The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-05-01
State News Boiled Down.

Baseball has struck Ellisville.
Greenwood is 10 build u $1,000 II. e.
church.
Assoc fire occurred at Forest on the
18th inst.
Kinds county has over s6O,0Oa in her
treasury.
Ex-Sheriff Devall, of Jones county, is
keeping a hotel now.
The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias'
meets in Jackson on May 9Th.
Crystal Springs is shipping on an aver
age seven carloads OF fruit daily.
One by one the Mississippi editors are
joining tue happy crowd OF Bcnedicts.
A"Iiome Building and Loan Assicia-
tion" has been organized at Hattiesburg.
Rev. Sam Jones will deliver II series of
lectures in Greenville, commencing May
18th. Il
The people of West Point IRE subscrib-
ing literally towards building u Catholic
church.
The TombigLec cotton mills declare u
10 per cent. dividend on the past years
business.
Mr.. Theodore Poll, long prominent as
a politician in Washington county, died
last week.
Gen. W. B. Taylor. Of Copiah, has 600
pecan trees, IL number Of which will bear
nuts this year.
Monroe county has voted ''wet." This
is the ouly way to etlectually dispose Of
the "blind tigers"
Thousands of dollars worth Of property
was destroyed in Jasper county by the
recent heavy rains.
Young Mems Christian Association met
ut Winona on the Gath inst. There was
a good attendance.
1t has been proven beyond a doubt that
South Mississippi is one Of the best stock
ranges in the South.
I'hc citizens of Port Gibson don't want
electric light, and refuse to vote bonds
to establish Il plant.
Mrs. j. NJ. Walker, of Bay st. Louis, is
the assistant secretary Of the Mississippi
Stat. Dental AssnclntiOn.
Kcmpcr county has five candidates for
chancery clerk to till the vacancy caused
by the death OF the incumbent.
The great rain last week did an I'M
mense amount of damage to mill and
farm property IN Simpson county.
The Columbus Dispatch thinks that
Private John Allen will be unable to
joke himself into Congress this time.
The new pistol law goes into effect on
May 1l:li. Imprisonment three months
and 500 fine is the extreme penalty.
1t appears that L. s. Gambler, Jr., OF
Coriuth. has lead.ripe cinch on the Con-
grcssiOnul nomination Oh the 9Th district.
Will Estes, (col.O y, Of Winston county.
VIA. given two years in I'll. Brooklyn
penitcntiary for robbins the ". S. mail OF
Sl4.
Tie capital stock of tho j. +. Brown
Mig. CO., Of Aberdeen, IS to be Increased
in order that II pillow factory may 10 added
10 its plant.
The many friends of Hon. James +. Nc
Cool, Speaker of tho Huu 80, will 90 glad
to learn that lie is recovering from hi.
long spell of sickness.
The Peoples Monitor, Il Populiie paper
, at Amory. Miss, has suspended owing to
Il lack OF funds. Verify these wet weather
springs cannot stand II lronth.
Leaf river was highest at Augusta Oh
! the 18th than it has been since 1886. A
great deal Of TIMBER was drifted into til,
swamps and heavy loss to log men.
l An agent of the Cuban insurgents was
,, in Jackson the other day trying to cnlis,
negro soldiers for the war. He offered
free transportation to Cuba aud $25 POI
month.
!, Claude Cohen and Cicero Martin, who
were arrested a few days ago for murder
ing a negro convict mt K~azclhnrst. wer,
discharged from custody by IL justice o
J ! the peace,
I In tho Alcorn Wooden Mills. and til
: w. I. Adams Machine Foundry ut Cor
J intl, the days work is commenced ever.
morning by reading a Scripture lesson
! singing and prayer.
, Dr.. A. H. Goss, brother Of J.. J. Goss, o
; Osyka fame, bad a shooting match will
Y 5. C. Hyde, in T%ansipahoa, over the elcc
:. ton Tuesday, in which Goss was killed
: and Hyde dangerously wounded.
= The bill carrying an appropriation fol
U the removal Of the remains of EX.GOv
! John J. Pettus from Arkansas to thi
State for final i%nterment, was lost by mol
reaching the Governor before the Lcgis
lature adjourned.
Judge Fswsll, the now circuit Judge
+ achieved a remarkable result in his frs
G courtat Meridian, the expenses Of til,