The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-07-15
SOUTHERN GIEAvIvGs.

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N NJ fies lha 80 ehl IN August aad ihs
ltfi N september isst sfssua 'eni 10 younf
,hsmf slmest immediately. A. ususl, sttn
and shesp wefa passHfsa On u. I,ul N NJ
s'anefs whefu lhe rlsulefs hsd more good
psslufsNe lhah they neeard, wnef wss
turned on iht held fof the pufpuss N Mn.
M The dfep FIes TIVE long contained warm
weather forced Ah extraordinary efuwIh.
producing ssesHa efpp. msklas from Ten
70 hfiefn bushels Of excellent rice, which
ns'Ie good simrIss n rsafIg sfsIu. slIrhu,
reduced IN slte. II T. IIksly ~ much a. nss
thousand Bushels wss saved, and pefhsp.
more"
A family Of negroes living In The bend
cf the river. q short distance from shubuts,
Miss, placed their Infant In eafs Of some
children, among them eIfI of some sixe. Il
seems they vent Into Tho woods 10 pisy, and
becoming tired Of the baby. and wishing "a
rid themselves VI it, demands for attention,
broke IL neck with sticks and threw Tho
body Into slough near by. when they 70.
turned home, later, the child was inquired
for, and several conflicting stories were
told, which led 70 suspicion. The larger girl
was taken out, and. by means Of threats Il
shoot or beat 10 death. was forced TO con-
fcssion.
The Augusta Nees says " Georgia has
q mInc Of wealth far greater In value thar
her gold fields Ia her timber growth. II sh,
only utilities Il properly. seventeen thou
sand million feet OF timber al the present
market value. on shIpboard At any Of ou
ports, would represent = capital Of $780,
900, 900, and certainly, II tho lumber intercs
(which has advanced nearly 100 per cent.
In value 10 the last few years. while lumber
has advanced only % per cent during Oh,
same timc) Is worth an equal amount, thl
would make the total value Of these tws
great sources of wealth xIoo.0o0,000, whlcl
sum far exceeds the total valuation put up.
on oil the property Of every kind IN th,
State. Still. we venture to say, that In th'
list Of our taxable property the lumber In
tcrest Is almost the smallest Ia valuation"
Tho United States garrison at For
Barrancas, near Pensacola, Fla, will no
leave for other quarters during the sum.
mer, as has been the case usually hereto.
fore.
The grapes grown by the Georgis
Wine Company, at Cuthbert, will this yea
make twenty thousand rallops OF wine, tn
full capacity OF the works.
It Is stated that for every ten hogs
heads extracted from the sugar cane elevcl
hogsheads are lost, because no adequate
machinery has been devised for crushing
the cane and extracting the rich juics there
from. Tho assertion comes from the YER!
highest authority on matters appcrtainin
TO the sugar culture that our planters los
900 hogshcads q year by the waste, Al
amount representing 50, 900 per annum
A wonderful spring which exists 4
Coffee County Alabama, is a cure for al
diseases Of the skin, and the dne white san
sent up by the bubblIng waters is said :
cure the worst cases Of dyspepsiA.
Kaolin Is being used on the Sout
Carolina Railway with great succsss.as
covering for boilers. II IL mixed with plar
ter Of Paris In the proportion Of two parI
Of the former TO one OF the latter, 1ute be
Ing mixed with IL instead Of hair, which
destroyed by the heat. II Is said TO proven
loss OF heat much more effectually than th
ordinary wood tagging, while the greasy ma
ture Of the kaolin preserves the Iron froI
corroslon, at the same time having no chem
lcal action upon II.
II Is reported that there Is great ID
mand for merIno bucks In Western Texa.
The present Is an excellent tins 10 send theI
there, a. the owners Of sheep are well sup
piled with money.
A moccasin snake eight feet long wa
kiIled at Yaxoo City, Miss, the other even
Ing.
| While William Carter was hunting !
the great San Pedro Swamp, Florida, n
Gently, he heard noise 10 front Of BIZ
and started In the direction OF II, when b
came upon a human skeleton. lie was I
badly frightened that he len IN great hast
Mr.. Carter told the citizens Of Mosley Hal
and about thirty Of them went down INF
the swamp. found the skeleton, and brougl
Il back with them. A bed Of pine tops ",
found about thirty feet from where II Ia,
DIR. Blake, after examining the skull, pre-
nouneed It that Of . negro woman.
George Allen, . machinlst In the ON
ploy Of the South a North Alabama Raj
road, al Birmi neham. died from the cffecl
Of chloroform few days ago. The deesass
had besn suife ring greatly from toothach
for some time. An Intellectual attemI
was made to extract tho tooth. The denti'
was opposed 10 administration Of chlort
form. and refused 10 take the responsible,
Two prominent physicians were called Ia
and the chlorofoFm was administered b
them. Evsry precausion was taken, but !
vain.
Immense herds Of cattle are bein
concentrated neat Tampa, Fla.
The planting Of sweet potatoes Is
order Throughout South Florida
There are one thousand Indians "
In the Everglades Of Florida. They spe1
their own language, but are civilized. friend
~ and honest.
The ladies Of New Orleans are sbos
organizing an association for the PROMOTE
Of silk culture IN LouisIauA
Flames swept away the Courthous
st Magnolia. Miss. fsw days ago, with .
the rccards and papers.
Morgan Hamilton. . negro who WI
accused Of numbering Miss saiIns Bsntos
Of BoonesIIle. Miss, was shot dead Ia
aeId by party of eight msa few De,
ago.
A curious freak Of nature 10 be sec
IN owen.boro. Ky.. l. . e.taipa brsse
growing out ef the side Of Isrxs Ioeu'
tree.
The Florida cattle trade l. brisk.
John Lyons, Of New York, . me
chant, died IN The oreenvills %. c. jan Il
other day. Of Too much whisky. Ne M
sobersd up from > big sprse. and hs vi
told him n he ever eet drunk sxaia Il
would leave him. Last week he started I
another tear. ard. true 70 her word. nr
Lyons went hack 70 New Yerk, and the ne
ssy he dIed Ia prfsoa.
Judge Honikan. Of Memphis, fiss
Charles siasss 500 ssd s>ss him 70 !,
foe twenty dars for attempting 10 pa'
he jury n he mudllnssf embsfxlsue