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


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here. blH the hsh sonIlnued the sitset.
making Che wsisf fairly fesm IN Ne Fftnsfs
seseFsI PARTIES attempted 10 sad lheIf TREND
sHI The snslI basis wefs Ter iAf " " ~ u
MY avail. Altar being struck sad bitten ~
|hs FefHeIeus Hsh The shore was made sad
Ibe Negro fsit relieved.
A ease d primitive bookkeeping was
developed IN lha eourss q trial In t.ouIss
sIlIs tky,l Justices court the eshef dAr.
An old dermsh saioon.keepsr sued esIH.
lomef for Tho amount II tsr bill which The
latter had refused 10 pay. The bill IN
amount was thefe, bit the couri wanted The
Itsms. The saloon man wHs asked II hsI
kept an account. lie had. and was asked
10 produce II. lie went out and presently
returned, bringing large pIue door with
The toper's tally on II In chsrccai Long
marks were WHISTLES, short marks wcfs
beers, he explained, and counting them up
At the prIcs Of drinks. they made the
exact amount Of tho bill. The Justice
could not 20 behind such bookkeeping m
this, aud he allowed the bill.
II Is said that fourteen million bushels
Of sweet potatoss will be raised In deorsia
this season, and how to dispose Of tho crop
Is problem. Two attempts At solution arc
mentioned In the Atlanta Constitution. One
Is that freight rates be made low enough 10
make Western shipments profitable. Tho
total crop weighs nearly half million tons,
and TO carry such freight should be an oh.
ject 10 any company which could handle 10
and take N 10 market, where fair prices arc
sure 10 obtain. The other solution Is 10 use
an evaporator aud dry the potato, by which
operation only about 10 per cont. Of tho
weight Il lost. ii ilNt wv
A Russian Jew who went 10 Atlanta,
Ga, eight months ago with $4 in bis pocket
Is now building two neat cottages on two
city lots he has paid for. He has family
Of five children, and each one Of them is a
worker, ~ is also his wife. lie averaged
$40 per week as q tailor, and each member
Of the family contributes something 10 the
general income. Hence his prosperity.
A little white dog at Chattanooga,
Tenn, Is six months old, but only five
inches In height.
A Moss Point, Miss, negress recently
gave birth 10 four babies-two boys and
two girls.
Sending fresh figs North from Florids
In refrigeratIng cars has proved failure
st. Augustine, Fla, Is manufacture
Ing and shipping large quantities Of orsng'
wine.
Two harnessed crocodiles tamely draw
wagon into Atlanta, Ga.
An eight-foot shark was captured q
Savannah, Ga, recently.
The trustees Of Oglcthorpe's colon,
In Georgia legislated in 1893, and here
what they did, "Enscted, that the dfnl
Of rum In Georgia be absolutely prohibit
ed, and that al which shall be brough
there shall be starved.
A desperate fight between sturgeon
and porpoIse at Savannah, Ca, few day
ago, ended In the death Of the latter.
Cuba Is chiefly supplied with beef cal
tlc raised In Southern Florida. Tho qualit
OF the meat Il poor. but tho animals AZ
raised at very small cost.
The Louisiana Legislature passed
bill sppropriating $4,000 to support II
public schools Of New Orleans. by q mis-
take Of an enrolling clerk, the amount WI
changed 70 $3.50. The bin was signed an
promulgated, and tho Legislature had nd
journsd before the mistake wls discovered
There will be an extra session 10 rsctify u
mistake, or the city schools will have 10 n
main closed for the remainder Of tho year.
Tennessee has had five tornado<
with waser.spout accompaniment within
week.
Alice Richie, IL years old, was fatal
burned IN Louisville, KY, the other night
A travelling Snowman had erected tent o
the corner, and In going In she overturned
lamp on herself and was burned 70 dsst
before the flames were extingulshsd. HI
body was literally cooked, the 1esh fallIn
on in large pieces when her clothing was n
moved. H Ihf
A Georgia man, his friends though
lay fatally m, and they went 10 August
and bought new suit Of clothes In nhis
to bury him. The other day the 0eorx
man went 10 the sanie store and exchange
the suit for one better suited 70 the use ,
. healthy and vigorous man, such - he h
become.
In East Texas walnut lumber sel
At 500 70 $50 per 1000 feel, or 10 csn
per foot.
The Quakers have raised $4,000 y
ward the erection Of new college u Ne
Garden, 0uIlford County, NC.
The colored people Of Jacksonville
Fla., are greatly sxelssd ovsr the dIeisid
Of the West Point candidate commiste
who have given the award 10 youl
saekess, whiss boy, who was four poIn
behind Livingston, coiorsd youth.
The Cotton Exchange building
Raleigh. n. C., Il spproashine eompIesiou
aud viii be ready for occupancy Sept. 1.
Tho city authorities Of Galvssto
Texas. and csrtain private individuals q
| NOT agree - TO The owneruhlp Of The .
beach. Essry now and fhen The ocean -
sl~s shs auestion b. removing I'll buiidin