The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-10-07

Tuesday in December next.
Mr.. G. Nelson paid Mobile a business visit
Wednesday.
The Baptist church will probably be lighted
BY electricity shortly.
Mr.. F. II. Lewis went to Mobile Wednesday
on business Of interest to our port.
Messrs. Martin Carey, G. H. Wood and NJ.
N. Watkins went to Mobile on business Thurs
day.
Mr.. J.. A. Kaufman has moved into the Belt
two-s.ory residence on Krebs avenue lately
occupied by Mrs. J. N. Pelham.
The colored public school, Annie Hawkins,
principal, opened on Monday with an attend
ance of only twenty-five pupils.
The following are the election commission
ers for the town of Pascagoula: Edmond Tor
jusen, A. F. Chastant, Robert Grant.
The proceedings Of the Mayor and Board Of
Aldermen Of Scranton and Pascagoula will
appear in the next issue Of the D~ExocRAr-
STAR.
The reporter Of the DEMooRAT-STAR went
to Fren,z's s%hipyard Wednesday and took a
number of views Of the vessels now being re-
paired there.
Prof. s. II. Shannon, of Three Rivers, gave
us a call Wednesday. He is now engaged in
the mercantile business, and doing well We are
glad to know.
The schooner N. Flechas returned from New
| Orleans this week, after discbarging her cargo
of ACT barrels Of rosin. She is being loaded
again with a like quantity.
Lawyer W. R. Woods left last Friday night
on legal business in Greene county; thence on
a short visit t, his wife at Meridian, returning
here the middle of next week.
The regular meeting of the P%ascagoula
Commercial Club to be held Monday night,
the 10th inst has been postponed to Monday
night, the nth inst. Members will take notice.
Mr.. l.. II. Chapman, representing Messrs.
Geo. D. Barnard h Co, st. Louis, No., is here
putting into the f~reproof vault in the office of
the clerk of courts steel roller shelves,
document files and tables.
Contractor c. NJ. Burkhalter, who put in the
waterworks for this town, came here SATURDAY.
from Birmingham, Ala, for the purpose of
stopping the leaks and putting the water
mains in frst-class order.
Mr.. G. G. Benson, ex-superintendent OF the
town electric light plant, after settling up his
accounts in a satisfactory manner with The
municipal authorities, left Wednesday night
for Boston, Mass. Wonder If any Of his female
admirers are grief-stricken aud pinlng.
Capt. Gen. Frentz's sh,p-yard is the scent
of great activity just now. The schooners Mar
N. Dantzler and Hildegard are on the way
this week undergoing repairs. The tug NeN
York and the fumigating barge are at the
docks. The Eleanor aud Lena r. Storer arr
awaiting their turn for a general overhauling
Scranton boasts of the best dry docks on thu
coast.
The steamer Capt. Fritz arrived Sunda,
morning from Mobile with a full cargo o
freight for Scranton and Moss Point mer
chants. The Can't. Fritz is a staunch craft
and made the trip in seven hours. Her enter
prising owner, Capt. F. Lienhard, deserve
well Of the merchants Of the two towns men
toned and it is to be- hoped that each recurring
trim of his vessel will be profitable and fire
from accident.
On Saturday last Mr.. L. D. Herrick, th
newly appointed deputy collector of this port
assumed charge Of his official duties. A
know Mr.. Herrick, and they all know that th
i~n,srests of the government and the shippinI
, communities could not have been placed |
more Trustworthy hands. The former cleve
incumbent, Mr.. Thos. G. Cleary, has bee
=. transferred to the position Of Guarding othce'
Sheriff G.. d. Moore, our wide-awake an
up.to-dste official, has had placed in the eas
end of the court. room upstairs in the courl
:, house a steel cage, Dimensions 6x7 feet. TIL
" cage is made of 4 inch wire and is intende
for the temporary confinement OF prisoner
: pending their appearance before His Homo
: the Judge.
n Election commissioners for this count
Messrs. Frank ]. Lundy and ]. N. Howlan
met at the courthouse Monday last, aud att
>. taking the oath of Office proceeded to reyi
. the registration books. They will meet aga
before the election in November to prepa
and send out the boxes and ballots.
# Mr.. j.. NJ. Rowland, one Of Orange Grove
most prominent and popular citizens, d'speii'
,e that "blae" feeling which comes to every ou
- mess man At times by stepping into the DEE
ocRAr. SrAR office last Monday and paying u
years' subscription to the "Old Reliable
:. Such incidents has a tendency to cheer u
spirits of an editor. "Cheers' oil THIS XII
are always welcomed.