The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-16
SOUTHERN uLEisISUs.

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CdyInRloa, Tenn. had $4,000 Hfe
ihs athef mmniHR
Al iaultyiile, KY, few afternoons
age ayt.fsaf.oii fuiatednitI. leii slpHa N
fauH. appfeaahea the ~ ~ aad her eieth.
laa caught IRE. Ileiafc The flames eiuld be
exilhNnshed The child wha burned 70 death.
The hrsl known Instance VI lightning
striking an oranga Tree occurred this reai
Al ~. Autustins, Fla
The business portion oi Calhoun, ia,
w~ destroyed BY fire recently.
The clothing u lsucy, tho four.ycar-
eld daughter of Mr.. llobelt James, Of Chat.
lanonga, Tcnn., caught IRE the other day,
whllu her mother wss absent, and before as
slsiange arrived tha child was burned 10
death.
W. II. Hammond hae boon elected
Judge Of tho Atlanta Circuit. tho MOS, I'm.
purtant circuit IN the State of Georgia
Tippah County, Miss, boasts OF
child bora with three arms.
The bronze statue Of the late Senator
nm. 10 be erected In Atlanta, ds., win cost
about $4,000.
Over 100000 orange trees are said
TO have come lnio bearing condition this
year In Florida.
An election was held recently nj An
napolls, Nd, on the question Of local op'
tlon, aud the ladies ihrongcd the polling
places, distributing tickets aud singing tenn
poraues songs.
Edward Kecfc, workman In q CO.
mcnt mIll At Louisville, KY, was caught In
the cogs Of the stone elevator wheel q few
evenings ago aud crushed to shapelesr
mass. lie leaves a wife aud two children.
The engines and machinery Of the
Charleston q. CD cotton factory. begua In
August, 1881, were successfully tested tho
other day, aud spinning has commenced.
The mill has 1900 splndles. with capacity
for II eco more. II Is tho first cotton mill
erected In Charleston since the war.
Passenger trains on tho Texas q Pa
clhc Road are hereafter 10 carry strong
force Of State Rangers between Fort Worth
and El Paso. II has been ascortaIned that
one Of tho men who recently sttackcd q
Gulf train near Dallas died at Clebolirne
aud was buried by his confoderates.
Trains on tho Kentucky Central Road
. collided near Falmouth the other evening.
/ hen Early. M engineer. aud William Gray,
a fireman, were Instantly killed. and num'
!. bcr Of passengers were injured.
!. Tho official vote OF North Carolina at
! the recent election for Congre-smnn.at.
!. Large gives Bennett tDem.l iii,Ti3, and
% Doekrey (Ilep.) III ,2a5-- Bennett = majority
iis. So says the Raleigh Ners.
o @. II. Lind, q young gambler from
u Rlo Grande City, was shot dead by clal
'r Drlce in eambling.house at Eagle Pass
Tex, the other day.
:. The Southern States have raised thei
u own supply Of breadstuffs this year ani
have surplus 10 sell.
l. The Santa Rosa ranch, In Camerol
!" County, Texas. comprising 5000 acre.
:. land and 5000 cattle, has changed hands
:" $4,000.
10 Little Joe Tompkins, son OF MIR. VIII
y, Tompkins, Of Albany. .0a., met with fai
~ accident . few days ago. Joe. who vi
~ spending the day at bis grandfaiher's, Nj
~ Boyd's, was playing about the gin.hou
"" with two or three little colored children.
!, the premises were pair Of large steelysr'
~ suspended from heavy frame, for wsiE
lsh ing cotton. Tho colored children mouuti
w upon the beam and had elevated the lar
weight, under which stood little Joe. Th
70. suddenly alighted from their perch, and !
re- heavy plses Of iron descending, struck I
'as unfortunate child oi the head. crushing !
skull. lie bresthed twice and expired.
lis During the recent cold snap sever
hat deaths from freezing occurred 10 Virginia.
'ea m A jury At Arkadclphia, Ark, has a
~ y. quilted saIlIs Stokes of the murder OF u
~. linda stephens.
The passenger train which left haco
In Ca, for Montgomery the other morninx :
off The track one mile east Of 0eor<stor
4, near Enfauis, about four In the aftsmoo
'n The entire train WAS thrown one hundf
av yards from The track down sn smbsnkns
re- Every psrson on the train except the engi
crew were more or less injured.
General Sidney Burbank, Unit
state. army. retired. died The other alsh'
a.. his residence in Newport. Ky. lie gr'
'a' uaied Al West Point In $50; served IN
'av Blsek Hawk and Seminole wars. and In
ihs army Of the Potomac during tho war, !
a was brssstsd BrEadisr- General Ills
'oa' was sevsniy-four years.
'ns. The other night tho jail doors
- w. pa=,rop, La, were broken down By b
s'a. az iodIxnsut men and Thomas Robins
william cspha- and Wesley Andrews '
taken out and hanged. Public opiaios
aP In sympaihy with The lynessr.
ssa. The steamship carmons cleared r.
~ New orisaa. Tor Liverpool recently Wit
:. cargo valued 81 $4,000. comprising 10,
- bales Of cotton, ig.eo bushels ef wheat,
''' a.Tho slaves.
Ell Mcconnell, . drunken carpen
tho reading at weatherford, Texss, fses
team, took bis uife and hi. two-ysar.old child
'efsa ~ buggy. A loon as ihsy we're ou
was town he began abusing bet. and finally
odsd 70 beating her with pistol. and aseids
struck the child ca The head With
oljce weapou, killing n instantly. To cossF
ths crime. he told hls wife n she did not
,burr thai the child W.. kiIleA by The busry !
!. 10 ,or ever on Il he would hill her, bsi
hold. reaching home heCannsll> >beeams N
sned. snd, mounting . heFss, ned .
Mcdonnell thea went bcfofs the orrnd
sss md told the truth sbeus The matter.
W. The total expense 70 The State Of
! ~ neky sri.inr from The Neal. Cszft and
I III - trisis will amount 10 ssalouo.
Georgians are seeking homes IN II
! iosh The yirginia State Board Of Can'
Llssls e.. thrsw out The vote Of Gloucester @
. the snd gave certificate Of slssiisa %
Coalition. The conxressIsnsl dsIeE
,.v,l.- s,.aas, dr Coalition. four psmosrs.
gently Wills workmen wsre engaged IN
nmsnt Inc dorn she wall. u buildinr q
i lead- vile. NJ. . few days axo. Patrick
he sds fell into the cellar Of the ssms within
-dliss tpo~lsdss Fl ths ethss- The ~
,rrazl. thrown down, buuing Bnsks aad'
mlns. lie ". taken Out - hssss slles
msnds dead. but, singular sssush. 70 boae'
|sx|ro. bFoksn.
% - The TEXAS corn crop 4 thfss hu
~ e>s1 shsse ldst ysar.
wsus n@xro man named Coseh o
. eros Ilvlua dse miles from DublIn Lawn, 9