The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-07-21
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efnof, Charles Evans li1ltt Lieutenant
uovernor, y. +. raynai Secretary II
State, q, y. Hhovei Treasurer. &. n.
Anderson, The platform condemns the
coufse n bdth parties on the lIquor qnes.
tion, favefs The cnfrunchisement " women
and the election of all officers by the people
when possible.
Bank, nj Hait Lake, few days hgo,
knocked the cashier senseless. and the bur.
Rlar and his confederate walked on with
considerable gold, aud had not bcrn or.
rested.
TnE residence of David secllng, At Nil.
waukce, was destroyed by IN lncondinry
fire early a few mornings ago, aud three Of
his children, aged twelve, seven aud three
years, respectively, were burned 90 death.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Seeing and four other chill.
drcn escaped.
Tue Iowa Grcenbackers mot In State
Convention at Dies Moinos on the llth, aud
nominated the following tickets For Gov.
ernor, james u. Weaver; Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, Sanford Fitzpatrick; Supreme
Judge, y. W. Church; Superintendent Of
Schools, Miss Abhie o. Garfield. A plat.
form was adopted demanding thcabolition
OF oil banks OF issue and tho substitution
Of legal.tcnder Treasury notes; favoring
civil'service reform; a graduated Income
tax; a postal'telcgraph system, aud the
abolition Of Railroad Commissioners.
In the obsequies Of Archbishop Purcell
at Cincinnati on the lIth, five Archbi.hops
and one hundred priests participated.
THE postmaster at Polk City, Ia., II. l..
Clingan, was shot dead In his office on tho
night Of the 10th by two unknown men. No
cause was known for tho crime. Citizens
were hunting for the assassins with shot.
guns and pistols.
TOPEKA. Kan, was doluged by nigh
water on the iith, many persons being res.
cued from the rising waters by boats.
EDWARD WiSSIsG's nail.keg factory, at
Stcubenville, o., which employed two hun.
dred men, was destroyed by fire n few
days ago.
Four cars recently went through burn.
ing bridge on a narrow.gauge road in
Dodge County, Ga, aud three men lost
their lives and ten others were wounded,
some fatally.
THE clerk Of the Baltimore tMd.) Grand
Jury, Major Andrew J. George, was on
the 18th indicted by that body for In.
timidating witnesses in certain lottery
cases.
DOUGLASS DowDY and Buck Williams,
brothers-in.law, fought with knives at
Burnt Prairie, White County, ILL.,, few
days ago, Dowdy being stabbed 30 the
heart and Williams fatally wounded.
A CYCLONE visited Kansas on the night
of the llth, completely destroying Soldier
City, town OF two hundred inhabitants,
In jackson County. Three women and one
child were killed, and fifteen other persons
were severely injured. At cimarron
Gray County, six buildings wero wrecked,
but no one was injured.
STILES, Colby a MCMAHON, Of Chicago,
commission merchants, failed ON tho llth
for $4,000.
cIrIzESs Of Marysville, Col, lynehed
Dennis Hogarty and Henry Bowling few
nights ago, for the murder aud robbery Of
two men.
A YInE few nights ago destroyed tho new
department Of the University OF Indiana,
at Richmond, containing the library and
museum. Loss, SeO0,0oO. The hrs was
caused by lightning.
A HEAVY hall-storm visited the region
about Volga, d. T., early the other morn.
Ing, which seriously injured the crops.
Hamilton County, Neb., also suffered by n
gale, accompanied by rain and hail. many
structures being wrecked and some stock
killed. The residence Of family named
Berry was blown TO pieces, and all the In
mates were wounded.
NE0aoEs, IN dread Of yellow fever, have
commenced an exodus from Northern I.oui.
siana, Arkansas aud Eastern Texas.
Two rwis children Of George Boozsr,
at Laur.ns. \. e., six weeks old, died sud.
denly few days ago from the effect OF
morphine, administered by mistake by q
careless nurse.
AT the recent session Of tho Louisiana
Colored Baptist State Convention, at Baton
Rouge, a membership of fifty thousand
was represented. The convention decided
10 Immediately send missionary 10 Afri.
ca through the Baptist Foreign Mission
Society Of the United States, and 10 push
forward the missionary work In tho State.
ON the evening Of the i2th a cyclone
struck Indianapolis, tearing up shade
trees by the hundred, and unrooting build
ings. Tho new steel mill was partially
wrecked.
The Apollo commsndery. OF Chicago,
and large party from surrounding States,
left on tho evening Of the f2th for Euro
pean tour.
AT Pals City, Sch. Alice Gum. aged
fourteen, was burned % death the other
day By the explosion OF a coal oil can she
had been using 70 llgts fre.
Rrrnrr was made on ne 18th BY the mi
nois Department Of Agriculture tha, corn
promised a better crop shan last year. al.
though the season had bean unfavorabls.
n. r. TEsPt.E, q colord politician Of
note. was found guilty Al jackson. Miss.
rcccntiy Of mnrdsring his wife, and was
awarded life Imprisonment.
OFFICIAL assuranrr has been sent out ~
the TrIsnnial Committee At San Franci-ru
that ample and comfortable socommods
tIons at the conciavs would be provided for
all SIR Knights 81 regular rates.
ckHsFuL estimates plsns the total Ters'
cattle drive tai. season 1t ogoppo head
The stock Is In good order and fires fron
disease.
A nan. and wind.storm which svep
southessteriy across Iowa and Illinois o.
the fssh assumed the proportions of tor
nado. and inflicted damage which couli
not be computed. A tract Of forty squan
miles vss devastated In scutt County. Ia.
and thousand acres Of grain wsre ruined
In Western Illinois buildings were vr.cks'
and crops destroyed. Much damage va
done a Kansas City, -. Joseph and NJ
beriy, No. Heavy rain In 81 Louis noods
cellars, Wills the wind unroofsd structures
Near Lincoln. reb.. the crops sad seu'
buildinxs were demolished. Many strs'
lures were WRECKED 81 Naisen. No., and I
fsrrisonbnx. Va. . d<iare Of rain create
havoc. A MsfyviIls. Ne, the he-s bus
J ne-s kauses, tk> county jail, courthous
city hall and rre<byt>rfsr Churrh vs'
; partially demolished. and several r>ssof
. rers vosnd>L Near Browning. Nc.
pa--snx-r irsin vss blown FROM The trss'
sud eight persons uers seriously injaFs'