The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-07-14
The East.

sioHf locomotives ana the machine shop
OF the Maine Railroad, at Charlestown,
Mass, were burned recently, causing a
loss Of 900.
CYCLONES swept through Port Jervis,
Hancock and Binghamton, NY, on tho af-
ternoon OF the "a, the Naugatuck Valley,
In Connecticut, entirely destroying the
village Of Cromwell, and killing fourteen
persons, and the Williamstown Valley, In
Massachusetts, uprooting trees, destroying
houses and churches, and laying fat crops
and fences. The new Williams College
gymnasium was wrecked. causing loss Of
5000.
THE other day train on the Long Island
Road struck beer wagon at Blissville, L.
l., demolishing the wagon and killing
Patrick Coyle and Peter Kruch.
BoYs fired shot from toy-cannon IN
New York few days ago, and fatally
wounded Mrs. Grover, while she was at
tending 10 her household duties.
A YOUNG man named William II. Sea.
man, believed 10 be insane, killed his sister
Fanny nt Throgg's Neck, N. Y, the other
day, and then killed himself. The murder.
or was twenty years old and his VIC
tim twenty.eight.
A TRAIN on tho Manhattan Beach Road
struck Brooklyn street-car few days
ago, killing a woman and injuring the
driver. as
ALBERT KUHN, Of Erie, Pa, and several
companions, who were somewhat intox.
icated, fred from the windows Of a street.
car In which they were riding on the 9TH.
Mary Steiner, who was on the sidewalk,
was shot through the heart, and Kuhn was
arrested for murder. Two hours later
Kuhn's brother was found In q cellar,
where he had hanged himself.
THIEVES recently stole diamonds valued
at 10000 from the residence Of Mrs. II.
W. Wheeler, at Brooklyn. MY.
The intercollegiate boat-race at Lake
George, ". Y, ON the 9Th was won by Cor
nell; University Of Pennsylvania, seconds
Princeton, third.
AT Utica, N. Y, the other morning two
worktrains eollided during fog, injurinl
half dozen persons, one fatally.
THE steamer susquehanna exploded hel
boiler the other morning at wilkesbarre
Pa, blowing the boat 70 pieces and seri
ously injuring three employees.
SILVER coin Is now being turned out a
the rate Of ton day at the Philadelphia
Mint. Tho most Of this Is In dollars an'
small coin, notably dimes. The dsman'
for five cent nickels Is In advance Of TIL
ability TO supply.
IT announced that Henry wiokes, Al
sged lawyer, attorney for the estate o
Nrs Cati,arins W. Van Rensselaer,, o
Grcenbush, N. Y, fed on the ID after EN-
bezxlIng $4,000 Of the funds.
or the 5th the steamer Bolivia arrived {
New York with iss "assisted" immigrant
on board.
LroHrxrsg struck Bleakie q Co.'S mil
at Armstrong. Mass. few days ago, an
II was destroyed. causing loss Of $1,000
A STORM at Dover, N. r., on the night {
the 5sh caused the bursting Of sewel
which flooded the Cocheco Print Work
damaging prints ready for shipment an
other stock 70 the extent Of 10000. 5evo
person. were struck by lightning and thrs
persons were killed.
cRors have been seriously injured B
continuous rains in the vicinity Of scrsl
ton, Pa, and additional heavy rains fell q
the ssh, accompanied by thunder and ligh
ming. which caused loss Of life.
A RArs, hall and thunderstorm In u
vicinity Of Brattlsboro, VI, . few day
ago resulted IN great damage 70 crop
IAnd-.iides on the railways delayed q
trains.
By the eap.iring Of . plsssure-boat q
Staten Island. N. r., few days ago thr'
men were drowned.
| AT Peekstili, N. r., during The sha
battle on the lth Of the thirteenth Rel
mont, Of Brooklyn. twenty-five men We
Frustrated by the heat Ths mercury sto'
al nlnety-sieh h degrees.
Az aeronsut named 0rimlsy, VI
sscended from Honesdale. Pa. on The "
| In . balloon. landed on The eth IN ths Cal
hin Mountains. n. T., and had tsfrit
srperience.
nrxrns a nv. VI. wko couid nat {
their waess, threatsnsd % destroy I
sown Win eunpewder o. H. esh, and b
alrssdy comnisf>d 49, Of violenee. 7
0ovurnor ordersd foar companies Of mill
b ~ plac>, and vuuid also nttsnd hims
y prpv-rs cstrse-s.
Ssn1oUs injury VS. dos< b. Wind .
rain on he 6<h IN the vicinity Of Albsi
lHY- trsns. kes-kousss and hams bei
srznl;-hrs. sni ersfs ir<sr-9.