The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1900-04-27

Rev. ii. j. Cumpsten will preach Sun
day at IL a. m. and 3 p. m. in the Presby-
terrain church.
A mission will commence at high mass
in the church of Our Lady of Victories
on next Sunday.
Soda water and other cooling drinks
are to be had now at the Scranton Phar.
marcy on Krebs avenue.
The following lawyers We're present
Monday Mt court besides our local bar:
Messrs. f. M. Barber, W.T.. Mcdonald,
Il. A. Clark, II. Marshall Miller1
Miss Florence Neville, of Biloxi, spent
from Saturday to Wednesday morning
here, the guest of her friend, Miss Kate
Denny.
Mr.. John G. Nelson and bride returned
home Monday last from Pensacola, and
are comfortably domiciled in one of Mrs.
G. F. P~eterson's dwellings on the corner
OF Pascagoula and Jackson streets.
The germs Of whatever kind have GER
tainly been carried out to sea by the i'm
mense volume Of water that has passed
down through the ~Pascagoula river.
Ex-Chief Justice Thos. Fl. Woods, of
Meridian, attended circuit court here
last Monday. He is associated with
Denny Il Moods in this county.
The garden party advertised to take
place on Wednesday of this week at the
residence Of Mr.. j. T. Johnson has been
indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. w. j. Brunson, DR.. A. G. Ulmer,
Mrs. e. b. Blackwell and Miss Lena
Hall are the messengers elected by the
Scranton Baptist church to attend the
Gulf Coast Baptist Association, which
meets in Biloxi on the third of May.
The Baptist Sunday-school will here
after meet at half-past 0 o'clock instead
Of ten o'clock as heretofore. The super
intendent kindly urges all to be prompt
in their attendance.
Mr.. G. i. Pool, of the Times-Democrat.
was here Monday to report the trial of
the MISUNDERSTANDING case, but the
case was not reached. 1t will probably
come up for trial about the middle of
next week.
Read again the registration notice of
+. H. Lewis in the DEMOCRAT-STAR as
he has been compelled to make some
changes in the notice as it appeared last
week, owing to sickness.
Large numbers of marsh hens and
raccoons, which were driven ont Of the
marsh by the flood were killed or captur.
ed alive by the sportively inclined per-
sons during the week. On Monday one
coon was killed in Scranton.
The work of erecting the new two
story building on Delmas avenue and
Pascagoula street has begun. When
completed it will be occupied by the
well-known shoe and gents furnishings
merchants, Messrs. Herrick II Cox.
Mr.. Allen Black, of st. Louis, a former
coffee grower of Ceylon, was a visitor to
P~ascagoula a few days ago and register
ed at the Cottage-hy-the-Sea. Mr.. Black
is investigating the adaptability of ouI
coast soil for the raising of tea plants.
Mrs. Nemour Bienvenieu and Mrs.
Stella Waddell and little daughter
Nemour and Mrs. b. b. Waddell, ac-
companied by Mr.. Paul Waddell, all OF
New Orleans, arrived Saturday at the
Shell-by-the Sea, P%ascagoula.
The Norwegian bark Michael Bern
stein loaded with 500,O00 feet of lumber
for Buenos Ayres at Farnsworth Lum.
Der Co.'s wharf this week. The schoo.
ner Durant is also loading 10000 feet fol
Progresso ut the same mill.
On Thursday night April 10th, Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Mitchell had the mis-.
fortune of losing their infant child by
death, eighteen days old. The interment
took place Saturday morning at the Pro.
testant cemetery, Pascagoula, Rev. b. l..
Mitchell, officiating.
The numerous friends of Mr.. John V
Jones and son Evan Jones, who were
both severely injured while loading YES.
sells at Ship Island several weeks ago will
be glad to know that they are rapidly
recovering at their home in Pascagoula,
and were able to be out this week.
On last Friday, Mrs. John Carroway
Misses Theresa Lopez and Margare'
Dukate, of Biloxi, having accompanied
a lady friend of theirs Ell route to hel
home in Wisconsin, stopped over here
for a few hours awaiting a returning
train.
Our subscribers at Harleston postoflic,
complain to us that they do not get thei,
copies Of the DEMoCRAT-STAR ever,
week. The fault is not at this Office
but must be somewhere on the route O
at Harleston. We hope that those VIII,
have charge of the mail will in futur,
attend to their duties.
The talk of the town for several day
and nights has been the high water ant
the perilous condition of the boom or
the Pascagoula river containing 100, OOt
tsaw logs belonging to the mill men o
Moss Point and this place. The river i
falling and the danger has passed, tn,
jam is unbroken and our people sleel
we'll. 4
Some of the through passengers win
have been compelled to lay over here 70
a few hours on account of the break II
the West Pascagoula railroad bridge
are mighty high kickers because tn
public accommodations are 8 70 poor
These people are certainly hard to please
There is plenty Of. mullet, cat fish, oys
tiers, crabs and whisky. What mor d,