The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-08
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finted eaffespaadsneo between ihem be.
fore they met i.awil made NJ bli lrtlffl
ihe good lmpfe'sina anticipate u snl when
The fanna liif II itsi saw him, sho us'
fesig 10 oseflouk M. unpieisins phfslIae.
They heetme engaged. This tnaigemeni
he hfoke, and she sued him iof dsmssss.
Az The tflt tbs dfioldnl', coah,rl daslt
H langlh apon The uflnaas N hi' tlleui
and da'eaniel with equal fsf NJ on The lave.
hne'A " The plilnilf This Wa duae " I'M.
press the jury that Miss johnson ought 10 he
rlh " release from such m unslrhav
lover, nnd ihii II was No damage 10 ln'e him
as Ahti'lanl, The verdict, however, was
fut N,nOl.
Mr., Job N Nash, Of Cincinnati, 70.
rcnllY addressed the members oi The Mcm.
phls Cotton ESchsnge on tho subject n y
publlc library. The phllanthropic gcniie.
man proposed 10 sub.crbl 5000 toward
furnishing library, provided the clllTen'
expcnd Ike sum In purchasing 4 lot sa'l
building flrn.prooi structure Tor the rccep.
ilon of the books. A subscription w,s taken
nnd $4,000 subscribed, Mr.. Nish leading off
with sl,0Ol, In which movement hc had
eleven followers for a like stun.
In the winter Of 1864, twcnly-eight
years ago, DR.. W. q. Avery, Of Greensboro,
Ala., while hunting, lost gold watch, 4
hunting'case English lever. Thl, watch
was returned TO him recently by a colorcd
man, who found II about ono mile from the
house, IN the woods. The watch I. In good
condition and, considering the length of
time II has been exposed TO the weather, Is
comparatively bright. II was identified by
the initials OF the owner, engraved on the
outside Of the case.
An interesting social event In Char
loiie, N. G., lately, was the marriage Of a
blind girl 10 deaf mute. After the frat
difficulties OF an Introduction had been sur
mounted, the courtshipI' said 10 have ad.
vanced smoothly, and their mutual sympa.
thy and understanding are now 40 deep that
when they are together each readily supplies
the Others lack, and their combined senses
are equal TO any emergency.
The State Of Texas recently bought in
$4,000 OF lis per cent. bonds, due In 1901
at liO. II has within year reduced H.
debt 100000.
Commissioner Walsh, Of Texas, esti-
mates that certificates have been issued for
5,OOs,G70 acres above the public domain open
10 location.
The Augusta (Ga.) News tells the fol
lowing dog story: "The poor old fellow has
been bowling for week with neuralgia ol
the Jaw, and when his master, who Il I
thoughtful aud considerate surgeon as well
as an artist, discovered the cause OF the ca
Mines grief, he set TO work TO extracL-
whole row Of decayed teeth. Now Thu"
seem absurd to some very Ignorant, pu'p'e,
but II Is all true, and the poor d,s nc'u n,s
mouth open and sat perfecil' q'''' ""'''
the teeth were being drawr
The Commissions, uenerM OF inc
Texas Land oai,y recommends that the
Panhandle and Yexr Pacific reserve, be
thrown ono, ff looiiIon Tlli area will he
needed 10 sati~y certificates already L.
sued.
Gecrre ,iggerstan, OF glasgow, Ky,
h,yinp,ost an eye In an election day row In
Ns,ember, 1881. sued hls a,sailant for So
Jo)o, and jury has just given him si,1oh
Mississippi has changed her Lien
law. Liens on personal property for rent or
supplies are repealed.
The Texas Comptroller's annual re-
port OF railway companies for 1881 show.
forty.ono railroads. with a capital stock Of
salT, ,l22, 100 and 500, 80, 100 paid In stock; /;
total Indebtedness Of the corporations, $780,
sGD, ,2I3; expended for purchase Of land CON
structlon Of road, buildIngs, engines and cars,
siG), ,23o, ,0jT; due the companies, S3,7D2 $50:
freights, passengers and mails, $40 30l, ,ojg;
tons carried, 4.i33,597; killed by accident.
IS; injured by accident, 3l4.
Panola County, Texas, Is out Of debt,
and IT, county tax Is only ten cent. on the
500.
In Butler County. Ala, this year there
are ten acres of oats sown this year 10 every
one sown last year. Every farmer seems
determined 10 plant more corn than usual.
There are over 10000 men and iO0.-
900 horses and mules employed In riIlroad
building In Texas. There are abou, 2,0o0
miles Of road under contract, and about 90 0
more 10 be contracted for.
Roasting.ears for dinner and ripe
watermelon, for desert Is the present bill Of
fare In Manatee County, fla.
On Sunday last the thermometer In
Charleston, s. c., reached 70 deg, a degree
Of heat unknown there In March for many
years.
Georgia has seventy-odd gold mills at
work. one Is giving monthly produc, Of
about s,,5p.
Il Is estimated that more than 200, 200
cattle viii he driven north from Texas thi.
spring.
At the outer bar Of Mobile Bay there
!. now % feet Of water, and the Collector Of
the Port states that the channel Il eontin-
ually deepening.
A large number Of cross-ties for Mexi-
can and South American Railroads are being
cut In Levy. Bradford. CLAY and Alaehse
Counties, Florida.
A citizen Of Marion County. ceorsls,
b.. between 5000 and 5000 trees boxed
In his turpeniIns orchard.
Finley McKenny. supposed TO be very
poor, was dying At MorEanlewn, ny. with
hi. last breath he told hi. wife 10 break an
old lug thai had long stool In the Crime Of
the smokehouse. She did 20, and si,2o In
gold and silver rolled out.
Bottom lands are no, In rcques
In . neglected spot In Ath'a', "a.'
which marks the location VI. one -.
I.,ed the botanical garder q ',, 'sa a'a'e Uni.
ysr.lty. ssasf. . We fnz willow. grown
from /. .prou, cut .sm the fa,nou. Tree over
~s..i.aa,. &c In 81. Helena. an elm
s'' ssp',,ya 49, "a elm In Bc.,ou Common, and
as.s - ~hIch grew from an acorn brought
"a Eaeisnd BY DR.. Ward
Near ElIzabethton, Tenn, negro ate
two raw msekerrl. tso dozen bard boiled
exxs sad drank two buckets Of water. The
physieizn pfsnsuscsd Il ease Of death
from over-esiin-."
The Oldest paper In Virginia is the
Aiexssdris Gas<ffs, established 10 100.
There slighscd from the Piedmont
Afr-Lins Railfesd al 0sInesviIIs, Ca. fsu
days slnce. three hundred people. who were
10 seftie On Gre iheaeasd acres of lsni near