The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-11-10
EpgTOME Of THE WEEK.
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Interesting News Compilation


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HurshisfsspssrT Tngapsos,t thief Inspect.
sf Il the Hallway Mall service, msds III. an.
nuai TsruFt o. she Bth uit., which gives
The HusHinf n ronlea n1w In operation A
go, esyefing ionEgT miles u railroad. The
total nuffler u frgisiereI aftlcIe. handled
N The mails dhrinK The y.,ar Va. io,la0;li
and Tho eaflmaied total !.os Gg1, fherr
wefr reccNed sl.iia Complaints Of depre.
natiohs IN ofdInar. mail matter, and a..
~ ~ ersllnas letters, During The wear
''s f"s'-cflse"s were hurRlarlyedl 90 post.
sdlces we're bsirnedI ~ highway fobhcflrs
were commistssil n mails we're destroyed
IN railroad accidents, 10 mails wsre lost
Wy carriers, and Is mails were stolen from
depots and siatloua.
THE Utah Commissioners submitted
their report 10 tho Secretary of tho lnterI.
vr ON thr nth nit, IN which they declare
that unless tho Territorial Legislature
shall adopt laws looking TO The extlrpa.
tionof polygamy tho Commission will he
prepared 70 recommend TO Congress tho
most stringent enactments compatible
with the limitations Of the Constitution
which may be considered necessary for the
suppression Of so great an evil
DURING October tho coinage Of the
United States Mints wns 81 ,35o,9li,of which
! u ,050,o30 were silver dollars.
A SPECIAL order was issued by tho war
Department on the 3lst ult. appointing &
court Of inquiry 10 investigate the cause
OF the failure Of the Greedy rellef expedi
tlon.
GENERAL Phil SHERIDAN assumed tho
chief command OF the United States Army
ON the lst, General Sherman retiring.
The Secretary Of War received Genera
sherman's last annual report on the LIST
which shows that the army consists o
2,li3 officers aud 1895 men. The Genera
CONSIDERS Crooks Apache campaign a sue
cess, and said the Indians were substan
TALLY eliminated from the problem Of tn
army. He considers our military school
among the best In the world, thinks IN
transcontinental railways have settled th
Indian question for all time, and renew
the recommendation that the stronges
military posts be enlarged and the mino
ones be abandoned.
THE public.debt statement for October
as follows: Total debt dncluding interest
Sl,S75,s5i, ,23s. Cash In Treasury, 1891, ,3i7
SOL. Debt, less amount In Treasury, Si,5ii
bo0,737. Decrease during the month, $40
30i,70s. Decrease since June 30, 1888
S39,5si,i70.
N. c. MCFARLAND, Commissioner Of u
General Land Office, In his annual repo
issued on the lst states that l9,030,T0 acrI
" public lands and 3o9.235 acres OF India
lands were disposed OF during the yea
for which Sil,Ii3,ss3 was received. He re
commended thcrepeal OF he.Pre-cmption Al
Timber.Cultu laws, and the amendme
Of the Homestead law, and said that mu'
valuable timber.land on the Pacific Goa
. was being taken up by persons hired {
that purpose.
1T Is shown by statistics OF the u
versal Postal Union that the United Stat
, ranks first in the number ofpost-ofIlccs al
Of newspapers conveyed, and Great Br
ain In tho number Of letters.
The aymaster.ceneral OF the Arm
made his annual report to the Secretary
War on the ID. IL shows tho receipts
the last fiscal year 10 have been l5,iQ0, 81
disbursements, sl3, ,i6i. Since tho II
. report Ave officers Of the pay dcpartms
have been retired, having attained the a
of sixty.four, one died, and one was d
missed for misappropriation of the pub
funds.
THRouGHouT tho United States and q
ada the business failures during the sew
days ended on tho "a numbered ?
against 800 the previous week. The dist
button was as follows: New England Stat
IL 10; Middle, 90; Western, %; Southern,
4 Pacific States and Territories, o.; Cana
- and the Provinces. 81.