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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Mr.. VIM. +. Gray will on the 18TH
inst, commence the publication In
Meridian, OF a high class weekly news
paper to be called the Commercial, de-
voted primarily to the advancement
Of the industrial, commercial, politi-
cal and social interest Of the city of
Meridian. Mr.. Gray is a fluent writer,
and we bespeak for his new venture
abundant success.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Mrs. Sophie M. Smedes, wife Of
Gen. Chas. 4. Smcdes, aged about so
years, died at Mississippi City on the
Goth ult. Gen. Smedes, who is a vet
eran Of the Mexican war and of the
civil war, serving on the Confederate
side, is quite i'll with rheumatic govt,
but at last accounts was convalescirg.
He is IA years old.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05
HIS PAPER IS ALL HOME PRINT.
A WORD TO OUR DELINQUENTs.

~ Ever since the quarantine
- and sickness here the DEMO
WHCRAT-STAR has been issued
M regularly every Friday, and
" our patrons at home and
abroad have been served with the pa
per, although it las been printed at a
great loss to the proprietor. None of
our delinquents have responded to our
call for some pay. Again we ask for a
remittance. Who will respond. Our
financial condition makes us look as
solemn as this picture.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

An Indiana man has returned $3.50
to the pension Office, with the state
ment that he has recovered from the
disability for which the pension was
issued. The case is the first on record.
1t is clear that the man Is either crazy,
fixing to run for Office or 60 to heaven.
Truly he Is too good a man to belong
to the Republican party. II he is Of
that party he will seek better compa.
ny, and will, Of course, come over TO
the Democratic party.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Brandon News says: A min
lister who keeps track of such
things, remarked the other day that
from the marriage licenses published
he noticed that just about three col
ored couples were married to one
white couple. The white and colored
population in the county are about
equally divided, and there is only one
explanation, and that is that the
white people are not marrying as they
should. This same minister said that
on his field Of labor there were at
least 200 marrigeable young ladies,
and he did not see where they were to
get husbands as the eligible young
men did not number nearly so many.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Col. e. w. Morrill,, Of Biloxi, the
we'll known and wide-awake insurance
agent Of the Gulf coast, has been ap-
pointed agent Of the North British
and Mercantile Company OF London
and edinburgh, for all cities and
towns on the coast.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Th one hundred and fftieth ami
versary Of Princeton College was cele-
brated on the 22d. Ex- President
Cleveland delivered the address, TAX
ing for his subject. 1.-THE Self-made
Man."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

A Missouri girl, according to a
western story, recently put on a pair
of boomers and went to surprise her
grandparents. Her grandma proceed
cd to tear off the bloomers, while
grandpa demolished the bicycle with
an axe. They then equipped the
young lady with a dress and sent her
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The will of the late Geo. NJ. Pull
man shows that he was worth $25,-
900, 900. Robert II. Lincoln is one OF
the executors of the estate, and it is
said will be elected president of the
Pullman Palace Car Company.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Rev, G. X. Marshall, who had pass
ed safely through every epidemic in
Vicksburg from 1892 to 1878, nursing
and burying hundreds Of cases, never
had yellow fever, and attributed his
exemption to the use of charcoal.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Brandon News says there are
over l, 100 delinquent poll tax payers
in Rankin county, and that all of
them are not the colorod brother;
some of them are prominent white
citizens.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Philadelphia Record says: IF
troubled with leas in the house an eff
fective way to get rid of the intruders
Is to sweep the house well with salt.
Then each day brush under the beds
and in the corners with salt strewn
literally everywhere. Fleas are not
fond of salt, and, though a few stray
glers may remain for some days, they
will not hold out long against this
treatment.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

President Mckinley has appointed
Gen. James Longstrcet, commissioner
of railways. The old man was on the
ragged edge, and as he Topped in the
last canvass and voted for the Nc
Kinley-Hdnna lay out, he has been re-
Warded,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Dallas News remarks: "The
word hell is playing a conspicuous
part in the Greater New York cam
paign and they are spelling it without
a DASH
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Either Gov. McLaurin or Mayor
Ramsay Wharton have prevaricated
about the episode at the Jackson
quarantine station a few days since.
The mayor declares that the Govern
OF was drunk on the occasion and the
Governor says he was not.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Glory toa kind and ever thoughtful
Providence, 1t Is believed that the
Democrats have a majority In the
Ohio Legislature, insuring the defeat
Of that purse proud scoundrel, Mark
Hanna, for the U. S. Senate. I
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Mr.. Henry George, author Of "Pro-
gress and Poverty" and candidate Of
the Thomas Jefferson Democracy for
mayor of Greater New York, died on
Friday last of cerebral apoplexy.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

