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

mtny, tlsis tbai IL consequence n tuHiln.
naus fta The Ilbina sal lfitulaflet esfe
Considerably swaiieu. ffahit wa fuss
peudeh on ssfsftl railroads ia Iiidsn
TnF Acting Governor oi Iceland. tho
bishops ard ashsf persons d nsls. IN cam.
nlaHlealles 70 ls#Haaa paper The ether
daf said that notwithstanding me lsFEs
dautilsas received. lhsFa wsuli be great
distress ifom wsal Of fesa IN Ieels#a dafsna
the winter
THr Commissioners Of Agriculture, In
hls report to coagfe" relative 70 lhe work
u bis department, makes formidable ~.
hibll u the distribution Of seeds alone.
Under the special appropriation BY Con.
Tfes. ef tn,0g iaf seed. ie The soiithefn
flooded districts, b0sgjs package. we're senl,
divided ~ follows Vegetables, ili,asai
Held corn, is,6lli field nnu, 2d,alIi aeld
beaus, g,bdl, field mlllet, II, ,ais, held cot.
ton, 100. The Whole number Of seeds sent
out by the hntetn during The year was by
packagcA, 2,gu, i1d ~ these packages
l0os,iin we're ~nt ont through members of
Congress and senators, T,bss through aef.
cultural societies, 2gD. IA through statistical
correspondents, S1s.aas As aboye mentioned
by special appropriation. aud tho balance,
6a2,2Ii packages to mlscellaaeou. appll.
canis. Of the total number Of packages,
Bib sere cotton seel, pi,ajl wheat. 7i,.
2ii oats. e2,soT corn. 7o,IO0 lurnip,, ile,ti2
flowers, i,Goi,ih vegetables, sI,2li tobac.
co, 2gs51 peas and n saS strawberry. These
are the principal items. There we're l0T
kinds Of vegetables, 10 kluds Of wheat, 81
kinds Of flowers, ~ Mind. Of corn and 10
kinds Of sorghum. The proportion Of
flower over graia packages il three to one.
liz Richmond, Va, the other evening,
X. X. Kennedy, OF tho Post. Office Depart.
meni II Washington, canch W. -. johnson,
. railway postal clers.
OSCAR WILDE, the mSthetc. sailed for
Europe fcw days ago.
Two factions of tho Creek Indians
we're at war In the vicinity " Okmulgte,
Indian Territory, where desperate battle
occurred few evenings ago. A doiach.
ment Of Federal soldiers were sent To tho
scene and disarmed $50 ~ Chlcote's men.
TIE District Court nt Cincinnati
recently decided that the Telephone Com.
pany was justified In cutting out The ln,tru.
lncnt Of subscriber for using proiane Ian.
gunge over the wires.
CHRISTIAN TiMMAs, who recently
rescued two girls from burning building
IN Providence, u. l., was called TO th'
Mayor. office the other day and presented
with $50 In currency AMI a sult OF clothes
ABour four hundred tobacco.grow
crs OF New Ensland held a meeting at Hart
ford, Conn, few days ago, and adopted !
petition 10 Congress To impose a duty o.
81 pound on ali foreign tobacco except
from Cuba.
TnE frst-class hotels Of San francisco
recently announced their ability 20 accom-
moda,c 5000 persons al the Knights Temp
larsi conelaYc next August.
TnE secretary Of the New York Cham
ber OF Commerce the other day reportc'
that the export. for the year by America
vessels segregated si0I, ,bs5,5G), whllo for
eIgn vessels carried away good. valued a
fTps, ,Hla, 100.
| u. cHAFyx, trustee Of the spragu
e.tsts, pciitioned the Supreme Court Q
Rhode Island for leave 10 dlsburse 800 ,0O
TO holders Of trust mortgage notes fe'
days since.
TnE proceeds Of tho recent sale {
articles accumulated In the Dcad.L Lstts
oiice amounted TO n, ,i9T, which sum WI
deposited IN the Treasury 10 the credit ,
the Post-ofiiee Department.
RON SING, the first Chinese mission
airy from this country 10 China. left Ne
York few days ago on bis way TO bis mi'
sion.
TnE bark Gembok, which arrived q
New York a few day. ago, reported thi
October ball Of fire passed across b.
deck. luiuring three seamen, and explode
ike rocket when twenty yards away.
HALF dozen Dakota and Wisconsi
! lawyers were recently dlsDArred frol
practice before the Interior Department o
1 account Of their connection with land fraud
: FoR forty.hye years Philadelphia
had struggled through The world beafin
tho name af Nathan RnzAnowskowskl, b.
songht and obtained relief few days sine
n a court granting bis petition 10 change b
a name 10 Nathan Ro.enau.