The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS,

LIABILITIES Of Dodge & Sinclair, IN
dla rubber goods, who failed recently IN
New York. siSo,iIs; nominal assets slCI, ie1s
Ins supreme court at Washington
the other day gave decision In a test case
involving the title 10 certain mining lands In
the City OF Leadvilic. Col. This was q suit
brought by the ST. Louis Smelling and lie.
fining Company against Steel Of 81. 10 70 :.
cover possession Of certain tract Of mineral
land In Leadyille claimed by the company
under patent issued 10 one Thomas Starr on
the 10Th Of March, 1879. Tho iudgmeat Of
the Circuit Court Of Colorado In favor Of the
81. LouI. company was affirmed. with costs.
ThL opinion Is decisive Of twenty -four other
pending cases In LesdyiIle, In which the
same questions are Involved.
A FIRE at Grand Forks, D. T., the
other day destroyed $4,000 worth OF
property. The stocks Of goods aud build
Ing. burned were about hall covered By In
suranee. though several parties lost their
entire possessions.
THE Legislative bribery cases at Co
lumbu,, o., wer, finally disposed Of few
days since. Representative Wright was sc.
quilted and nolle entered N 10 the case Of
Representative Block.
Or the report Of Special Agent Burke
the Commissioner Of the General Land offies
at Washington the other day esncsIed 100
timber culture entries and 100 pre-emption
films made in Douglass County. Dakota,
by y. Lecoes, a. attorney, the ssme being
fraudulent.
was decided that the Institution had
issued diplomas Ia accordance with the laws
Of Massachusetts,, and the defendants were
discharged.
AT meeting Of the Western Dis,ill.
ers' Association held In Cincinnati, o., the
other day, it was decided 10 assess iar on
every bushel Of corn mashed up to forty per
cent. Of the capacity 10 pay for the expert.
ing surplus, aud allow . rebate Of twenty
cents per bu,hsl for even bushsl under for.
~ per cent Of capacity.
TIE heaviest wind and snow-storm
for afiy years prevailed 81 Twillingats. n.
r., for forty. eight hours on The ip,h. Twen-
ty.two vessels we're wrecked 10 Green Bay.
Loss Of life was fesred.
AT Loughrca, ireland, . few days
,lnce, number Of laborer paraded the
streets demanding work or blood. dsdH-
Ing ihey were starving. Thsy surrounded
the residence Of Bisbop Durs.n, who DIS
.ribuied money 10 them. Great distress
provided In the town.
The other day the United States So.
pr,me Court, 10 denying q writ Of hsbeas
corpus 10 General n. N. Curtis. held that
the law prohib,inE the a.sessmspt Of Gov
eminent employes by FEDERAL officers, foi
political purposes, !. clearly constitutional
Os the evening Of the 10Th one Of the
.eycre.t earthquake shocks ever felt Of Goa.
cord, n. H., occurred. The shock wss liks
hsayy erplosisa or Of soms heavy obleo'
falling. In one building the neck was suf.
seient 10 sxtinruish the rs. u was siss
felt 1t Piitsheld. Great Falls. Msnehestsr
and other places. The shock lasted eight Of
ten seconds.
| PRELIMINARY preparations for rend'
srinr the we.er nsvir,ble for ses-EeIns
vessels from Brsmsrhasen 10 Bremen. Ger
msny. were recently flashed. The verh
wss s.iim.ied 70 cost si.oco.sdo nsrts, and
would probably cceupr six ysar. Whes
completed u vii give N immense impeiu'
10 trade between Bremen and View Yeft.
In the Australian colonies statistics ol
vI,iculturs Tor 1870 ssd 1891, recently con.
piled from the oevernmest records. shor
that IN south Australia there we're y ~
acres Of vises. produeiss sp.sss sslisas ol
wins; In Victoria there rsrs t.1si srfss el
vInes, producing sss.is sslioas Of sias. Ia
ssu ssuth wales thers were t.7fs IL aers'
Of vines. producing ~. "a rsllsss Of sIns
and n Il pre- IIessd that these hxHrss VII b
more thss dssbled n . few yesFs.
ArEw daJs ago the North Chicag'
Rolling Mills 81 scusA Chicago, oue es O.
largest h ~ esnssry. vhi>h hss bsss per
iislly eisssd for some line. skut ~ I'll De
psrsmeuss. fhs rssssa sisss = issbIIi'y
~ ssks fos uss n sh1lurssrrs. n prs
psssssrs ssase ~ Mills viIl prssssly rssan
! wa sasiT b Jssnary,