The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-04
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Kirby, a boy eighteen years old Kirby
escaped
Lightning strifrk In The open lake, In
liau'leftale County, trnn. during recent
thunderstorm, and killed hundreds u nah.
A twelveyearold girl named Me.
Donald was found dead IN the woods near
tolluln, fex., few daya ago, she had
been lost four days and nvc nights Her
neither was In LAREDO with little son who
was bitten by u rattlesnake. During the
last twelve months this lady lost souin.
law, killed by railroad accident, her hus.
band died from blow On the head, and
her son blew his brains ont In her presence.
The largest sale Of timber lands ever
made by the 1t. inuis a. Iron Mountain
Railroad was completed the other day, be-.
Ing 5000 acres IN Saline County, Ark, 10
the Pierce Lumber Company Of New Jer.
soy.
George Kane, Harry Suffer and Wor.
thIngton McCulloch, young unmarried
men from frostburg. Md, were rowing in
the Potomac River few days ago when
the boat capsired and all were drowned.
A German syndicate wishes 10 1nr-
chase 10000 acres Of land in Tennessee and
Kentucky.
Another Blind Tom has come to ns.
tonish and plague the American public. A
colored boy, nine years old, at Rome, ua.,
Is said to play the piano like an educated
performer.
james T. Wright, notorious thief,
smugger and desperate, was captured In
Frio County, Tex, a few days ago.
Luke Pryor, n clerk In Milton Gar
rettson's store at Linwood, Ark, was mur.
dered and robbed by unknown parties the
other night.
The boiler In a steam laundry OK
ploded at Houston, Tex, tho other day, par.
TALLY wrecked the building and doing from
five hundred 10 thousand dollars damage.
James Buck, the engineer, was fearfully
scalded and may die. There were several
narrow escapes from death among the en-.
ployes.
Mr. Robert G. Gilmcr, Of Columbia.
KY, found gnnoa's nest on bis farm last
week containing sixty.threc eggs.
Sixteen completely petriiied human
bodies are said TO have been recently dis.
covered in Pine Mountain, Campbell Coun.
ty, Tenn, In solid limestone rock with
fragments OF petrifled wood. Near by /,
also cave, the walls OF which are deco
rated with paintings Of extinct or imagi.
nary animals.
A traveller In North Carolina recent,
saw near waynesvllie n church twenty.
eight by forty.four and eighteen feet high.
with pine stseple, all made from one
tree, and there was enough lumber left over
10 fence the church.yard.
An aged lady applied TO the police OF
Wheeling, W. Va. the other day for aid 10
reach Washington. where she hoped 10 Sc.
cure admission 10 charitable institution.
She stated that hor father was vice.presi.
dent William II. King. and that she was thu
widow Of General Hunter, whom President
Jackson sent 10 Russia az minister, aud
that the nrst six months Of her married M,
were spent at tho American embassy In ~.
Petersburg she was given ample fund,
10 proceed on her journey.
The State Board OF Education In
Texas has resolved to purchase for the
school fund $4,000 In registered four per
cent. bonds n tho United States.
IL il understood that the negroes oi
ridewa,er, Va. are making preparations
for the performance Of funeral services a
an carly day In memory OF John " New
som, the colored man who was killed by 4.
Lewis In an alteration at Jerusalem some
weeks ago. The services will be conducted
according TO tho Masonic ritual, and Il Il
expected that an immense number Of M.
grocs will participate In the services,
which will take place at Franklin, south.
ampion County.
A mutilated check for 5000 ON n
national bank at Raleigh. N. C., wa. found
on the streets Of Billings, few days ago.
A swimmlng-mastcr. giving exhIbi.
billions In Lake PonteLartrala, at Haw or.
leans. recently encountered q sword.n=b,
which he succeeded In capturing. In the
saw were forty.two teeth.
At Brighton. West Tennessee. thr-
taen flying squirrels were killed recently
In the yard Of house 70 which they had
CONS for crumbs.
An unknown negro attempted 10 as
sault Mrs. W. O. W. mn near East Point.
0n.. the other night and was arrested. On
tfis way 10 the court merit day the guard
said he escaped. but u was believed he was
lynebed.
A FIRE occurred q, vicksburg. Miss.
the other day. resulting in the destruction
Of thres frame two-story buildings, agErs.
Eailng loss Of fully si70o. The Anchor
line elevator also came near burning.
ID. NJ. Ezliek. one of the most promi.
nent and wealthy citizens Of Lincoln coun.
", Tenn, was killed by lightning nsar
Payettsvills tbs other evening. His stnII
vas split In twain and HE shoes torn from
his feet.
George N. silsbee. Of San Antonio.
who. on October n, 1881. robbed the mail
on the TEXAS Central Railroad of forty
packages containing u 30 and aftsrward
escaped Into Mexieo.wss arrested IN Silver
City. Col. He was returned 10 Ban An.
sonio tho other day.
The Arkansas oat crop Ii immense.
Mrs Clara Collins. Of Colorado City,
Tex. va. accidentally killed by one Of her
most intimate lady friends . few says ago.
They wsrs toxrther In The room. and her
friend, pleking ~ - ola plrs1l sspee>~s
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