The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-03-13
State News Boiled Down..

The coming cotton crop promise to ex
ceed any crop of the past.
The negroes of Claiborne county paid
3i,3io.75 of taxes last year.
Heber Craft, Il prominent citizen OF
McComb City, died Sunday.
a writer to the Jackson News suggests
DIR. L. A. Rowan for Congress.
Monroe county is to have an election
this fall GU the wlilskey question.
Carroll comfy has bought 5000
worth of horses aud mules this season.
II. S. Salisbury was arrested at fupelo
Tuesday charged with ~swindlius people
in Alabama.
The Senate has passed The bill creating
Davis county out Of portions OF Rankin.
Madison and Kinds.
Postmaster Frank Wimhrrly, Of Car
%rolltor, has ~absconlr;l with $500 Jcloag-
ing to the postotiice.
The Delta Building aud Loan As,ocia
ton, with a capital of 500, 900, nas been
organized at Greeayille.
The Harrison comfy supervisors hlve
granted Il franchise to car line from
Biloxi to the S4ashpro Ctnp Grounds.
Madison county is catching Il lot of the
Northern immigration. Illinois farmers
purchased 2,457 acres of land last week.
j. p. Joiner, Il Tallahatchie farmer,
reports having slaughtered a hog weigh
Ing 49i pounds dressed. Pretty good
poraer.
Dave Albright, n citizen of McComb
City, was killed last week by attempting
to jump on II passing fleight train at
Magnolia.
Five cases Of smallpox have developed
at Cohoaml The authorities are taking
every precdution to prevent Il spread of
the disease.
Coy. McLaurin, in il special message
calls upon the Legislature to enact a law
prohibiting the making Of Contracts pay
able in gold.
Lunatic A. NJ. Bright, Of Bltesyllle,
attempted to commit suicide by making
two deep gashes across his throat with Il
paper knife Saturday.
Mrs. Srrah Brown, who lives near
luka, has bad three pair of twins born
within the past five ycars-iour boys and
two gIrls-a!l living.
The Cuhday Packing Company, one of
the largest concerns Of its kind in the
world, has established il cold storage anA
packing house at VicksJurs.
Whireappers are getting in some Of
their dovIlmcnt in Pike county. The
sheriff has made quite Il number of ar
rests, and more viii likely follow.
Not a Single white Republican partici
patcd in the Republican county conven
lion held at Ashland. 1t was ~striclly
speaking, quite a Coiored atfIIr.
Muck Gil, son Of the postmaster at
Clinton, has been arruS,el for robbiny
the mails and express recently. He i,
said to have confessed to both crimes.
Rev. John S%inons, Of Sylv rrena. Il wei
known Baptist minister. became violently
insane last Sunday and attempted to take
his life with IA pistol, bat it fl led to fire.
The Simpson brothers, charged with
the murder of Miss Ralston, about a wcel
ago ut Cotlceyillr, have been granted
bail, 'Iie evidence being ouly circums!an
tiul.
+ Greenyille soil watcrworks bonds t.
the amount Of S9J, 600 Monday. Foreia,
capitalists bought them ut Il handsome
price. Work on the plant will com
mcnce at once.
Vertner Bobs. Of Grand Gulf. accident.
ally shot and killed himsel! while on
hunting, lie was holding the Gun by til,
mnzzlo aud swinging the stock bchint
him, when lie hit the hammer with hi.
foot.
On account Of the prevalence of CLAN
ders in Holmes and Yuzoo counties til
municipal Board of Greenwood recently
passed II quarantine against all horses
and mules coming within five miles of
that place.
Miss Francis E. Willard delivered an
eloquent lecture gu gospel temperance in
Jackson last week. The Legislature ad-
journcd in compliment to this distin-
snished woman, aud mauyo f the mem.
bers attended her lecture.
he "G9;vSprihgs Report er advocates
fencing in the town so that the hogs mot
the t~wo-leggod oncs) may run at large
AID thinks such freedom of the porker.
would act as Il health preventative fol
both hogs aud people.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway presented
Lieutenant-Governor Jones with Il eavel
made from wood taken from the old
courthouse al Hanover, Va, which was
made famous by the eloqent and patriotic
speech Of Patrick Henry in 1863
The proposition for redistricting the
State Consressionally is giving a number
of Congressman aud wonll-b be Congress.
men considerable uneasiness. 1t puts a
damper on the canvassing as no man
knows where his district lines will be
drawn.