The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-03-10

Burglars at Howe station, Tex, after
preparing a snfe fnf explosion few days
pgn, piled sack, NJ coffee about II aud
wrapped ihcm In wet cloths. TNp doors
were thus blown on. aud no one was
alarmed hy lho nnlsc
Dr John NJ Duke. one of tho nhlcst
physicians In Kentucky, died Al Maysyile
recently, Of oipnply'ls
Samuel o. Fowler, n veteran ot tho
successful struggle of Texas for lndcpcnd-
enco, died In Louisville, ky,, few days
ago.
W. II. II. Holly was arrested near tho
Arkansas line and taken to shreveport, La,
the other day, charged with robbing the
mail coach between shreveport aud Mludcn
on the g7lh oi last July. lie was also
charged with hofsc.sicalinH In He'll County,
Ten, some time In 1871, aud wa. arrested
then but escaped from tho sheriff while en-
route 10 that county.
John Stump, Of Preston County, w.
Va, recently died 1T the age oi slxly.clght,
About fourteen years ago, while physician
was probing FOR roach which had erawlod
into the ear Of the deceased, u sharp piece
~ steel was broken on the point Of the In
strumcnt and lodged in his ear, tho effect
Of which finally resulted In death.
Orange City. Fla, claims a popula.
ton Of one thousand. ono real estate agent
made sales 10 the amount Of $4,000 In ono
month recently.
In the Opera.house at Galveston,
Tex, the other night, apI,tol which dropped
from tho pocket Of Sheriff Blakely killed G.
u. Douglass. Of Crockett.
A few days. ago n lunatic In tho
Memphis trebn.l city Station set his cell
on hrc and was fatally burned. The fame.
communicated TO tho roof and four prisoners
escaped.
The Texas Legislature has passed n
resolution to purchase the old Alamo build.
Ing and grounds nt San Antonio for the State,
at $50 600 Tho Governor, Attorney -0en.
eral, and the Commissioner Of Insurance.
Statistics and History arc appoIpted com.
mission 10 make the purchase and secure
the title, and also 10 appropriate 5000 for
Ineloslng the cemetery In which flaming
whb fell At the Gollad massacre, Il buried
The Governor aud Adjutant. General
Of Virginia went cunning for oyster pirates
recently with two steamer. and force oI
troops aud captured I've oyster vessels ~
prize. and forty men a. prisoners
A. ID. West, Of East Tennessee. was
robbed of $40 by two fellow passengers,
strangers 10 him. on the south-bound Mis-.
souri, Pacific train. near Alysrado. Tex. 4.
the other night They grabbed his pocket.
book and jumped OF the train and escaped.
Officers were In pursuit. aud II was thought
the rascalz would be caught
A San Antonio (Tex.) special re-
ported Sheriff Benito Goxales, Of VI Paso
County, about 5000 short In his account.
the other day. aud County Clerk Manuel
Flore. was also said 10 be 4 defaultsr. Both
were suspended. The bond.msn Of W. W,
Mills, Jn.liea Of the Peace, made good hi.
deficit of 500
The nomination oi George N. Tell.
man. 10 BE- United States Marshall for thu
Middle District of Tennessee, has been con-
drmed, and James A. Meek has been con.
hrmed United states Attorney for the East.
ern District.
Al Elgin, Tex, 4 soventcen.year-old
negro boy attempted an assault on schoo
girl the other day, and the next morning
his body was found swinging from tree be-
side tho railrosd.
Tho champion stallion stake organ
lxed 10y Pierre Lorillard for the proposed
Worlds Fair has been awarded 10 ih,
Louisville tKy.l Jockey Club for ~, ,b75. and
viii be nun at the September meeting.
Mary Hall, maiden lady Of New
port. n.y.. became Insane recently bseaus,
Of the loss of 800 through Archbishop Pur'
cell.
Two Austin, Tex, boys inaugurated
. system Of highway robbery In IIaye'
County recently, aud succeeded in gsttIni
sumo monsy and two horses from negroe,
.i the muxxIes Of pistols. but erred In try
Ing the scheme on white man. lie tool
the young dsspsradoes In, aud tbsY wer'
lodged In jail.
A man named John Sheppard. with
several aliases, va. arrested at Round Rock
Tex, the other afternoon with iwo gral
horses In his charge which he had offered /,
.eil for SO. After being locked up he con
fsssed 10 having stolen them near I.sekpofi
Geogre q. Mckee has been appointe,
Postmaster at Jackson, Miss.
Colonel Harry Gilmor, who won fam
during the war q. Confederate scout, va
fecsaily s,ricken with paralysis. and ha
sinee undergons surgical operations 70
cancer In The face. He resides near BaIti
more, Nd, and the phy.leIans entertainer
little hops of biz recovery.
ID. NJ. Dubose, Augusta, Ga. l. dead
A San Antonio, Tex, paper Of q re
cent date says. 'srhs prise Of cattle hs
advanced 10 per cent. In the last Eve ye.r.
n ls now believed the maximum hs. bee
reached. The drive thi. rear VIII be th
last of sny gres, magnitude. Hereafter ID
cattle product win be ssni 10 market By fs
or sail.
Baughman Brothers. s,aiioners an'
printers, Riehmend. Va, have assigned. Liza
bIlitles, sse.cdo. assets. sp7.sa The smbsr
ra.sment IL s,iributei 10 losses sustained I
New York. where tive pears ago ihsJ s.,sh
ilshed . branch house.
John Taylor has been appointed Post
msster II Richmond. NJ.
/ For alleged failure 70 collect license
and isxe.. suis Tor ~. go has been bfougi
against the bondsmen Of the ex.sherin I
yIctsburs. Miss. recently. Similar sefic
would be islsa against The present Count
Treasurer fof Fseeivinz warrants In sssils
m<ut.
A recent telegram from Tsll.hss>>~
ris., ssnouneed shs, he bill InsospsFstlz
the InssrnatIonsi RsIIrs>1 and sleamshI
csnpsay hsd b>sa sIEnsd By ~ 9evsrns'
fseserai o>Ftsa, = Q>ssHIs, = W Ies1lu
spiris. A truak ssilfes1 uIII ~ buiIt 1s~
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