The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-09-24

The =" lie of mar -Elbow-gresse.
What the sea. board must be made Of
Beech.
%-Brattleboro, Vt, fined q man $50, the
other day, for swearing.
"A young woman's conundrum - Who
is your favorite Roman heroP Marius.
"A Nashua, N. H., girl of seventeen
has been sent to the house of correction
as a common drunkard.
The 'petrlfed remains of a bear, q
woman and q child, have been found on
the Potomac, near Alexandra, Va.
The curvature of the earth amounts
to seven inches per mile. A man six feet
high cannot be seen from q distance Of ten
miles.
The State Board Of Public Charities
have ascertained that there are 3 1000 cases
of idiocy and insanity in the State Of ILL.
nois.
1t Is so cold in the Rocky Mountain
region that stoves are necessary for com.
fort in the cars Of the Union Pacific rail.
road at night.
1t Is mentioned, as q most curious
fact, that Baron Won Moltke, in his long
life Of war, has never commanded q regi-
ment In the field.
The Postmaster General has decided
that samples of molasses, no matter how
securely put up In walls or packages, cam
not be sent by mail.
"A physician writes asking a renewal
Of a note which he owes, giving a reason
therefor, ave are in a horrible crisis.
There is not a sick man In the district"
"A young lady at Long Branch says
that she always takes q piece Of soap into
the water with her, 80 that IL the under.
tow should be too strong, she would be
able to wash herself ashore.
The cross on the summit Of the Trim.
ity Church spire in New York was as
cended by a mai the other day, This Is
the third time the feat has been performed
since the erection of the edifce.
The Boston Post says "a barrel Of
Illuminating oil exploded in the cellar Of a
grocery in Indi,na, the other day, and
killed four persons, thereby saving many
lives that would probably have been sac.
riiced had II been sold at retail"
-"Sir," said the astonished landlady to
a traveller who had just sent bis cup for
ward the seventh time, "you must be
very fond of coffee" eyes, madam, |
am" he replied, "or I Eever should have
drank 80 much water to get a little"
"A new minister at New Bedford took
a stroll before breakfast on the fret Sunday
he was there, and after walking o dozen
blocks was accosted by q shabby.looking
individual with-"You needn't look any
further; there amt a plsguy saloon
open"
The rolls Of the Pension Office show
that there are now drawing pensions,
5,008 soldiers who have lost one arm,
4,827 one leg, $50 both arms, Az both legs,
and 81 an arm and q leg. Many of these
men are residing in Washington, and are
in Government employ.
The Indian Bureau at Washington
has concluded not TO follow the practice
heretofore adopted, Of paying the Indiana
money or goods for the captives they
steal, as experience proves that this action
Is certainly placing a premium on such
villainy.
--Dne of the best things Col. X. tells
ia at bis own expense. He remarked OF
Col. K, who had served with him in the
same command: :" never thought much
of him; / never heard Of his doing any.
thing but goin' around camp cussin' me-
"That's the first time I ever heard,n says
Bromley, "that he was Of any service 10
his country
One Of the leading dry-gocds firms Of
Boston have a lady customer whose bill
for goods purchased for her personal wear
footed up for the nine months ending July
80, over $4,000. 1t Is estimated that this
Flory McFlimsey expends for dress max.
ing and millinery, In addition 10 the
above, not less than $4,000 a year.
The Portland 7ransc5fpt says the fol-
lowing inscription is TO be found in a
graveyard in a neighboriDg town, on a
stone erected by q much widowed man 10
the memory Of his four wiyes, whom he
thus economically c~onsigns TO eternal bliss
In two lines:
"Hers lies susan. Betty, Rebeoca and jane,
Eorsver aud ever In H9ayen 10 reicn,'