 19th century 18011900  19th century 18011900 ray fri 4092010 1543  1803 the louisiana purchase was the acquisition by the united states of approximately 530 million acres 828000 sq mi or 2100000 km² of french territory on april 30 1803 at the cost of about 3 per acre 7 per ha totaling 15 million or 80 million french francs including interest america finally paid 23213568 for the louisiana territory 1 the land purchased contained all of presentday arkansas missouri iowa oklahoma kansas nebraska minnesota south of mississippi river much of north dakota nearly all of south dakota northeastern new mexico northern texas the portions of montana wyoming and colorado east of the continental divide and louisiana on both sides of the mississippi river including the city of new orleans the oklahoma panhandle and southwestern portions of kansas and louisiana were still claimed by spain at the time of the purchase in addition the purchase contained small portions of land that would eventually become part of the canadian provinces of alberta and saskatchewan the land included in the purchase comprises around 23 of the territory of the modern united states 1 the purchase was an important moment in the presidency of thomas jefferson at the time it faced domestic opposition as being possibly unconstitutional although he felt that the constitution did not contain any provisions for acquiring territory jefferson decided to purchase louisiana because he felt uneasy about france and spain having the power to block american traders access to the port of new orleans  1807   valentine dorsette richard settle on the biloxi peninsula american state papers vol 3 p 38    1810 the republic of west florida was declared independent of spain in september at st francisville louisiana it lasted only fortyfive days      1811  when dr william fat doctor flood  the representative of governor claiborne of the orleans territory was dispatched to the mississippi coast to hoist the flag of the united states in january 1811 he found the population between the pearl river and biloxi to be about four hundred people chiefly french and creoles dr flood in his report to governor claiborne wrote proceeded to the bay of biloxi where i found mr ladnier jacques and gave him the commission justice of the peace he is a man of excellent sense but can neither read or write nor can any inhabitants of the bay of biloxi that i can hear of they are all along this beautiful coast a primitive people of mixed origin retaining the gaiety and politeness of the french blended with the abstemiousness and indolence of the indian they plant a little rice and a few roots and vegetables but depend on subsistence chiefly on game and fish i left with all these appointees copies of the laws ordinances etc but few laws will be wanted here the people are universally honest there are no crimes the father of the family or the oldest inhabitant settles all disputes a more innocent and inoffensive people may not be found they seem to desire only the simple necessities of life and to be let alone in their tranquility i am greatly impressed with the beauty and value of this coast the high sandy lands heavily timbered with pine and the lovely bays and rivers from pearl river to mobile will furnish new orleans with a rich commerce and with a delightful summer resort for a cantonment or military post in consideration of the health of the troops this whole coast is admirably fitted  1812 jackson county was created on december 12 1812 as part of the mississippi territory  1817 mississippi entered the union on december 10th as the 20th state of the united states of america   1821 september 1821 hurricane  the daily mississipian jackson october 5 1859 p 2  1823 cady   cadet  lafontaine  died a few days past at  the bay of biluxi   sic in the state of mississippi cady lafontaine  at the remarkable age of 137 years  he retained his faculties until the day of his death the louisiana state gazette new orleans december 18 1823  1837   1832 traveling from mobile to new orleans jun 30 1832 farmer s cabinet newspaper amherst new hampshire descriptions of scenery in the west from the correspondent of the young men s advocate new orleans may 1832 messrs editors on the morning of the 11th i left mobile for this place our road lay through the pine woods to pascagoula and thence through lakes borgne and pontchartrain this is the great mail route to new orleans the mail is carried through daily at an annual expense of thirtyseven thousand dollars the distance is about one hundred and sixty or seventy miles the first six or seven miles of the road is pleasant after leaving spring hill we entered the pine woods and left behind us all traces of civilization there are only four or five log cabins in a distance of forty miles for the first fifteen or twenty miles the road appears to have never been worked the woods are open and wherever the road is too much cut up or where it becomes gullied by the rain it is only necessary to strike a new path sometimes a man is sent out with an axe to select the most level course and to blaze the trees between which the future road is to pass there is little soil there is however sufficient grass and weeds growing to hide the road no underbrush hides the view neither is it obstructed by the branches of the pines as you ride along you may see far into the woods on either side there is a beauty and wildness in the prospect which is at first enchanting but it becomes somewhat tedious as you see only a succession of the same objects it was a mild clear morning when we entered the forest the straggling rays of the sun which had penetrated the matted covering above were shining here and there contrasting finely with the dark surrounding shades these lights and shades were continually varying as we whirled rapidly along the driver several times for our gratification would sound his hunter s horn which was echoed far and wide after having passed over about twenty miles we came to what are termed by the spaniards lagunes these are low marshy spots and sometimes valleys with running streams the former covered and the latter skirted with a thick growth of underwood which is almost impenetrable it consists of low soft maple and of a shrub which resembles our hazel bushes called in the language of this country tight eye think it must have been the titi shrub it is at least well named for to use a homely and common expression you may as well look into a millstone as look into one of these lagunes the deer which abound run into them to hide themselves and to escape their pursuers i did not see any though i was told that frequently herds of them were seen bounding across the road at other times there are in this part of the route some inconsiderable prairies which are covered with a fine growth of grass and which have a vegetable mold of six or eight inches in depth they might be cultivated to some advantage but the land is so much more fertile up the country which can be purchased of government at the same prices that few persons are disposed to settle upon this the pine tract runs thirty or forty miles into the interior and extends along a greater part of the northern shore of the gulf of mexico the few persons who live upon it subsist chiefly by raising cattle and hogs we saw a small herd of cattle feeding upon the prairies the planters in the interior of alabama and mississippi raise large numbers of cattle one of them told me that the had several thousand of them ranging through the forest they cost nothing except a few days labor once or twice a year in collecting them together these are exciting periods several planters unite and with their slaves construct a large pen they then separate and drive indiscriminately into it all the cattle which they can find they are mounted upon small tho fleet indian ponies and can ride through the open woods with great speed in their hands they carry the cow whip which is composed of a short stalk eighteen or twenty inches in length and a lash as many feet long terminated with a strip of half tanned deer skin those who are skilled in its use throw it forward and with great precision and force and with a noise as loud as the report of a rifle the gentlemen who i mentioned above said that sometimes spent several days in the woods and encamped at night when engaged in gathering his cattle our friend r left mobile a few days after our arrival there and had been spending his time at one of the log cabins in the woods and at pascagoula a residence in the pine woods is considered healthy in the summer and they are resorted to by those who live in the cities and towns and on the low grounds the air is dry and pure and a journey to the north is saved this section of pine woods about pascagoula is becoming a place of resort for the citizens of new orleans the rev mr flint who has written a sketch of the valley of the mississippi thus closes one of his poetic effusions on leaving the pine woods they had formed a little settlement which was nightly illuminated by the blazing torches of the pitch pine they hunted in the wood and fished in the streams pascagoula is a small place upon the banks of the bay of the same name the settlement consists of less than a dozen houses these are small and neat here the steamboat comes up which runs across the lakes we went on board about dark and the next morning found ourselves near the farther shore of lake bourn borgne the land in the immediate vicinity of these lakes is low and marshy and covered with tall rank grass here and there are seen little rises of ground with clumps of trees covered with a rich and beautiful foliage farther back from the shore the land is somewhat higher and is inhabited and is said to be well timbered we had a flotilla upon lake bourn in the last war which was captured by the british after a gallant defense lakes bourn and pontchartrain are united by what the french call the rigolet which is a narrow deep steam or channel extending from one lake to the other a distance of three or four miles at the farther extremity of the rigolet near lake pontchartrain is situated fort pike it occupies a small elevation and is a neat respectable fortification garrisoned with a hundred and fifty or two hundred men it was a fine clear morning