The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-11

Miscellaneous Items.
A horse became fastened between the
ties Of the railroad bridge near Muriresu.
boro, Tenn, recently, delaying the train sev.
ernl hours. lie had undertaken 10 run
across the bridge.
Swallows took possession Of the roof
Of the Central Hotel at Charlotte, \. G., In
such numbers thatit was necessary 10 send
n man on thu roof with whip 10 dlslodgc
them.
New Orleans policemen are provided
with poisoned snusages, aud have extcr.
minated 40 many ours that the streets arc
now poisoned with tho odor Of dccaying
carcassos.
Simon furgerson, an lllItcrate negro
coalminer, residing near Charleston, ".
Va, claiming the power 10 rast out DEVILS,
called At thu house of sick woman re.
comfy, and declared that she was IN the
hands Of Satan. lie won her confidence,
and prescribed for her n quart bottle Of
pokc'root, angle.worms, grnsshdppcrs and
grubs, well stepped In hot water. wine
glassful 10 be taken every four hours. The
patient took the medicine until her alarm.
ing condition caused physician 10 bc
called.
Thoslign aims Ernest Mnyor. baillpv
f,o,n N. Louis md Cincinnati was ear.
turcd In Shreveport, La, few days ago. IL
was charged that bo obtained money IN
Texas by falsely representing himself as
the agent OF W. J. Lemp, Of ~. Louis, aud
other business men.
Ben Hardy and two other mon.
whose names were not known, Govern
ment pile.drivers, fell overheard and were
drowned at Maysville, Ky., the other day,
near where Ave men were drowned by tho
capsizing Of skiffs few days before.
A New Orleans physician assures the
citizens who are dreadlng the approach Of
the cholera that tho safest place In the
world against tho disease Is tho plny
woods.
A Chattanooga Cfenn.) cow commit
ted suicide the other day by holding her
bead under water aud standing until she
fell over drowned.
The Government tea farm at Sum
nerville, \. e., has been rcstocked, and
new effort 10 get funds 10 run II will bo
made nj the next session of Congress.
A rattlesnako seven feet long was re-
Gently killed at Gulf Hammock, Fln. 10
had nine rattlss, showing Il 10 bo nins
years old.
A number Of people In the town Of
Union, y. e., were poisoned recently by
eating lce-cream favored with almond ex.
tract.
Sidney Gardner. twenty-five years
old, was run over aud killed by a train ON
the C., o. & y. W. Il. H., at Padncah, KY,
a few days ago.
At Bondnrant's Landing, Miss, the
other day f,earv. wat..,I,nd ,ll.tou I,,,..
became involved In difficulty over a game
OF cards. Hines stabbed Watson several
times with dagger. causing instant death.
The murderer escaped.
In tearing down an old house near
Warm Springs, n. O., recently the skeleton
Of msil-csrrisr was found, with leather
mailbag containing over thirty letters
dated ls9T, some containing old bank bills.
stephen Green, OF Colleton, y. c.,
the other day administered snlpba,s NJ
morpbip. 10 IA. wife and two children.
mistaking Il for sulphate Of auinine. soon
afterward one Of tho children died. and
while Green was attending the funeral the
other child expired. His wife was not
expected 70 recover.
The Georgia Legislature IA consider.
ing a bllI 70 prohibit sunday exeur.Ion..
Fred WeIsser. an old citizen m pan.
IA, f,ox. " Dr. s,oo ,,..-,a. -.
the other dsy and wen, "a dr,nLIns w,,h :
MIXED party. ssr, morning he was found
on the roadway near his home, having been
beaten nearly 20 death and robbed Of hIs
treasure.
Half.pound peaches are advertised In
Mobile, Ala.
Al Langley, Crockett County, Tex.
. few days ago, Solomon Norris. who had
recsntly been appointed Deputy sheriff.
was given warrant for tho arrest Of A.
Lamb, who was charged with the thsft Of
cattle. Norris attempted 70 arrest Lamb,
when the latter pulled his sIx->hoo,er and
attempted 70 u1r II, whsrsupon the Deputy
shsrin nrsd and Killed him. The coroner's
!uay Isnasfsa . sefa'et mat Lamp ~s<
% r,rs ,hs L o.hs, ss,.rn'on a..,,,,.s n.
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p.,"''. % - '"s 49,. - ~. s''ss' '.s !. os'
pa,'s.. ' $3.50. 80 - ~ s ss oa'a,n. x.
Pavilion Hand ls., hi-s.fs IN shs eoosar..
- t-.s--~s. - - -.
Of an Inesudlarx. The .stai lo-s vas a..
on, part,sIIx Insured.
Kentucky h.s but a.fse paupey.
he v,rs,ais Fssi,.a.,.ry ~ % ..ssmpsss % 70 %