The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-25

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fHa tgwa u CeIam1la. tesaa. haa
been lanh lated ffom lhe ufssss Hltsr fhs
inhdllaaia gathered IN lhs ehmches and
we're supplied with food ~ hosts.
fiig report n No commission on tho
eiitle plague, ebich uts seut u tke senals
BY lhe Secretary ~ the ffessms, shows iba
NJ lung dlstase csliis IN The Weslefn eehtsfs
ef llsesMeek itshlr.
DirnfDsHiA has within fur days
swept swsy four children NJ John ysndef.
an. Of CIeseiand, w., and They we're placed
In che crave 81 Riverside Cemetery.
THs Treasury Investigation has lod 10
the resignation of Sonsn, defk In the
Lighthouse fotfd, and sheen, foreman u
labofsfs in tho Treasury Department, aud
The removal oi Hatch, The sioiekeeper.
Ar arecent meeting Of members oi
toliy Church, Chicago. The resignation of
George q. Min as pastor was requested, BY
vote Of iis 10 M. Mr.. Min asked 10 be
informed Of the reasons for The action taken.
TWAS finally resolved 10 give him vacation
with continuance ~ salary. Mr.. Min 4.
determined TO force definition Of tiultarl.
anIsm.
CHARLES W. WEST, Of Cincinnati,
has made smother gIft Of $3.50, 200 to fhe Ar,
Museum, the Interest only 10 be usod BY tho
association.
MAGGIE MooRE jumped from Lake
Shore train running thirty miles an hour,
near Ripley, Ohio. on the 10th. She man.
aged 10 walk to the station. however, and
took the next train 'or Cleveland, whore she
was taken TO the hospital. The young
woman csplsincd her desperate leap by say
Ing she feared two men on the train wcro
about to assault her. She was suffering
mentally, but seemed 10 have received no
serious physical injury.
RoBERT WILSON, Mrs. Jennie Schnull,
and Mrs. Jane Estes were seriously Injured
by runaway horses In indianapolis the other
day.
THE Governor Of Virginia and some
State troops have gone 10 the mouth Of tho
Rhppahannock River, where civil power Is
imperative owing to the oyster war.
A MASQUERADE ball at Indianapolis
the other night ended In disgraceful riot.
Morris Dalton. q railroader, ,insulted young
woman named Howard, aud was assaulted
by her friend, $. Eaglon. The fight spread
until every man In the hall was engaged, and
the police were unable to quell the tumuit.
Aflerward three Of the ringleaderr, william
Walls, Charles Chatcrson and Morris Dat
ton, were arrested and committed. A score
Of people were more or less injured by the
flying missiles.
The village Of Constantine, Mich, Is
in state Of great excitement over a little
episode that occurred the other day. A
young married lady Of thnttown drove on.
alone to her fathers farmhouse and ad
ministered horse whipping TO lady visit.
or whose actions have been the cause Of
scandal.
JAcKsos's fireworks factory, Chester,
Pa, caught fire on the morning Of the i7th.
Great crowds OF people gathered close to the
burning building, when an explosion oc-
cured which lifted the roof aud scattered q
million fragments for two or three squares
around. Another explosion completely de.
umollshed the walls and filed the air with
fiery dsbrls. hurllng death and destructtou
right and left. Tho shock Of the exploslos
was so great that wall Of stone located full
ly sixteen squares away was cracked II
twain as though shattered by an earthquake
In the vicinity Of the works there was
scarcely house that did not suffer soms
damage. The loud report brought hundreds
OF citizens To the place Of the sccidcut 10 scs
II their friends were among ths suffer.
ers. People prayed v~in The open
streeis, and the. sbrIeks Of the dying
were Appalling. The IRE wns ABANDONED,
aud those in aoondition 10 Dc % turned
their attention 10 sllsviating the distressed.
Dead bodies lay solled on the gronnd, aud
others were In the sgouies OF death. A num-
Der writhing In their blood moined and
groaned pitcously for help. Many lay In.
sensible Of their surreundiags, and Others,
scratched and bruised, with their eyes filled
with dust and smsks, groped their way
from the scene as beat ttey could. Seven
teen persons were killed aud at least nfty
Injured. ~
The town Of Havtrhil, Mass, wa.
swept BY nrc on the nth.