The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-06
SOUTHERN aLEiNlN,s

csliaH lAefefs Il selma, Ala. hsii aissis
Ing fsenHilF, sha FssniitA - lHsfsHss ths
capital Stock ifnm sllsl. .0ii "a Se4lhs IA
lsnslve pisns faf sHlafs meai be- Heen de
lsfminsd On and ihay Will ht mmensufsis
With lhe amauhi of increased HpsA iskfn.
II vas proposed . ala usN picker feefs,
- eaIafss lhe eialh fusm buidIna, snf 80
addition made g. lht inslh huihlaH, AHaihs
~ hHHHfrd.harsr power phslne wuHll he
needed, ani about 80 operatives 10 ali
would he required,
The City Council of Louisville, NY.
tho other niFhi formally lmpeaehed cily
Auditor rhll llihkle. Assistant fire chlei
ueorfe W Levi, aud iwn NJ The city Hall
officials are Under indictment fof frauds In
tho Assessors aud raS COLLECTORS oniees.
The managers Appuinel 70 conduct the i'm.
pesehment reported articles 10 ihr Hoard of
Aldermen.
Diphthcrla was creating Soma alarm
IN Austin, TEX, frw DAYS ago
II was said a few days ago that tho
roiion receipts ai tircentlllc, Tex, hal av-
cfaged two hundred bales dnllg fjr some
| weeks.
Ribbon cane in Van Landt County,
Tex. made DO gallons Of slrup TO the acre
ihI. season, Il Is said. and those who raised
cane have found ready sale for the slrup al
my cents gallon.
j. NJ. Stuttevant, Superintendent Of
the Tennessee Hind School Tor thirty years,
and well known as Instructor OF the blind,
died At Nashville, Tenn, a few nights aRo
from paralysis.
A man In Warren County, Ky, ro-
Gently climbed a tree 10 shake down an
opossum that his dogs had freed. rotten
limb caused his sudden descent, and before
the dogs learned that he was not the pos.
sum he was badly cbewed up.
j. w. Graham, of Kemper County,
Mississippi, this season raised on . little
over one acre Of ground four hundred bush.
els Of sweet potatoes, which, valued at nfty
cents bushel, amounted to a2W.
General Henry X. Jackson, President
Of the sesqul. Centennial General Committee
Of Savannah, Gt., recently issued an adj.
dress 10 the people of Georgia inviting them
TO Join the citizens Of savannah 10 celebrat.
Ing the i0jth anniversary Of the landing of
Gen. james Oslethorpo aud bis English
rOlonists.
There Is q girl In Holmes County,
Mississippi, who Is hall white aud halt
black. Her nose, cart, eyes, aud parts Of
the chin are white aud the resi- Of her fAua
black Her hands ara small and shapely
like those oi white woman. The Rirl Ia
twelve years Old, aud # 4 said the white Il
spreading. Her mother pure negro, has
four other children, all of whom ate black.
Mr.. Troiter, OF Gull Hammock, Levy
County, fla, recently In one week Killed
i've bear, and hir. Elkya panther seven aud
a half feet long.
The Coleman Fulton Pasture Com
piny of Roel port, Tex, the other day died
In the Office oi the Secretary oi State n reso.
, luton Increasing the capital stock from
100000 TO si,bpQ,000. Tho Merlgo Ranch
/ Company, capital stock sl0O,000, also died a
charter; Object, to raise msfino sheep, with
, prlnclpal business sfiles al weatheriord.
I Officer Laughlin and George Port.
B wood had a difficulty 10 Lawrcnceburg. An.
y deSon County. Ky., the other night when
each shot the other ln the breast. Laughlln
4 was killed outright and Portwood died .
, short time afterward.
: Bent Elam, wealthy farmer, bui
4 lawlc-s man, who has been IN hundred
broils the past few years, and whose hnes II
that time would buy good plantation. 20
:. Into an alteration al Dallas. Tex, reosntl,
with Henry Daniels about a payment fo
some drinks, and stabbed him 10 death
Elam escaped.
= S.H. Sanders, resident Of Arkansas
: was arrested In Dallas. Tex, few days ag'
!, On suspicion Of being a traln.robber. Con
cesled about bis person were found elgh
pistols, two pair Of brass-knuckles, and
7 large bowie.knfe.
a Longview, Tex, has @ plow factorJ
which can turn out 100 plows daily.
= Eighteen hundred acres Of land ter
y miles south of Tallahassre, Fia., belonging
Z to the estate Of ths lale John d. Brancl
u we're sold Al probate sails the other day a
:, u 10 per acre.
. The colony Of Russian refugees h
MIddlessx County, Va, composed Of eight
people, ha. been prosperous from IL start
several months ago, and viii merit year b
self.snpporting. The eolonisls. who ar
" said 10 make good citizens. viii soon b
= Joined by another large party.
a Ross X. Winans, of Baltimore, recent
ly completed the finest residence In th
In Southern States. o8xT5 feet, hse siorls
'. hlgh. al a cost Of ss0e9oo.
be The other night some white men wen
10 the house n negro named Gray. liyia
as IN Hawkins County, Tenn. for the purpo,
of whipping him. charging him with steal
a. ing hogs. They demanded sdmitisncs
:, which va. denied. They fired on Gray
sy cabin, aud the Gre was returned. In n
40 battle Gray was morslly wounded and hs
" since died. III. step-son hal thigh broks
y by ball. A white man, Jim Williams, vi
"a shot IN The head, sni was said to
- mortslly wounded. Another white MAJ
named OrfIek. was also wounded.
- W. l.. shaw, \ deaerter from the 70.
- nlar army, surrendered himself 10 cl'
~ sfiesr II charle.ton, the other day. sha
-, 49, deserted from Camp Omaha. and being ul
~ able 10 obisin employment he became di
~ ~ eoufsTed and gave bImssif np.
,on Col. Samuel Hamblin. Of Hot Spring
Ark. wsa the other day appointed by I
)e. secretary sf the Interior Superintendent
m. Hot springs Reservation.
90 II l. reported that At Columbus, Ter
900 : few days ago zon Of Capt. Stafford .
zen .hot snl thai friends af slaffsrd bal hun
ant The shooter.
70 Santa Claus has gone.
2" Al Fort Worth, Tex, man nam
Clarence Weight. stepped into cigar sia
m ksp, by Mrs. Lizzie swim. The other d'
the purchased : cigar and III u. lie tb
~. touched the match 10 sons hferork. and
" general explosion occurred. shiah set
% house 90 afs, consuming u and one sdioi
IN lnx. A nnrsber Of people were In The bui
:. Inv, but sll escaped except Mr.. swim, v
Oh was burned to death.
.y. A hossl-keeper of IIogansville, q
'"' was recently introduced 10 younz lad
proposed, sad rss married 10 her, all
ST. The same day.
=. Missionary Ridge, near Chaiianool
=. Tsnn., h becoming great peach orchard
,osL David Ferguson. late collector
uxss. under indictment II Toaisvilis. X
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