The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-05-20
SOUTHERN GIRAyIsGs.


emfleted IA make sHma fHtaifs wklth He
rsssiisled lstlnr 10 no arof n Ne hauss
" question, IN aaluR whleh the waftmse
hpllesd That n 4 eeflsia place 4 wfs nailed
dera Nlfh sferisl palas When ne hesty
nails we're drawn and the haoflHs removed,
mound u dlr wta fe,ealed. and under
This we're lht bones N 4 man, woman, snd
bor, 'efho people NJ ihe community ssts
Tho ilowinn tlftcu 0ufpils, "sfe nraulinaus
IN Tho suppDslilun that sone lfsvelefs bste
put w sl The b0use and bccn iouIly dealt
with. and laid under The nnof 10 Tell NJ
tales. Tho house Il hffy NJ more year. old,
and has been occupied MI the time. NJ,
Aiesen bond, now a resident Of CaHsfyile,
Owned aud lised In the house during the
war, and u i remembered BY The nelthbars
that Al ene time he was dlstdna IN aud
ainund the house for some money he said he
had buried and lest. lIe dug around In
several places, stirred the dirt considerably.
but never found the LOST treasure he said he
had planted aud supposed somebody had
stolen. William Hendricks lived In Tho
house before the war. Hiram ChIldcrs,w who
laid the floor, Is positive there was no
mound, or even uncyenncss Of the ground,
when The house was built, aud IA certain tho
unfortunate victims were hidden away since
that time, as directly over them tho flooring
was nailed down with especial care and
strength, IA was developed the other day,
and be knows that that part received no OK.
ira work when the Job was being done"
Nancy Henry, negro woman, ~
years old, was lodged In Jail at Selma, Ala,
recently, charged with killing her son, ten
years Of age, by continued fendlsh aud bar
barous treatment. The woman Is repulslye
In looks, aud the characteristics OF her face
are borne out In her recent actions. Pos
sessed Of q fearful temper from childhood
up, she has been terror TO all about her,
and her brutality 10 her three children has
been the cause Of much talk among the ne
groes. Some days ago she commenced mall
treating her son. and from that day TO the
moment when death relieved him OF all mis-
cry he has been In a condition superlatiyely
pitiful. She whipped him until he was un-
able to walk, then took plank and struck
him blow that broke bis left leg between
the knee and ankle. A day or two after
ward, with the same instrument Of torture,
she broke his right thigh bone, and then,
because he would not get up, she whipped
him with a strap. An old rusty seythe-
blade was brought into play, and with this
the helpless boy was literally hacked Ia
pieces, From head TO foot his body pre-.
sented a revolving succession Of cuts, gashesi
bruises and running sores.
A recent issue Of the San Antonio
tTexas) Express says Joe Ludlum, an idiot
confined in the County Poor. house, was bit.
ten by rattlesnakc on the foreflnger Of th,
left hand, the fangs penetrating both sldei
OF the finger. About three minutes after
the bite was inflicted, Mrs. symington, wifi,
Of the superintendent, split the finger OF
both sides with 4 razor, poured 4 small
quantity Of powder into the wound, and sol
fire TO II. She then applied ammonia, and
also gave ammonia and whisky Inwardly un'
I'll the man became drunk. This was very
brave act for lady TO do, and II saved th'
poor fellows life.
Ferdinand Beer, New Orleans cot
ton broker, who, II Is stated, has been buy
ing cotton and selling II at loss, with
view TO depressing the market, Is IN trouble
Several hundred bales on shipbosrd OF
which he figured have been seized. Bee
sold lot Of cotton TO u. Forester and 20
an advance Of SIC, 900, giving orders for cot
ton which was subsequently delivered OF
board vessels, but the factor from whom
Beer purchased the cotton has not been paid
The cotton, therefore, Is liable for the fac
tors lien. Several similar case are reported
amounting to $4,000.
Late reports from Louisiana indicat,
that the cane which was covered by IN,
floods Is not 30 much injured as there wa,
reason 10 fear that II would be. This IL ac
counted for by the low temperature at th.
time Of the floods. which retarded th,
growth Of the young cane instead Of rottint
and killing t.. In the regions which escaped
inundation the prospects for large crop o.
sugar arc favorable.
A most remarkable phenomenon oc
CURED q few miles below Chattanooga
Tenn, a few days since. The river at thai
point flows into basin seventy five feet deer
and twenty acres In area. On the sfternoor
In question the entire body Of water wa
seen 10 rise six 10 eight feet,s N by volc,ni,
action, and . mass Of sediment which had
accumulated at the bottom arose and float.
ed on. The occurrence is inexplIcable. A
tradition exists that . precisely similar phe.
nomenon occurred In the same place many
years ago.
Two delegates TO colored conven.
tion held at Macon recently got on the train
near Tennille, Ca, and took seats In first.
class coach. They were requested TO 20 In.
10 smother by the conductor, but refused
The Macon Telegraph says Falling in this,
the conductor left the car, and, - he did 20,
the passengers pulled out their pistol. and
gave the delegates two minutes 10 find thu
second-elass car. They found n, and had
half minute spare.
Jefferson City, now the Sixth District
Of the City Of New Orleans, wants 10 seceds
and organize city government Of its own.
Al . public meeting the sentiment wa,
largely In favor of cutting loose from thu
bigger town.
The wife Of Charles Lord, near Mount
Ida, Montgomery County, Ark, was acct.
dentaly killed by her husband few night.
since. Hearing q supposed noise from 1
bear or panther out In the yard, he fired st I
dark object with revolver. II appears Mrs
Lord had preceded him, and grosns . mo.
msnt later revealed that the bullet had On.
tered her body.
Nsichez Is 10 have street cars.
The tea farm In South Carolina prom
iscs we'll, the crop which has recently beer
gathered and cured 10 the approved fashios
ranking IN appearance, quality and nayol
above the average article imported from
China and japan.
Capt. Martin, Of Anderson County
South Carolins, made from one pine on III
place 9,s2o feet Of straight edge and go fee
Of rouFh-edxe lumber.
A negro woman In Warrington
vilkss County, Ca, stilI living. h ~
mother Of thirty .one children. These, witl
her grandchildren, number lis.
A man in Heard County, Ca, hes
e,ndeF 10 years old.
The cotton crop Of the South yield