The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-03-18
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

SOME time ago the entire family Of
Geo. Cass, consisting OF father, mother and
eight children, residing near TampIco, How
ard County, Ind, were suddenly taken sick :,
and the symptoms indicated arsenical poi.
son. The other day the smallest child died,
and the Coroner was summoned TO bold an
inquest over the body. There are only slight
chances for any OF the family TO recover. A
chemical analysis OF the well oi water on the
Cass place and the dead cbid's stomach will
be made.
Two English balloonists made an as
cen-Ion the other day and, alghtng in the
channel, were dro vncd.
ROBERT TAYLOR, tax collector, was
fatally shot, In perryvlle, Ark, March 9th, +,
by Dr. Sims, a nephew Of Quanirell, OF war
noioriety. Sims, who is a newcomer, had
received several anonymous notes addressed
10 Bill Quantrel. ordering him 10 leave or
take the consequences. lie heard Taylor
had reported that be wrote them himself, to
create sensation. and demanded that Tay
lor should print in the Rericc a rctractIon
and apology. Taylor would neither relraci
nor apologize, and Sim. used shotgun.
OSCAR DAVIS and his wife, riding
near Red Bluff, Ark, during a storm the
other day, were fatally injured by falling
tree.
The lower-packing-ho Of the Lake
Superior Powder Company's mills, no,r
Marquette, Mich, exploded on the 9Th.
Herman Eckslone, Charles d. Hatch, Ne.
Donald, and Peter Doyle were killed. The
building contained about ton and half oi
powder, and nothing remains 10 show where
| Il stood.
JouN o. MASSEY and wife, an aged
couple residing near Charlottesville, Va,
were murdered by robbers, March sth.
JosEpu B. WARNER, aged II, q
nephew Of Captain Williams, Of the New
York City police, applied for admis,ion tc
st. Luke's Hospital, the other day, saying
he had shot himself. lie was received. and
II was found that bullet had lodged Just
below the heart, making fatal wound. The
boy refused TO give any information aboui
himself or TO tell why he took his life. II
his possession were found three cards o.
merit, signed by the Superintendent and
secretary Of the Sunday school OF the FIrs
Baptist Church nj Grcenpolnt. l.. l., and !
handkerchief on which vas written Will
lead pencil farewell message TO bis mother
A CHEsAPEAKE 4 Ohio passenger
train was thrown from the track by larg'
bowlder, near Clifton Nsrrows, W. Va.
March 9th. Thomas Smith, the engineer
was Killed, aud the fireman was fatally In
jured. The engine and baggage-car ROLLED
into the kannwha River.
Ar Berlin, Brackon County, Ky, th'
other day, Mrs. Thomas 0'Neal committed
suicide BY taking morphine. She first Gu
her throat and then took the powder. sh,
had been IN delicate health for several year
and was laboring under temporary insanit.
at the time.
A GERMAN named Otto Harder com
mIiied suicide at 81. Joseph, No., the othc
day. by shooting himself In the heart. III
was formerly book.keeper Of the Bi.marcl
Bank and other German societies Of Chicago
and was about % years Of age. lie wa
buried In rolter's field.
THE farm house Of John Taylor, nea
Meadow Lea, Manitoba, was burned dow
during recent storm. III. wife aud thre'
daughters were frozen 10 death, not bcinl
able TO lind shelter Of any Kind. Mr.. TsIlo
was also severely frozen. Miss Reid, wh'
was visiting the Taylor family, barely e.
capped with her life.
Tug residence Of Joseph Mellen, Nor
walk. Ohio, was destroyed by fire early Of
the morning Of the sth. The inmates wer
aroused, but the flames spread with incou
celysble rapldiiy. Two young men werc In
jured by jumping from the second story
Mis- Mary Nagle, IL years OF aTe, perishe'
In the flames. Her body was recovered
The origin ofthe fire i.unknown.
CuARLks SHELTON, John Redmond
and Harry French were taken from Jail a
Los Luns., N. Mex, March slh. and hangeI
10 trees by masked men. shelton murdere'
Foreman woodruff last fall. Redmon'
killed James MeDermoit last January q
gslley's, on the Atlantic 4 Pacific Railway
French, alias simpson, was one Of the BAN
Of desperadoes who Killed Deputy sherii
Jones al Cranes. The mob also took tw'
negroes from jail. beat them numerically
and turned them loose.
MRs. HARRIET BELL, Of Boston
Mass, was icosied at The door Of her resl
denee. the other morning. BY man whefol
lowed her Into the house, and sooa came ou
and walked swsy. Almost Immediately
was discovered that ne bad been stabbed i
the neck: and IN tss mlnasss she vas dead
That the assault was committed BY som
person Who bore an intense hatred rEsin'
the woman l. indicated by the fact that N
sutapsy reveal. nine distinct and sepsfsi
cut. on the meek and breast, made "
broad -hI.drd knife. and most Of them dee
and wide enough 10 cause lAe 'lessn 10 esee'
10 death.
R.snsnp $. Far. prominent an