when we entered the rigolet and the brown walls and white sentry boxes of fort pike rose beautifully into view we soon saw into lake pontchartrain and about ten o clock arrived at the termination of the rail road which runs to new orleans four miles distant it runs almost the whole distance through a swamp covered with large cypress this rail road comes into the lower part of the city farther up and parallel with it runs the marigny canal which leaves the lake at the bay on st john and terminates in a basin in the suburbs of the city still farther up is the new canal of the new orleans banking and canal company which is not completed and which will cost not far from half a million dollars the trade of the lakes must be very considerable to warrant the construction of all these works an important trade is carried on through the lakes with mobile pascagoula mandeville pensacola and apalachicola the northern shores of the lakes will also furnish fuel and timber for the city this trade now employs between three and four hundred vessels of the smaller size in my next i will endeavor to give to you a view of new orleans  1837 the picayune began publishing it newspaper at 38 gravier street at nola on january 25 1837 by francis a lumsden and george wilkins kendall  18091867 the four page journal cost 25 cents per week or 6 14 cents per issue the value of a spanish picayune  a three months subcription was 250 by early  november 1837  the paper became the daily picayune  in 1914  the daily picayune merged with  t he new orleans timesdemocrat to become the timespicayune  the alert  a steam packet based in nola was stopping at biloxi as early as july 1837  the picayune july 23 1837 p 3  the diocese of natchez was established by the roman catholic church on july 28 1837  the mississippi register august 3 1962  1838 in july  politicians at nola who overheated in the recent elections were advised to relax and enjoy a sojourn to pass christian or biloxi on the isabella  the daily picayune july 4 1838 p 2  1839 earnest h ogden  esquire  member of the natchez bar died of yellow fever on the 7th of october at biloxi he had been to mobile on a pleasure excursion and caught fever mr ogden was a native of new jersey the newark daily advertiser october 15 1839  1840 a german at biloxi cut his throat with a razor on sunday morning severing the wind pipe no physician being immediately at hand the wound was sewed up by a gentleman entirely unaquainted with surgery and it is thought that it will not prove fatal the cause of the intended suicide is said to be love the daily picayune august 25 1840 p 2  1841 harrison county mississippi was formed from hancock and jackson county  mississippi on february 5 1841  1842 the  road from pt caddy to henderson pt on the bay of st louis was declared a public road   charles bellman  was appointed overseer of this road from pt caddy to the west line of the 1 st police beat district minutes harrison county board of police march 14 1842 p 18  benjamin holley appointed captain of the police patrol at biloxi  minutes harrison county board of police july 4 1842 p 26  1843 the american hotel was in operation by edward milford of mobile at biloxi near elmore s wharf probably jacob elmer s it was twostory edifice with a dining hall superior cook and good wines the daily picayune june 9 1843 p 1 in august 1843  annette manette fayard leader  17911853 sold for 200 a lot on pass christian road  12 acre east and west and 150 feet deep to the catholic diocese of natchez which would become the site of the nativity bvm  catholic church harrison co ms land deed bk 1 p 355  1845 batchelor s hall  a tourist residence jb currie proprietor had a tenpin alley attached to the building the daily picayune july 2 1845 p 4  1846 peter flanagan  early biloxi hotelier died in 1846 at biloxi in october  john crusius  18061866 conveyed a lot with 12 arpent on the gulf and running north for 640 feet to john hahn  18061847 with provisions to cut timber on his lands to the north and to establish roads north and east of this tract the consideration was 2400  the magnolia hotel would open here before 1850 under the proprietorship of elizabeth hahn  18121904 mr crusius from nola had acquired 20 arpents here in july 1845 from mistress cecelia saralde for 325 charles dantonet 18061874 also from nola had sold her this parcel in may 1836 harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 267 and bk in october  frederick a reynoir and louise hugon renoir  18011891 sold for 40 a lot on reynoir street to the 1st baptist church of biloxi  trustees for the church were alexander bookton c taylor john herrington and jc woolworth the baptist church lot had 80feet on reynoir street and ran 88feet to the west it was bounded on the north by the l n railroad  john c bradford acquired this property in july 1885 for 275 and conveyed it to pauline trenchard querens on nola in october 1885 for 450 the biloxi city park was situated on this lot for many years harrison co mississippi land deed bk 3 p 270 bk 21 p 18 and bk 21 p 30  1847   john hahn  18061847 proprietor of the magnolia hotel died on june 22nd j ohn fayard sold the federal government a tract of land at biloxi to build a lighthouse  the consideration was 600 harrison co ms land deed bk 3 p 392  1848  the charleston sc courier august 3 1848 p 2  john w nixon  17821849 irish immigrant and veteran of the war of 1812 was operating the biloxi house  a tourist home or inn on east beach west of bellman street the daily picayune september 7 1848 p 1  1849 john mcguire who lived and operated a grist mill on the north side of the pass christian roadpoint caddy road howard avenue west of lameuse street died mary mcguire his widow petitioned the harrison county chancery court to sell their biloxi property and was granted her wish in april 1849 harrison co mississippi chancery court minute bk 1 p 179 madame pradat s live oak hotel was operating on biloxi s east beach road  john w nixon  17821849  died at biloxi on june 17th  1850 biloxi was incorporated on february 18 1850 the trenton nj state gazette february 21 1850 p 2  biloxi had at least four hotels operating in the summer of 1850  the shady grove  proprietor john coates  the green oaks of madame pradat  the biloxi house operated by adeline copp nixon and the magnolia hotel  leased to mrs cm hunt the daily picayune june 8 1850 p 8 and august 1 1850 p 8  1851 first america s cup race sailed at the isle of wight on august 22nd  the daily picayune reminded readers that it was cheaper to vacation at pass christian biloxi pascagoula mobile bay and point clear and other nearby resorts rather than traveling north the following inns were available the pass christian hotel by montogomery at pass christian  biloxi house by nixon biloxi  green oaks hotel  by mrs pradat biloxi  magnolia hotel by mrshunt biloxi  shady grove by coates biloxi  east pascagoula hotel by boyd simpson  point clear hote l baldwin county alabama  daphne house  eastern shore of mobile bay and also cooper s well in mississippi  the daily picayune may 27 1851 p 2    1852    the daily picayune february 4 1852 p 2    twenty tracts of land each having one arpent on the gulf and being between 12 or 15 arpents deep were for sal e at biloxi the daily alabama journal april 26 1852 p 2  captain fry of the steamboat  dj day  will make regular semimonthly trips between wetumpka alabama and new orleans with stops at pascagoula biloxi pass christian and bay st louis the daily alabama journal may 28 1852 p 2  benjamin lc wailes   17971852  state geologist of mississippi viewed the village of back bay present day d iberville  from biloxi on august 27 1852 and observed the following  rode in the morning after a call from judge smith to back bay 2 miles which is the extension of the bay of baluxi sic found a steam ferry running across where it seems to be a mile in width the extensive brick yard of mr kendall where bricks are made on a very extensive scale from dry compressed earth by steam power was in sight of the opposite side about two miles distant a number of small craft were in the bay and several along the shore were undergoing repairs several steam mills which are very numerous on the bay for sawing pine timber were also in view  wailes 1854   the cincinnati daily gazette september 2 1852 p 2    the alabama planter september 4 1852 p 6    1853 batchelor s hall  an inn run by sol mills  b 1818 was operating at biloxi the daily picayune june 9 1843 p 1  yellow fever struck biloxi on june 29th  when it was brought to biloxi by someone from new orleans  dr andreas byrenheidt  17681858 reported following the crisis that there were  533 cases of yellow fever in biloxi  which resulted in 111 deaths  he estimated that the population at this time was 5500 people which included summer tourists and those fleeing the epidemic at new orleans testimony of dr a byrenheidt md in report of the sanitary commission of nola on the yellow fever of 1853 1854 p 540   the daily picayune august 23 1853 p 1   the 1853 yellow fever epidemic at new orleans killed about 10000 of the 30000 persons infected with the mosquito borne virus it earned the crescent city the epithet necropolis of the south   in september  frederick a renoir sold for 50 to the congregation of the hebrew society of nola a tract of land on the west side of reynoir street it was to be used as a jewish cemetery  trustees for the jewish cemetery were  leopold klopman  18101873 and adolph s marks  17911867 of new orleans and samuel friedlander  18131886 of biloxi harrison co mississippi land deed bk 6 p 518   the daily picayune october 11 1853 p 2    1855 mrs adeline copp nixon  17981878 gave john moore of nola a one year lease  for 200 on the east end of  batchelor s hall  a long building attached to the biloxi hotel mr moore had use of the billiard table and liquors in the bar and all the furniture  harrison co mississippi land deed bk 7 p 496 the hurricane of 1855 of september 15th16th hit near bay st louis and destroyed bath houses piers and many houses at biloxi between its three miles of waterfront development from west of the biloxi lighthouse to point cadet the new orleans daily picayune september 20 1855 p 1 and sullivan p 135  1856  the last islands isles dernieres  hurricane