The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-05-27
SOUTHERN GLgAyISGs


sifsHKrf ftathtd ~ ihwH II lhe afefHHsh
sHf iftlInx W. asted ~ No aawn IN . esl
iAee A fee minutes aiisfwafa NJ handed
W. lsdf psstfss telling heF " wsa hats n
he diei soun sflefwstd Ne was iauna IL
ihe foofn dsad, hAvlnf severed hla Iuanlsi
ttln VITA small poeksi haIfs, The paek
ase was faHni u contain lol0 IN uuffensY
Thefs Il ~ ,lew n NJ. identity, iisihoaehl
he ia Mleblsah min, anl hIlled himself
while under Temporary abeffaiiea si mind
FROM extreme psln,
A correspondent writing from II'eko
~ VALLEY, l'nloh County, Tenn. isli. ofiwe
young ladIea living In that vicinity who he
thiuhs deserve special mention. One Il Ms.
safsh Lett, who weighs gb7 pounds, aud The
other her sister, Miss iuclndi lett, who
weighs 81 pounds These women ara fs-
nafkably strong aud healthy, performing al
Minds of outdoor labor, swinging the nv
aud using the maltock aud hoe n we'll as
stout men. They raised last year 100 bush.
els of corn besides large crops " wheat ,oais,
aud hay. They have mother and two sls.
ters living.
On the petition Of q wealthy citizen oi
New orleans, the publisher. of u pictorial
weekly were recently eniolned from asnIl.
Ing him by order OF Judge Fighter. The
offenders repeated their assaults, and were
Jailed Tor contempt. An appeal 10 the su.
preme Court caused decision IN their IA.
yor. Judge Fcnner stating that no court In
England or America had In modern times
issued general order 10 prevent publlca.
| tlon by n newspaper.
The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune says that
Capt. Sam Ellis and W. S. whtchurst
went down the bay recently and succeeded
In capturing one OF those huge monsters
known as aovilIlsh, near Point Pincllas.
Capt. Ellis says that he had \ six hours
chase after striking II with lily Iron. The
head and tail were brought up to town.
The mouth Is three feet wide, and the cap
tain says that the Ash was eighteen or
twenty feet across. II was the intention Of
Capt. Ellis to skin him, but before tho fsh
could be towed TO shore the sharks had fed
30 ravcnously on II as to defeat the purpose.
It's estimated weight was between two
thousand and three thousand pounds.
The Birmingham (Ala.) Age says;
"About 5000 In gold Is coined every day,
or sl,oOo,0o0 annually, not from the Govern.
mcnt mint, but from the blast furnaces IN
birmingham, In the shape Of pig Iron, (which
Il melted from the everlasting hills Of Jeffer.
son County, the generous soil Of which
yields also each year three-quarters Of mil.
lion more In diamonds, not the gems thai
sparkle upon the brow Of beauty, but black
diamonds, which serve the more useful pur.
pose Of driving the wheels Of commerce and
industry"
A man named Andrew Allen, residing
In Fayette County, Ala, separated from BIZ
wife for several months past, recently visited
her at her mothers house and deliberately
shot and killed her. A brother Of the woman
entered the house fcw moments later. and
seeing his sister lying dead upon tho floor,
fired double. .barreled shotgun. Allen lei
dead by the side OF his wife. His slayer sur
rendered TO the police. yn.
The colored troops Of Georgia are tc
20 into encampment At Macon In June
About fifteen companle, are expected 10 70
port to the camp.
Some Of the finest walnut trees In thu
mountains Of North Carolina have been solo
at $40 each just as they stand In the woods
the purchasers rcserying the privilege Il
take than away within certain number o.
years.
Memorial Day was observed at Co
lumbia, s. c., with unabaied interest Th'
graves OF Confederate soldiers were deco
rated by children, under the supervision o.
committees Of ladies'. Business was sus.
pended and the church bells were tolIed.
The Wilmington Star claims that The
people OF North Carolina have never ye
elected Governor who was not native o.
the State. One Governor was born abroad
but he was elected by tho Legislature.
The yield OF wheat and oats In South
Carolina and Georgia will be larger thIi
year than any since the war.
Pensacola, Fla, win soon have on
establishment for creosotlng timber. Al
timber Of this kind now used In that city
comes from Paseagoula, Miss, and as much
as $40 apiece has been paid for ereosoled
piings.
W. X. Bickerstaff, Of Mount Hilliard
Ala, recently took his family 10 . travelling
photographer TO have their pictures taken,
when the little 7-year.old son got hold o.
some poisonous mixture, drank Il, and died
In two hours.
Virginia @. Penny, Of Louisville, I
lady Of fne literary abilities, has been ssn'
TO the lunstic asylum Of Kentucky. On,
brother, navy lieutenant. Is In an Insane
retreat In Pennsylvania, and another, DR..
Penny, killed himself with revolver.
One Of the most extensive rice-plant
or. near Georgetown, 8. c., has planted BIZ
entire crop this year by machinery. So rap
Id has been the germinaiion and growth o.
the rics that II IL now being hoed. This 4
said 10 be perhaps the frat instance In soutl
CarolIna, N not In the entire south, In which
4 whole rico crop has been planted with ma
chimes.
The whipping-post was established
the oshsr day 81 Lexington, K., BY oon'
seut Of colorsd man named Eph Woods,
who stole goods from D. v. Dawson. Go I,
jall or take cowhidiax was The punishment
for the negro, and he chose the latter.
lie uushIrsed himself and took forty lashs'
on The back, drawing The blood freely.
Cicero Collins has been arrested Il
KIngstou, n. q, for the murder of four
ycar-old child.
Growing crops and fruit trees At Eu
taw, Ala, were nearly entirely destroyed b.
. severe hall storm few days ago.
| Monster sharks enter the Savannah
During the month Of April 3s, 100 90
pounds Of ore passed over the Nashville |
Chattanooga Railroad through Csassasoog.
Tenn., and sinoe Jan. I, 1891. -, ,ooo, %
have passed over the fosd.
i Arkansas has i25 newspapers IN,
periodicals, consisting Of no wssklies, eIxh
dsiliss, shrssssmi. mouthliss and two month
lies.
Judge Clark Howell, ous Of the be-
and most prsninens mes n ossrxia. died I
tis residences In Atlassa, . few days axo
He was 70 ysau old. aad bed bssa m 70
several years.
Charlosts, N. G., has . man with ssv
snseen childrsu by one wife.
| An snterpraing and dsvous citizen o
Aslsnsa, Ga. issssds hsvIse kis hsuss en-
ss<fsd wifk Ne church By ielepkoss, )
| ~ = usy heas fha sefmous uIfkous Isov