The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-12-02
News from PearlingtOn.


Louis Monday, returning same
day.
Mr.. CHI. Beale, of Montgomery,
= Ala, was here for three days this
4 week on business.
Capt. J. A. Favre was among
the distinguished visitors to New
Orleans Wednesday morning.
Messrs. NJ. Geiger and Asa
Weston were at the Bay a few
DAYS this week, attending court.
j Mrs. John PoItevent left Satur-
day last for the Crescent City,
where she will spend sometime.
DR.. j. Q. Fountain left Tues
day for Gulfport on business, re-
turning Wednesday morning.
MIR. W. j. Poitevent spent two
davs this week in the CrcscentCity,
looking after his business inter-
est.
Master Charlie Gray was visi-
tor to New Orleans last week
where he went to take in the cir
Gus.
Mr.. E E. Clement, of Ocean
Springs, Miss, honored us with a
short visit one day during the
past week.
/ Mr.. Herbert ,JanIn, who repre-
sents /. l.. Lyons of New Orleans,
dropped among us Monday in
search of drug orders.
Messrs. Joe Brown and Jake
Seals left Saturday evening for
Slidell, where they will spend a
few days on business and pleasure
combined.
The Favre Brick Co.'S sheds are
/ completed. Mr.. B. Favre, the
contractor finished the work and
turned them over to the company
last Thursday.
We regret to chronicle the Sc
rions illness of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Summers twin babies and trust
the little ones will soon be on the
road to recovery.
Mr.. Isaac ToOmer manager Of
Poitevent and Favre's Pelican
Mill, located at New Orleans, was
among us for two days this week
exchanging pleasant words with
his numerous friends.
DR.. Luther Sexton came over
Wednesday on professional bust
ness and returned to Crescent City
same evening.
POitevent and Favre's big mill
is being run until nine O'Clock
every night, so as to be able to
catch up with their many large
orders.
Mrs. William Rudolf of Biloxi,
after spending few days with her
parents, Capt. and Mrs. j. \.
Favre, left for her home,Monday,
which her host of friends regret.
Mrs. Nj. +. Baxter was. on the
sick list for few days this
week, but we are glad to learn
the good lady is rapidly regain
ing her former health and able to
get about again.
Mr.. Quit Roberts, one of our
former residents, but now anchor
ed to Hsndsboro soil, arrived
here Monday to assist IN inspect
, ing a cargo of lumber for Messrs.
w. S. Keyser & Co.
Mr.. Shelton Toomer, formerly
of this place, but now located at
Lake Charles. La, paid his rela-
tives and old boyhood friends a
visit of two or three days during
the past week.
Our genial and whole souled
friend. d. B. Favre, is on the
streets again and once more look
: ing like his former self. The
HERALD extends to him its best
wishes for continued improve
ment and hopes to see him as fat
and jolly in a short time as in the
good old days past.
The Pearl river mills have COM
menced shipping their European
orders and during the month of
December six million feet of pitch
pine lumber will be shipped from
| Pearlington and LOgtown.
Napoleon has at last secured
mail service. the first since its
history, which dates back some
eighty or hundred years. The
citizens of Napoleon have been
irving for number of years to
secure post Office and their un-
firing efforts have at last been
rewarded.
Dredging has commenced at the
month of Pearl river. $2l.000 will
| be expended on the bar and in the
near future we will have the long
promised light house. Vessels
loading for Mexican and Cuban
ports can now come to our wharf
and load instead of taking IN their
cargoes from lighters at the Pass
| Christian anchorage. a saving of
30 per thousand feet on all
cargoes of lumber will be made
in the future.
Messrs::J. J. Favre and II. +.
Mueller spent Wednesday up the
river searching for wild ducks,
and were quite lucky in bagging a
good many, though we have some
doubts in regard to their killing
them, as we know the two gem
tlemen are ever ready TO use silver
shot. rather than return without
game.
Saturday night some unknown
parties entered the residence of
| Mr.. Ernest Ilchner by way of the
window, and proceeded to his
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