The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-08-27


The Eeumenieal Council win reas
semble on November II.
Eight cents Is al the doctors fee the
law allows In China.
bolivia Is greatly excited over new
silver mines Of great richness,
Dickens house at aadehill was
knocked down 10 his son Charles Tor
$4,000.
According 10 Gladstone, the wealth
of England increases f5C0,0OO,0t0 every
year.
The British troops Withdrawing, the
noon gun at the fortress of Kingston,
Canada, was discontinued August 4, after
having been fired every day since 1912.
"A large FIRE occurred recently In the
village Of TANNERS, near Montreal, Can
ada. Over fifty houses were burned.
The loss was very large,
"A heavy hurricane occurred at Que
bee the other day, which was very do
.structive TO property throughout the
country. Some shipping In the harbor
was damaged.
"A London journal advt rtises a " fairy
air pillow, which weighs but two ounces,
and when uninfated mi be packed In q
note envelope; also a pocket life-pre'
server, weighing three ounces"
English shop girls who are employed
In grouping and arranging flowers, suffer
from headscne and feverishness, caused
by the odor Of the flowers, which they
are Obliged to inhale all the time.
"A Paris banker received from a Der
lin banker a remittance OF $4,000, and Q
letter thus worded "The other $4,000
will be due next month | shall bring II
with our troops mysolf." He received AZ
good as be sent In this reply: II will en-.
deavor TO amellorate your captivity by al
the means In my power
Changing ones name Ia Illegal In
France, and the authorities are petitionec
for permission In dae form, which Ia FIRE
quently refused, especially II peopl,
want, as is often the case, TO change theil
name for one already appropriated by I
distinguished family. Last year n hun
dred and forty asked permission, ant
thirty got It,
The records Of the French War 0flc
show that during the first half Of th
eighteenth century, ending five year
after the day Of Fontenoy, four hundre'
and fifty thousand Irishmen died In tn
French service, and that during the lat
half Of the century one hundred and fit.
thousand Irishmen fell In battle under th
banners Of France.
up 10 d recent date no rain hi
fallen Ia the Ottawa (Canada) rcgio,
during more than two months Tn
whole country was as dry as finder. Sey
eral wealthy farmers had been burnc
out, losing each from $1,000 to $4,000
The destruction Of property by fire with
in twenty miles Of the city was estimates
above $800,0 900. The city itself VAS Il
considerable danger.
"A curious suit for damages has latcl.
taken place i a London court. Mis-
Russell, a vocalist, was present at q raj.
road accident on the London Il North
western Railway, and sustained a very st
we're shock TO her nervous system. Sh
sued the company, proved to the satisfat
ton OF the Court THAT she did not seer
to possess the same nerve she had prev
ously in appearing before an audience
and al times she seemed 10 have a feeitn
Of disttke 10 be ~encored," and the Coui
awarded her G570 damages.
"A curious fact Ia recorded in an Eng
lish journal 10 reference to the recen
sale Of the property of the late Bishop Q
Bath and Wells. In his lordship's bed
chamber was hung a horseshoe facinI
his lordship as he would be In 3 recum
bent position, and In the young ladiei
room were two others. What these ooul
have been placed there for was a myster,
to many at the sale. II might be that HI
lordship was q believer in ghosts, an
these were the charms To charm ther
away"