The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1920-10-01
MEMORIES OF
OLD PAscAGoULA.
BY UNCLE MARTIN.


The Star of January 25, 1874, pub
lished the following from the Sea
Coast Republican,: During short
trip we made to Pascagoula, we could
not fail to be struck with the appear
ance of thrift and business that the
place presented. At no other place
on the coast have we seen such indi
cations of business, We saw II large
vessels in the harbor, loading with
lumber some Of Them with 100000
feet. Mr.. w. Fl. Gillespie, the accom-
plished and eefficieat deputy collector
of the port, is kept constantly busy
with the accommodating business, ant
we understand from the U. S. Specia
Treasury Agents that the books of the
district are kept in the most ad
! mirable order. We met there also
accidentally Mr.. Ben Lindsey, son OF
the collector OF the port, who attends
temporarily to the business during his
fathers illness, and were pleased to
hear that he is fast becoming popular
with all who have dealings with him
What Pascagoula seems to need, is
, deepening of the bar, more steam tugs
and horse car railroad to Dog river
Is she had those three things, we
would move our paper there i'm
mediately.
On which the Star comments as fol
lows: I'VE are glad to learn that
our confrere at the other end of the
coast line is so fayorably impressed
with Pascagoula, and are sorry that he
should not have told us before, the
three things needed by ~Pascagoula
which alone keep him from moving
his paper over here, that we might
have endeavored to have them i'm
mediately supplied. But we take
pleasure in informing the Republican
that we have been talking somewhat
Of deepening (the water ON the bar;
that another steam tug has just ar
rived from Chicago; and we'll we'll
attend Immediately to the horse car
railroad, that he shall not be kept
from us any longer
Another communication from the
Cross Roads Ferry: "The Ms. is
written in pencil, which the author ex-
grey goose and there are no steel pens
in that country"
The Star of January 18th, 1874 OBJ
serves that hewspapermen never grow
too set in their ways to avoid socia-
bility: "The young men of Scranton,
famous for tripping it on the light
fantastic" invited us to a soiree at
Mrs Riley's on Madame Charpiaux
place, on Friday evening; but
promise to attend the entertainment
at Zion Church across the river, pre-
vented our attendance. We are sorry
they should have conflicted.'
Under the same date the Star
editorially notes that 'The Meridian
Gazette will hereafter be published
semi-weekly, instead of tri-weekly as
heretofore. The paper has gone into
new brick quarters and is altogether
in a comfortable condition. 1t shows
signs of being appreciated and well
supported, and we take pleasure in con-
graduating Col Cooper upon the sue
cess of his Gazette"
This bon-mot is excepted from the
Star of Jan. IS, 1874: "The Bourbon
vile. KY, Mountain Echo says that
the following is true copy of a let
ter received by Judge Randall, of the
Knox County Court, a few days ago
from the county Judge of----County:
"Mr. onable p II Randle sir | am in
sick Bed | wish my Case Continude
| am the name Evidence to Explane
the hole Truth | hope all will Berite
this 23d, 1873"
The Star is responsible for this:
Last week, in Ohio, a young lady
died from what a round-headed doctor
said was heart klot or embyolism of
the main fue of the heart" but she re-
vived an hour, and 1t was found had
been temporarily checked by a chew
of gum which she had swallowed"