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


SUUTlIERN GLkANlNGS.
Tho Maa, Maaalun At Tallahassee,
Fla. latbst on ne svealaf n ifn ., ssys
~ esth4het, Wa nnr ~ me hlslafle hri4es
" Ammiefs fflnee Aehlile MufN, son NJ
ihe klhf N Naplrs. lltsd ihefe ehsa NJ.
rulfeule mlsisflune esllai the famlly ffaln
Europe ptles having been sei upen bic
head, he llvad llks hefmh upan mis- rita.
iallen, then u The edge N The ptlineval fef.
at Here NJ met 4 relative u eemfsl
Washington, WIN, with her father, had en-
lgfated from Virginia, She was charming
Young widow, les' than 10 years 81 age. and
she lived W log cabln wlth bul iva fo1ms.
The cohsent ei the Mufal family having been
obtained, ihe Young wilow ~, mafflod 10
Pflncc Mnfd, and ihef lived toTethw IN
Tallah,s'e fof twenty. y.n,e years. During
the Florida war ihe Murats were protected
by the fflehd.hlp ~ an Indl,n chlef who
same At nlKht and slep, beneath ihclr roof.
lie quleted llielr fears by snylngi "you and
your sqnaw safe" Alter Prince Murats
death bis widow visited England, and was
feeeiyed by Napoleon III. and Eugenlc.
She returned 10 her southern home aud died
there. During the war she was much inter.
c'led In hospital work, aud she sold some OF
her jewels 10 feed the destitute.
Noar Paudling, Miss, while a we'll was
being bored, at q depth Of thirty feet tho
auger was taken ont, aud a considerable
roaring was heard down In the well and i'm.
modiately volumes OF smoke were dis.
charscd. which continued for several days.
The smell I. said to he very offensive. The
anger struck rock, and consequently uoth-
Ing more has been done for the present, but
there Is talk Of blasting the rock aud going
deeper. one of the strongest features
about II IL that the well discharge, this
smoke about three days, aud then draws
the air Ia about the same length Of time;
thcn II discharges IL again. s ~
An Alabama man named Allen swap
ped his wife for the sister OF young man
at South Plttsburg, Tenn, some time ago.
II appears there was an agreement between
Allen and Ayers TO the effect that Alien was
to take bis seven children and Aysn's sister
and Ayers was TO take Aliens wife. So, on
a recent sunday, Allen delivered his wife to
Ayers. and took his (Ayers's) sister. The
next day Ayers, who Il only about twenty
years old, was married TO Aliens wife. The
authorities. inllng out that she was an un-
divorced wife, had them arrested and lodged
In jail. ni 81
A New Orleans lady whose husband
was away from home recently heard noise, as
ifsomc one was trying TO get Into the house.
She went softly on to the gallery, revolver
In hand, and, sure enough, there was man
down at the window, pryIng open the shut
ter with along knife. After watching him
for a moment, undecided what 70 do, know
Ing that II she chose she could kill him, she
leaned over the railing and called out,
''shall shoot you, STRIP The astounding
question caused the man to'stop work. He
turned and looked up at her, but made no
pretensc to run. She then fired at him, and
he rctrcaied TO the fence, where he inso-
lently regarded her In the moonlight. Tho
brave little woman, not whit discouraged, /,
then determined TO show him that she could
scare him II she pleased; 40, taking good
aim, she put bullet through the rim OF his
hat. In less time than can be told the
would.be burglar was over tho fepce and
out OF sight. ~
The Ia Sale celebration, In memory
OF the discovery Of the Mississippi River,
will occur at New Orleans on the 10Th and
Ilth Of April. The literary exercises will
take place on the 10th. The Hon. Charles
Gsyarre viii preside and the Rev. u. NJ.
Palmer, d. D., will deliver the address Of
welcome at the City Hall At 2p. n. The
Hon. Francis Parmsn, Hon.. Il. d. wash
burnc. ml Hon George II. Peudleton have
been invited to deliver addresses sti7.p. m,
wllh lhe suggestion that Mr.. Parkhsn be
i reqnezted TO speak on "La Sale and His
/ Compartment" Mr.. washburne,- oa "rho
Valley OF the Mississippi and It's Relation to
Our Coupuy,v Mr. Pendle.on. on ''Thc
Comparison OF America In 1882 with Amer
lea In 1872 On the nth there viii be an
excur.Ioa on the. Mississippi 70 all points Of
interest connected with La salle's discovery.
such positions having been previously To-
Gated. ~.
There are Q number Of oolored stu,
dents In MaryyilIe College, East Tennessee,
and one Of them recently applied for mem
bershIp IN one Of the literary societies con-
nectcd with tho college. and was promptly
rejected. Two member who voted for the
negro were Immediately expelled. from the
society. Anticipating trouble from the IA
Guilty, the society vacated their hall In the
college building aud rented . room In
MsryvIlle. While engaged In moving they
were ordered BY thu faculty to dssist. but
dlsrcgarded the orders. Twenty-Five mem
bers Of the soeisiy were suspended.
The receipts Of cotton at Selma have
fallen on fifteen per cont. compared with last
| year.
| A vein Of coal has been discovered
near Dardanelle, ARK, onlyfour feet under
ground.
The shipments Of cotton from Waco.
Texas, for this season will hardly reash %, |.
900 bales. % T.s fsn zisEaff n
Al q sale In vicksburg, Miss, recent
", . plsutatiou containing 100 acres
brought only 81 10. -'rfr fFM
Thera viii be eleven days OF racing nj
Louisville, Ky., .us. ys.r, ana Hfty racss.
without counting the probable cxsrss
The Texas q Pacific Railroad Com
pany are sstsbIrhInx an experimental farm
three miles west Of Abilene, IA the valley Of
Elm Greek. ,,ilt elei
I, l. proposed in the Lsgisla saro Of
Mississippi 10 appoint . commissions 70 ircs,
with the authorities Of Aisbsms for . rs.
survey Of the boundary line between those
States. sd
Tennessee has . State Law which i'm
poses . dne Of 500 for failure 10 report
small- -pox cases 10 the ssAte Board Of
| Health. af
All tho riven arc booming.
After . recent ire in Mobile, Ala, .
catilsh eight inches in length wss found In
the pumps Of steam Ere engine. The en-.
| gins received IL water from hydrasi, aud
the Oh must have come Sin miles through
the pipes.
The coal product Of the Sswanee
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