mauls this seaside resort off of terrebonne parish  louisiana on august 11th and kills about 200 people according to modern estimates by the noaa the storm was probably a category 4 hurricane with central pressure of around 934 mb it tied with hurricane hugo as the 10th most intense hurricane to hit the mainland united states  1857 pierre pascal hugonin  18011857 native of france and justice of the peace at biloxi died on september 7 1857 he was replaced by william h norberg  18291860 native of massachusetts  1858 dr andreas byrenheidt  17861858 biloxi physician and native of france  expired on march 4th   th jenks  late of the east pascagoula hotel  and nb cook  recently of the biloxi house  have leased the live oak hotel formerly nixon s hotel  the daily picayune september 10 1858 p 3  1859 in 1859  joseph h bellande  18131907 sold to bishop william h elder of the diocese of natchez a lot measuring 192 x 100 feet for the first site of st alphonsus catholic church in ocean springs on porter avenue for 100  john lynch  proprietor of the woodbine cottage  had space for 2500 monthchildren and servants half pricetable furnished with best that nola and biloxi markets can provide the daily picayune september 10 1859 p 3  1860 john b toulme  17951860 native of saint domingue now haiti  expired at bay st louis  on august 17th he was a pioneer settler of this village and assisted general andrew jackson 17671845 with information on the british invasion forces in this area during the war of 1812 the daily picayune august 25 1860 p 2  1861  the war of the rebellion or american civil war commences on april 12 1861 in south carolina   the biloxi rifles  company e  3rd mississippi infantry regiment csa  were sworn into state military service on may 21 1861 and mustered in confederate service on october 5 1861 howell to live and die in dixie 1991 p 565  1862    the capture of biloxi during the war between the states  published october 10 1885 and written by major wt walthall see reprint in the daily herald june 4 1941 p 5   1865 the civil war ends on april 9 1865 in virginia   1866 u cousine of biloxi won a silver medal at the lousiana state fair for the best display of lemons  the daily picayune november 25 1866 p 2  1870 captain charles n walker  18211870 age 49 years and steamboat captain who worked between nola and mobile  died at ocean springs  on january 15 1870 the new orleans times january 181870 p6 on october 29 1870 the new orleans mobile chattanooga railroad  chartered 1866  completed the rail line between mobile and new orleans  rail service commenced on november 21 1870  1871 the nom c was reorganized on april 18 1871 and became the new orleans mobile texas railroad  1873   the new orleans mobile texas railroad was foreclosed upon in the us circuit court  henry j gardner and peter b butler v nom t for default of payment of interest on its 4 million in indebtedness to its bondholders the road missed interest payments due in october 1872 and april 1873 it was ordered sold at auction in six months the new york times april 15 1873 p 1  1874  the weekly clarion jackson mississippi july 16 1874 p 1  joseph santini  18171874 native of trieste italy expired on august 11 1874 at st christian basse pyrenees france his corporal remians were interred in the st louis cemetery no 3 at nola in october 1874 the daily picayune august 12 1874 p 4 and october 17 1874 p 4 the nola bulletin november 27 1874 p 6  1875  on january 13th  arthur reynoir and spouse sold mother mary austin carrole representing st alphonsus convent of mercy for 1000 a lot on the west side of reynoir street with buildings and improvements  the lot had 200 feet on reynoir street and was 85 feet deep harrison co mississippi land deed bk 14 p 320 an editorial in the star of pascagoula blasted the new orleans mobile texas railroad as  nothing more that or less than a gang of highway robbers entitled to as little consideration from the people as so many bandits who rob and plunder the weak and defenseless in defiance of the law the only remedy for these wrongs is the sale of the road refuse to patronize the road even if undergo inconvenience in doing so   the star of pascagoula may 22 1875 p 2 in june  db seal district attorney of hancock county f iled litigation against the new orleans mobile chattanooga railroad  sic the plaintiffs were asking that the railroad build a draw bridge across the pearl river the present bridge was blocking the east pearl river channel which was needed for the lumber trade the star of pascagoula june 12 1875 p 3  peter j montross  18411897 native of cuba was the proprietor of the bossell house  the daily picayune june 13 1875 p in the summer of 1875 the shady grove hotel was managed by urbain rambaut  18321889 a native of france the hostelry was in the process of renovation and refurbishment professor knapp a local guide with a horse and buggy was available for fishing in back bay or leading local history tours the star of pascagoula june 26 1875 p 1  1876    the new orleans republican march 26 1876 p 6    1877 the 1st baptist church of biloxi   colored   began in 1877 the  reverend pleasant gill an antebellum preacher held the ir first church service in an old shack near the l n railroad depot  the daily herald april 22 1940 p 5  captain t frederick nehl s 18111877 prussian immigrant mariner and mail carrier  expired on march 7 1877 on april 1st the new orleans mobile texas railroad almost doubled it fare to 5 per mile  before the passenger rate increase the cost of a round trip ticket to new orleans from pascagoula was 5 and to mobile 2 after increase the new orleans fare was 10 and that to mobile 410 the star of pascagoula april 6 1877 p 1  1878 john brill  18021878 native of philadelphia pennsylvanisa and first sheriff of harrison county mississippi expired on june 24th at pass christian mr brill was active in creating harrison county from hancock county and served th enew county in various political offices the pascagoula democratstar june 28 1878 p 3  wkm dukate of wheatland indiana married linda lienhard of biloxi on april 27th in biloxi the pascagoula democratstar may 3 1878 p 3  adeline copp nixon  17981878 native of dover new hampshire  retired biloxi hotel proprietor and widow of john w nixon 17821849 irish immigrant and nola attorney died on june 28th the pascagoula democratstar july 71878 p 3  james fewell  18081878 native of virginia and postmaster at biloxi from october 1852 until december 1853 expired on december 13 1878 dr theruber of new orleans acquired the fewell place on back bay in october 1880 the pascagoula democratstar december 131878 p 2 and october 22 1880 p 3  1879  the pascagoula democratstar february 7 1879 p 3 the pascagoula democratstar february 7 1879 p 3  jefferson davis  18081889 acquired the orange orchard of mrs sa dorsey at beauvoir for 5000 the pascagoula democratstar february 28 1879  the new railroad bridge will soon be finished  the pascagoula democratstar september 12 1879  professor dd cowan opened the public school on 1 september  the pascagoula democratstar september 12 1879  1880 in january  the residence of dr jy hollingsworth  near beauvoir was destoyed by fire  the fire began when a spark from the chimney fell on the roof shortly the house and kitchen were burning dr hollingswoth salvaged very little of his domiciles contents the pascagoulademocrat star january 30 1880 p 3 on saturday january 3rd there was launched at point caddie a fine schooner  built by marsh ridgeway for messrs lopez co and is intended to be used in the oyster business she is a fine craft and the builder deserves credit for the workmanship manner in which the craft is built wine flowed freely and the launch will long be remembered the pascagoulademocratstar biloxi items january 30 1880 p 3  biloxi was nearly deserted on mardi gras day the camelia carried nearly seventyfive passengers to nola the pascagoula democratstar february 20 1880 p 3 federal employees were removing the biloxi lighthouse dwelling because of its dilapidated condition  it will be placed by a neat residence the pascagoula democratstar march 5 1880 p 3  fw elmer is building a structure on the beach in front of his saloon  it is intended for a restaurant the pascagoula democratstar march 26 1880 p 3  biloxi s streets have been throughly repaired a shell road has been built along the beach the facilities to procure fish oysters and meat are ample and in fact almost anything that may be desired can be procured at moderate rates  the pascagoula democratstar march 26 1880 p 3 a duel was fought near biloxi between captain cain and captain sambola of new orleans  colt pistols were used but after an exchange of gunfire with no one hit the friends of the combatants succeeded in finding an amicable settle ment and the dispute ended with a reconciliation between the warring parties the pascagoula democratstar april 9 1880 p 3 the l n railroad leased the property of the nom t railroad on may 8 1880  messrs lopez co have their new schooner  the castelaro  employed in bringing oysters from outside and planting them on their bedding grounds these gentlemen intend to keep well supplied with oysters and be ready to meet the demand when the trade opens again the pascagoula democratstar biloxi items may 21 1880 p 3 in may 1880  theodore m scheffer  18491884 a prussian immigrant  opened his establishment the scheffer house for guests  it had been placed in first class condition for the season 1880 harrison co mississippi federal census t9648 p 9 ed 139 and the pascagoula democratstar may 28 1880 p 3  margaret henley  18131880 wife of john henley sr died on august 1st  the pascagoula democratstar august 20 1880 p 2  1881 in april 1881 father francis janssens 18431897 dutch born missionary catholic priest was appointed the fourth bishop of the diocese of natchez  w illiam gorenflo james mayfield  and jd mayer were appointed by the board of supervisors to form a committee to draft an ordinance to regulate the harvesting and cultivating of oysters in harrison county mississippi  the pascagoula democratstar may 20 1881 p 3 on october 5 1881 the l n railroad purchased all the assets of the reorganized new orleans mobile texas railroad for 6000000  this acquisition included the ponchartrain railroad