The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-04-21


West and south.
llrrrNftf twenty prisoners IN ihe Tsf
rant tuuniy fffxaai jail ovrfpoWefcd tho
guard and escaped Az alarm was uuiok
" given. and ahuui twenty-five eiii,ehs
started In pursuit with shot guns aud
hloodhnnnds Iicfow the nest evening
seventeen NJ the fugitive. had been ~.
captured.
Us The 10Th twenty-five hundred cigar
makers Of Cincinnati struck for higher
wages.
A Acutnnrp murderer was lynchod hy y
moh Of colorcd mon NJ Atlanta, Ba., on tho
night of the nth,
Os the afternoon u the i1th tho ground
beneath the main enplno.house " the
keelrldgc mine, IN the Menumnee Rangr,
~ Michigan, sunk, nrecipitating the huuse
I'm which were eight menl aud the mime
machinery Into the pit below. distance Of
from one TO two hundred feet. Seven Of
lhcmcnwcrc killed, aud the eighth received
injuries which were believed 10 be fatal.
A rEw nights ago sixteen dwellings and
stores and a church were burned ~ West.
minister, near Baltimore, Md Loss about
SlNOOO.
OK the llth Mrs. lIelon NJ Cougar, ~
Lafayette, Ind, secured verdict II
N,oW damages In her suit for libel against
Mr.. Mandlcr, Chief Of Police Of that city,
who had circulated stories dcrogatory 90
the honor Of the lady. Mrs. Cougar Is
well known la Indiana as nm advocate Of
Prohibition.
ACCORDING 20 adviccs NJ the ilth four
hundred soldiers had been detailed to pro.
tcct the San Carlos Indian Reservation
| from Arizona rangers, from whom mn nt.
tack was apprehonded. In the State Of
sonoru, Mexico, ninety.threc persons had
been killed by Apachcs since the present
hostilities began, some Of the murders bc.
ing committed with atrocity unusual even
with sayngos. General Crook was at Her.
nlosillo arranging with the Mexican author.
tiles Joint campaign against the Indians.
\. II. RUSSELL, the defaulting United
States Marshal for the Western District of
Texas, has been sentenced 10 two years.
imprisonment in the penitcntIary at Ches.
ter, m.
Or the nth the strike of the bricklayers
IN Chicago continued, and building opera.
tions were greatly restricted.
A MisTAKg In enrolment by clerk has
invalidatcd thc Revenue bill passed al the
late session OF the Alabama Legislature.
or the evening Of the 18th the Georgia
Democratic State Convention unanimously
nominated Henry u. Mcdaniel for Govern.
or, after special Conference Committee
had reported In his favor.
0S the night Of the nth William C.
Crockett, n murderer, was taken from Jail
at Wytheyille, Va, by mob. and hanged
10 beam In a mill ON the outskirts Of the
town, after which his body was riddled
with bullets.
A nfogSr boiler explosion IN chair fac.
tory at Hudson, Wis, resulted fatally TO
one of the workmen, tho foreman also 10
ceiying severe injuries.
AssouScEngsT IL made that the Prohili.
tionists Of Kentucky, who were 10 haye held
a convention this month, IN conjunction
with the tirecnbackcrs, for tho nomination
Of STATE ticket, have abandoned the
project, owing TO the opposition of the
clergy and others 10 third party move.
mcnt.
Tue steamer Wylly struck bridge and
sank at Fort Gaines, Ca, on the night OF
the nth. Six lives were lost.
AS earthquake shock of four scconds' du.
ration was experienced at Cairo, ILL.,, on the
18th. A frame building was shaken down.
NEAR Springfield. H., on the evening Of
the 18th, three non.nnion iron.workera
were fired upon, one being shot dead and
his companions dangerously woun1ed.
Amalgana,ed Association men were
charged with the crime.
A BOILER EXPLOSION IN the factory of
Hitchcock & Bradley, nt Ashtabula, o.,
on the i!th wrecked the building and killed
the night Waterman, James 0rubhorn.
The pruvalencc Of smallpox In Nash.
willie, Tenn, Is said 20 have caused great
alarm among the people. Complaint ha.
been made that there wns little or no effort
10 isolate houses or localities in which the
disease prevailed, and that people went un
hindsrcd from the bcdsiie n smallpox
patient into the sireet-cars or business
houses, spreading the disease at every step
ANNOUNCEMENT is mads Of the failure o
Ellis & krauss, Of Evansville, Ind. miller,
and dealers In grain, with liabilities
amounting 10 5000 and assets Of si0,0oo
!, A wgLLro-Do farmer of Earlrille, fa.
named Charles Smith. In an insane frenzy
on the 18th, killed his wife and two sons
boys Of nine and twelve years, aud ihci
committed suicide. His mental derange
msnt was attributed b domestic troubles
THE second ANIMAL banquet Of the Iro
quois Club was held In Chicago on the i3'h
Among the orators were Senator Bayard
u Delaware; Colonel W. p. G. Brrckin
ridge, Of Kentncky; =. r. Wheeler and W
n. Huribert. Of New York: W. Y. Villas, o
Wisconsin, James o. Broadhead, of Mi-
souri,; William n. Springer, Of Springfield
ILL.,, and Mayor Harrison. Of Chicago.
AS order has been issued by Fowie
Bros., Kansas City mo- packers, that thsi
employees must abstain from intoxicani
while either on or OF duty, and mus, no
visi, gambling houses.
Os the i3sh the taking Of testimony 70
the prosecution In the ,riai of George schsl
Ter, charged with the burning Of tho New
hall House, In Milwaukee, was closed, an
the defense introduced several witne.se.
One u Tbs witnesses forthe prosecution ha
stated that Eehsller's attorney and q q
loon.keeper named Roth had requested hIr
70 say that the fire was caused BY a gas.is
at The bottom Of the elsvstor-shaft comm
! In contact with the woodwork; but Ro.l
! being put upon the stand. gavesn smphatl
denial Of this. Ths defense announced u
| intention and ability 10 prove an alibi.
o. the isth Robert Massey, who ma
I dsrei Edwin r. CLARK in the Chiekasa'
Nation last year, was hanged At POI
: Smith. Arb. At Carrulton, Miss, on "a
I same day, Jane. p. Robinson paid the 81
. treme penalty u the lsw for killing vii
lam 7. Adsir in drunken row.
), Ar Denver. Col. Albert q. Packer vi
o recently convicted of the murder of a.
y fellow pro-pecsors, whose flesh he Is said
Il