The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1901-05-11
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MISSISSIPPI NEWS.

Jackson, May Z. Judge Niles,
of the Federal comt, had before
him Il difficult and delicate question
yesterday afternoon. Three little
white boys, the eldest fifteen and
the Youngest thirteen years of age
were arraigned on the charge of
bdrglarizing the postoifice at Ra-
mond, in this county, and their
parents entered the plea of guilty
for the youngsters, begging for
the mercy Of the court. After
giving the boys a fatherly lecture
Judge Niles took the case under
advisement for several hours and
finally decided that he would sus-
pend sentence pending good be-
havior. Two Of the hoys had the
appearance of being absolutely in
corrigiblo when arraigned in the
court, but the third indnlged free
Iy in tears and expressed desire
to 90 home to his mother.
The Federal court will he IN
session here about three weeks,
and quite a large amount of cri-
minal business is to be disposed
of. among others being illicit re-
tallers, moon-sbiners, timber de-.
predators, post Office robbers, and
pension defraudcrs. A number
of important civil cases are also
on the docket.
Charles Zeigler, manager of the
Jackson compress, reports the dis
covery of gold in paying quanti-
ties IN the southern part of the
State, He declines to reveal the
place of discovery, but brought to
jackson yesterday . sample of the
crude ore in what IS known as the
gold dust form, and when sub
mtted to local assavist it prov
ed be twenty-five carats fine. The
metal is unquestionably from a
sand deposit and Mr.. Zeiglcr saws
that he feels confident that it ex-,
lists in sufficient quantities to be
worth developing. He will leave
during the latter part of the week
to make further Investigations.
No clue is given to the location
Of Zeigler's discovery except that
it is thirty-eight miles from the
railroad, and this means either
the New Orleans q Northeastern
or Gulf & Ship Island systems.
The Mississippi Supreme Court
is expected to adjourn about the
18th of the present month. For
ty-ninc cases are yet in the consul
tation room to be disposed of and
IN this number are quite num-
her are quite a number of knotty
legal problems, which the Justices
have been giving much serious
study. The present session of the
court has been an eyeutful one
both in the number and impor-
lance of the cases disposed of.
The number of death sentences
affirmed has been usually large.
We understand that the officers
of the Gulf Coast (Electric) Rail-
way co.. have given out the con-
tract for the immediate construc-
tion of that line from Biloxi to
Pass Christian, to contractors
who are capable of performing
the work, and whoes intentions to-
do so are earnest. The contract
price is said to have been $3.50, 600
the work to begin within thirty
days, and the .line to be qomplct-
cd by January /, 1902. There is
great anxiety all along the coast,
between the points named that the
line shonld be constructed, and
there now seems to be every rea-
sonable assurance that it vii
be by the end of the current
year, or at an early date In the
next succeeding one. 1t is not
known as yet at which end of the
line work will be commenced, but
this is only minor matter, just
SO the work is actively started at
once, and prosecuted toa success
full and speedy consummation, -
Biloxi Herald.