EX-Attorney.General Garland has
been placed in the hospital at Wash
ington for treatment. Mr.. Garland's
condition is not encouraging to his
friends.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The New York Journal remarks:
II the Spanish government contends
for and secures the right Of search, 1t
should lose nc time In instltuting one
for those victories Weyler has been
claiming.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Elsewhere in the DEMOCRAT-STAR
of to-day Mark Dees, the jackson
county crank, pours out ovcr a column
of jumbled words and sentences as re.
CARDS Moss Points treatment by us
and the people of Scranton generally.
Everybody knows Dees' inordinate
vanity and his desire for newspaper
notoriety, and give him full sway in
this line and he is like a bull in a
China shop. He reminds of US a good
woman we once knew, who said If she
could not tell her troubles to some one
"she'd show bust!"
In reply to what Dees terms as
filings at the Moss Point people, by us
are basely false. During the quaran-
tine our reporter was not allowed to
visit Moss Point, as was his habit
every week, to get the news OF the
town, therefore, we had to resort to
other modes to obtain the news, and
probably some of it was incorrect.
A letter was received here over a
month ago by a prominent citizen
stating that Moss Point had five cases
of denguc fever in one family, and
that the doctors there SO pronounced
It,. This letter, we are told, is In the
possession of a reliable man, and that
we ought to publish il.
This shows that we were not dis
posed to publish anything that would
in anyway injure Moss Point and her
citizens. We have the greatest love
and respect for the people thereof
among them are some of our best and
truest friends, and God forbid that we
should utter or pen a word to their
detriment. There are a few unwor-
thy characters e%ndeavoring TO poison
the minds OF the people OF Moss Point
against US and the DEMoCRAT-STAR,
but we rely too much on their intelli.
gence that our am icable relations will
thus be disturbed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Michigan Supreme Court has
upheld the validity of a recent law in
that State, compelling railways in the
State to issue l,000-mile tickets, good
for any member of a family, for 500.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

There are over 300 clerks employed
In the Land Office at Washington, and
more than five times this number in
the employment Of this Office through
out the United States.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Lady Louise Tighe, who vas pres
ent at the Brussels ball, the night be-
fore the battle Of Waterloo, is still
hale, hearty and lively, though quite
a belle when Queen Victoria was born.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Wednesday Of last week a son was
born to x-President Cleveland. 1t is
said that the newcomer resembles the
parents in point of health.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Biloxi Herald can see no fault
in Gov. McLaurin, but it constantly
finds fault with every word or action
of Hon. w. j. Bryan.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The attendance at the Tennessee
centennial last week was 107, 1927. The
total attendance up to and including
last Saturday was 1855, 029.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The fernando Promoter says that
there is a negro Campbellite church
and also a negro Presbyterian church
in DeSotO county.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Mayor Carter Harrison, Of Chicago,
Is being doomed for the gubernator'a'
nomination Of Illinois 90 the Cn'cas0
Democratic platform.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

An Ursuline Nun at BUlogne, whose
hundredth birthday is to be celebra-
ted, entered her convent eighty years
ago and has never set foot out Of it
since.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

We would like to know in round
numbers how much the Federal gov
eminent has expended in the South
in stamping" out the yellow fever.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Columbus, Ohio, has a population
of 100000, and has 1900 physicians
one to everyT persons.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The pastors of the several churches
at Holland, Mich, are circulating D e
titions requesting the Postoflice De-
partment to stop the delivery and re-
ceiring of all mail matter on Sunday.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

At lola, Kan, William ] Bryan
bought a glass Of soda water. When
he had gonea bystander bought the
glass for 81.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The State Board of Health gets
quite a roasting by the Biloxi Herald
of last week. 1t deserves all the Her.
aid says about it and even more.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Miss Mabel Lowry Bate, grand
daughter of Ex-Governor Lowry, was
among those who succumbed to yell
low fever in New Orleans on Monday.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

VIM. B. Sorsby, of Mississippi, has
been appointed consul at San Juan
del NOrte (Greytown Nicaragua.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