which ran seven mile from new orleans to milneburg on lake ponchartrain and the one hundred fortyone miles of track depots the creosote plant at west pascagoula gautier stations station houses section houses rolling stock etc between mobile and new orleans jxco ms land deed bk 5 p 299  1883 city of biloxi organized its fire company on september 3rd  at the montross hotel fw elmer pres will c grant v pres pj montross treas phil mccabe foreman thomas p bachino 1st assist and frank greveniing 2nd assist others involved leon bertoli joe tucei john b bachino n petrie albert deck thomas mccabe daniel bachino jm ritch mj grady george h schrieber and n sullivan the daily picayune september 6 1883 p 1  raymond caillavet  18381898  commissioner of streets  started a work gang to open a road from porter west to the city limits to connect with the beach road to mississippi city  the pascagoula democratstar october 5 1883 p 3  1884 the gulf coast advertiser reports that biloxi appears to be the favorite place for louisiana politicians  the daily picayune september 6 1884 p 2  george washington wilkes  18541915 and mb richmond commenced  the biloxi herald  every coast now had a newspaper except ocean springs and mississippi city inland there were weekly journals at handsboro and stonewall the daily picayune september 6 1884 p 2 the  gulf coast college was incorporated and established at handsboro  mississippi in september 1884 the daily picayune september 29 1884 p 6  1885 the barataria canning company was founded  charles turner howard  18321885 father of biloxi philanthropist  frank t howard  18551911 and harry t howard  18561930 and proprietor of the louisiana state lottery at nola died on may 31st  mayor jean alphonse bousquet  18451908 was elected to the harrison county mississippi board of supervisors to fill the vacancy of john e morrison  18381911  who resigned  the daily picayune august 31 1885 p 3  john c bradford  acquired the baptist church and lot on reynoir street opposite the l n depot in july 1885 for 275 from c taylor oscar d bowen george w andrews and st elder trustees of the baptist church he conveyed it to  pauline jeanne trenchard querens  18611928 on nola in october 1885 for 450 the biloxi city park was situated on this lot for many years harrison co mississippi land deed bk 21 p 18 and bk 21 p 30  1886 the  mayor planned to veto the action of the town council in reducing the cost of a bar room license from 125 to 50  unless the  bar keepers agree to pay 20 each towards the expenses  of the police department the daily telegraph monroe louisiana april 28 1886 in the fall  biloxi was under quarantine due to suspected cases of yellow fever  no mail or freight was permitted to stop and ocean springs maintained the strickest shotgun quarantine against biloxi    mayor jean a bousquet  18451908 left for nola and remained there so long that phil mccabe was elected by the town council as mayor pro tem  the  quarantine at biloxi shut down the seafood industry here  the biloxi canning company closed its doors on 22 october and released its approximately 70 employees these laborers were entirely dependent upon the factory for their subsistence the daily picayune september 4 1886 p 8 and october 21 1886 p 1 and the pascagoula democratstar october 22 1886 p 2 the british steamer  harbinger was the first steamship to load mississippi yellow pine lumber at ship island anchorage by 1894 this insular port was averaging twelve landings each year to export yellow pine to south america and europe the biloxi herald october 6 1894 p 8  nicholas m benach i 18121886 greek immigrant and cotton broker at nola died intestate on february 8 1886 at new orleans he left the following lands at biloxi with an estimated value of 15000 bounded south by the front bay or gulf of mexico east by property now owned by john cleary north by section line and west by the estate of jacques fayard having a front on said front bay or gulf of mexico of three hundred and twenty two feetsix inches running back due north between parallel lines to said section line a distance of 40 arpents more or less also one lot bounded south by lands of henry miller west by property now owned by dr maloney north by the property of charles fayard east by above described lot measuring north and south eight hundred feet east and west harrison county chancery court cause no 676 august 1894  1887 the  j eff davis light artillery company  was formed at biloxi in july 1887 carey holleman  18601935 as named captain and 24 men were enrolled   the daily picayune july 13 1887 p 2  1888 in january  dr rd murray was ordered by the us marine hospital service at key west  as his service at ship island quarantine station had expired the biloxi herald january 21 1888 p 8 the colored teacher s institute met in the handsboro school house on january 14th the work of the 3rd institute was assigned as follows  wa howard spelling and reading  lc henry geography and history  wp locker arithemetic and grammar  jh dale natural philosophy and physiolgy pass christian was selected as the next meeting place the biloxi herald january 25 1888 p 8 in february the  mississippi house passed a bill authorizing the removal of the ship island quarantine station  it had passed the senate earlier 45  was appropriated for the removal project the biloxi herald february 25 1888 p 8 in january the new quarantine station in the chandeleur islands was completed by carpenters and laborers from biloxi and the doctor and his baggage were relocated from ship island to the new station the move resulted from the general feeling that the ship island quarantine station was a constant menace and cause for alarm to those living at a distance and deterred them from visiting the mississippi coast in the summer vacation months the biloxi herald february 15 1888 p 8 in february  harry t howard   18561930 and genevieve cottraux ruled carnival at nola the times picayune february 20 1966 p 117 in march 1888 biloxi was described as follows  standing on the front gallery of the montross hotel one looking to the gulf would see the line of unsightly bath and oyster houses dilapidated wharves and high piles of oyster shelves if the bath and oyster houses are to remain in cannot they be made neat and handsome and the large oyster pilesare they to remain and offend the eyes and noses of the denizens and visitors the passenger depot at this place of the l n rr is a disgrace to the town and the road  the biloxi herald march 17 1888 p 8 in february  harry t howard  18561930  captain of the jeff davis light artillery  was been promoted to major 1st battalion of the mississippi national guard  constantine olivari  18411894  was elected captain of the jeff davis light artillery in march to replace captain howard captain olivari received his commission from governor lowry in late may the biloxi herald february 14 1888 p 8 march 10 1888 p 8 and june 2 1888 p 8 the lamar guards a military company of heavy artillery  was organized at biloxi in january officers were  henry j meaut  18421934 captain  carey holliman   18601935 1st lieutenant  thomas d bachino  18611891 2nd lieutenant  joseph ott  18551932 sgt atarms and dan mcdonald  secretary the officers were commissioned by governor robert lowry 18311910 in march some of the springfield rifles and cartridges for the lamar guards arrived in february other founding members were  dan markey   18551900  peter gillen   18591898  mj grady  18411898  oscar meaut  18591935  joseph arguelles  18651944  sam shaw  and j ohn w henley   d 1918 the biloxi herald january 21 1888 p 1 february 11 1888 p 8 and march 3 1888 p 8  raymond caillavet  18381898 contractor built a large storage house for the biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company  the biloxi herald february 18 1888 p 8 the city of biloxi enacted a new city charter  which was approved by the state legislature in early february the biloxi herald january 14 1888 p 8 february 11 1888 p 1 and march 11 1888 p 9 the republican executive committee of harrison county mississippi met at mississippi city on march 3rd  john lyons was the executive committee chairman the biloxi herald february 25 1888 p 8  john walker was elected mayor of biloxi over william p murray  18681895  emile laudner  18411890 and raymond caillavet  18381898 the biloxi herald march 11 1888 p 9 the  biloxi artesian ice manufacturing company is now prepared to take ice orders  from all along the coast the biloxi herald march 31 1888 p 8 in january  john a aniello  18481901  italian immigrant from corsica and inventor w as granted a patent on a life boat by the us patent ofice in march while at new orleans he was advertising his patented life boat in biloxi in 1900  aniello   won the gold medal a diploma and 20000 for his life boat at the world s exposition in paris competing with over 110 over boats mr aniello died in september 1901 at havre france  he had returned to france to defend his victory after it had been challenged by his competition the biloxi herald february 4 1888 p 8 march 17 1888 p 8 and the daily picayune january 5 1901 p 3 and october 4 1901 and the nola item march 6 1913 p 1  the gulf view hotel was leased by pj montross  18411897 of the montross hotel the biloxi herald april 7 1888 p 8  hugh mccallum  watchmaker and jeweler will occupy will occupy the new building being built by j r harkness for dr james j lemon on the south part of his drugstore lot the biloxi herald april 14 1888 p 8  nielsen s photo gallery which was built in march  opened on reynoir street near the l n depot  professor fitch  an experienced photographer will be in charge the biloxi herald march 17 1888 p 8 and april 14 1888 p 8 in april  wt walthall  18201899 biloxi resident and veteran newspaperman lecturer yellow fever volunteer who assisted  jefferson davis with the rise and fall of the confederate government  was named consul to demerara now a part of guyana in south america by president cleveland his salary was 3000 per annum mr walthall expired on may 20 1899 in vicksburg mississippi the biloxi herald april 21 1888 p 1 and the daily picayune may 21 1899 p 12  l n rr erecting a freight depot and refurbishing the old building for passenger traffic with separate waiting rooms for male and female