaac Newton that
this proverb came forcibly to his mind
when he was dining with five crowned
heads.
Rev. Inman W. Cooper and family,
formerly OF Hazlehurst arrived here
Tuesday. Mr.. Cooper will Ill the
Methodist pulpit Sunday morning
and at night at the usual hours fol
services.
Our ~sincerest congratulations to Mr.
Charles Sheriff whom we see back
again in our midst. after a long and
severe spell of sickness, and to whom
we extend a hearty welcome. Mr.,
Sheriff will resume the management
of Messrs. Hunter, Bonn & Co.'s ex
~tcnsive business at this point ant
Scranton.
: Capt. Jack Williams, Of the Govern
mcnt Survey Department, who ha'
been here for a week taking Observa
tions OF the tides left for Mobile re
Gently. There is no doubt, from hint
: dropped by him, that Horn Islant
will be chosen as the deep water har
Dor for this cOast-all indications Q
the recent thorough survey pointing
5 In that direction.
!, A pleasant surprise party vas give
at the residence Of Rev. ID. O.. Dyer
a Tuesday evening. Among those pres
: emit we're Mesdames Piper, Millc1
= Rosson, Rutcr, Lewis, Kitchil
Misses Edna Thompson, Josie Allel
= Emeline Bowman and Messrs +. !
!, Lewis. w. J. Piper, r. L. Billiard, a
of Scranton. The party was deligll
fully entertained by Mrs. Cowan. 81
) ter Of Rev. Mr.. Byers.
10 Last Friday evening was the occ
sion Of another Of those dclightfl
u informal parties, which have becon
L. so popular with the young society
Moss Point. MI. and Mrs. j. BOun,
threw open their pretty home on Il
" hill to a gay coterie Of young ladl
70 and gentlemen all bent on having
r, good time, and truly they were n
AZ disappointed. An elegant supper W
served, and the rest OF the evenil
n. was taken up with the many deligt
". full forms of social ENTERTAINMENT,
of which our kind host and hOste
rs spared no pains. The girls, one a,
he all. looked perfectly lovely in the
er different impersonations Of some pc