DR.. Guiteras says that it is all fool
ishness to claim that yellow fever
germs can be carried in newspapers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Lynchburg Press says Sam
Jones is now so years old and that is
time he was getting religion.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Gen. Castillo, the insurgent leader,
was betrayed in the hands of the
Spanish recently and then shot by
them,
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Mississippi has AL ,22O acres of pub
lie lands, and yet our towns and villa
ges are crowded with idle able-bodied
men.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Leprosy is said to exist in Cincinnati
to some extent.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Miss Belle Kearney, temperance
lecturer of this State, is in Alaska on
duty.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Money is abundant in London, and
interest very low, but not so in this
country.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The sickness at Bay St. Louis is
called the "terri6cial fever"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Wonder if the yellow fever will be
the issue in the next Congressional
canvass in this district.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The editors Of the Biloxi Herald and
the Review and OF the Pascagoula
DEMoCRAT-STAR have all had the
yellow fever, and we are glad to say,
have recovered therefrom. Perhaps
1t would be more correct to say the
two former had the yellow fever and
the latter the prevailing fever" for
Bro. Mayors will not admit that it is
the genuine yellow jack that is afflict-
ing the coast tOwns.--Carthagenian.
W. and our wife had a mild case of
dengue fever the same as we had dur
ing the epidemic Of 1878. The pre-
vailing fever here consists Of dengue,
bilious, malarial and intermittent fe.
yer. The mortality shows conclu-
sively that there has been no genuine
yellow fever here. And all the deaths
which have occurred had complica-
tl0ns and bad nursing. A large ma
jority of the cases that had no doctor
and good nursing and home treat.
ment recovered in a few days. We
had no doctor, but good nurses and
home treatment.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

John r. Mclean has withdrawn
from the Senatorial race In Ohio.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

Corinth's electric light plant is now
in operation.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05
And Memphis has got ST."

Cotton Ia only s cents per pound.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

The Hattiesburg Progress says: Az
ter all the African negro comes in for
a good purpose. 1t has been discover
ed that If the blood of a genuine AZ
rican negro is injected into the veins
Of Il white man it will prevent the
latter from taking yellow fever. But
such a curse that would befall the
man! The very first thing that would
enter his mind after the blood OF a
genuine Africa, had entered his
veins would be an uncomfortable de.
sire to join the church, and the next
to steal something. These would be
the first and foremost of his ambi-
tion and nc grass would grow under
his feet until he had accomplished
both. Then he would want a banjo,
two wives, a set of dice, a pistol and a
dead negro at it's business end, then
be hanged and 20 straight to glory.
The curse would be worse than the
disease"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-05

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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
BOYS HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.
Building a Bonfire they ThrOw 4
CbiId,s Body Into the F}aEm ss.

A horrible discovery was made by sew
eral boys yesterday in a lot on Bergen and
Eye avenues, when they found the dead
body of an infant, about two days old,
wrapped up in an old hour-bag and news
papers. The police were notified and the
body was taken to the morgue. How the
boys came to find the body is told by
George Donough, of No. 124 Kearny ave-
nue.. He said that he with several other
BOYS went over to this lot after school
and made a bonfire in which to roast po-
tatoeS. The fire was started and he,
looking around for some wood to put on
the fire, came across this bundle, which
he supposed was paper. He threw it on
the fire. The paper on the outside burned
off rapidly, and the boys in stirring up
the fire discovered that the bundle con-
tanned the body of a child. They fled
from the scene, never thinking to pull
the body off the fire.
Young Donough ran to Lyons Il Zeig-
Ier's drug store, which is on Jackson ave-
nue., about a block away, and told about
the finding of the body. The police of the
Ocean avenue station were then notified
by telephone. When the patrol wagon ar
rived, about fifteen minutes later, Police
man Routh found the body of the child
about half consumed n unacceptable.
1t had been pulled off in the meantime by
some one in the large crowd which had
gathered on hearing of the discovery.
There is much excitement among the peo-
pie in that vicinity over the finding of the
body. The police are investigating.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
THE new EXECUTIVE.
Sketch Of the Career Of Foster
M. Voorhees,, Who Will
Succeed Governor
Griggs.

Foster M. voorhees,, who will in all
probability be Governor of New Jersey
in fact next year, was born at Clinton,
Hunterdon county, November 5, 1856, and
is an attorney and counselor-at-law, prac-
ticing in Elizabeth. He was graduated
from Rutgers College In 1876, and studied
law with Hon. William j. Magic. now a
Justice of the Supreme Court, at Eliza
beth. He was a School Commissions of
Elizabeth for four years, and was a mem
Der of the House of Assembly during the
years 1888. 1889 and 1890. In 1894 he was
nominated by Governor Werts to the Office
of Circuit Court Judge, but declined the
honor. In the session of 1895, he served
as chairman of the Special investigating
Committee of the Senate, and in 1896 he
acted as leader of the Senate and served
as chairman of the Committees on Judi
ciary and State Hospitals, and as a mem
Der of the Committees on Elections,
Passed Bills and Sinking Fund. He was
again leader of the Senate last year and
was chairman of the Judiciary Commit
tee and q member of the Committees on
Education and Elections. In 1895 he was
reelected to the Senate by the phenome-
ma plurality of 5,5l5.
In the Republican convention OF 1873,
which nominated Governor Griggs, MI
Voorhees, was a prominent candidate Tor
the Gubernatorfa1 nomination. The candi-
dacy of Mr.. Kean from the same county
seriously impeded Mr.. Voorhees, and he
was defeated. When the unsuccessful can
didate for the nomination appeared upon
the platform of the convention after Mr..
Griggs had secured the prize the oyatlon
was even more enthusiastic than that
given the nominee.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
EAST JERSEY WILL ACT.
Company's Counsel WilI seekdo Pre-.
ven. Pollution of Ii PequanDock.

