The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-03


tfhssly from eaatulslsaz, end IN lhs later
tals N unlelada sags Ne ialiavIaa aeeeani
~ hef tfeublsi A iew dsgs sHs ne hal
hsht with = womsn nsnti Jane feitf, N
which the latter eame sHt second hest ian's
- atenTe hcfssif. he'd emflafsd aa indian
deeioF named Charlie u eoulufe her. fo
aecomplsh hls deyillsh work Charlie ealled
on her snd, W samr mystic mumbllnRs, PIT
spell On her, IIe then gave her charm,
Witch he bade her hold IN her hand fcw
minutes and then made her smel " n A.,
soon as she put n 10 bef moss she dropped
Into trance, and for long Tins she was
powefless " loosen her grip on the charm,
but after Charlie lcit she threw II Into The
yard, where II laid tIli picked ~ by a 10.
iiccman, though afiy negroes had assembled,
all Of whom gave the charm vide berth.
Az the lnsilaation u one Of the negroes, on.
GERS arrested Charlie, the conjurcr. and
carried him 10 tho victim Of his black art.
lie denied cohjuring her aud claimed that
ho had only given her luck charm. IIe
took the charm, which consisted Of three
folds Of red flannel, IN which was neatly
wrapped piece Of green root Of some Kind,
and In the presence Of the sufferer unfoded
II and, biting OF piece OF the root, chewed
II up, which action at oncs removed the
spell.
A decided turn has been given 10 tho
trial Of the negro boy johnson for tho killing
of.waltcr Rountree, student al the Geor.
gia University, now In progress NJ Athens,
by the testimony Of u. u. Twiggs,a student,
and friend Of the dead man, who says that
he saw the whole encounter, and that Roun.
tree cursed aud kicked johnson before
weapons were drawn, and that Barlow
Rountrcc, and not johnson, fired the shot
which killed his brother, saying as he did
80, "My God, have killed my brotherW
Twiggs Is corroborated by several white
witnesses, and johnson, In view Of this eyI.
dence, is In no danger Of losing his neck,
but may be sent to the Penitenilary for as.
sault with intent TO murder, the only count
in the indictment which the prosecution can
now press.
A few nights ago n Dooloy County,
Georgia, farmer, whose place Is on the river,
was walking around near his stock yard,
when he heard q squcaling among his hogs.
IIo looked over the fence to learn the cause,
when he found that large alligator had a
hog, which IL had killed, and was trying to
make of with lts prey toward the
river. Hc ran to the house for his gun and
called TO several OF his hands TO 10 with him
10 kill the alligator. On arriving at the lot,
the hogs had disappeared aud so had the
water monster. The party followed to the
river bank, and, instead OF alligator tracks,
discovered those OF two persons, who had
used the skin Of an alligator TO accomplish
The purpse Of stealing hogs. The rowing o.
q boat could be distinctly heard.
Mississippi has something over 3d.
100000 acres Of lsnd--much Of them thu
richest known TO man. Less than 5000, ,OC
acres are cultivated. This IL, however, NJ
increase OF several hundred thousand acre
over the number In 1870. and nearly equal 4
that under cultivation In 1850. There ar
now 1000 farms, as compared with es,oO
ten years ago, and 42,0oo twenty years ago
The number OF acres comprised In the plan
,a,Ions a nsarlv tbree time. that actuall
,.rmsd.-I. a. ibere arc Il. .Ooo. 600 owned
and but 5000, 900 cultivated.
A revenue posse in Georgia capture,
large an near EIbertou tho other dsy. an
while lying In walt for tho owners to com
nm an immense black wolf Approached on
Of the beer stands and commenced heIpIn
himself. The wolf could have been shot
but the officers were too intent on capturin
the owners Of the still to molest the anIma
Trees In East Tennessee are bendin
with anples. peaehes. and cherries. An
crane. promi.s an extraordinary success.
Tbe hast and largest peach crop eve
,rowr IN osorgI. will N h. ready for the ma,
ket IN about 4 month, but growers arc com
planning that they have not adequate faciII
lies for getting Il 10 market. In conseaene
they anticipate that Thousands Of bushel
Of the fruit win rot on tho trees, and "a
what Il ,old a comparatively small prie
will he obtained,
Seyier County. Arkansas, boasts of
nevre.. iss wear. Of age. named Edna Good
man. Tamah Brooks, a coIored woma
living near Atlanta. Ga,. Il ia years old
and has given birth 10 seventeen children.
The snr;no meeting Of the Jouisyill
IN. , Iarssv r,uh onsnsa with IA. 600 peo
, ", 4. .,,srd.res
Tha Mo,hod,.t b,.bors elec,sd nh m
u..s.,,. can,sr.nsa ara Raw alohsu. W
,v,,.aa =, p.,,,mors, Dr' q or,nbsryv. :
v..ssr.,,, Irn,vsr.,,y, n, A n II.yyool
:, @sa.n,., psv n x u,ryroys. ~ Ter
...... .ra p.v linn. p,rler. af IoulsI
.r,
Corn in lower East Tennessee ha
been plowed a second time, and throughor
,bIs division the prcspec, Il encouraging.
The solitary Confederate soldier
.v. Z, Ahh..ills. 9. r.. MA. dseor.ted a
M.mor,.I n.v A lana eed.r m.rk. "A
80, noor conseasr,,s .oldIsr landed ,
ahh.v,iI, rs., ,hs Gloss os ,he war. ersz
rt,h .m.ll.nax and dIed In a pe.,.hou.,
lie could no. tell hI. name and did not eve
know where be was.
The plantation Of r. A. Luting, abor
four miles below Hahnvillc, La, has bee
sold for sios'ooo' one-eai' casa Asa ''s s, on
% on ,'ms. iss s,s, ps's,, !, r.r,. " wsa ,,,s1,
>. ~ - \, . sr.nd central pl.ss FOR Il
s,,nd,ns a, s.ne. Tbe owner is .sIi 10 /
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