The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-01-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

Logs are plentiful
Somc complain Of grippe.
Awful dull in court circles.
Who will be the next to get caught?
The organization Of a string band is
on foot.
The matrimonial market seems very
/ quiet just now.
Mr.. II. f. Delmas is lying seriously
! Ill at his home on Main street.
The DEMOCRAT-STAR job office is
the place 10 have your JOB printing
done. Try it.
An elegant supper at the Phoenix
Hotel last Monday night by a number
OF prominent Odd Fellows.
Don't borrow your neghbors DEM.
OCRAT-STAR. Get one Of your own
only 81 year in advance.
Mr.. W. w. VALLEY from Grafton,
Greene county, came to town Tuesday
In charge OF a large raft Of logs.
Mrs. A. G. Mayors, after spending
some months here with her daughter,
Mrs. j. l.. Dantzler, has returned tU
her home at Brandon.
The schooner Lena r. Storer is load
ing with 225,000 feet Of lumber for
Kingston, ia , at the l.. n. Dantzer
Lumber Co.'S mills this week
There is some talk OF making an.
other village by cutting Off slice
from Moss Point. The movement is
meeting with some opposition from
Moss Point citizens.
The l.. N. Dantzlcr Lumber Co.
have just received a cargo Of the Gel
brated Amite river cypress shingles,
split and sawn, which they are offer
ing for sale at low tgures,.
We shall be glad to welcome Mr..
VIM. Rudolf, who we hear has re-
turned from an extended trip to Eu-
rope, combining business with pleas
ure. We understand he will visit us
shortly, now being in Pensacola.
We are pleased to note the marriage
Of Mr. IT. NJ. Dees to Miss Matte
Hawkins, at Midlothian, Texas, on
Wednesday, January 9th. Mr.. Dees
has many friends in this section who
| JOIN IN wishing Inn unallOyed happi-
ness.
Messrs. Hunter, Benn & Co. will
soon occupy their hand some Utlicc now
IN course OF construction on the high
elevation overlooking their timber
boom on Cumbest lake. This is one
more small Item which go to show the
renewed activity and prosperity in
our town.
Last Wednesday week n reception
was given by Mrs. J. l.. Dantzlcr in
honor Of Mrs. Campbell Farley, who
has just arrived in our midst TO make
her home here, She is already very
popular in society, and by her grace
and beauty will not be long in winning
her way to the hearts of all We
congratulate the bridegroom most
heartily in winning such prize,
The following officers elect were in
stalled Monday Dec. %, 1896, for the
ensuing year for st. Charles Lodge
No. 130, A. +. & A. NJ, at their hall:
G. $. ColIard, w. NJ: A. J. Carter s.
W; II G. Brooks. S. W; r. Howard,
treasurer; +. j. Hill, secretary: G.. f.
McGlbury, S. d.; r. W. Walker, j.
d.; |. l.. Brcland, 5. and Il.
The annual reception of the IIypa-
thean society was given last Friday
evening, the Sth inst, at the resi-
dence OF Mr.. G. II. Wood Handsome
invitations had been issued and the
number OF guests who responded was
very large. A splendid program had
been prepared and was rendered in a
manner rejecting great credit on the
performers. The large parlOrs were
tested to their utmost capacity 10 ac-
CommOuate all the guests 50 popular
have these entertainments OF the So
ciety become. A most delightful ey-
ening was spent by one and all, and
one large room was reserved in which
a long table loaded with good things
was not the least feature Of the even.
| ing. We wish the society all success
this New Year, and anticipate with
| pleasure its next reception.
A work OF great Importance to our
town, and one Of which but few arc
aware has been undertaken and car
ried out by that most progressive citi-
zen, Capt &. II. Howe, president of
the NJ. p. & =. Il. r. This work is no
less than complete map OF the Moss
Point district, comprising all the
mills, rivers, lakes and hayous of any
significance. The importance OF this
lies in the clear delineation of the
facilities OF log-stOring at all the
mills, each one Of them having a con-
vcnent lake in which to boom their
logs. There is also shown a still more
important feature, viz: the projected
extensions OF the railroad to each Of
the mills, thus giving them freight ia
ciities hitherto not enjoyed and If car
lied out will mean increased business
and prosperity to our town. Captain
Howe is to be congratulated on his
enterprise, and we hope in the near
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