The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-29
SOUTHERN GIgANIyGs.

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miisa hefaHa ftmthrll Z livlnastbu's mill,
sod iva miles from ffiwn's HsllHh, \
'ifHet lht residence NJ Wf idhn utttiihY,
: wellila AZ iatmNf, wblfh Il eampielely dc
melshed. Me- Mecuthg's iamHf eunslsia
ei himself and wife and Miss Talbot, hls
vie's sister. Heating The storm tomlhs,
W. Mccarthy hasiliI ffnte ffum he'd, and
Told he wife that They must ~ uui " The
house. ilnt beiofe ihey could d. 80 the
hou'e was blown AWAY, and he and hls wife
fortunately fel whofr The nuor between ihe
hhll and ihtir fn0m separated, thus helng IN
measure protected by The sllls and pof.
lion " The heuf. one of The sills was blown
aeross Mf' Mccarthy, also across MIS-, Me-
Caflht's feet, but she managed 10 dlaensago
hef feet and then roll the ill from her hus.
band and assist him 10 crawl under The
noor, 40 ns 10 partially protect him from the
severe hail that was then failing. She thcn
commenced calllng her sister, Miss Talbot,
aud, after several calls, thought she
heard her answer, Going IN The drec.
lion from which The answer eamc. she
found hcr In a hole where q largo oak had
been blown from, up 10 her arm.piis In wa.
ter. She succeeded In getting her ont oi
the hole Of wstcr, and dragged her under
The floor where Mr., McC. was sheltered.
Some Of the negroes on the place aitcrward
went TO them, from whom they learned that
all OF the negro cabins, situated few hun.
drod yards from the dwelling, but In the
direct track Of tho cyclone, were blown
away, and one negro child killed. Il Is ut
terly impossible TO do'crIbe the appearance
OF McCarthyf. Everything Is literally
blown away. The sIlls and heavy tlmbers
Of houses, with the brick. are all that remain.
Many OF the timbers are IN spllnlers. Miss
Talbot was IN bed In one Of the rooms Of the
dwelling when the storm struck It. Sho
wss aware that the house was blown away
aud that she was being whrled through the
air, and was conscious when she struck the
earth, but remembers nothing more until
she heard her sisters calls. II was Just
sixty yards from where the bed stood TO tho
hole where she was found. The hole was
made by the uprooting Of large oak, which
was blown twenty yards away. II is mirac.
ulous that all Of the family were not IN.
stanly killed.
Farmers in the neighborhood Of Louis
Vile, KY, have suspended plowing TO cx-
terminate dogs. Numerous sheep and cat.
tie bitten by CANNES have developed symp.
toms Of rabies.
For the murder Of J. B. Weisinger,
Bill Ludlow and Al weislnger were las,
month executed at Selma, Ala, although
strongly asserting their innocence. A few
DAYS ago Henry Ivy voluntarily confessed
that he did the killing, and was aided by
his brother and Sim Acoff and the ones who
suffered hanging. Ivy and Acon were ar.
rested aud placed under guard at school,
house, from which they were taken by
masked mon and lynched.
The people Of Fl Paso, Tex, recently
raised enough money to defend woman
who was on trial for shooting a ChInaman.
Upon her acquittal she was presented with
a silver cup.
Henry Clement, OF Putnam, Fla,
claims 10 have killed 3oO bears In the past
thirteen years.
A COW at Vicksburg, Miss, ran her
tongue through lattice. work and had four
inches Of Il bitten on by mule.
George Mcneil and wife, who sued
tho Louisville Il Nashville Railroad for
100000 damages In causing the death OF
their son, brakeman on freight traln, has
been awarded $4,000 by a New Orleans
Jury.
Gen. Sanford has growing on his
place In Orange County, Florida, the cam
phor and cinnamon tree. bergamot oranges
aud lemons, India crab grass, the Australian
olive wood, golden apples, and the Brazilian
palm.
A Louisville Wy.) milkman lost two
cows, the other day, because. being Of Wei.
ous disposition and for a long time deter.
mined 10 fight, they accidentally had
chance at one another aud went al Il. Tho
owner arrived too late. One Of the animals
died In half an hour, and the other had 10
be killed.
A Mississippi editor says many people
believe the odor from the blossoms Of china
trees produces bad colds.
Accounts from all over the State Of
Arkansas show no damage 10 the fruit crop
by cold weather. The season Is unusually
advanced and the prospects for bountliul
harvest are exceedingly good.
The recent storm at New Iberia, La,
left 1900 persons In that parish without
shelter or support
The Adjutant General Of Texas has
been asked for detachment Of rangers to
suppress cow-thleyes In Chambers and Lib
erty Counties.
A family Of emlgranis, consisting Of
a father, mother aud four pairs Of twins,
aged respectively one, three, Eve and seven
years. recently passed through Chattanooga.
Pools were sold at Frankfort, KY, on
the failure or success Of John Rocketiy In
resisting the efforts Of Barnes. the .eyangcl-
ist, 10 convert him. The limit Of time was
ten dsy., and before IL expiration Rockctiy
was among the pcnIienis.
A mulberry tree at Griffin, Ga, acted
In curious manner the other day, emitting
what seemed 70 bs puifs Of smoke Al short
Intervals from all portions Of the tree. The
smoke, or Whatever II was, WA ligh, and
thin, like cigar smoke, and scarcely visible
10 the casual observer.
A deposit Of $3.50 was made In one Of
the savings banks Of Mobile, Ala, nearly
twenty two yssrs ago, aud hs. been draw.
ing interest and oompounding interest st 8
per cent for all that time. The deposit,
which had amounted 10 ss5s, was with.
drawn few days since.
The gna,s are disappearing.
A little boy named Joseph wullmanu,
at Louisville, Ky, met with probably fatal
accident The other day In curious manner.
In the center Of the kitchen necr bad been
placed q large copper boiler, with yery
sharp edges. The boy was playing around
the nsor, and, 10 trying 10 run past The
boiler. slipped and fell, hIs stomach coming
sero<s the sharp edge Of the boiler. cutting
. Eash clear across his body. extending Into
the cavity.
y. D. Whites, Treasurer Of Sewberry
County, South Carolina. h . defsuiter for
300. and has sbsconded.
Boating In Helena, Ark, is now con-
ased 70 The lower part Of The city.
Nearly every State In the Union was
represented Il cynshiaas. Ky.. st she 70.
eess snesies ale of thoroughbred. mostly