The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-07-01

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Fhc slliaa'gF dli hsi fellae no NJ hshl,
hHi naw siapd On M deiehsa, IN aihgstlra,
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'ifsifhed aliea wlis enough IA iske IL lhe
md N . bsffsl Nf lisnifpe io,k 4 fsli
tom ihe fence md ftmmel n nio ihs nisn.
itef's thfosii A. qulet n lifh ma aillsa,
eF closed IN iho fall and hufied NJ. Hon,
noe Aaalnsi The ienee, hurting him badly,
,hd .hapfins The rail like ebalh plpa stem,
lie then esllei 10 hls family 10 senl him M,
fun, pistol, ani A. while waiting for hla
weapons he amnsed himself by rammne
fenee rails inio the aillEatof's mouth. n
broke . dozen a essiiy a. II dli The afsi.
When hls weapons eame be shot The alllga.
iof twelve Hines with a smith a wesaon
pistol aud fouf times with q shotgun, and
Then buried an az IN ils head IN eight places,
Aftef all this lie was not exlInct Tor twelve
hours aflcfwafd. Al the pistol balls, how.
ever, did not enter. Fully half Of them
glanced harmlessIy from the tough hide and
went singing away through space. Tho
monster was over ten feet long and weighed
fully 900 pounds. The horse was badly In.
lurcd.
The latest snake story from Georgia
Is thus told by the Rome bulletin, "The
other day certain young lady started out
shopping. While putting on hor hat she
though, u felt rather heavy, but not noilc-
Ing anything put II on her head. ON her
return home she asked her sister TO take Of
her hat, that she thought something was on
II. Her sister took of her hat aud while
doing so came near being bitten by a snake.
The lady had worn the snake around with
her all tho time, unconscious OF It's pres.
ence.n
Powhatan Causey and party of sew
en- surrounded house In which thieves
were concealed, near Summit, Miss, tho
other evening. They were met by Mrs.
John Harrison, who invited them In, say.
Ing, "There is no one here" whereupou
Causey and two others entered and made
search OF the premises. They discovered a
man lying upon the jolst Of room. lie at.
tempted to draw his pistol, whereupon
Causey fired. Then followed In rapid sue.
ecssion some forty shots, and when tho
smoke died away VIM. johnson aud VIM.
Enos were lying upon the ground--the first
dead, and the latter dangerously wounded.
IL Is supposed that one OF the thieves was
Killed, aud that others were wounded.
A novel but profitable industry in the
mountains OF Tennessee Is that OF collecting
roots tmosily laureD. The roots are shipped
to Philadelphia and Boston aud used for the
manufacture OF door-knobs and pipe bowls.
Tho roots frequently weigh from 7j TO l5O
pounds. There Is q constant demand, and
good prices are paid for them by the ton.
A Fayette County (Texas) jury hav.
,ng aec.aca mat man wss %s.dg gyai|sIdci a. to
the punishment. Nine favored hanging and
three life imprisonment. In order to mr..
rive at conclusion they drew lots. result.
Ing In the death penalty. This proceeding
having leaked out, a new trial has been
granted.
The logging business on the ocklock.
once and other rivers, In wakulla
County, Florida, is assuming large proper.
tIons. Several hundred men and about a
hundred teams are engaged In cutting and
hauling timber. The logs arc rated down
to Carabella and Apalaehicola, and sold Al
from 10 to 10 per thousand feet.
The Prussian Government has SO.
lected Aiken, :. c., as one OF the station,
for the observation OF the transit Of Venus,
which takes place on December 8, 1852. Tbs
scientific members OF the expedition will
arrive In Aiken about the end Of October
and remain until the middle Of December.
Last year Chattanooga, Tenn, ship.
ped ten thousand pounds Of strawberries
and $4,000 pounds Of grapes, beside. other
fruit, aud this year the shipments will be q
third greater.
As a pleasing proof Of tho growth OF
home industries, a Charleston Is. C.) paper
mentions the building Of n steamer and the
construction Of all her machinery In that
city.
At Tampa tho cattle trade Is brisk.
Cattle are being concentrated near Tampa
from all parts Of Southern Florida.
81. Andrews Bay Is the Long Branch
for West FIoridlans. Il 1. about midwa,
between PensacoIa and ApalaehieoIa.
A 3.months-old negro child, at Frank.
lin, KY, was STACKED by rats while asleep.
aud i,s nose eaten on aud hole. gnawed 10
ils forehead and eyelids.
While prospecting In the neighbor.
hood OF Kings Mountain. North Carolina,
one dag last week, a man found q crysial
which has been pronounced a diamond ol
great value.
The quarrying interest In East Ten.
nessce has doubled within tho last seven
years.
Ground has been broken at Columbus,
Ca, for new cotton factory.
Mobile, Ala, makes female violators
Of the law work out their anes on the chain.
gang.
A number Of ponds In Mason County,
Kentucky. are being stocked with German
carp.
Tho f,rst lns,allment of Ceorv;. va.
,.rmslon. .ola for A and a. "a .pI.es
A.. Tog,n who.. mind. IA. b..,
Impaired for the past few months. ended
her existence By .hoo.las herself in .hs
head with . shotgun, near Lancaster, KY,
few days ago. She Ief, I've children.
The Clayton County, Georgia, con.
x,.,. wers add Al auction the o,her d.x IN,