The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-04
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WIZ i'INI" VIII fN wv WV
fulhF Concert
A Methodist ~mmp meeting is
puing pn nonf OKfnfd
Gronyillc viii ship 100 tons
NJ inio fibre next lll
Cofinth is making nm effort Ia
establish n cotton fnciofy
Ocean Springs hna q cplorcd man
six feet and six inches high
The lein law has been IN the
state statute seventeen years
4 IIund,boro man sod HE melon
patch on The spot Tor $500 cash
Miss snllic stoddard has been
appointed post.mistrcss Mt Green
wood.
At Macon on The 9th ult light.
ming struck several trees and
houses.
Cholera il killing hogs by whole.
sale IN the eastern part Of Calhoun
county.
The Corinth iron works are con.
stantly busy, employing thirty.
five laborcrs.
The late circuit court Of Alcorn
county sent three conyicts 10 the
pcnitcntiary.
In Washington county many
fields Of corn will yield fifty bush
els "a the acre.
W. W. Robinson, Of Ripley, pays
500 pound for all the ginseng
root he can buy.
Judge Green G.. Chandler and
son will establish 4 Jersey cattle
lhiul Nv tpIIliNHs
A Starkville boy, nine months
old, has eight teeth, two Of them
being jaw teeth.
The United States Court at Ok.
ford has adjourned until the rcgu-
lar term in December.
y. 8. Fort, Of 0ktibbeha county,
madc $40 in one month selling
butter from his dairy.
Tho Methodist and Baptist
churches OF Caseyyillc rejoice in
new and handsome organs.
In portions of East Mississippi
drouth has almost rhincd the corn
crop aud is injuring cotton.
Senator George is in New York
attending n meeting Of the Senate
Committee on Education and La
bor.
Tho State Board Of Health is
spending $500 n month 10 stamp
out smallpox in the northern part
of Warren county.
In ono portion Of Noxubeo coun-
~ cotton caterpillars are so MI
merous that one passing on the
road can smell them.
Near Mayersvillc on the 2Sth
ult. during a storm n canoe con.
tanning ten cplored men capsized,
drowning five Of them.
A street.pcddler named Brush
has astonished Ripley by "playing
beautiful pieces with a couple Of
sticks, representing a violin and
bow
Green Draper, Of Madison coun.
", was thrown from n mule and
killed, a few day. ago. the body
being caught in the plow-gcar and
shockingly mangled.
For the months Of April. May
and June the Auditor collected
sl2 500 on account Of lands pur
chased and redeemed from tn,
State for non-payment Of taxes.
DR.. r. II. Cook and his son
Newett, charged with the murdel
Of NJ. |. Cole in Warren county
have been admitted to bail: Oh,
former in the sum Of $1,000 an,
the latter s2,0D0.
After a session Of four days, III,
Democratic Convention Of Oh,
Fifth District at Lexington on IN,
2Sth ult nominated 4. =. Noel. @
Holmes comfy, for District ttor
ney on the roth ballot.
T.. NJ. Griffin, II Kinds county
Is charged with forging the will q
his uncle aud namesake; he wa
arrested and gave n bond Of $1,000
but when the case was called. faile,
10 appear and could not be found.
W. T. Pound, Of Verona,
charged with forgery and has civ
en- q thousand-dollar bond he Oh
tanned $500 from n New Orlcan
merchant upon a note with N
forged signature Of his uncle, Col
". NJ. Pound.
For six months NJ this year end
ing July LIST the sales Of meat b.
a leading firm nj Tupclo amour
10 $1,000 ~ against $4,000 for tn
same time last year; the sam
ratio Of decrease In the sale {
meat will apply 10 ninc-tenths {
the towns In the State.
!. The Meridian Stock Breeder
Fair Association has been rcorrar
ised, about 1900 moro stock take
and arrangements are being mad