The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1899-10-27

we are pleased 10 note that our 1clloW-
townsman, Hon. II. bloomfield has been
selected attorney for the American Tel
iephone and Telegraph Co. The above
company is .iny communication with
Northern cities from this point.
: Judge w, Frank ,Goff was here from
Big Point Wednesday. He reports the
creeks dry and dusty, and the log men
as'woll as the mill men are looking blue
over the gloomy prospectsSo f an early
rise Of tho creeks. ,,,r.
there WiIfBe Il s,1ceial term of circuit
court for this county % the first Mon
day in December-it being the 4th day of
! said month. See notice of same in the
advertising columns of the DEMOCRAT
STAB.
The schooner j. w. Griffin, Capt. VIM.
Ohde, recently arrived from Sagua la
Grahde, after having her bottom scraped
and painted at Frentz's ship-yard is now
loading a cargo of lumber at Moss Point
Lumber Co.'s mill for a return trip.
The preparations for All Saints floral
offerings of respects tothe dead are now
in progress at the different cemeteries
The treasured dead rest there so mute,
To receive this loving kind tribute.
Sheriff G. d. Moore is having his
homestead residence on the river road in
East Side renovated to be o. occupied
by himself and family.
Mr.. Robert l.. Billiard spent two weeks
hunting in the neighborhood and above
Cedar Creek. He killed six wild turkeys,
fifty odd squirrels, four raccoons, in
Vulnerable owls, q hawk and one dying
squirrel. He 'took in" the Salem camp
meeting and returned on Saturday feel
ing non the worst for the trip.
They will swipe the DEMocRAT-STAR
every week from subscribers. excusing
themselves by they plea that they are
not able to pay for it, and they 'just
borrow it," We don't blame them for
wanting the local and general new Of
the town, county and State, but they
ought to pay for II.
Unless our business men and capital
lists work in, harmony in the future NO
new enterprises will be started in Scran-
ton. United action is most needed in
our efforts to build up the town. Let us
sand shoulder to shoulder in every
thing that tends TO the advancement of
Scranton.
Last Saturday theo!d barn on the Bar
rcda farm near where the temporary
pest house was established, was totally
destroyed by fire, and it is reasonable to
be thought that all, of the genuine OF
that dread disease smallpox or chicken
pox germs were consumed by the fumes
of the burned building, ,
Rev. J. Il. Carpenter, of Moss Point
delivered an able gospel sermon to al
appreciative audience in the Methodist
church here last Sunday afternoon. il
was by far the ablest sermon that oul
people have listened to for many, many
' years. On the first Sunday in Novem
Der he expects to preach here again il
: the afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Cards O the approaching
marriage of Miss Maud Adair
! daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Georg,
: w. Adair, to Mr.. Robert Atwel%Farns
Z warth, to take place at the church of tn
Nativity, Maysville, KY, on Wednes
day afternoon, November s, 1899, at
+ O'Clock. Mr.. Farnsworth is one of GU.
leading saw mill men and manager o
the Riverside mill of the Farnswortl
It Lumber Co. of Scranton.
The following teachers. received Gel
Q titlcates ut the examination held Frida.
and Saturday, October 20 and q, 1895
n Miss. S. A. Dclmas, Scranton; Miss JUL
g Evans, L~ucedale; Miss Lucretia Payn,
Moss Point; Miss Lulu Moore, Ocea
is Springs; Miss Florence Carter, Amer
te Gus; Miss Cora Davis, Orange Grove
Miss Anais Walker, Scranton; Mr.. Fl,
bert Davis, Amerious.
a, The work under contract with tn
II government for the dredging of Hor
+ Island harbor is steadily progressin;
III The contractors are now engaged
es cutting away the "bulkhead" in Hor
III is'"i" aicior"se pe'"een 'he eas' az
fwes' e"os'
Last Saturday little Miss Mary Mu
ne !~yfdhughter Of the Pascagoala ligh
h~AusvSkecper. fell from the gallery
.tyl the l-isss.honse and sustained : na;n,
-, - taiiihe heao iotemos' On .
IN Fcceaving an siy gash
=. a.ss .s'ne mead IL wound W
II now tast recovering