The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1896-03-20
MOSS POINT DEPARTMENT.
PERSONAL M GENERAL.
News Items Of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

Light frcst Tuesday morning.
She says hc has gone back on her.
Constable Cunningham is hot after
the crap shooters.
MI. S. f. Perkins, of Purvis, was in
town this week on log business.
Girls, when you want your sweet
hearts to kiss you close the blinds.
Thursday night there was a surprise
party at the residence OfG. w. Bowen.
DR.. j. Z. Cowan is having a fine
dwelling-hOuse erected on Belview
street.
Mr.. L. N. Dantzler, Jr., was In
New Orleans this week.
Mrs. II. G. Walker is laid up from a
hurt Of one Of her lower limbs a few
days ago.
COwan Bros. have Just received and
opened a large line OF ladies' spring
dress goods.
OS0me OF our people are alarmed
about the smallpox coming to our
town.
A nice line of ladies' low quarter
shoes just received at
COwAN Bros.
l. d. Roberts, OF Perdue Hill, Ala,
spent Sabbath last with the family OF
G. W. Jackson.
Messrs. j. w. Stewart and M. NJ.
Watkins visited New Orleans this
week On business.
Widows are not generally popular
with marriageable girls. Is it because
the widows Outshinc the girls?
Z. d. Cavett, of Macon, Miss, one
OF the liveliest and best life insurance
agents extant, Is in our town again.
r. W. Cowan is repairing his front
yard fence and otherwise putting his
elegant home in splendid condition.
Leon Colmer has returned home
from the POplaryille High School on
account OF the report of smallpox in
that place.
F. J. Mckay is having built a nice
dwelling-house neal the Methodist
church. Wonder who is going TO
keep it for him?
j. w. Blodgett, of Michigan, a
large land owner in this county, was
here Tuesday. He is decidedly in
favor of Horn Island as a deep water
harbUr.
From the outlook we have the best
0verseer the Telephone road has ever
had, In the person OF DR.. j. b. Cham
berlin. He is having the road put 10
tip top order.
Mrs. B. F. Dickson, of Evansville.
Indiana, and Mrs. DR.. f. Norman, of
New Orleans, after a few days visit
with the family Of II. G. Walker, re-
turned home.
Next week Cowan Bros. will receive |
a very large and varied stock of spring
goods peculiarly suited to this market.
They are all up-to-date goods. 41s
Thursday night of last week JEFF
Strutemen, col0red, fell in the log
pond of the Lake Mills and was
drowned. The body was recovered
and buried by G. w. Garner ut the
expense Of the county.
Mrs. DR.. S. s. Turner and children
left Wednesday for DeSotO, Miss,
where they will spend several weeks
with relatives and friends. The little
doctor, George Horace, only a few
weeks old, accompanied them.
Our old and esteemed comrade,
Capt. Ben Stevens, of Augusta, was
in town this week looking after his
log interests. Capt. Stevens looks
quite vigorous yet, but is getting
along in years.
The following schooners are loading
this week at the l.. N. Dantzler Lum-
Der Co.'S mills: Nan NJ. Dantzler
with la, 1000 feet Of lumber for Vera
Cruz; Fred S. Gibson with 400, 900
feet Of lumber for Trinidad |; Hide
gard with l25,000 feet of lumber for
Frontero. Mexico.
The following party of young people
spent the Sabbath at the hOSpitable
home OF DR.. II. Shannon, Ocean
Springs: Misses May Morris. Virgie
Spencer. Bette Blumer, John f. Nose
ley, G. NJ. Farley, Henry and John F.
p. Blumer, Chas. Eden. The party
returned Monday morning.