The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-05-26

West aud seuth.
/ 4 rYuLnsE DESTROYED tws churches. N,
sehn'lshease and several feaIdsnres 4
Hpuihroft, Init, few days ago. In ~
adtnlhlnR country several fafnilhsuaes a.
tnaHt tfsus and faness wefs blown dawu
fwssfsrutH hauses and the rraaly
tetian rhaFuh were destroyed lrv afs 4
iaftudsitiFT. Nv, fee nighis $50.
4 puHisa ~ attempt few nights ago /,
rnl the store n liurehafd a Ialkt, 4
lrfne, ho,,a n son If NJ. iinrciiard, wbs
discovered the burglars, was shot dead
one Of the robbers was afierward Liilet
aud The other was lynrhed.
A CONVENTION of the Ohio brewers AM
Maltsters' Association was held at cieve
land on the 18th and resolutions wer,
passed denunciatory u the Rrott Law
aud empowering their President 90 e,n
pioy counsel 10 test the statute In N,
Ohio Supreme Court II was also voted
that every brewer and maltster, at al
elections, should support candidates mol
pledged 10 enact laws destructive Of theft
business.
Tnr little daughter Of Jeremiah Hess, Of
Canton, o., was choked to death few
evenings ago by grain Of corn lodging IL
her throat.
JQ. A. WARD, Of New York, has been
chosen as artist by tho Garfield Monument
Committee of the Army Of the Cumberland
at Cincinnati, and he has been authorized
to proceed with the monument, at q cost
not to exceed $4,000. A committee would
visit Washington TO select a site for the
monument.
DECISION was recently made by thu
Supreme Court Of Missouri, In suit
brought by resident of NJ. Louis 70 re.
strain the teaching Of foreign languages
and the arts and sciences In the public
schools, and to prevent the expenditure Of
school funds for the instruction Of children
under six years OF age, that the Board Of
Directors Of the public schools IL the sole
Judge, subject to legislative direction. of
what shall be tsight in the public schools,
but that II is contrary 10 the State Consti.
tuition TO pay out money for the education
OF children under six years age.
A REPORT recently made by tho Sccre.
tary Of the Kansas State Board Of Agri.
culture states that the farmers Of that
state now hold over five million bushels Of
old wheat and over thirty.scven million
bushels Of old corn.
REPRESENTATIVES, NJ. q. BEEsos, OF the
Indiana Legislature, committed suicide on
the 10th at his residence near Richmond,
by cutting his throat with penknife.
Dependency over his wife's hopeless III.
ness was assigned as the cause.
TuE jury In the case OF Phil D. Thomp-
son, Jr., who shot Walter Davis near liar.
rodsburg, KY, q short time since, rem.
dered a verdict OF not guilty on the 10th.
GREAT damage was done by tornado In
Coventry, NJ. T., a few days ago to dwell
ings, etc. Six men were injured, one NOR.
tally.
The International Young MEMS Chris.
tian Association, In session at Milwaukee
on the 10Th, elected Charles l.. Colby, Of
Milwaukee, rs President.
punsh, nhs t6Ss's t6s seSai.aihefs iofmsd an Anal.
gamated Association for the United States
similar In design 10 that Of the iron aud
steel workers.
A BILL giving women the right 10 vote
at school, town and city elections, passed
the Michigan House on the 10th.
The heavy storm In Western Missouri a
few days ago caused great loss in cattle
by drowning. The rivers were very high
on the 10th, and many bridges had been
washed away.
TBRouoHour Northern Ohio heavy
frost prevailed on tho morning of the 18th.
The death Of Charles v. Kring, who
gained notoriety by thrice escaping the
gallows for numbering Dora Broemster At
NJ. Louis, and a short time ago was released
on bail under a decision Of the United
States Supreme Court, occurred a few days
ago Of Internal hemorrhage.
BEroRg being executed at Pittsboro,
Miss, Henry Fleming, few days ago at-
tempted 10 cut his throat on the scaffold,
but tho wound was dressed. and he was
hanged In the regular way. His neck was
broken by the fall
THE extensive iron mills Of Brown. Bon
nell 4 Co., Of youngstown, o., which have
been idle since February, started mp on
the 18th, and would be kept In continuous
operation unless the threatened June
strike takes place.
/ J. PRocroR knott was nominated fof
Governor by the Kentucky Democrats
Convention on the nth. Tho platform
after indorzing the principles enunciaisc
by the national convention Of 1870, pledges
libersli,y toward the public schools, ant
recommends the calling Of convention b
amend the State Constitution so that !
shall be more In accord with the spirit d
| the times.
BY the sinking Of the tug Wilson, fron
baltimore for the Rappahannock River. OF
the nth, its crew Of seven men wer'
drowned.
In was claimed on the 18th by the Rspub
ilcans In the Charleston tW. Val Con
gressIonai District that Brown had bsel
elected over Snyder for Congress by an,
majority.
DKzisoH, Tex. was visited BY
cyclone on the 18th, which d.
moli.hed the Baptist Church an
several ether buildings. Ths wife Q
Iee MrMnrty wa. killed by falling timler'
Al Mineral Wells number Of houses wer
also wrecked. Five houses at Valparaiso
Seb., wer. also destroyed by q cycions
and number Of persons were injured, iw
fatally.
JkRK Duss was acquitted by jury !
Chicago on the 18th Of the murder Of jaime
Elliott, tho pugiliss, Of New fcrk.
o. the evening Of The 18th eyclon
swept over Northern Illinois and soather
Wisconsin, causing great devastation an
loss Of life. The storm struck the nortl
western portion Of Racine about seve
O'clock. destroying about one hundred an
nfty houses and fifty barns, killing t~sn'
people or more, and causing serious injur
20 about one hundred persons, many |
whom wouid not recover.
A GALE on the Issh blew down shirtss
sheds connected with the Interstate VI
position Building, on the LAKE front, Oh
csro, and fivs men we're seriously iniurr
THs other night twenty.fear persoI
! we're poisoned 81 . church festival In Chs
tsnocea, Tenn, none fatally.
IN Georgia two exscusions occurred |
~ ism. Henry knight feolorsd1 VI
hanged a Waycress for she murder Of 2
ward Hunter. and Joseph Jones. a Le
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