Especial to ..The Jersey City News.vl
NEWARK, Dec. 8, 1S97.-The question OF
removing sources of pollution from the
Peouannock watershed was once more
taken up by the Street Committee of the
Board of Works yesterday afternoon. The
letter of the East Jersey Water Company,
asking that it's representatives be clothed
with powers conferred by law upon the
Board of Health, so that they might bet
ter prosecute the work, was referred to
the local health authorities some time ago,
hut no action has yet been taken by the
latter.
chairman Van Duyne suggested that the
City Counsel go before the Board q
Health and urge that pouy 10 grant TIE
c~ompany's request.
ENGINEER Sherrerd volunteered the state
ment that the Health Board would meet
tomorrow night, and he incidentally stat
ed that he had received two letters from
fhe water company asking what had be-
come of its request. A motion. was passed
instr1lcting the clerk to send in a list OF
probable Sources of pollution in the wa
tershed to the Board of Health, together
with a request that the board acquleSce
in the ~company's proposition.
Mr.. Van Duyne announced that ne mad
heen informed that counsel for the com
pany had been authorized to begin CON
demnation proceedings to acquire the
Ozier tract, just above the Macopin In
take, which Is considered q pau source "
AZ the opening of the Street Committee
meeting Commissioner U1rich Informed
his colleagues that he had q conferences
Yesterday and was promised that here
after the fare o the New York line Of
cars would be ten cents from New York
to thecity Line.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
oonPL1MBHTBD FosTBR VOORHEES,
Hudson County League of Rcpubia.
can Meets and kRejosees.

The Hudson County League of Repub-
lican Clubs met last night at the club
house of the Bergen Republican Club, No.
54 Bergen avenue. President j. ].
Bechtold presided. A committee consist
ing of George R.. Raymond, Captain John
Barker, Charles Mason, Louis Steuben-
vol and John P. Landrine was appointed
to make arrangements for an entertain
ment to be held during the month OF
March.
Arrangements were made to send out
notices for the coming convention OF the
State League of Clubs, which will be held
on February %. The president and five
members from each club will be entitled
to attend as delegates. 1t is understood
that the State League will cooperate with
the Republican County Committee in an
effort to induce the Legislature to change
the existing election laws.
Pres dent John 2. Landrine OF the Ber-
gen Republican Club spoke in ~eulogistie
terms of the action of President McKin-
ley in elevating Governor Griggs to the
Attorney G~eneralship, and referred to
the probable succession of Unions Sen
ator, Foster M. Voorhees,, TO the Guber-
material chair as an event much to be de-
sired to all Republicans.
A resolution commencing the admins
tration of Governor Griggs and a vote of
confidence in Senator Voorhees, were
unanimously adopted.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-08
PREDRIOHs NOT DISMISSED.
Fseboken Senuetzen oorpa Decides
Not 90 Diaeipllne Ita EDsIeg21e.

HAOD W. R@ &<1SAAC
Not TO DiseIp,ine Hts Delegate.
The members OF the Hoboken Schuetz-
en- Corps met last night at their head
quarters, in vassers Hall, on Garden
street, to discuss the action of George
Friedrichs, their delegate to the National
Schuetzen Bund in voting to hold the
annual festival of the Bund, at Glen
dale Park, Long Island, instead of Union
Hill Schuetzen Park. The trouble which
grew out of the conduct of the delegates
was related in "The News some days
ago. The Hoboken members desired that
the festival should be held in Union Hill,
where it has taken place for several
years. When they learned of the de-
cision of the National Bund they were
greatly disappointed and denounced
Friedrichs for voting in favor of the
scheme.
Ex-Captain Flohr introduced a motion
to dismiss Friedrichs as a delegate and
elect~another member in his place. The
motion was. seconded by Claus Schroeder.
but before it was put to a vote Captain
Emil Berckmann interceded in Fried
rich's behalf, and Mr.. Flohr withdrew
from taking his intended action. Mr..
Schroeder then made a motion to the
same effect, but none of the other mem
bers would second it. 1t was then con-
Guided to permit Friedrichs to email a
delegate Until his term expires.