The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-10-20

county Will Xamin the poll books and
the sherin's tax books that no one may
be overlooked who has not paid all taxes
assessed against him.
DEATH or GEORGE ByRD.-It is with
unfeigned sorrow that we the
deaf of Mr.. Geo Byrd, which sad event
occurred last Friday after q lingering
illness at his home near Vancleave.
"Uncle George" rs he was Familiarity
known, was one of Jackson county's old
and highly respected citizens and we'll
to-do farmer and stock raiser. He wasa
devout member of the Methodist church.
He was &c years of age. May he rest in
peace.
Mrs. c. A. Farnsworth, little son Allen
and baby daughter Frances, accompa-
MED by Miss Mamie Whitaker, returned
home Wednesday, after an absence of
three months spent in Maysville, Ky.
Mr.. W. N. Baxter, representative of
the Pauly Jail Co., of st. Louis, reached
here Thursday morning and commenced
The work of tearing away the old Jail
preparatory to erecting the new county
prison.
On October 18th the l.. N. Dantzler
Lumber Co., of Moss Point purchased
| $500 acres of pine land from Messrs. j.
G. Orrell Il CO., for which they paid
$1,000 cash. The lands are situated on
the west side of ~Pascagoula river, near
Vancleave, and are very heavily tim
bered.
The constructors of the long distance
telephone cut down two magnificent
young oak trees on the sidewalk along
the ship-yard property of Mrs. Mary A.
Blanchard, who has brought suitagainst
the American Telephone Ca. for dam
ages We cannot but commend the
action taken by Mrs. Blanchard in the
matter, Us the wanton destruction of our
rare shade trees by corporations or indi-
viduals is an outrage that should not be
tolerated.
A cargo of 100000 feet of timber is
being loaded on the steamship Crawley,
In Horn Island harbor. Stevedore J.J.
Feore is working day and night storing
this cargo. The day gang is in charge
of Mr.. Steve Rachford and the night
gang in charge of Mr.. Dan. McCarty.
On Wednesday Mr.. Tom Rachford left
here for the steamship with fourteen
stevedores to store the deck load. The
Crawley will pass over the bar drawing
1917 feet.
One of the curiosities which Capt. w.
l.. Pinder brought with him from Man
zanillo is the tanned hide of an immense
snake, whose abiding place, with innum-
cradle Of his tribe, was the dense swamps
of the interior of Cuba. The serpcnt's
skin devoid Of head and extreme tip of
tail measures nearly l3feet, and the wild
est part of the hide measures IS inches,
is beautifully tanned, preserving all the
wonderous scales and exquisite shades
of brown. The Cubans do their tanning
with leaves of peculiar trees, which
grow OH the banks Of the rivers.
On Sunday l6 young girls and one
Youth celebrated their first holy com
munion at the church Of Our Lady OF
Victories. The gold medal was awarded
to Miss Isabel johnson for proficiency
The Misses Mathilda Sarrazin, Grace
Denny and Forrestine Delmas received
first honors after the medal. The names
of the remainder of the class were as
follows: Master Harold Delmas, Misses
Isabel Krebs, Alice Spratley, Nettie
Jonte, May Ferrer, Irene Delmas, Donna
: Krebs, Catherine Delmas, Rhoda Krebs
Estelle Krebs, Marie Krebs and Isabel
t Krebs, May Thomas and Viola Leroy
colored. The ceremonies were very i'm
pressive.
Saturday morning last at l:O O'Clock
Sister Perpetua, nee Miss Marie Mar
l guerite Amer, OF the sisterhoOd OF the
order of Perpetual Alteration died at the
Convent here, after an illness OF thre'
h months OF consumption, aged 32 years
: Sister Perpetua was a sister of Bishop
y Amer, of China and Sister Fabiola, o
Breaux Bridge, La. She was q native o
Holland. Her body was conveyed t
New Orleans on the Sunday morninI
h train.for interment in st. Roch's GENE
J. itery. Her sweet disposition and her skill
a. an artist will be greatly missed by tn
order to which she belonged.
~ Mr.. L. e. Cox went to West Pascagoul
last Friday evening on q railroad tr
!. cycle to meet his wife, who was return
ing from New Orleans, and had beer II
~tercepted by the quarantine guards b,
cause OF some flaw in her certificate. Nj
Cox, on his return to Scranton, was ru
!. into by q hand car coming immediatel
!. behind his tricycle., which accidental,
:. left the track. He was thrown upon tn
= road bed and sustained severe hruise
y and injuries to his back.
A couple OF Walton's disciples we
fishing one day last week, and after usin
all their bait and blistering their fac
= they did not lose one iota Of their enthl
sissm, but rowing down the stream we
looking for o fresh place when the ri
e ping Of the water ahead Of them demo
), cd the approach Of one Of the monstel
Of the deep. Carefully advancing, usir
. their oars with the greatest caution the
u came opposite the mighty reptil
- Raising IN orr high above his head wit
0 1 { smothered exclamation he brought
no down with such furious forco that tn
% other occupant lost his balance, and on
u. BY supreme presence Of mind Wa saw
30 from falling into the water. The oar VI
msde 70 get In It's work, and psntii
~ and perspiring they finally got the d
I'd gator into the boat. Reaching home th'