The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-04-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHARLES MORRIS, the noted forgor
and confidence operator who recently ylc-
timized number Of persons In Lynn, Mass,
has been arrested. A large crowd gathered
at the depot on his arrival and gave vent to
their Indignation by jeers and Kisses. lie
made no denial OF the charges brought
against him, and owned up 10 the whole
business. He successfully forged the names
OF sixty different persons on mortgages nnd
checks, on all OF which he has raised 5000,
which he spent. lie raised $500 for
the sufferers by the recent boiler explosion,
and that went with the rest. Morris has had
q checkcred career. lie was born In Tarry.
town, N. j., Is q years Of age, and Is son
Of Judge Samuel Morris, OF the Superior
Court OF New York. His father died In 1878,
leaving him several thousand dollars, which
he squsndcred. In 1874 he was arrested In
New Bedford for obtaining goods under
false pretenscs, for which he served a sem
.tencc OF TWO months. In 1870 he wa, again
arrested for being concerned IN diamond
robbery In New York aud sentenced 10 two
years In the Peni'entiary. On account OF his
respectable connections he was pardoned
after serving only SIX months.
DURING tho Peruvian investigation,
the other day, J. X. shpherd testified that
he approached Walker Blaine a, an attorney
IN order TO learn the workings OF his fathers
mind In regard to the company's shemes.
Rcpresen,atiye Deuster, after stating that
shipherd had eyaded every question Of
weight. moved that he be dismissed. but Il
was resolved TO set him aside for fewdays.
Apvicrs from Siberia are to the cf-
feet that the steamer Rodgers, which went
In search Of the survivor. Of tbs Jeanette,
has been burned and sunk, and that Lieu.
tenant Berry and his officers and crew,
numbering thIrty.sIx, are near Cape
scrdge.
AFTER session Of nine hours, the
Canadian House Of Commons passed bill
iegalixIng the amalgamatlon Of the iele.
graph system under the charter Of the Great
Northwestern Company. which works In
harmony with the Western Union.
The white people on tho Labrador
coast arc literally starving. and tho Indians
are swarmlng down upon the settlers.
MICHIGAN has Just experienced tho
heaviest snow storm Of the season.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange
has ielegraphed iis grateful acknowledge.
mcnts TO President Arthur for hi. message
In regard to the Improvement Of the Missls-
sippi River.
Two boys In tho Cleyeland( %. )llouse
Of Correction few days sincs nearly car.
ried Into execution plot 10 murder another
lad, In order 10 be transferred TO the county
jaIl and receive supplies Of tobacco.
The case Of Roderick Maclcan, who
attempted the life Of Queen Victoria. was
presented 10 the grand jury at Reading by
Lord Chief Justice coleridgs, and resulted
In a verdict Of aequI,iaI on the ground Of
Az epidemic prevails In the neighbor.
hood Of Fountain, MIMI, because Of the
sayages of disease called black hphshetla,
which Il very prevalent and fatal. The 9th.
er morning the daughter Of VIM. Bolles, II
years old, died Of thI. disease. In the sf.
iernoon the mother was carried cn, aud at
nirht the father was dying.
The people Of Fredericksburg. Giles
pie County, Texas. were slsrmed by reports
suggesting exploding dynamite, the other
dsy. The ground fairy tremhled, houses
shook and windows ratified. It's supposed
10 have been an earthquake. the h-, known
since the couniry was inhabited.
A COLLISION on the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling q Kentucky Railroad. At Wheel
Ing, W. va, IN The D,h. bleeked the track
for soma hours. George Tiue. Of BurFesis-
.own. Pa, was seriously Injured and .
brakeman mined neyss vas slightly
bruised.
The s.year-old son Of A. Acton. living
near the village Of saline. Mish., whIls play.
Irr IN he fsiher's barn N. other day. fen
NON = pole suspended from the beams and
wss caught In the mouth By large hook on
zoe Of he chains, which literally ripped epen
be f.ee from mouth 70 temple. laying bare
he bones and n.szl orrsns
sEcRkrAHr FoleER has ordered
Lieut.. n. n. He.lT. commander Of the rev.
niue cutter CorvIH. San Fr.neisee, 70 pro-
ICED 10 Cape ssrdre h the Arctic Ocean,
md rrseus tAs men Of The burned
Ised<rrs and eenvsr them 10 81 xissasrs
% slfts.
Bxrpf1s boarded TexAs Z Pacific
mia Il Ranger. E>ssI>nd Counsy, Texss.
~ .thsr morning. Ths csaduetsr sciIs<d
,s~- rsaxh-lookias men sslmbiaz aeoa ne
pueine nsd srd<ret th>n -. A. y I'D .
. pIssal r.s pus 70 Ne f>es sad he vs. ted
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