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BI. cphs;fire last,0X1, MISSISSIPPI\ *,NEW STATE C OVERNMENT.1iYith next weet the new Statea Nash-government begins r jGov. Robert^ _ * ILowry retires from office and is tobe. 29therdantp.raNSUs.S'!■I*I*count y lb oaf ingi the illustrious nameiof the hfro ofeBuuker BS U hh* latteiryears DDre.-;: spjeWti in another which,*wears, ai naim»a ntorlijjg patriot and vajfiaftt: rioldier; Apart from.these id locality ican prefer a s;.|«eicial claim; arid ipm Selection may weill bi majd» from i d Stato atlarlt;*e 1 1 .JS • I :: 1 ” , F'^3 * i-. - * I | J *1f i t be .thought desirable to usemore than tha jshiipie su'irnalirie, which of itself should b,e enoug has furbished a preceffinit,; in Joe Darios.^ county, perpetuating that memory of the gallant Sotdle. wh.fell at tiije beitd of hey trqope.at Tip pecanoe.t—! Jadlteou Corihrionweuilthohcoj be 1 ffiged toj1 ‘44 4/ v * n - T *% •be succeeded by Gpv. J. M. StoneGov. Lowry’s recqrd passes into* * ”4Phistory and he wilj be calmly com sidored. .Gov. Stone is mot a newic onlydollarsdDomman, having served in the sameoffice from 1875 toministration was1882.'.is ad-arked by a conservative course in j all things and was in the main acceptable to the.* j*Geo, 3The Balmy Winter HomeereChicagoans Rest Vhen th.4* ■ * •thousand flowers mixed with he balsamic^ breath Of the krag-leaf pine and the spicy odors, of the sweet gum and orange. To the lovers of the chase a j few miles’ drive will bring one where !;Wha1 tBIjzzard Comes.f 7A Paradise for Hunters and FiI«iher-men, With .All Mannerof Game.I!i his oe-last four years, wiyolieal of trea8urentod byo XIII,It w illj be rejaenibored jthat during The other State officers (the war the name nf'the!/iniunty of remain as they have been for the j Jors Was changed to Davis. Whanpeople.the exceptionSketch of the Little Town Which, 1 ^ # was a Centur in Whenof Monxoe, succoethe radical constitutional;! cphvenfion- ■ ' i ' • .Majpr J. J. Evans, met in 1869; the mime of Bavia was,Col. Heming- j by an ordinance tu that convention;way, who has boon (State*-treasurer i change^. Kack.- to _ Jones. It was a from the days of Airies to the.pros- I P3S?ce pphj; ;0« ; the part of the% -. Chicago Began.t So D »-baptistoaed to publicbut ho was. elected | in spite of it by the simon-pure (jlemocracy. i Major Evans is a! staunch, trueApihy;ristifcndemocrat jand a thoroughly honestand good business man and willIthe power of the legislature; except bv .constitutional : amendment, ’ to* , ■ / r ’change ithe name-of iho county.Mississippi hafc Lincoln, Aleom andfill the offic'mdlt;* to •Tohna-ably.Union, bid no Baris.The new legislature is part of ISiull; VopdiLpf\uatries.i *t- ' •• ■Cb:‘.;go Iato|*-Occau. •. '* ,Uloxi, Misa., Nov, 20.—Hero again■in 1 his ancient city, of the gulf, hfter a lie pee of six months’ absence in my, No. them home. How refjreshinglybe:, utiful and lovely everything see ms, and with ’ what exhilarating spirits of groat expectations-do I hail the coming balmy winter in this land of sunshine and flowers. As I sit in my cozy little room, shaded by the boad Southern veranda, and' look oe.t over the great expanse of eea, itd b1 xe waters sparkling in the warm1 R;ternoon sun, and'see the white sailsoL jibe fishermen and 'pleasure boats p issing to and fro, with the long lime: of sandy beach and dark verdure of Pirip Island in the hazy distance, I grow impatient to finish this letter, f t I -know these waters are full ofiae finest. fieh, and I long to bait my l;ook and' renew their acquaintance.‘. till Uhave all winter before me, and ( an we'll afford to bide my time,Biloxi has long been known as the“gem oity of the gulf,”»I It “•old well she dosorves the title, bating btick nearly two centuries we 'ind a French fleet under oouunanu■f Iborvillo, at arichor off Ship Island. They, caiho to plant the colony of Louisiana. Soon after they discovered these bfiatitiful shore, and raised. H )► 4 *•' he standard of La Bolts France not far frorii. the nite of this hotel. Yes, within two hundred yards of where I now write can lie seem the remains of ho old fort. Around this clusteredlt; I ,the rude habitations of' the colonists, tho first settlement in the Territory of Louisiana. Let us take a retrospective view over the musty pages of his--torv-/frtlALfiV,lt;i i« nm oiy1 uvsto-xrrcy-bdtrnestles jby the soa, shajdedt. by the self-pama j veuerhLlc oakp* festooned then