transients the biloxi herald may 12 1888 p 8  the scheffer house has been repaired and in first class condition to receive guests the pascagoula democratstar may 28 1880 p 3  achille j chiapella  18621936 sold his four seasons hotel to the wilkinson brothers it opened on june 2nd as the wilkinson hotel the biloxi herald may 26 and june 2 1888 p 8  jefferson davis returned to beauvoir from his cotton plantation at briarfield the biloxi herald june 30 1888 p 8  charles gayarre  prominent louisiana historian  was in biloxi to visit the reverend doctor hinsdale  the biloxi herald july 28 1888 p 8 the biloxi and ocean springs yacht club was organized through the relentless efforts of colonel wa fonda  john d bachino commodore wa fonda vicecommodore and tk reed secretary  the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 1   the dunbar company cannery at bay st louis is at a dead standstill like the mississippi city cannery biloxi canneries run and prosper why can t the others the biloxi herald november 3 1888 p 8  howard memorial school  gift of frank t howard 18551911 and harry t howard 18561930 which was built and designed by john r harkness son in 1888 for 10000  john r harkness has taken contract to build the new public school building  which was donated by the howard family the biloxi herald august 4 1888 p 8 the biloxi and ocean springs yacht club was organized in august  john d bachino  commodore wa fonda vicecommodore and tk reed secretary the biloxi herald august 11 1888 p 1      cf theobald secretary of the school board  announced the following teachers and salaries for the 18881889 school year charles dunbar lancaster 18411922 principal 60 per month mrs sehnhora dodd booth 1st assistant 35 per month miss fh walthall 30 per month miss edna holley 30 per month miss molie t rodenberg 25 per month the biloxi herald october 6 1888 p 8  new building erected between delauney  ge ohr and magnolia on pass christian street howard avenue by john r harkness will be open next month as a clothing and notion store the biloxi herald october 27 1888 p 8  george g day  former manager of the gulf view hotel  left for florida the biloxi herald november 3 1888 p 8  l n rr with jt harahan general manager  and an inspection party aboard made the run between beauvoir and biloxi at the rate of 65 12 miles per hour the biloxi herald november 24 1888 p 8  sixteen biloxi carpenters and laborers were employed to erect the new quarantine station on the chandeleur island s the biloxi herald november 24 1888 p 8  john henry kelle r 18301908 nola soap merchant and biloxi real estate investor married martha mattie washington silk 18531913 at nola on november 15 1888 the biloxi herald november 24 1888 p 8  total enrollment in the biloxi public school for the year to date in 202 students  average attendance is 137 students the biloxi herald november 24 1888 p 8 the ocean view hotel of cf theobald was leased to h edwards and plans to open january 1 1889 the biloxi herald december 1 1888 p 8 the tegarden hotel at mississippi city burned to the ground on november 26th it had been recently leased to mrs alexander the biloxi herald december 1 1888 p 8  fw elmer requested from the us secretary of the treasury that biloxi be made a port of entry  the biloxi herald december 15 1888 p 8  harry t howard  18561930 was in town and t ook several photographic images of the new school house  the biloxi herald december 15 1888 p 8  1889 the reverend robert h hinsdale expired on january 9th he was at the church of the redeemer from 1883 until his demise on his death bed reverend hinsdale requested that harry t howard erect a new episcopal church on the beach at biloxi the daily herald january 9 1913 p 1 the new modern  howard memorial public school building on main street   a gift from of frank t howard 18551911 and harry t howard 18561930 to the citizenry of biloxi was dedicated on march 22 nd it was built and designed by john r harkness son in 1888 for 10000 the daily picayune march 22 1889 p 8  biloxi had a large fire occur in the central business district on june 5th  damage estimated at 75000  the fire started in the herald building major losses suffered by  mrs cm rugge who lost twostory residence valued at 9000  constantine olivari  18411894 who lost his twostory residence ship chandlry business dry goods and groceries on the corner of lameuse street and pass christian street valued at 8000  dr james j lemon lost his drug store and home worth 7500 the post office building of louis holley was also destroyed mobile alabama sent two fire engines on a special train  but they arrived after biloxi firemen had the conflagration extinguished the daily picayune june 6 1889 p 1  john w treloar  18461897 described as boss fisherman of the coast  and in the employ of paul gelpi sons of nola candy manufacturers  left biloxi on an extended trip to the northwest in the interests of his employer  paul j gelpi  18481920 the daily picayune august 19 1889 p 8  jefferson davis  18081889  died at new orlean s on december 6th his remains were interred in the metairie cemetery his corporal remains were later interred on may 31 1893 at richmond virginia  1890 emile laudner  ladner 18401890  died at his home on pass christian stree t now howard avenue on february 26th two term biloxi mayor 18831884 and 18871888 pioneer in the seafood industry at biloxi and founder of the deer island oyster and fish company in the seafood business as early as september 1876 the biloxi herald march 1 1890 p 1 and the biloxi mirror september 9 1876 p 3  joseph c delamarre   18551931 town marshal and sanitary inspector began his sanitary inspections on may 1st as required by law and advised all biloxi property owners to have their yards and closets clean to avoid trouble  the biloxi herald april 24 1890 p 4 the knights of the golden eagle organized a castle at biloxi in may with 32 members judge anthony sambola 18361903 and fred holyland 18341894 of nola were the officers that assited in the formation of the biloxi chapter the first in mississippi judge ab delamarre was appointed deputy supreme chief of the state of mississippi the biloxi herald may 24 1890 p 4 in may the biloxi fire companies met and decided that the annual firemen s parade at biloxi would be held on september 19th  the day that the biloxi fire company no 1 was officially organized in 1883 the biloxi herald nominated phil mccabe as biloxi s first fire chief the biloxi herald may 24 1890 p 4 the  framework for the new opera house is going up  and when completed it will be  the largest building in biloxi john r harkness  is working rapidly for its completion the  building contract called for the opera house to cost 5000  when finished and furnished the biloxi herald june 7 1890 p 4 and june 19 1890 p 4  american fire company no 3  colored  entertained at the baptist church for the benefit of the relief fund the biloxi herald june 28 1890 p 4  aleck horn and aleck redon went to pass christian in june and persuaded 160 people to sign their pettion asking that the customs house be removed from bay st louis to biloxi  the biloxi herald june 28 1890 p 4  the howard guards military ball and second competitive drill was held in november and was well attended  captain hc meaut judged that sgt william harkness deserved the gold medal the biloxi herald november 22 1890 p 4  1891 the new orleans loan building and savings association opened a branch in biloxi  john walker pres pj montross vp ernest desporte sec treas the biloxi herald may 10 1891 p 2  lopez dunbar s sons company advertising to buy figs  had agents at grand bay alabama scranton pascagoula and ocean springs the pascagoula democratstar june 19 1891 p 2 the new plant of the barataria canning company was completed in july  hr gogreve president isidore hechinger vice pres h bentz treasurer isidore heidenheim secretary and h edwards jr superintendent the biloxi herald july 11 1891 p 4 the public school had an enrollment of 264 students  jl ladd principal faculty miss josie santini miss melancon and miss edna holley the biloxi herald december 26 1891 p 8  1892 the old bellande building near the l n depot has been demolished and the foundation is being laid for a new twostory edifice the biloxi herald january 9 1892 p 8  weather reports at biloxi were posted on the outside door of the us post office after arriving on the morning l n train the biloxi herald january 16 1892 p 4 on march 18th  a fire of incendiary origin destroyed the sash door and blind factory of ml vazquez north of the railorad loss estimated at 2000 with 1000 insurance by phoenix a small house valued at 400 and owned by collier also lost the biloxi herald march 19 1892 p 4 the biloxi public school had an enrollment of 271 students and average attendance since december 1891 was 197 students jl ladd principal faculty miss ladd miss josie santini miss melancon and miss edna holley the biloxi herald april 9 1892 p 2 on may 18 1892 the  new episcopal church of the redeemer at biloxi was consecrated  to the memory of the reverend rg hinsdale by bishop thompson of mississippi and bishop sessums of louisiana harry t howard 18561930 donated the land and building the biloxi herald may 21 1892 p 1  another baptist church has been organized in biloxi and will be known as the washington street baptist church and led by the reverend rm guy  the old me church building has been acquired and will be used for worship services the biloxi herald july 9 1892 p 4 on july 261892 the great new orleans philanthropist  john henry keller  18301908 himself not a presbyterian donated lot 1 50 feet by 150 feet block 6 of keller s tract to the biloxi presbyterian church  the church was located on east howard avenue east of the old biloxi public high school  wl covel  18361926 was contracted to erect the small and modest building of the newly organized congregation the deacons and elders of the biloxi presbyterian church among them bemis o bailey 18981969 an ocean springs native  sold their property to the city of biloxi in late december 1940  for 3659 harrison co ms land deed bk 28 p 205 and the biloxi herald july 2 1892 p 1 and july 16 1892 p 4 the biloxi baseball boys whipped the ocean springs browns 24 to 1 at the depot green in biloxi the biloxi herald august 27 1892 