The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-10-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items Of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.

Voiiouo bVulOVos
mo germs on our town."
Very quiet In social circles.
Our saw mills are all running.
Plenty country produce Is coming.
No c0urts-all peace and harmony.
We deny the existence Of small pox
In our town.
We are having rather a good fall
business.
Our doctors still say our town Is
powerful" healthy.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful here,
and very cheap.
The lower mill Of Messrs. Denny s.
co. Is closed down for repairs.
Lawyer Meriwether at East Side, is
over his spell Of sickness.
Elder II. Bennett and wife are Just
recovered from an attack Of fever.
Miss Thompson died neal Esca.
tawpa last week OF heart failure.
Work is progressing nicely on the
steam barge OF Capt. Fritz Lienhard
The N. p. and p. trains are still
running to Scranton bringing in large
quantities of freight Of all kinds.
When Col. Jack Frost makes his an.
pearance Mark Dees will lose his job.
DR.. Walter r. ThOmps0n's little
daughter was sick last week, but we
are glad to hear she is well again.
Mr.. John NJ. Forester, OF Birming.
ham, is now employed as moulder at
the A. Blumer foundry.
The planer Of Robinson L. & L. 20.
began operation this week, after be-
ing idle for awhile.
The steamer Valeda came down
this week from points on Pascagoula
river with agood load of rosin, etc.
Sunday school and morning services
were held in the Presbyterian church
last Sunday with quite nice attend
anceS.
The schooner Eleanor loaded at the
L. N. Dantzler Lumber C)npany's
mills last week with 300, 900 feet Of
lumber for Havana.
AS soon as quarantine is raised Miss
Shelby, OF Louisville, KY, will be at
the Eagle Hotel millinery store with a
full line OF fashionable millinery, and
solicits the patronage OF the people.
Mrs. +. A. Stewart and family re-
turned last week, after a refuge Of
three or four weeks duration at Will
son Springs.
Messrs. NJ. NJ. Evans and r. w.
Cowan, with their families after ref
ugeeing at Clarks Springs for about a
month returned TO their homes last
week.
"Mayor" j. W. Griffin and Mr.. II.
G. Herring, with their families re-
turned last week, after spending quite
awhile at Wilson Springs.
Several subscription lists for the
aid Of the sufferers in Scranton, and
other towns were circulated among
and literally contributed to by our
citizens this week.
Rev. l. W. Cooper, the good pastor
of the Methodist church has been
sick, but we are glad to chronicle that
he is improving.
Capt. Fritz Lienhard is taking adj
vantage of the idle times, and is put
ting the machinery Of his large
freight steamer Capt. Fritz" in thor
ough order.
We understand that the State
Board OF Health has refused to pay
Dees' quarantine guards, and that an
effort will be made next Monday to
have the county pay them when the
Board of Supervisors meet at Three
Rivers.
All the mains have been laid to the
large tank tower erected by Mr.. A.
Blumer for fire purposes on his ma
chine shop lot, and it affords excel
lent fire protection, having a mag.
.nifcent pressure with force sufficient
to throw the water on high buildings,
and with a tank Of $4,000 gallons ca
pacity.