The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-10-08

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IA Pafa letter isys ths' lhs manahs.
tifs ~ Amfricsn aags ksa bryms aulte
spec sliT there One large firm vas Il.
mos Exclusively devoted y the business.
There are several women surgeons In
TIE French army, and Il Il asserted ira,
iary expose themselves 70 the creates,
danger y rushing n tho assls'arce n the
freshly fallen.
"A nor. commissioned Prusslan ofhcer
who was detailed q stay % the depot of
his regiment made three applications 10
BE detailed fof active duty, an Of which
being unsuccessful be shot himself IN a N
Of despair.
"A few days ago, In GLASGOW. gcot.
land,a large building In courss OF erection
fell with ) great crash. Eleven workmen
were buried In the ruins, Eve Of whom
were killed.
king William, who received the
sword OF Napoleon, At Sedan, was on the
staff al the battle Of Waterloo, and was
present when Napoleon the First signed
his ~abdication.
"A son II the Partisan mseician.
Robert Houdin, wrote TO his father from
The battlefield Of Woerlh: Dear Faith.
er | have received a BAH in the breast F.,
TIE doctor gives me over. | kiss you
all"
"A prominent veterinary surgeon, who
nas been investigating the cattle disease
which has prevailed In several places in
Csnsdap this season, reports that il Is AZ.
ulbutahle 10 the attacks of flies.
The international Chess Congress Of
Baden-Bade Is concluded, with The fol.
lowing result: Anderson won 1917
games, Steinitz won 12IS, Blackburne
won ", Newman won 10, L. Paulsen won
~, De were won SO, Minikwitz won Z,
kosonthal won 7 Stern won 0. .
"A seventy year old monk in a con.
vent in East Prussia stabbed and killed.
recently, a fellow monk, who had already
attained his eightieth year. There had
been a grudge between them for over
forty years, and the murderer, after he
md done the bloody act, exclaimed: AT
length | am reyengedl"
"A sixth part Of the inhabitants of
England at the present day are crowded
INTO provincial towns containing not more
than $4,000 inhabitants. In the reign of
Charles II. no provincisl town in England
contained $4,000 inhabitants, and only
four provincial towns had as many az
10000.
Queen Victoria has united with Vice
Admiral DGcTes in q letter of coincidence
to the tidows and orphans Of those who
went dogFp In the English iron.clad Cap.
tam. She addressed each one Of them
personally in sympathetic tones, She
feels scutely the loss Of her best ship with
so many gallant seamen.
The wal feeling was 80 high in B2r.
lin that recently q landlord came near
being moboed for demanding his rem, as
usual, in advance, of q man who had lust
been detailed for duty in the reserve, He
displayed upon the outside OF his house a
placard bearing the inscriptions "The
man may stay" and mo advance shall
be demanded Of my tenants" Even after
This, the military were hardly able to pro.
tcct the building from the excited crowd
Late South American pap.rs give the
details OF q terrible accident, on the NIGHT
OF the 7th OF July, on the Amazon, owing
TO q collision between the steamers Avery
and Purius. The former belonged to the
Amazon Company, and the latter TO the
Company FluVial. The Purius sank in
three minutes after the collision and ex
plodcd. She bad 204 passengers on board
Only soventy'three were saved, IL is
stated that the pilots Of both boats were
drunk at the time Of the collision.
-Four years ago the French Govern.
ment sentia commission, consisting of NM.
Demogeot and Montucci, to examine Inc
different systems Of educational teaching
in Great Britain. The commission have
reported strongly in favor of the Scottish
University system over that OF Oxford and
Cambridge. I'm Scotland" says their re.
port, mea do not come to tie Universe.
ties to win boat races and run into debt,
but to work hard and put themselves in a
position TO earn their living"
An officer Of the German Sanitary
Commission writes to a German naper
that The fate Of the poor wounded. both
French Snd German, if not cared for i'm.
medistely, is horrible. IT night sets in.
the brutal inhabitants of the neiRhbor.
hood sneak over the bsttle.tlelds and tear
every bit of clothing from the mangled
and wounded sufferers. Too eager to get
more prey, these worse than beasts, If
they find any rings on the fingers of HE
wounded men, do not try to strip them
OH, but cut oil the fingers and all, while
They MI the mouths OF their victims with
arr to stitie their cries. In such a con.
dition, naked, without the least shelter
rom the night sir, the wounded French
and Germans are LETT with their gaping
rounds or mangled limbs. What In.
cresses the horror st these atrocities il
the fact that they are committed mostly
by women, girls, and bpys.