The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-03-01


The Tom ufeon Land ahd rait'e
raHrsss. capital slsaap. wIsA sslse a
aan AHlsIs. Tfs.. has heFn incorporated
III tiee fae ~ Virginia has vetoed
the Congressional arppFtiuument hII
Articles of association were filed few
days sae for the Young Mems BHlIdIug A.
seeistlsh n tamrazas. Tex.. with atapitai
staah of sInd.Hua.
Harry Miller. M old Tesa= 4 Pacific
freight conductor. NJ Dallas. lost an arm
few nights aFn in an accident near culnra.
do. Tex, and received uthsr injuries which
u was thought would prove fatal.
Burglar elee oil an enir nee into tse
store of Bradley A Cook, at Enni~, Tex, q
few nights ago, blow open the safe and 10.
cured upward Of ti,ooo In cash. II was
thought gang Of professional burglars
were operating In that section, and thrru
we're fingers nervousIy itching to got hold
u rome of them.
The handsorc residence of ID. Mays,
on what IA known ~ the Divine Farm, ON
the north side Of the Tennessee River near
Chattanooga, Tenn, was totally destroyed
by fire with its contents a few nights ago.
The loss was quite heavy, but the full ex-
t,nt was not learned.
Newport, Kentucky, report, 3,3S7
houses inundated, the estimated damage
being Sl,0oJ,0oD. Tairty.thrcc buildings
were washed away and i27 turned bottom
upward.
AT Macon, Ga. recently, II. G. Tur-
pin was fatally stabbed by John Burnett.
They were rival scwing.machine agents.
HI ~ Evans has institut Il suit In
vicksburg, Miss, against Jacob Guadeirer,
for the recovery of a diamond ring alleged
to have been taken from the finger OF Ed
Wilson, who was recently killed in his own
gambling house.
A suit begun at Brownsville, Tex, by
one Armcndaizo, a Mexican, against tho
Stillman estate, for damage done on the
Mexican side Of the river by jatty built
on the lands Of the defendants ON this side,
has bcen decided against him. The Court
took the ground that the defendants had a
right to protect their own property.
The surveyor appointed by the Gov
srnorof Texas TO correct the boundary lines
Of tho Texas & Pacific land grant discov.
cred that the company had made an error
amounting 10 $50, 600 acres, and It's officers
have agreed to restore that space TO the
State.
| At recent meeting Of an African
Methodist Church at Atlanta, Ga., IL was
decided that the preacher should DO paid
but half his salary, the other half being
paid TO his wife. The cause for this actior
was that the clergyman, a beau among hii
flock, did not attend TO the support OF hi,
own family.
| At Lagrange, Tenn, few days ago,
Emma Mccoy, colored, gave poisoned
biscuit to her husbands alleged paramour
The latter, instead Of partaking, divided
the gift between two children, one Of whom
died from the effects. The other was saves
by physicians.
Taylor p. Wells. the wcll-knowi
river p lot Of Newport, KY. ended pro
tracted spree at Louisville a few days ag'
by shooting himself dead.
At Goodyear, Ala, a few days since
fire destroyed twcnty.four buildings AM
some substantial merchants were burne,
out. The loss viii reach SI0),coo.. lnsur
nnce triding.
Over twohundred persons arc know
TO have been killed and more than twIe
that number injured by the recent cyclone
In the fouth.
The first regular annual meeting o
the Southern s,ates immigration Associa
tion IL TO be held In Nashville, Tenn, CON
mencIng March II and continuing thre
days. A large number Of prominent spssi
ers will BE- present.
James Hawkins Of Chattanooga
Tenn, vas bitten few days ago by a ma
dog with which he had q desperate fgbI
aud succeeded in killing the brute.
Il The Mardi Cras festivities at New On
leans attracted an immrrss concourss Q
people.
: The vital statistics Of Atlanta. Ga.
from the record Of 1889, just issued, give
some interesting features a. 70 the morta
lty, and the causes leading thereto. Of n
average Southern city. The population q
Atlanta Is 90 900, Of which 5.0oo Is whit
and 5000 coiored. Tho number Of death
for the year was 1910. or ALA per 1.0r
: or this the proportion Of mortality stoo
i a. 10 tho races, whites, 10; eolorsd, o. .
/ or more than double the death rate Of n
whites. The number Of deaths ameng pei
/ sons over ave years Of age rsarhed 10, u
being Whit and sos coIorrd. The deaths
children under Ave years Of age were 81
Igi white and 80 colorci. OF this numbs
7si died andsr the age Of one year; whit
1o7; colored, ian. The deaths for the fou
hot months Of May, June, July and Augns
exceeded The number for the entire balanf
sf the year.
The cyclone about Lake Creek. N. G
swept away forty houses Two negro chi
dren and three white children perishe'
Ths deal IN the village Of hockinghal
numbered II; ~ourdsd. II
Afcw evenings since the steambos
Clinton burst steam pIps 1op miles sto,
: New Orleans, fatally scaldins Geors
Pierce. Patrick Murphy, assistant eng
nser, vas also scaldsd.
: A few nights ago fellow name
Mannel Marines - nre % : nexiean hon
! in ths upp<r pert of nroWnsviiie. Tsx.,
: longing 10 hackmsn nnn1sd Joss, vi
was "a snemy of Ne. n police cspsur'
and jslled him. savirS Mn from ~ :
2 rneed ppople, uko ue1lt tavs thrpun hi
: into ~ nrs n thsy ~ enngkt him