The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-04-22

Mrs. NJ. DeJean, Of New Orleans, is visiting
her son, Mr.. l.. =. DeJean aud his family.
Services in the Lutheran church every Sun
day at 1880 p m. Sunday-school at $3.50 am.
Mr.. +. Schaperkotter, Of st. Louis, Mo-, is
visiting his sister here, Mrs. C.. j. Broders.
Scarcity Of logs has caused a temporary
cessation of work at Messrs. Mead Bros.'s
saw mill.
The bond of Eisieter 4 Sweet has been APP
! proved, and work Oh the courthouse addition
will begin next week.
Miss Laura Delmas, the efficient assistant
postmaster, visited her cousin, Mrs. j. ".
White, at Mobile, this week.
At least 1875 car loads Of cattle have passed
| through the town within the past few days
over the l.. l. y. bound for the Indian Terri
TORY.
The regular spring term of the circuit court
for this county convenes here next Monday.
Our country patrons are c%ordially invited I"
pay the DEMOCRAT STAR office a call.
Mr.. J. l.. jackson, Of the firm of jackson
& Church, East Saginaw, Mich, is IN tow"
supervising the work Of constructing burner
at Farnsworth Bros mill.
Mr.. G. NJ. Ross, Of Mobile, has completed q
new man Of Scranton and Psscagoula, which
is complete in every particular aud commends
itself to the public.
Mr.. c. J.. jacobson has leased the building
formerly occupied by Or. W. A. Cox as drug
store, aud has opened therein a neat 'nnch
parlor and also rooms for dodgers. The ihte-
rier is fitted up in good taste, equal to the best
in n larger city.
Notwithstanding war ia certain does not de-
ter people from marrying. Mr.. George W..
Bowling aud Mrs. Rosina Head, bnth Of Mobile,
were married Wednesday morning by Justice
Chidsey. The welded pair returned to the
Gulf City on the ll.23 II. m. train the same
day. Scranton has surely become a 7er'taole
Gretna Green.
Cant. r. r. du MINT Is ordered to fill the
ranks Of Battery b, Scranton artillery, to Az
men, and the boys respond to the call OF the
gallant Captain with the %slacr'ty that should
characterize n brave people, and the company
will be complete this week. Discretion is the
hotter mart Of vslor to some, and chasing the
frisky mullct is not near so dangerous as war.
On Wednesday afternoon there was quite an
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section No. 4, when two companies numbering
1870 regulars of the U. s.. army, in charge of
Col. John Burk aud staff, stopped en- route to
Mobile. The soldiers were looking in fine trim
for war, and the crowd showed much admiration
for the troops.
We notice that the Peoples Exchange,
yclept the Klondike, is doing a lively business
supplying the public with hot stuff. On Tues
day Of last week this popular resort received
100 cases Of the famous Boston League
whisky. The military orders at the Exchange
are eagerly read by the public. The p%opulari-
ty of the proprietor, Mr.. l.. L. Cox, is n"ted
all along the Coast.
On Tuesday morning last our fellow citizen
and ex-Mpyor Of Scranton, NJ. G. Altman
left for Ilattieshnrp, Perry county, Miss.
where he and his son Charley vii, engage
in the cattle trade and but cher business, hav'
ing already purchased property in that thriv'
ing town. His family will follow later in the
season. We wish abundant success to our
c.:..J l., IL. .n. L,,, T., Tim rnnnpu
of Mr.. Altman and his family from ou'
midst to Hattiesburg is that towns gain and
Scraaton's loss.
=, Scranton and vicinity offer peculiar advant
ages to Uncle Sam IN the way Of camping
grounds fnr his troops. There Is mt only
room enough for an army, bat the countr,
hercabou's, rs is well-known, is blessed with
salnbrinus climate and waters stocked will
I fish. On his return trip from a tour aroun'
the world the train bearing Gen. Grant stopped
here a short while, and the General remarked
to DR.. E.. r. Griffin that his regiment cncampet
: at r sscagoula during a period Of the Mexicsl
!, war, and that it WAS a very desirable locatio
c for the cncampment Of troops.
The brig Emma washed ashore during tn
!. October storm Of 1899 WAS set afre Monds
= night and burned to the waters edge. Til
FIRE demons laughed and danced in their gle'
d and unseen by human eyes, caught up thel
e brands and carried the flames from stern !
the bow Of the vessel, treating the resident
n all along the shore 10 a most beautiful displa
/, Of fireworks. The waters Of the river ripple
and played against the sides Of the burnin
!, boat, roiect,ng in its clear depths gorgeou
;, light, the sparks dropping, s%ee,hing into tn
river each threw up a dying light and disar
pcared from sight. The scene will be Ion
remembered by all who witnessed it.