by september 1892   biloxi had three fire companies volunteer fire company no 1  the oldest led by fw elmer  mechanics steam fire co no 2  led by dr jj lemon and the mississippi hook ladder fire company no 1 under hv lizana the daily picayune september 20 1892 p 9  h eugene tiblier jr  18661936  found a sunken french vessel in the back bay of biloxi beneath the shallow water over the family oyster lease near the l n railroad bridge captain tiblier hired joseph pep suarez 18401912 who owned the schooner  maggie  to assist in the salvage of artifacts from the hold of the sunken ship his sons albert tiblier and vital tiblier dove on the oyster bank during the salvage operations according to a report of the pascagoula democratstar of september 23 1892 the tiblier family recovered four cannons swords and scabbards some muskets cannon balls wooden sheaves fire brick iron braces and rock ballast  patrick kennedy  18451913 began shipping raw oysters in november as p kennedy company  the biloxi herald november 12 1892 p 1 on december 23rd  edward j buck  former cashier of the manufacturers national bank of pittsburg kansas met at the montross hotel with affluent biloxians to organize the bank of biloxi  18000 of capital stock was soon raised officers of the bank of biloxi were  cf theobald  pres  laz lopez  v pres and ej buck  cashier board of directors john walker wk m dukate nicholas voivedich charles edding om nielson isidore heidenheim edward glennan and sam picard the biloxi herald december 17 1892 and december 24 1892 and january 21 1893 p 4  1893 john eistetter  18561904 began laying the foundation for a twostory building for mr herbelin on the corner of howard avenue and lameuse street jr harkness was the contractor the biloxi herald january 21 1893 p 8  louis rosenthal  18511942 native of prussia and editor and manager commenced the biloxi blizzard in february published by biloxi publishing company and cost 150 per year the biloxi herald february 4 1893 p 10 the bank of biloxi was chartered on february 21st harrison co ms charter bk 2 p 69 in april  john r harkness  18301903 was contracted by lopez dunbar s sons co to construct a new  five thousand dollar 18000 squareft  cannery on the former site of the old one  twostory mansard towers on each end functioned as office space the biloxi herald april 15 1893 p 1 in april the  biloxi milling company commenced operations making flour and meal   it was founded by missourians edward g burklin 18601920 james b buck chinn 18571912 rd chinn and mr brewton the biloxi herald january 7 1893 p 8 and april 22 1893 p 1 in april jr harkness sons announced plans to build a steam planning and milling plant in the rear of the opera house on pass christian street and magnolia street the biloxi herald april 22 1893 p 1 in april  jr harkness sons relocated the episcopal church from pass christian street to the beach  the biloxi herald april 22 1893 p 1 the mississippi leader brookhaven may 16 1893 p 3 in late may  the corporal remains of jefferson davis  18081889 were sent f rom new orleans by a l n funeral car to richmond virginia for burial on may 31st in the hollywood cemetery the biloxi herald may 29 1893 p 1  the seashore academy a boy s boarding school opened with dr gs roudebush  school master it was located about 1500 feet west of the biloxi lighthouse the biloxi herald july 1 1893 p 8  the mexican gulf coast illustrated written by th glenn of ocean springs is complete and being bound the biloxi herald july 8 1893 p 8 in july 1893  jacob elmer and william gorenflo donated land east of main street on back bay to the mayor and city of biloxi for a street called north biloxi street  this 40foot thoroughfare ran 1250 feet south of bay street bayview avenue and turned west for about 300 feet until it intersected main street harrison co mississippi land deed bk 29 p 340  the columbian exposition edition  an eight page and eight column journal was published by the biloxi herald in july gw wilkes publisher and wl gilbert were responsible for this splendid publication the biloxi herald july 22 1893 p 1 and july 29 1893 p 1  the biloxi canning company is having two large barges built at the shipyard of francis codina at pascagoula the biloxi herald july 29 1893 p 8 in late july  the beach house a new hotel on the beach was completed for occupancy by jr harkness  contractor for mrs me drysdale the owner the biloxi daily herald july 29 1893 p 8  the blizzard  a weekly newspaper  was edited and managed by louis rosenthal  cost 150 per year  eg burklin  18601931 of vandalia missouri agreed to install 45 street lights of 32 candle power to the city of biloxi the biloxi herald september 30 1893 p 1 the october storm or cheniere caminada storm hits near grand isle louisiana on october 1st the white public school opened on october 16th with 85 boys and 75 girls faculty composed of cd lancaster principal miss josie santini miss mollie rodenberg miss edna holley mrs s booth and miss rosa andrews salaries set for teachers as follows cd lancaster 85 per month josie santini 45 per month and mollie rodenberg rosa andrews and mrs s booth 40 per month the biloxi herald october 14 1893 p 1 and october 21 1893 p 8 the colored public school was to open on the first monday in november the biloxi herald october 14 1893 p 1  casimir j harvey  18451904 of back bay d iberville  commenced his ferry operation across back bay to biloxi on december 2nd his vessel was called the shrimp  captain ed richards took over the rope or skiff ferry and handled the oars the biloxi herald december 2 1893 p 1  the montross hotel installed electric lights in december the biloxi herald december 9 1893 p 8  1894 joseph thomas jt maybury  18401894 native of baltimore and prominent biloxi seafood canner  died at biloxi on 6 january his internment was in the magnolia cemetery at mobile alabama mr maybury founded at pascagoula mississippi i n late october 1880 the mexican gulf canning company  which was chartered at mobile alabama after its liquidation he founded maybury foster  another seafood cannery also located in pascagoula the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1 the city council appointed aldermen gleason dulion and louge to meet with land owners on front beach between lameuse street and porter avenue to secure 40 feet of land to build a road  the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1 the city council refused the petition of casimer j harvey to have the exclusive privelege of a landing at the foot of reynoir street on back bay the biloxi herald january 6 1894 p 1  wkm dukate returned from baltimore with fifty bohemians to work the remainder of the seafood season at the lopez dunbar s sons co factory harry edwards of the barataria canning co left this week also for baltimore on business to employ about fifty people the biloxi herald january 20 1894 p 8 the columbia lumberton gulf railroad was recently chartered the railroad will tap for ninety miles some of the finest pine lands in the state plans to connect with the gulf ship island rr at lumberton mississippi the biloxi herald january 20 1894 p 8  edward g burklin  the biloxi electric light company was chartered on february 3rd by edward g burklin  18601931 ed glennan 18541933 jw swetman 18631937 jj lemon 18251915 lazaro lopez 18501903 john c bradford 18551928 et al harrison co ms charter bk 2 p 116  constantine olivari  18411894  italian immigrant merchant  civic and military leader expired on february 2nd the biloxi herald february 10 1894 p 8 the biloxi and back bay bridge company was chartered on june 2nd harrison co ms charter bk 2 p 186 in late april  chrutti s shipyard on back bay launched a doublehull ferry boat 66 feet with a beam of 26 feet to be used to cross the back bay of biloxi the biloxi herald april 28 1894 p 8 in may 1894 the hygeia ice works  built for 35000 and owned by the de la vergne manufacturing machine company of new york  was operating at biloxi west of the railroad depot the plant had the capacity to make 15 tons of ice each day with charles mccormack was their local representative the biloxi herald may 19 1894 p 8 in september  dr james j lemon  18251915 physician and pharmacist was named the british viceconsul at biloxi  his duties were to represent the commercial and personal interest of the british crown in october he was presented the british flag in a ceremony at ship island by captain maddrell of the english steamship county of york  am dahlgren 18561906 collector of customs and dr gm guiteras marine hospital surgeon were also present at the ceremony the biloxi herald october 6 1894 p 8 on october 12th  biloxi s commercial district was inflicted losses of about 75000 when a large fire commenced in the twostory jw swetman building on pass christian street big losers were s picard 25000 jw swetman 8000 ge ohr sr 5000 wkm dukate 4500 and the pottery of ge ohr jr 18571918 3000 the biloxi herald october 13 1894 p 8 in late november  lyman bradford opened a general merchandising store on back bay at the corner of lameuse street  the biloxi herald november 24 1894 p 8  sumner w rose  18581947 socialist and leader of the national industrial colony arrived at handsboro with families from colorado connecticut indiana iowa to engage in truck farming manufacturing and publishing  the biloxi herald november 24 1894 p 8  1895 louis rosenthal  18511942 sold the biloxi blizzard to austin m dahlgren  18561906 collector of the port in late january 1895 the conveyance occurred without consultation from monsieurs edward glennan  18541933 and charles redding  18571926 these gentlemen owned the physical assets of rosenthal s late journal the biloxi herald january 26 1895 p 8  mardi gras was celebrated at biloxi with a fancy dress and masquerade ball at the firemen s hall on mardi gras night the iroquois club club sponsored the event the biloxi herald january 26 1895 p 8 city ordinance no 76 created the biloxi cemetery association on february 4th  it was composed of g edward parks pres ew morrill treas i heidemheim sec and br clemens charles berger was hired as sexton the biloxi herald february 16 1895 p 4 in february   frank  t howard   18551911 and lydia fairchild ruled carnival at nola the times picayune february 20 1966 p 117 former city marshal  assessor