The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-08-12

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An attempt was made 10 assasaIpats
peIlse mssIstfase IN Ffedsfiekion. N. I..
ihs othsr fnofnInK. Sergeant vaadyne was
shet n the arm wuiIs afFtstlns 4 ssuspeeIsd
pefson nsmsd Leo,
AMstdA Cook, aged ~, daughter Of
4 shreveport tI.a.j merchant, died sndds..
" The athef day from The effects Of too much
morphine.
H0hKHr isocx was killed and John
McLester was seriously injured BY the on.
plesien of . boiler Al aespefi, Ind, Aug. 1.
". d. WHEELER and Walter Preston,
prominent young attorneys Al Seymour,
Texas, quarreled about the ownership of a
book the other day. Pistols we're resor.ed
10 and Preston was killed.
In a free fight AZ Mckinney, Texas,
the other night, one negro was shot dead and
two others were wounded. A Cherokee
haIf-breed named Joe led the shooters and
managed to escape. II
JAMES Brown, farmer, was killed
by lightning near Belknap, Iowa, Aug. !.
j. W. CLYDE, the colorcd route agent
IN jail at Charleston, s. O., on a charge Of
robhIng the mails, killed himself the other
night.
In an altercation between Detective
Wm. Walsh and J. Healy. at New Orleans,
Aug. !, the former was fatally shot. Healy
says he acted N self-dcfense.
FouR circus elephants escaped from
their keepers In Troy, N. X, Aug. 2.
Patrick Ryan and wife were knocked down,
tho former receiving fatal injuries. Several
other persons were hurt. One Of the ami.
mails charged bloom Of red.hot iron In a
rolling mill. +
DIsHoP EMBERToN and Richard
speakman, who 80 brutally assaulted Mrs.
]. D. Garrett, Of TompkInsvIllc, Ky., q few
days ago, were lynchcd by mob, Aug. 1,
while on the way 10 Glasgow under guard
Of fifteen mon. +
Asa freight train was passing through
Walton, KY. Aug. 1, John Richly fired two
shots from q revolver at the conductor and
two brakcmcn sitting on the top Of the ca.
boosc. One Of the balls struck John Il. Car.
son, brakeman, In the head, inflIctlng {
fatal wound. Richly was arrested.
The engine and mail car Of Unior
Pacific train went through burned bridg'
spanning Granite Creek, between Gler
Elder and Cawkcr City, Kans., Aug. O.
Britton Graft, engineer, and @. McGce. fire.
man, werc fatally injured and died soon af
ter. Mahaify, express messenger, and
Wentworth and Chamberlain, mail agents
were hurt, but not dangerously. The pas
senger coaches remained on the track
There Il curve and cut near the bridge
and the engineer could not see the fire Il
} time 10 stop the train.
w. II. YEATEs was hanged at Chat
ham, Va, Aug. 4, for the murder Of p. u
Adkerson. Two negroes mounted the scaf
fold IN Florida on the same day-MerrIcl
Jackson, at FernsndIna, and Harrison Car
ter, at jacksonville.
AT Indianapolis, tho other evening
! two coIored boys, Charles BY and Jane
Jones, engaged In friendly sparring match
bly, was struck In ths4tomaeh and expire
before medical aid could be secured.
THERE was . fight between rustler
and citizens In Phfnnix, CAL. tho other day
Three cowboys were captured, ono klle'
and one badly wounded. AZ tho prisoner
were being taken IN attempt was made 4
lynch them. Officers came to the rescue an
removed them 10 the jail. ~
A WILD coal train eollided with car
standing on the track near OIL City, Pa.
Aug. 4. six miners were killed and mum
: Der seriously injured.
Mrs. FoRp, Martin johnson, VIM
Bosrum, and John Fehrerman were browne
In South Park Lake, Chicago, Aug. l.
pleasure boat upset