The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-20
SOUTHERN ,ILHAsIvGs.

lftfl W I#Hf#HH tHHHtt, ~ hetHa
haeksd u hsls n mttm whils ne haeds
efte Il dinner ttmsfa 80 lsts ths pres
and wsal 70 sleep, sad uraa tesnmlas Nafk
ise hshtsi without showing rimaftfs
whefeabeui', ihfaw In mufe eaiiaa ~ eaas
reie lhs bale, fua the pfess dsvh and
crushed The sleeper 10 death The horrible
discovery was mada when The bsls wss
lAkea aH saa = paftlaH II the slespaf's
elolhinR was seen rfuifudlnr ff1m lhe haIs
A. q ball In lledfafd County, Va, The
oihet night, yonhR ladf named ldeiie
Head said 70 seuli CLAYTON, wha was calling
the ffufes, that be was moi eaiilug correct /.
| " llo made some sharp response, witch
was resented w one NJ Miss flrad's admir-.
crs, Afmstud Bafksdale. The latter called
CLAYTON out and bat words pissed. narks.
dale drew knife. spfant on CLAYTON and
inflicted horrible Fash from the fisht eve
70 The back u The neck, severlns The jugnlsf
vein aud causing immediate death. The
scone In tho ball.roem was rickenlng.
Women IN fancy bal.dressaa falnisd, fall.
Inc Into pools oi blood, and regular melee
followed amnng the partisan. ~ the two
mon. Bafksdale escaped unobscryed. and !,
wandering 10 another part Of the county,
borrowed gun from an acquaintance and
completed The tragedy by shooting himself
through the bowels. lie died shortly after
ward
W, l.. fernold, Collector Of Internal
Revenue ofthe Fourth tva.) District, head.
quarters At DanvIllc. was suspended a few
days ago. A special agent was examining
his hooks. fernod was IN trial Tor lunaey.
A company known as the Wharf lm-
proyemeni Company was the other day or.
ganlzed 10 Galveston, Tex, with an author.
lied capital of 81, go 900. The object Of the
company was TO construct wharves upon
the south side Of the island, the wharyas 20
be supported on iron piers and carried out
TO deep water Tho company had applied at
Austin for charter.
Cleveland capitalists II was reported
had recently organized company to build.
at Chattanooga. Tenn, the largest stove
factory In the South.
Tho other day three Americans, who
had been employed on tho Sunset route al
the Pecos, constructed boat 10 Goat down
the Rio 0rande 10 Eagle Pass, Tex, where
they were again TO obtain work on the Mex.
lean extension Of the Sunset. Opposite 4
point known as Monclovcr vlego the Mexi-
can river guard, intrcpcbed behind a log,
leveled winchesters at them and demanded
their coming TO the Mexican side and sur.
rendering. Being unarmed, they did 20,
and were marched TO pledras NIcgras sfoot
over rough country and Imprisoned. II
was said They had appealed 10 the American
Consul for redress.
Tho Secretary Of tho Treasury 70.
Gently directed the United State. District
Attorney at Nashville, Tenn, 10 take steps
TO recover 500 from J. NJ. Hurst, sgent Of
thu Board Of Publication Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, money received by
Hurst 10 be placed In the Unlted States
Treasury to the credit OF the conscience
fund, instead Of which Il was placed 10 bis
own credit as agent OF the Board Of Publ.
cation, under the impression that the
anonymon, sender meant II 70 be 80 placed.
Eight houses were destroyed by FIRE
At Lebanon, Tenn. the other day.
Tho committee investigating tho 40.
counts Of State Treasurer Polk. whose de-
falcailon and fight from Nashville, Tenn,
was announced few days since, give tab.
ulaied statement OF the amount which should
have been In the Treasury January Cd AZ
nearly 100000. In the safe they found
.bs,,t Sa1 Ooo A.a..gl.. q. 49, -.
ments the banks held on deposit about
500, ,00o. leaving the amount Of the deficit
about s3oo.ooo. Polk was arrested IN Texas
few days ago.
Four-ffths Of the hands employed by
the Galveston, Houston a Henderson Road
al Houston. Tex, quilt work the other dsy
owing 10 reduction In their wages TO sl.2s
by the newly installed Road Master.
The Memphis Mutual Aid Society, tho
last Of the matrimonial Institutions IN Mem.
phs, Tenn, suspended business tho other
day.
Two electric-llght companies Il was
said lately were soon 10 hsv competitive
exhibition At Louisville, the loser 70 pay
1900 for expenses and give n 900 10 the
Polytechnic Society Of Kentucky.
A silver spike was driven tho other
day on Tho Mexican Pacific Railroad extsn.
sion, eonnecting II with the Southern Pacific
and giving direct limo from San Francisco
10 New Orleans.
John Morgan (whitc), an alleged
notorious desperado, horss.thIef and mur.
derer, was shot and killed willis resisting
arrest. four miles south Of Pleasant HIIi,
DE Soto Parish. La, the other day. II was
said that q short time sincs be shot down
and ruihlessly murdered Ia cold blood, In
MIndsn. Webster Parish, two coIored men,
without the slightest proyocation, and made
his escape. lie had previously burned .
barn. murdered man 10 Texas. and stolen
q number Of horses and mules. A posse
headed By an officer attempted his eapturs,
when be fired upon them, moftally wounds
Ing Mr.. John furiow, reputsbIe citizen Of
De sois, who was aiding In bis arrest. Two
Of Morgan's comrades named Duke Crump
and Jim Rigby, who wsrr with him II the
time. were secured and Jailed.
A poor white woman and her three
small children we're found . few daY. ago
frozen 10 dssih IN The woods, twenty miles
above Atlanta, Ga. The woman and one
child we're stone dead In the snow. and the
other two children were rsspinx In the last
zgonles Of death. Their names were un-
known, aud no one knows whence thsy
came or wbsrs they ware EoinT. Tbsy usre
rfafhad In faas and ihsIr failures Unrs
pInched a. II from long suffering from hum
ger.
Marcus q Son, Mobile, Ala, failed.
Mortgages for si7,ooo,ooo we're re-
Gently recorded In South Carolina by the
Carolina. cumbcrlsnd Gap 4 Chicago Kosd.
formed b. The consolidation of slx roads,
which II vas said uas intended 10 compiets
track from Aiken nerthward Into Ken
tueky.
Al George II. IIayman's turpentine
farm, twenty mile. from Dsrien, "a,
negro entered the house while the family
were Il dinner the otber day and shot Hay.
man N The abdomen. Haymsn tnocksd
vhs negro down. took The pistol and shot
him dead.
Eddleman q Bowie, leather dealers,
failed feesnilT >. AilsHss, o..
A tract Of hity acres In the Calumet,
viva, region wss rseeHily ssld for fsa.ma,