The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1902-03-15

dustrieS and resources OF the State
and Il is also desired to have all
sections represented. After these
four commissioners are named the
I,ody will be organized, with the
Governor as ex-officio chairman,
and d State commissioner, who is
% be entrusted with the real work
Of preparing the exhibit, will be
named. II is believed that the
$4,000 appropriation is sufficient
for all purposes.
Jackson, March I2.--Mrs. Har-
riet B. Kells, president of the
Mississippi branch of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance
Union, states that about fifty sa-
looms have been compelled to close
ap business in Mississippi on ac-
count of the Dunn bill passed at
the recent Legislative session.
Before the law was passed only
thirteen counties in the State.
we're authorized to have saloons,
and these counties contained 1o9
liquor houses. All of the places
closed up by the new law are re-
tail places, and none of the whole
sale establishments or jug houses
are affected. Some of the towns
which do not contain.the required
500 population in order to have
saloons, will Immediately proceed
to grow, like Jonah's gourd, and
get the required number in order
to retain their liquid dispensaries.
The Palatka { Fla, } News re-
Iates remarkable story Of an err
ror made by Gov. Jennings in
filing out warrant for the exc
cution of j. B. Brown, a negro
murderer. BY some unexplained
blunder the Governor omitted the
name of Brown from the docu-
ment and inserted in its place
that Of Noah j. Tilghman, Of Pa
latka, q Methodist minister,
white man, and one of the most
respected citizens of the town.
The sheriff was directed in the.
warrant to hang Rev. Mr.. Thigh
man on Jan. 25. OF course be
did, not do so, but the minister is
very much annoyed over the incl
dent and feels that an apology is
due him--a view which, strangely
enough, the Governor refuses to
take. "A
In a copy Of "Plutarch' owned.
BY the Boston Public Library
there was found recently a Shak-
esperian autograph on a strip of
parchment in the binding. The
genuineness of the signature is
vouched for, and it is the largest
specimen of the poets handwrit-
ing in existence. The book itself
may have been Shakespere's as it
well-known that he borrowed
a great deal from "Plutarch's
Lives"
1t is indicative of the great
amount of money that Americans
willspend in Europe in this coro-
nation year, and also Of the fact
that modern methods have elimi-
mated national boundaries in
trade, that certain New York
newspaper, whose advertising
rates are very high, is carrying
page of miscellaneous European
advertisements, - hotels, dress
makers, jewellers, perfumers, etc.
A former chief Of the United
States signal service, ex-protessor
OF mathematics at the University
Of Pekin (China) and but recen-
tly president Of the University of
Washington, now has the position
q q roller of logs at Port Blakely,
Wash, at $3.50 a day. Politics
and sickness are said to be res
ponsible for his fall from high
position.
The announcement is made that
me survey OF the Vicksburg and
Birmingham railroad has been
completed, and the maps and pro-
Mes sent to New York. The
work OF securing the right of way
y now being carried on. The
route j. 266 miles long, and will
extend from Vicksburg, Miss, TO
cunningham. The estimated cost
OF the road Is $140, 900 per mile.
An official report from South
africa shows that the mules pur-
chased in the United States for
tne use of the British army have
proved the best Of those used by
England, being splendid workers
eng exceedingly hardy. The
horses fromthis country are not
g of high grade, but are very
satisfactory.
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