and tax collector  william p murray  18681895 spouse of emma r caillavet  18711955 died on february 26th the biloxi herald march 2 1895 p 8 in late february  work commenced by the gc taylor company on the new city hall on main street  when excavation began on the foundation  mr taylor had difficulty finding local labor and went to meridian and returned with eleven laborers  as only five biloxians would work for 1 per day  the unskilled labor rate most biloxi day laborers expected to be paid 125 to 150 per day the biloxi herald march 2 1895 p 8  the biloxi banner  a local journal was established by we champlin  18661895 at biloxi on march 16th in 1892 mr champlin had commenced the mentor at handsboro mississippi dyer 1895 biloxi  the biloxi railway was established by dr jj lemon president jc bradford vicepres eg burklin general mgr and superintendent col ew morill sec treas and wh maybin gen attorney laying of track was to commence shortly as cars rails ties etc had been acquired 8000 worth of company stock had been sold the biloxi herald march 30 1895 p 8   the westbrooks  local baseball club of ocean springs lost to the  lemons  of biloxi 29 to 7 at ocean springs the battery for ocean springs was fayard seeman sic and katchardt sic biloxi s battery was clark and henley clark struck out ten westbrooks while seeman sic fanned only two lemons the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8  the l n railroad completed two new railroad stations on the east and west end of biloxi the coast train and excursion trains on wednesday and sunday will stop at both places the l n has named these stations as the oak   street   station  east and the gill avenue station  west local citizens suggested the names summerville east and oakmere west but they were rejected by the railroad the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8  morris and eaton have leased the arcade house on the beach and will conduct a first class hotel the biloxi herald may 11 1895 p 8 the mississippi state press convention was held at biloxi in late june the visiting journalists were impressed with the hospitalty of biloxians and were taken to ship island the ge ohr pottery a terrapin farm canneries and beauvoir  additonal entertainment was provided by the iroquois club and the business men s league and a fireworks display the biloxi herald june 25 1895 p 5  henry fleger manager of the biloxi broom factory  related that broom corn grown on back bay was superior in many ways to tennessee broom corn he had an exhibit of brooms made with the locally grown corn the biloxi herald august 24 1895 p 8  horse drawn street cars began running on reynoir street to the back bay in early september the biloxi herald september 7 1895 p 8  harriet a rodenberg  18221895 widow of john n rodenberg 1821pre 1870 expired in early ocotber the biloxi herald october 5 1895 p 8  nicholas voivedich  18211895 was born at mahon on the spanish isle of menorca  and died on november 10th voivedich had married clementine carco  18201916 and became a wellknown biloxi businessman and real estate owner his most prized real estate in biloxi was the block bounded by west howard reynoir street fayard street and the sisters of mercy conventall south of west howard avenue he also owned a large tract of land with 188 feet on back bay and running south to division street which was acquired in august 1856 it was adjacent to what became back bay park harrison co mississippi chancery court cause no 8551895 and land deed bk 7 p 729  1896 in january  governor anselm j mclaurin  18481909 began his four year term as mississippi s chief executiv e his term ended january 1900  florian seal  18531927 opened the gulf coast real estate agency in the biloxi herald building in march the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  the back bay school ended its four month term in february with an enrollment of fiftyseven students average attendance was thirtythree because the 3rd reader class was transferred to the central school senhora d booth principal the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  marshal joseph c delamarre  18551931 resigned his post effective march 15th the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  peoples bank of biloxi established in march  cf theobald pres ed glennan vice pres and ce theobald cashier mosler company will supply the safe the biloxi herald march 7 1896 p 8  captain john h miller   captain john h miller  18471928 assumed editorial control of the biloxi herald on october 31 1896 from george w wilkes 18541915 captain miller left the journal on may 1 1898 when the copartnership gw wilkes company was dissolved leaving gw wiles sole owner of the biloxi herald  the biloxi herald june 11 1898 p 1 and the daily herald april 23 1928 p 2  new city hall dedicated in late april the biloxi herald april 25 1896 p 1  bernard picard  18531896 jewish merchant native of alsace and proprietor of picard s emporium died on may 23rd the biloxi herald may 23 1896 p 8  construction on pass christian street howard avenue  was well underway by midyear  the lazaro lopez residence is almost complete john eistetter s new brick building is rapidly under construction on 24 july mechanics fire company no 2 will dedicate t heir new firehouse  dr saucier is completing his  woodframed structure and the  herbelin warehouse in its final stages the mccabe building  on the nw c of lameuse and pass christian street  will be removed for the erection of the new twostory  roman brick of the  peoples bank  the biloxi herald july 18 1896 p 1  the city of biloxi changed the name of pass christian road to howard avenue by ordinance no 98 passed on august 5 1896 the biloxi herald august 8 1896 p 1 wt harkness 18691941 was awarded the contract to build the new peoples bank building on the n w corner of howard avenue and lameuse street  the winning harkness bid was 6725 beating john eistetter by a several dollars the biloxi herald august 22 1896 p 8  eistetter kelly were awarded the contract to build a home for cf theobald on the beach and main street cost was to be about  5000  the biloxi herald august 22 1896 p 8 on september 9 1896  lazaro lopez william gorenflo daniel a nash john c bradford raymond caillavet and jb lemon aldermen of the city of biloxi  filed a libel suit in the circuit court of harrison county mississippi against hs evans editor of the biloxi review and local correspondent for the daily picayune and the following stockholders of the journal  e dward glennan louis e gill charles redding wp henley and ec joullian  the litagation alleged that an editorial by mr evans damaged the character of these well known biloxi citizens the plaintiffs were seeking 20000 in damages from the defendants the biloxi herald september 12 1896 p 1  rd lamont  twomonth employee of the biloxi review   published by hs evans severed his relationship with the journal and returned to montgomery alabama the biloxi herald september 12 1896 p 8  ao burdin sr  18451901 ice dealer was appointed by governor anselm j mclaurin 18481909 as alderman 2nd ward replacing george w wilkes  18541915 who resigned before moving from the ward the biloxi herald september 26 1896 p 3  csa brigadier general joseph robert davi s 18251896 nephew of csa president jefferson davis died at biloxi on september 15 1896 his corporal remains interred in the biloxi city cemetery margaret green davis d 1939 his spouse and biloxi us postmaster from march 1889 until 1897 died on january 15 1939 the biloxi herald september 19 1896 p 1  john a sutter  water well engineer  found a porous aquifer at 470 feet while digging a water well for monsieurs white neville parsons venus carraway nash miller and others the well tested at the rate of 75 gallons per minute through a 2 12 inch pipe on the lot of mr white the biloxi herald november 7 1896 p 8 in november the back bay artesian water company was chartered by john bradford arthur reynoir mrs a richards and sam d shaw the biloxi herald november 28 1896 p 8  captain john h miller mortally wounded jules soule editor of the biloxi review on december 7th the biloxi herald december 12 1896 p 8 the people s telephone company of biloxi was chartered in december by wkm dukate ernest l doyle jd mckie w a white john walker and ed glennan the biloxi herald december 5 1896 p 8 and the daily herald november 17 1948 p 7 on christmas day  the first horse races were held at the gulf view baseball park and race track  the race track was built 40 feet wide and not to interfere with the baseball field it was 13 of a mile plus 40 feet in length with the finish in front of the grandstand whether the race was 14 mile or 13 mile it could also be adapted fro bicycle racing the biloxi herald december 5 1896 p 8 and december 26 1896 p 8  1897 the people s telephone exchange held its organizational meeting at biloxi on january 6 1897  the company expected to be stringing lines and operating shortly officers elected were john walker pres john carraway sec treas and ernest l doyle general manager board of directors ernest l doyle john walker daniel a nash wkm dukate jb chinn jc clower jd mckie wh murphy and john f mccormick the biloxi herald january 9 1897 p 1  dr anthony p champlin  18391897 d ied at biloxi in early march he had been a quarantine physician for several years and at the time of his demise was in charge of the cat island quarantine station the biloxi herald march 15 1897  peter joseph montross  18411897  proprietor of the montross hotel died at biloxi on march 27 1897 his corporal remains were sent to new orleans for internment in the vault belonging to the army of the tennessee the biloxi daily herald april 3 1897 p 8  john r harkness  18271903 has the contract to erect the residence of john c carraway 18731931 and william p burke 18581924 will build the house of dr daniel a nash 18581904 both structures are on the beach the biloxi herald april 3 1897 p 1  the iroquois club a men s social was organized in april with phil mccabe president jj kennedy secretary and louis e gill treasurer the biloxi daily herald april 24 1897 p 8  the biloxi business league was created on april 21st  wkm dukate 18521916 president ew morrill vice president jp chinn treasurer and william f gray secretary the biloxi daily herald