The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1898-03-18


"Many q shaft at random sent
Finds mark the archer little meant"
No attention paid to anonymous COMMUNE
cations received at the DEMoCRAr-STAR office.
Rev. Father W. Ten Brink visited his friend
Father Aloysius of Pass Christian last We'd
nesday.
Services every Thursday and Sunday at
1880 p. M, in the Lutheran church. Sunday
school at $50 Il. IN. Everybody is cordially
invited.
Mrs. P. X. Mayors is in Mobile this week,
called there on s4Spt of the serious illness
Of her 'ro'seV Capt. R. c. Hssasr.
After a faithful stewardship of over two
years, Mr.. Martin Turubull resigned as secre-
tary Of the Pascagoula Commercial Club, and
was succeeded by Capt. y. X. du Mont.
The bark Alice was successfully launched
off Frentz's ship-yard Tuesday, after %receiv-
ing a thorough overhauling, and rated AL for
four years.
After an absence of two weeks visiting his
mother in New Orleans, who has been quite
i'll, Mr.. Henry Jacobs, our w~ide.awake mer-
chant tailor, has returned.
Our esteemed friend and old subscriber to
the "0id Reliable" Mr.. Nicholas B. Coleman,
was in to see us the other day, aud said he was
glad that the prevailing fever" did not take
MS OF.
Mr.. Robert r. Zell, Of New Orleans, super
tending engineer for the town waterworks and
electric light plant, was in town this week, and
pronounced the ~artesisn well the finest in the
South.
Mr.. Geo. s. Leatherbury, Jr., was here
Tuesday, and he informed us that he intends
to move from Cross Roads to Mobile, where he
intends to 60 into business. We regret the
departure Of this gentlemen from our county.
Unless the rates to be charged by the town
for water and electric lights are put at a price
within the reach Of every citizen householder
the enterprise will not he self-sustaining, and
we, the taxpayers, will have TO suffer an in-
crease rate OF taxation to maiutain the plant.
We hope there will be M monkey business in
the mana cement Of the water and electric light
affairs of our town. The Mayor and his assoc
ciates in office must keep their eyes opened.
The ice wagon is still running.
Mr.. W. X. Ramsay was here Saturday
I in affpnlanca ~ m thu T,;rarsitv Land oasa
He is the agent for the lands in this and IIar-
risen county, belonging to the Mississippi I'm
i~vefsity, and of course, was an important wit
ness for the University.
Orange Grove was represented here Tues
day by Mr.. J. X. Murray. He dropped in the
DEMoCRAT-STAR Office for a few moments
chat, and informed us that his village was i'm
proving some, but there was no boom on that
line as yet.
Miss Louise Walker, of Pascagoula, has
opened a ~dressmaking and fancy work bust
ness in the old postal telegraph Office, on
krebs avenue. Miss Walker is a thoroughly
competent young lady, aud we take pleasure
in recommending w. all those who need her
Misses Anna and Amelia Claude were home
Saturday, but returned Monday, accompanied
by their mother and little brother. Miss An
ma is teaching school at Cedar Creek and Miss
Amelia at Three Rivers. Their relatives were
glad to see them, but regret their stay was so
brief.
The past few days Of warm summer like
weather has caused considerable talk about
yellow fever germs coming to the front. We
do not think there will be temperance Of
the fever that prevailed here last summer aud
fall, much less yellow fever. Sufficient unto
the day is evil thereof" but some people are
e~ternally predicting dire calamitles.
Deputy Sheriff A. W. Brewton, Of Escam-
bis county, Florida, was here Saturday with
4 negro named Frank Miller, who was cap
tured in the lower portion of Greene county.
The prisoner is charged with killing another
negro in Escambia last December, and the
deputy sheriff was on his way with him to
Pensacola.
Messrs. NJ. T. Lopez and Paul Touzet, rep
resenting the Hart Well Co., of P~lsquemine,
La, contractors for the town a~rtesian well,
completed the work Of boring the well for the
waterworks plants last Saturday. The we'll
has q natural flow Of $50 900 gallons a day and
l,500,Ooo pumping capacity. The contractors
claim that it is the finest ~artesian we'll between
New Orleans and Atlanta. The great advant.
ages uccruing from . good supply Of fresh
water will soon b. appreciated by the resi-
dents Of Scranton, not only for FIRE purposes,
but domestic uses US we'll.
"The Prodigal Father" which will be seen
at the Opers House Monday night, 2lst inst,
10 said to be one Of the funniest farce come
dies that has been played in Scranton for
years. The company is composed Of excsp-
tionaIly bright and preposscssing people, every
one an artist in his way. The play has just
thread enough Of a plot to remind ons Of what
Was going on after some Interpolation had been
hnnhsd. The brightest, c~leanest specialtiss,
cstchidst music, richest wittic,sms and most
ridiculous esosntr icities 70 to make up tho
nightmare Of fun bound ub in the "ProdiRsl
Father" Il would BE- d%ilcult to individnaliss
bsoauss y one sg0pies : sttaikht rclssbnt
assuaass v1tieas eSd (sstsrs 10 specialize Ia.
-kn1nnntsa4ysl . 4 IL pisss.