The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-31
EPITOME or THE WEEK.
Interesting News Compilation


lff1Hstfi9s T. n tHaseaslan n the eafy
n'rHflnient regarding the slaklng sf ne
United hiases Steamer Ashuslts. In Chinese
waters, That warrants the trial by eouri.
martial u smman1ef Mullen. whn was In
her charge at the time of the disaster.
II vas feeealiy declared hy Tho Director
of The United States Stint that There was
only one culn oi the United States INA, was
IN strict compliance with the law. That
coin be said was the go gold piece. An
lhe others had something on them which
the law did not authorize, ~ they lacked
someihlng which the law required.
An order has been issued by tecrctary
Chandler 70 the effect that eight hours
shall constitute days labor In tho navy.
yards.
ON the Goth the President appointed
George II. Gage United stntca Judge for
the Southern District of Ohio, rice William
White, deceased.
THE failure 10 provide IN tho post.ofllce
Appropriation bill for the payment ~ the
Increase Of salaries makes tlsc bin passed.
by the forty.sevonth Congress rcadjusting
the salaries Of postmasters imperative.
The Interior Department received ad.
vices on the 2lst that complete anarchy
prevailed throughout the Creek reservation,
III consequence OF the nnim0sities existing
between the two factions Of the tribe. A
demand was made for Governmental inter.
ference.
GENERAL BRADY concluded his testimony
In bis own behalf IN the Star.route trial on
the 2lst, and General Sherman was called
ms witness for the defense, and spoke In
general terms In favor of the establishment
Of mail.routes in the Territories.
On. SOLOMON, disciple of Pastcur, has
been invited by the Commissioner Of Agri.
culture to conduct his experiments rclnt.
ing TO the germ theory OF disease under the
auspices Of the Agricultural Bureau. The
Commissioner is hopeful that farmers In
the United States will find incubation ef.
fectual In preserving their live stock from
disease.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has directed the sus.
pension Of Judge T.. j. Conger, Associate
Justice Of the Territory Of Montana, against
whom charges Of drunkenness and gambling
have been preferred
The United States Treasury contained on
the 2lst a total of S9COeO,37o, Of which
$50, 0,$6,G37 was gold, slO1 ,l33, al silver, and
the remainder United States notes.
The receipts from Internal Revenue from
July I, 1882, to March q, isS9, were sliG,.
10000, nm excess Of s2,2OO,0OO over the re.
ceipts for the corresponding period the pre-.
ceding year.
An opinion has been rendered by Judge
Lawrence, OF the Treasury Department,
that the provision In the new Tax and
Tariff bill for rebate upon manufactured
tobacco and snuf does not extend to
dealers.
An order has been issued by the Commits.
sioner Of the General Land Ofice opening
TO settlement and entry under the Home.
stead laws the lands withdrawn for, but
not needed In the final adjustment Of, the
grant made to tho State OF Arkansas In aid
OF the Little Rock s Fort Smith Railway.
IT was recently discovered that no effort
has ever been made by the Bureau Of Agri.
culture TO gather statistics relative TO
trichinH In pork.
DURING the seven days ended on the 22d
there were in5 business failures IN the
United States and Canada, decrease Of
thirty as compared with those Of the pre-.
ccding seven days.
THE income Of the United States Govern.
ment under the new Tax and Tariff bill the
n 1t fiscal year will, iti estimated, amount
70 So, 100000, against siO3, 10000 this year.
The vignctte Of Washington will, II II
said, BE- placed Oh the new two-een, postage
stamp, with a neat border, instead Of
picture Of General Grant. The latter had
objected to his likeness being used, not
only on this but previous occasion, when
the late Marshall lowell desired TO use his
vignette on the hye-cent stamp.