as now witli a thick growth, of trading Spanish moss, the chief village of tnai once f outrf ll trib® ofIndians,'DEBBIANI rUBKKY ABE PLENTIFUL,J *and ai short sail among the islandsWill, plaqe yori among duck, geese and; brant ini abundance. !Biloxi has improved greatly the! last year, end her population is fast increasirig, though she is ^ et rather small o h rage. Her health is ax-ceodirigiy good, Shq boasts, the finest artesian well in the South; It iB 860 febt deep nd flows 500 gallonsrtu'jper minpte, with a force of sixty feetThlt;• , ** * * r Jmanc$asfc prism andfiEditorAftcomewrifctaMcoastwoulc4 pleiDee hieerpondicular* ; This well supplies the city! with pure cool water in ample quantities for all demand. The manufacturing ttoreat is mostly confined to oysters and shrimp canning factor ries, of I which therein are five worked on on extensive scale; also one ice factory, i There are two ro.ads reaching Biloxi from Chicago, the Illinois Central i to New Orloans and thences • ' * svia the L- andN. here, and the Monoli and thq L. jand N. viia Mobile. The distance from Biloxi to New Orloans is eighty , and to Mobile sixty miles. A few Cjhicago people have already taken rip their winter quarters, and many otjhers axe daily expectedcan t She hfive 1 capac barrel factoi Sons. neareiwhansissipadvar some! hunch the fiP. A. P.A. Soldier’s Home.Ivli tor ofDecember 24, 1889.the Cl ari^n-Lelt;lger:1 notice in; your paper and others, suggestions that the State appropriate -5100000 for a monuihent to_ Jef-ferson payisi. He deso'rvoa a monument, unquestionably, and ho will have it! as be deserved it, but what snail it he? ’In tips practical age of commonsense, wjhy put $100,000 or more in agrat to or marble column ? Instead of pillat, or shaft, or column of rock,! suppose! we take the rocks and .build-; Soldieka’ Home above and aroiind the sacrpd dust of our glorious chief.Y hi Id we honor the dead, why hot benefit (the living! The noblest memorial e ar erected to man is the Hotel des Ijnvalicles in Paris,- where the body of jNapolepn is guarded by the old,1 disabled soldiers of the Empire who follpwodjhim to victory. Lei us of tbs Southj surpass that- Let: userect a Sjoldiek-fi’ Home, where criand indigent Confederates will1 ' ivA / A A J. ^- I“THE KILOS is1was situriteil. They were not, a warlike people. vslieltor, I and keep a soldier’s vigil around fho tomb of the great Soutli-,ornier. j ...... .... -k---j tender hjeart of Jefferson Davis would this be than ^xiy monument, however grand? j j ' i .Looking down on such a memorial, , and 1 hoj blessing it would confer or his old sbldiojj8, heaven would be made-happier it-o him than if millions were sprint inj monuments:Mississippi claims the honor of 1 isbut timidly watched the j ^ P1^ and claima ifc rightFrench soldiorv' J ak i mo^tisaion ot 'rlioil. They su\t tliMm vance, with thM eword. in one hand and thet ...cross in the other, to. dispossess them of their - heritage, but they heeded it riot. . The next winter thoy saw their ■nemies starving and fed them; oursed. them to lif« to be eventually exterminated by them. Other settlements followed, Natchez and New Orloans sprang into existence, . and• hose Indians shared the same fate. The fortunes of war at length put Spain into possession of this coast,md it became a part of West Florida.The old French settlomout remained^ ■iiere and accepted their nevy nation-rr:..hilly, j• .In ,1886, at Mississippi City, I heard him address a Congressional nominating convention, arid rio Miasissip-pian present can forget the thrilling fervor o£ his words when he said, “I ana prorid of Mississipjpi, and I am a Mississ ipiari from the crown of my head to jthe solo of my feet.” ' He shouldsloep on ■ [ississippi soil, but aboVo and arqund hiin should bo the Soldiers’ Homo of the South. .; * J. H. Jones.The Pine Lands.Thu following splendid and truth-many have •: terfj a haenti; only t laborThito onfsame;whomtors,boxesthe csforme♦thousi Nex ning i tary. impro had j and ei enkeii showe w .lirij askedTheureofcompsaccouilishedraltar»•large lt;with i at theThein adinvnrtcentlycapaoi barrel demai all; ki: chimnOne o all a I city iihave j have s foot tl The r stoyec city, iereetu which ones s gift 0driver near 1incloa receivi thirty to be cThefill sc
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Biloxi Herald
Biloxi, Mississippi, US
Sat, Jan 04, 1890
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