The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-10-20
The East.

On the West Shore Road, near Macedon,
N. Y, q. Enright and three unknown ltal.
inns were killed outright on the sth by a
premature blast, and five other men were
seriously injured.
THE fruit trade along the Hudson River
was said on the Sth 10 far surpass that Of
previous years. Between FIVE hundred
and six hundred tons Of grapes were being
shipped 10 New York daily.
THE bi.centennial celebration of the first
settlement In America OF German colonies,
at Germantown, Pa, was celebrated on the
Sth In several Of tho large cities In the
country.
SIMON MACK & Co., OF New York, whole.
sale clothiers, have failed for 100000.
OK the Boston g. Lowell Road locomo.
tive, from which the engineer and fireman
had jumped, upon colliding with freight
train, ran OF itself distance Of Ave miles
into the Lowell depot few days ago, and
dashing down into cekar beneath the ex.
press office, killed Mary Euter.
The American womsn's Suffrage Asso-
citation met In fourteenth annual session
on the 9TH, In Brooklyn, N. Y. with large
delegations from all over the country.
NEAR Growers Hill, Conn, "Spring-
hurst" the summer residence Of Thomas
W. Pearsali, New York banker, was
burned few days ago. Loss, $4,000.
On the 10th six children Of John Stouffer,
Of Llgonier. Pa, were poisoned by eating
weeds, two fatally.
A NOTORIOUS inmate of the fall nt Ian.
caster, Pa, named Ike Buxzard, locked the
Waterman In cell on the 10th, released
eleven long.term companions, and all
made their escape.
A STEAMER made In imitation Of the
Maid Of the Mist ran tho lower rapids al
Niagara on the 10th, remaining ten minutes
In the whirlpool.
The Prohibitionlsts Of New Jersey have
nominated Rev. Solomon Parsons for Gov
ernor.
THg Western Union Telegraph compa
ny made it, annual report on the 10th
which showed that the company had i32,
i2s miles Of wire and 2,9i7 Offices. During
the year i0,gsi, III messages were handled
the receipts from which werc Sig, g,i5i, 900
against s11. .ili, ,ig5 last year. The expenses
for the year were sii. ,553, leaving a no
profit Of s7,eD,sis.
Ufos being told few evenings ago by
friend that he had heard Of her death, Mis-
Jennie Noon, OF Scranton, Pa, fell into
swoon and died the next morning.
The sessions of tho Woman Suffrag
Convention, at Brooklyn, N. ". closed nj
the 18th. May u. Clay, Of Kentucky, wa
elected President. Resolutions were adopt
ed that Congress and the State Legislature
BE- petitioned for constitutional amend
ments granting suffrage 10 women.
Tar United States Senate sub Commit
tee on Labor aud Education met at Maj
chester, N. H., on the 18th. Colon'
Thomas Lvermorc, agent Of the Amol
keag Mills, testified that the mills turne
out annually about m,ooo.oo) yards {
cloth, al cost Of between s5,0)o,0o0 an
sg.0popoo. The cost Of labor was abou
thirty per cent. OF the total cost Of th
goods, or about si,5aopoo. The America
operatives, he said, numbered one nfth ,
all employed. and were the bes, operl
tives. Tho operatives were not Disco
tented. lie did not believe there was
labor union in Manchester, though man
efforts had hsen made 10 establish then
There had not been q general strike
thirty years.
The miners employed by the Rochest'
& Pittsburgh Railroad Company at ID
, bois. Pa, were on strike on the 18th, a.
through the uss Of brass bands a.
various terrifying devices had hullslor'
the whole region. Trouble was anti
pated.
WHILE on his way recently 10 jail Isa'
Ianss, q convicted incendisry. jump
from an express train near McHipelis
VT. which was going a the rate Of for
miles an hour. hus was captured unhurt.
TanoueHorr Maine extreme cold wess
er prevailed on the ieth. and several Inch
Of snow were reported IN the northe'
| part.