The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-08-18
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iaFs sHH ~ mo rhafsr " attempting IN
pnlfan ihe family " Ahdrew nsnle
hnn Hume. NJ unf time u prominent
,ni mtreWfh merhant in tHhshufg.
Miss Was arrested and placed In tho
tmniy tall ihe other lay " prevent HI.
committing suicide.
A Charleston, = e., church sleepla
finds Itself suddenly lnrummrrfial iemand.
The owners " few tug hpals IN tho har
bof learned that an Incoming bark could
he sighted from ~ summit while vet afaf
NJ business prospered with thein, while
their rivals, deapite industrious cruising
oir the bar, could got no vessels. AZ last
tho secret oi tho lookout was discovered,
and now The atoeple Is 10 rcui Ia the highest
bidder.
Among the patents issued from Tho
patent office at Washington recently we're
tho following 10 Arkansas Inventors WI.
liam a. Coleman, Little Rock, seed cotton
separator aud cleaner; Margaret Smith,
Little Rock, mit Wilber r. Soulhard,
Berlin, churn
The little town Of Sumpter, S g.,
was thrown into q state of great excitement
recently, by the discovery that John n,
Lynch, married man forty years old, and
the father OF two grown children, had
eloped tho night before with Miss Sallle
Slack sixteen years old. They were traced
taDruswick, n. G., where they were ar.
rested,
Recent adyiccs from eighty points In
the Texas cotton belt report the cotton SUI.
fcring from continued drought; from thirty
points II is estimated that only half The
usual crop will he made; from llfty points
the crop is placed at two.thirds tho usual
amount. Cotton worms have appeared In
some sections aud are doing much damage.
Early corn Is made and Is full crop.
Late corn is n total failure In some sec.
tions.
Putnam county, Florida, is excited
over q large panther which has made its
appearance near Ricn Creek.
A Columbus (Ga.) company, with
100000 capital, will electrically light that
city.
The Board Of Managers Of the Worlds
Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposi.
ton held q regular meeting nt New Or.
leans the other night, with Vice.Presdont
Albert Baldwin In tho chair. After trans.
acting other business, T.. A. Burkc was
elected Drrctor.Gonernl Of the Exposition,
with salary Of $1,000. The subscriptions
10 the enterprise aggregate SlD0,00 aud its
success is considered assured.
A freight train on the Chesapeake.
Ohio 4 Southwestern Railroad was
wrecked the other morning, near Kerrville,
about twelve miles north Of Memphis,
Tenn. Fifteen ears were badly damaged,
aud negro brakeman was injured. About
100 yards Of the trnck was torn up, neccss.
tating transfer Of passengers.
Two negro girls, twelve and eight
years old respectively, were left alone by
their mother IN cabin On Mrs. James
Beans Farm near Lexington, KY, the
other day. When the mother returned she
found the cabin In ashes and the body Of
the youngest girl IN II. The elder girl could
not bs found and II was suspected she
burned the house Intentionally.
II was estimated that fully fprty thou.
sand people were present at the opening Of
the Confederate reunion, which occurredat
Mckinney, Tex, n few days ago, fifteen
thousand Of whom were served by the or.
ganlEation with dinner on the grounds.
The speakers were General Cabell, ex-Gov.
crnor Tirockmorton, Governor Ireland,
General NJ. Lewis, Ex-Governor Hubbard,
Colonel Bowers and Congressman Welborn.
The tenor of Governor Ireland's speech was
that tho Confederates had no excuse 10
make Tor the part taken In the late contest.
ave ore TO forget tho political strife which
led 10 the war, but must teach our children
tho deais Of those who wore the blue and
the gray. We are nll Americans, hnd ever
ready 10 battle with the country's assail.
ants from whatever quarter"
There was great excitement nj Sis
tervIlle, W. Va, on the Ohio River Rail.
road, recently. Negroes and Italians
were working together blasting. The nc.
gross put In blast, notified the men Of
their danger aud ran 10 safe distance.
The Italians ran only short distance and
two of them were killed. The Italians pur.
SUED the negroes with revolyers, picks and
dlrks, when the negroes drew razors. Fur.
ther trouble was feared.
Clarence Rutherford. who was recent.
~ pardoned from the Kentucky Peniten.
tinry by Governor Blackburn, had served
two years % n life sentence for murder. lie
had been insubordinats up 10 the revival
held In the prison, lasi year, by Evangelist
Barnes, when he was converted. Mrs.
Blackburn was instrumental In his refor.
nation.
In n bar-room fight at Baltimore,
Nd, the other night, Bernard McNally
stabbed James Carr through the heart with
an ice-plck. MeNally was proprietor Of the
silpon.
Mrs. q. w. Woodland. Of Omega, La.
who gained renown for her minIstrstions
~ yellow.fcycr sufferers at vicknburg,
Miss, the other day ended her life by
taking laudanum.
Explorations u recently discovered
cave at the base Of Lookout Mountain,
opening at low water mark Of the Tennes.
River, three miles from Chattanooga, IL
said 10 have developed wonderful cave
of unknown depth. A. the extreme point
Of the exploration very large lake was
encountered. Into which fall 40 feet high
poured H. water with tho voice Of thunder.
Other waterfalls and other interesting phe.
nomsna were discovered.
Allen 7. Morris was the first Con-
federats soldier 70 draw a pension under
the Tennessee law allowing ten dollars per
month 10 Confederstes In the army. Mr.
Morris had both eyes shot out In the battle
Of Stone River, December 81. 1864.
A Georgian has pound peach.
There Is q gold ring In the Ransdsle
family u Orsngeburg. 4. G., worn by Miss
Alice Ransiale that T. computed 10 10 no,
far from two hundred years old. II was
The wedding ring Of Mrs. Pou, tho great
grandmother Of the young lady now
wearing u.
The United States District Court con.
vrned in gresnvilis. 4. G., the other day.
when between 100 and so informations
were filed agains, moonshinsfs. vigor.
ous campaign has been successfully wsged
| against the illleit distillers In The mountains
Cor the pas, sIs months.
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