The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-05-05
The Enst.

drfenteu IN tnu reunsytvunfr v,ruut-T MN
the House has refused to lndorse the meas.
nre making eight hours days work.
Tn. Legislature Of Connecticut has
passed bill creating Board Of Pardons,
consisting Of the Governor, one Judge ofthe
Supreme Court, and four members Of the
Legislature.
A PROPOSITION TO erect statue 10 the late
Peter Cooper, In front Of the Cooper Union,
Is being discussed by the New York Board
Of Aldermen.
The failure Of Herman Kurrman, oi New
York, manufacturer of trimmed hats and
artificial nowers,for $4,000, Is announced.
THE Constitutional amendment permit.
ting the appointment Of women as Justices
Of the Peace and Notaries Public has been
rejected BY the Massachusetts, House.
Is New Haven, Conn, snow to the depth
Of nearly an inch fell on the 2lth. Atother
points In the State there was much
heavier fall.
THE proceedings Of the irish Convention
10 merge the Land into the National League
began IN Philadelphia on the 18th. Presi'
dent MONEYS address was culogistic Of
Parncl and dcnunciatory Of the English
Premier. Twenty-Five female delegates
were In the meeting. Secretary Hynes'
report showed that In the last year p,o,s
had been received; that ,G5,Gj1 had been
sent 10 Ireland for League aud re-
lief purposes, and that hye hundred
and fifty branch Leagues existed In th'
United States aud Canada. Speeches wer'
made hy Brennan and Egan. the latter
stating that while he was Treasurer u th'
League II ,g9o 90 passed through bis hands
Resolutions 10 merge the Land In the Ma
tional League were adopted. The repor'
Of tho Secretary shows that during the yeal
81 new branches were reported 10 the cen
trail Office. There were on the national rol
40 branches, of whose existence the cen
trail ofic. had official knowledge, and 20 ro
known officially. OF the 80 branches New
York had ~, Massachusetts, 40; Con
nrr,icnt, -; Pennsylvania, ~ Iowa, y
New Jersey. 10: Ohio, ~; Missouri, Michi
gan aud Rhode Island. u each; Illinois, II
and New Hampshire, ~
Tus Philadelphia bankers, George '. an
Samuel Work. arrested on the charge q
en,bcrsling ssa,e0 of the funds Of th
Peoples Passenger Railway, gave bail Of
the Ssh.
RosA n, Bob Stewart and Lady Beekmar
,,.,,..t ,,,,,t,,. vryu harmed 10 death n
other night by fire In sol Bonnell's hoss
and stables at Elmira, y. y.
TuE Convention Of the Irish Nations
League assembled In Philadelphia on VI
smh. Their. wrr. /. rs male and forty femal
delegates In attendance. Congressman y
A, Toram, Of Ohio, was made rermsnet
President. A cahls dispatch was receive
from Parnell. giving his reasons for bein
absent frum the gathering, and pieadin
for prudence and moderation. that n
pr,,ish fiovernmen, may find no reason {
crushing out tho National movement
Iceland. The convention adjourned 4
,be dav, after the announcement Of u
usual committees.
TWE stNfN.tnufth nHttfNt'''l
,ahll.hmsnt Of the order of odd'fellows
mi. country was celebrated by members
the order on the sish.
Tus canals of New York State viii op'
May7. ,,
A rnoKrai In New York City named WI
lam Nsesiuif, on the gsth sho, his wife Al
sls.vpsr-old son dad. and then killed hi
ssIf No cause was known for the horrit
deed.
TH organization Of The National LesE
a. Ireland was adopted by the Irish g
xsusion Il philsdelphiseuths the fsth. fhere'
lusions passed mskss ieree srrsiEnmsnt
fnsland'z rule In The Green Isle. They
aorss the farnslslls policy, aaa eseh'
srv referenc~ 70 dynamite ss factor
irish politics. The following were cho-
salc~rss President. Alexander Sullivan.
chlosrs. yIc~-rr<sldent. nsjer bTrns-
cincinusti: Secretary. John ,. Hyn<s.
Buffalo. Al the rlssinx. Mr.. Psrn<i', =
vas si<<=<i Presidents q ~ LsdI
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