april 24 1897 p 8  dr hyman mcmacken folkes  18711926  came to biloxi to from jackson to accept the post of quarantine officer at ship island the biloxi daily herald april 24 1897 p 8  william c morgan and son leased the montross hotel in early may the biloxi daily herald may 8 1897 p 8  john h mille r 18471928 editor of t he biloxi herald   was found not guilty in the manslaughter of jules soul e the biloxi herald july 3 1897 p 1  dan markey replaced arsene o bourdon sr  as biloxi s fire chief the biloxi herald august 7 1897 p 1  there were four new cases of yellow fever reported at biloxi with no deaths  dr juan guiteras  18521925 government yellow fever expert examined twentyeight fever cases at ocean springs and reported that twentyfive were dengue fever and that he was unsure of the cause of the three others the daily picayune september 9 1897 p 1  john stevenson parkhurst  18291897 and caroline boardman parkhurst  18321897 spouse  were murdered at their back bay biloxi residence parkhurst on october 21st parkhurst consisted of 12081 acres comprising section 20 t7sr9w it was acquired in september 1882 from jacob elmer and sold for 1600 to tp dulion in august 1899 by stephen l parkhurst and emma mcmeekin sole heirs of john s parkhurst the biloxi herald october 23 1897 p 1 october 30 1897 p 8 january 15 1898 p 5 and harrison co ms land deed bk 19 p 88 and bk 42 pp 516517  1898 the gulf view baseball park has been dismantled and is now a thing of the past the biloxi herald january 15 1898 p8  raymond caillavet  18381898 former mayor treasurer councilman and street commissioner  expired on february 16th the biloxi herald february 19 1898 p 5  the spanish american war began on april 21st  harry g gibson  18701898 probably a native of new albany floyd county indiana was indicted on january 17 1898 by a grand jury of the circuit court of harrison county mississippi he was was hanged at mississippi city on july 16 1898 for the murder of john s parkhurs t 18271897 and caroline f carrie boardman parkhurst  18321897 he was the first person ever legally killed for a crime in harrison county mississippi the biloxi herald january 22 1898 and july 16 1898  laz lopez  18501903 has a new residence on east howard avenu e that is a conspicuous ornament the biloxi herald may 18 1898 p 8  captain john h miller  18471928  left the journal on may 1 1898 when the copartnership gw wilkes company was dissolved  leaving gw wilkes sole owner of  the biloxi herald  the biloxi herald june 11 1898 p 1  mr saucier s mare beat fannie  the mare of tp dulion by half a neck at the race track the biloxi daily herald june 25 1898 p 8 the quarantine board of mobile county were visitors to scranton  pascagoula to inspect the quarantine plant at cat island and found it suitable to make arrangements for its removal to mobile bay  the biloxi daily herald august 16 1898 p 8  the biloxi herald became a daily newspaper on august 16 1898 and called the biloxi daily herald  the biloxi daily herald august 16 1898 p 1  john c krohn jr  resident of north biloxi harvested 4000 pounds of upland rice from three acres his production and shipping cost of the grain was 27 and he calculated a profit of 63 from his three acres  krohn related that perhaps a hundred or more farmers north of back bay might grow rice if the biloxi roller mill company managed by jb chinn would install a cleaner  chinn avered that the mill would install a cleaner if a sufficient rice crop was grown by local rice growers the biloxi daily herald september 7 1898 p 4 the city of biloxi received three new public school buildings on september 6th  the forest park school on porter avenue was given by lazaro lopez 18501903 and julia dulion lopez 18571918 the back bay ward schoo l was donated by wkm dukate and william gorenflo it was situated on main street and back bay mayor harry t howard gave the city a primary school building on the corner of main street and water street the biloxi daily herald september 10 1898 p 4 the telephone company at biloxi had its central office connected with ship island on september 26th  messages were received at ship island by captain dan mccall and delivered to the appropriate party the cost was 50 to call a vessel in the ship island anchorage and 100 to contact a person at the quarantine station the biloxi daily herald september 27 1898 p 4  1899 the cemetery association decided on january 4th to remove the bridge between the old and new cemetery and lay tiling fill in with shell and make a good roadway where the bridge now stands the ground recently purchased by the cemetery association has been laid off into lots and the plat was presented to the association last night  the biloxi daily herald january 5 1899 p 8  marshal mosley and officer mckinley captured 10 white crap shooters  at point cadet yesterdaythey pleaded guilty in court and were fined 5 and court costs marshall mosely had started to break up gambling in biloxi without regards to who indulges in it stir clear of alluring cards and fascinating bones if you do not want to appear in city court the biloxi daily herald january 17 1899 p 8  tj rosell of the firm of gill rosell company purchased the entire plant of the biloxi manufacturing company  mr rosell stated he is authorized to receive all accounts due the firm of gill rossell company the biloxi daily herald february 11 1899 p 1  captain john johnson of ocean springs was probably the heaviest loser of anyone in town from the cold a few days previous he had purchased 700 barrels of oysters at fancy prices all of which froze entailing a loss of nearly 800 to make matters worse orders for oysters have been pouring in all week which cannot be filled  the biloxi daily herald february 21 1899 p 8  mary a andrews  18481900 a widow  planned to open the new breslow hotel on june 1st the commodious structure was built by john eistetter  mrs andrew planned to furnish the modern breslow hotel with new furniture  she had operated the bay view cottage for many years  mrs andrews was an excellent caterer the biloxi daily herald may 25 1899 p 8  florence crofton duncan  18711952 of biloxi left nola aboard the steamer  aransas  for havana cuba with eight women three from long beach mississippi to care for the sick in us government hospitals there the biloxi daily herald july 15 1899 p 8  mayor harry t howard  18561930  resigned his office in early september and was replaced by dr daniel a nash  18581904 alderman ward iii who was appointed to the office by governor mclaurin on september 5th the biloxi daily herald september 1 1899 p 8 and september 9 1899 p 1 enrollment in the biloxi public white school s for 18981899 was 553 students 300 females and 253 males and 100 students 61 females and 39 males for the colored school the biloxi daily herald september 9 1899 p 1  jackson herndon owings was named biloxi public school superintendent and principa l with a salary of 120 month ja burns headed up the colored school and paid 40 month the biloxi daily herald september 9 1899 p 1  the gulf view park was active with horse racing as the steeds of am dulion felix borries john and william kennedy bud holliman joe aiken and mr henley competed the biloxi herald november 10 1899 p 8 in november 1899  lopez dukate advertised for fifty boats to fish on the oyster banks and pay oystermen 40 cents per barrel of oyster  they would pay for fifty boats to transport oysters from the reef to the factory wharf for 40 to 50 cents per barrel the factory also sought one hundred oyster shuckers   the biloxi daily herald november 10 1899 p 8    1900 the biloxi benevolent association  was founded on january 11th the l n railroad bridge at pascagoula was out of service  passengers mail and express were transferred but not freight the biloxi daily herald april 27 1900 p 8 the  incipient biloxi yacht club held a regatta  on august 17th and august 18th the biloxi daily herald july 21 1900 p 8 john eistteter contractor related that the new fountain to be set up in front of city hall has arrived and will be built in a few days the ornamental fountain to be erected at lameuse street and howard has not been received the biloxi daily herald september 4 1900 p 8  after many delays paving contractor charles d budd 18641930 of st louis began brick paving reynoir street from the l n railroad to howard avenue and eastward  toward nixon street the biloxi herald september 4 1900 p 8  captain ernest desporte collected 11015 to be sent to the mayor of galveston texas  for the relief of hurricane victims in the september 1900 galveston hurricane the biloxi herald september 14 1900 p 8      thompson eistetter architects and builders  awarded 10000 contract to erect a new gothicstyle baptist church of brick and stone at lameuse and jackson the biloxi daily herald october 5 1900 p 8  mayor daniel a nash  18581904 announced that 1743548 had been deposited in the bank of biloxi for the new bridge across back bay the biloxi daily herald october 5 and october 6 1900 p 8  joseph w swetman  18631937 president of the bryan and stevenson club of biloxi returned from the national association of democratic clubs at indianapolis the biloxi daily herald october 6 1900 p 8  the biloxi daily herald  noted that   one of the greatest needs of biloxi is a new school house for colored children   it recommended that the city government build an adequate school house to cost about 300 on a tract owned by the colored community of biloxi the biloxi daily herald october 30 1900 p 8  bradford s bus which made regular trips from city hall to joullian s factory  via reynoir street commenced on november 1st fare five cents the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1 on november 9th the  great biloxi fire started in the rear of kennedy s saloon  near the l n depot on reynoir street the large conflagration devastated about ninety commercial and residential structures south of the kennedy hotel to the front beach  damages estimated at about 600000  the biloxi daily herald november 9 1900 p 1  joseph w swetman  18631937 defeated fw elmer 18471926 for mayor of biloxi the biloxi daily herald december 12 1900 p 1  the 1900 population of biloxi  taken by the us federal census was announced as 5467 people  the biloxi daily herald december 16 1900 p 1 1987 views  