The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1897-02-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
News Items of Interest Gathered From
Various Sources.
The weather is mild.

lie weather Is lIlIlu.
A few marriages soon 70 take place.
Mr.. L. n. Dantzler, Jr., was in New
Orleans this week.
Mr.. Fred s. Stewart has been sick
for the past few days.
The Mckinley Office has tHo new
signs up to attract visitors.
He says he intends to wait until
the new summer girls come.
Capt Fritz Lienhard paid business
visit to New Orleans last week.
The cold weather don't keep the
drummers away from our town.
The health of our town is good
with the exception Of the grippe.
The weather the past week beats
anything we have had here in many
years.
Large drifts Of logs are looked for
soon at the mills from the up-cOuntry
streams.
Deep water in the PaSCag0ula river
ana at Horn Island is still the talk Of
the town.
Mr.. sam COwart, a well-known log
man Of Cross Roads was here Tuesday
on timber business.
Messrs. Hunter, Renn & Co. viii
take possession Of their new Office on
CumOCSt lake tomorrow.
Iewn timber 100 cubic feet average
l0t to IL cents basis. Sawn timber 10
leet average 10! to l04 cents basis.
The Young Peoples Union held
their second meeting Tuesday even
Ing at the residence Of Mr.. a. Blumer
MesSrs. Kennedy s. Blalack, proml-
nent timbermen and merchants of
IIattiesbure, are visitors TO our town
| this week.
Mr.. Licnhard Blumer returned
Tuesday. after spending about two
months with his brother IN Elllsville,
Miss.
MeSsrs. B. l.. Anderson and Bob
WcdgewUrth, euterprisIns tlmbermen
of Hattiesburg. came to town this
week on log business.
The schooner Florence and Lillian
is loading at the Moss Point Lumber
Co.'S mill this week with 200, 900 feet
Of lumber for Havana.
Can't. Geo. S, Leatherbury, Jr., OF
Leatherbury Landing, is spending a
few days in our town attending to his
timber and log interests.
Mr.. w. J. BrewtOn, originally OF
Alabama. now Of Brewton, our county,
Of Sawmlll fame, IS in town looking
after his timber interests. tie quar-
rels because we do not give quota
tionS on timber
A wCll-knOwn physician OF this place
has the following to say: The preach
cr and the newspaper are two factors
that society cannot well do without
the one tells us the truth and the
other tells US every thing else
Among the prominent timbermen
and logmen here on Tuesday was MI
L. r. Tisdalc, Of Tuscanola, Jones
county. When asked about the sup
ply Of logs for our mills this season,
he said that there were large quaint
ties Of fine logs in the streams which
would reach market shortly.
At the meeting Of the Hypathcan
Society held last Friday evening at
the residence of Mr.. G W. Bowen, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Mr.. W. A. Coulson,
president; Mr.. r. Z. Spencer, vice.
president: Miss Eleanor BeardSlce,
secretary. The next meeting Will be
held at the residence Of Capt Fritz
Lienhard, Friday, Feb. 18th Tn
following is the program for the even
ing:
Biography-S. S, Henry, Jr
Instrumental Music - Miss Pattt
| DccS.
Rcctation-Miss Eleanor BcardSlcc
Rcadng-Mrs. John Anderson.
Instrumental Music-MisS lsabe
Lienhard.
Reading-Mr, w. A. Coulson.
Musc-banjo, mandolin, guitar aLC
yioln-Miss EsSie StallwOrth ant
Mcssrs. Burton, MOselcy and Cudabac
Instrumental Music - Miss Bette
Blumer. o
Author for cycning-Will Carleton
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