The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-03-27

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prove the offense and liberated him.
The United States authoritios were
notified and Deputy United States
Marshal Williamson arrested him
and brough. him here last Saturday
to give him preliminary trial before
the United States Commissioner Mos
ley, which was held last Tuesday.
Several witnesses testified positively
that he had passed spurious coin.
Commissioner Mesley asked the ac-
cused If he wished to testify in his
own behalf, but he refused TO do so.
The Commissioner named $500 as the
amount Of the bond and the accused
objected 10 the hond saying that il
was an excessive one, and more than
he could give. Upon failure to give
bond he was remanded to Jail.
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Thursday Of last week Kinds Hood
shot and killed DR.. Altman at State
Line. DR. Altman was about "a years
old, was travelling through the coun-
try and claimed to hail from Mont.
gomery, Ala. The trouble arose
over jug Of whlskey, and it is very
probable that both men were drink
ing. This is one among thousands
of cases showing the bad results of
allowing people to sell whlskey, yet
some people claim that prohibition
takes away a mans rights.
wrs
We have frequent ypressions from
the leading men Of the north express,
ing their confdance in the south,
Just few days since Mr.. Bart T..
Lenehan, Of Dubuque, Iowa, was in
the city and called upon the Cover
nor and expressed himself to a News
reporter, and.sald that the south ; =. =, !,
very bright prospects,: .op,f y 1,.si..i' h IaD
pf p the - nor. .fbve td the capitalists
m % ". -. s9l lth that they Mould be well
.ptsomed here and offer reasonable in
ducements the great state of Missis-
sippi would, in q few years, be filed
with all kinds of manufacturing
plants which would put money in
circulation AMI give us the advan-
tage Of manufacturers prices fol
what we consume and would give us
better prices for what we have to
sell.
There has been new question
sprung in this city in the last week
which will furnish food for the minds
OF the members of the legislature
when they assemble in extra session.
The citizens of the western part Of
the city have agreed TO donate 8
handsome site for a new capitol.
Either the present site or the one oc-
cupied by the penitentiary could be
sold for $25, 100000 or 80, 900. 90, bott
Of which belong to the state, 80 this
will be equivalent to q donation oil
that amount to the state by the citi-
zens of west Jackson, and 1t will on.
ly be left for the legislature to say
whether or not they will accept this
donation. l am not interested In
real estate eitler In eastern or west
ern part Of the city, but it does seem
) that this matter worthy the consid.
Grafton of the legislature, for every
, thing possible should be done to avoid
makiug big state debt.
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The jury in the case of DR.. Lips.
comb, who has been on trial for some
time at Scooba for the poisoning oi
Charles T. Stewart last fall render
ed verdict of guilty. DR.. Lipscomb',
counsel at once filed motion for 8
new tiial, which was overruled by the
court. The counsel for the defense
made very hard fight, but despite
all this the jury made up the verdict
is very short time. The verdict is
generally approved by the people Of
the county. 1t is said that this is
the first white man against whom a
verdict has been rendered for more
than forty years.
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| Governor McLaurin has stated
to the newspaper correspondents
that he intends calling the spe-
cial session some time after April
18th. This would seem to be in
accordance with our suggestion
made last week.
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This Office has been favored and
its editorial library enriched with
a copy of the New Orleans Daily
Items calendar and political regis
ter for 1897. 1t is book of un-
usual value and worth many folds
tho retail price, Is cents.
| If does seem eomawbat r;J;