The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-12-06
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una N iho m.si famafsalia deaths ffum
q ruH 'hui wodui ab.fh tas. pefhars,
ever olemfeli i0uk plare In NewhoffY
Counts South Carolina. 4 faw days aea
Two brothers. Charles nHd fhnfy UuYj.
were pH hunting While in fanelHats
Yhhav Floyd nred NJ ldfi nni una n
N shot, . No. bift.FIi0i, pcnsirnird the
eye u hIa brother Chnrles, causing death
IN = short time.
Memphis received In ono LAY recently
ilhu bales " cotton the largest single
day receipts In iho history " tho city.
Tho wvtiona largest receipts were ioii4
bnies ON iha glth N November, isin, just
five years intervening. From The present
Indications this yonra receipts viii ag'
gregate fully bp,n1 haloa, which viii bo
an excess " b1,ulO bales ns compared with
The senaOn of lssl.si, aud thus maintain
Ing the prominence " Memphis ~ thu
lnrRest receiver II cotton Of any inland
city In the United States.
AZ NogloyH rancho, nfteon miles from
Eagle puss Tex, the body Of an unknown
man was discovered fow days ago, tho
head beaten In aud two bullet holes In the
body, The corpse was IN the brush near b
stream of water, aud had been exposed
about ten days. Il was impossible 20 fix
the age or nationality, II was deccntly
dressed IN pants and shirt, with broad
stockman's hat and boots with heavy
spurs.
Three hundred alligator eggs recently
placed In mn incubator IN jacksonville,
Fla, hatchcd 30 young ones.
The Larkin House property at Palhika,
Fla, was sold recently 10 Northern partits
for $4,000.
The Mobile, Clnrksyille & Evansville,
and the Indiana, Alabama a Texas Rail-
why's will consolidate.
The following are the official figures of
Louisiana; Cleveland, Gl,ilG; Blaine, iG,-
$40; Butler 800; st.. John, l2O,
Tho steam gin of u. A. pcrtkin, nt tho
Louisiana line, near Barlrop, La, with
eighteen bales Of cotton, was totally de-
stroyed by fire few days ago, The loss
is estimated at $500; insurance, 81 800.
Miss Rebcccn Orrcll, Of Clnrksyille, Tenn,
was horribly burned few days ago by her
dress being ignited nt CRATE She died In
n few hours in terrible agony. Her mother
was painfully burned while ondeay0ring 10
cxtingulsh the flames.
II. j. Timon, of Corpus Christi, Tex,
discovered Mexican n few days ago
riding u carriage horse Of his fathers OBJ
/ tanning help he pursued and caught him In
/ thehrush with another Mexican named Es-
| pineso. They were ordered 10 surrender and
Espineso compiled, but his companion
fired on Timon aud the party and retreat-
ed. lie was nitcrwnrd captured and
| killed. Espineso WIS jailed.
I Dr. A. q. llaygood, President Of Emory
College, Oxford, Ga, resigned recently.
At u meeting Of the Board Of Trustees, DR..
Hopkins, President, was elected fres-
ident. DR.. llaygood viii give his entire
/ time 30 the John +. Slater fund. liz an.
nounccd that northern gentleman inter-
ested In the Slater work had given S2i,00O
10 Emory College. DIR, Ilaygood was mad,
President Of the Bonrd OF Trustees.
Mr.. John Wright, living near Kelton,
s. c., lost his dwelling by fire few days
ago under circumstances 0s singular NJ
the kick Of Mrs. O'Loary's COW. Tn,
fire occurred from cat lying In the fire.
place, where some smodering cmbers sol
fire To- her hair, and while on fire. tho cal
ran into some loose cotton which wa,
spread on the floor, and from this occur
renee the dwelling was fired nnd do.
stroyed.
The Tennessee Prohibition State Com
mittee has sent 10 all parts Of the Stat
for signatures 10 thousands of petition.
asking the General Assembly to submit q
Constitutional Amendment prohibiting thu
manufacture hnd sale OF liquor. Hon
John =. 1t. John, General Clinton B Fisk
John u. Cough and Miss Frances Wlllart
have been invited to take part in tho cam
paign.
Captain William Rol,son's store, on BIZ
plantation, twelve miles below Shreveport
La, on the Rcd River, wns entered BY
burglars few nights ago, the safe broker
Into aud large sum of money aud variou
valnnbles stolen. Tbs burglars, who fron
work done on the safe seem 10 have beci
experts, escaped with their booty.
The Eastern aud Northern mail leayini
New Orleans a few nights ago burned, ani
large number Of permits for spac. In th
Worlds Exposition were destroyed. Tn
managers werc Issuing duplicates as rapid
ly n possible.
Several military companies " Peters
burg, Va, were ordered out n few night
ago by Major J. X. Cary, at the Instance o
Mayor Jarratt, 10 resist any attempt tha
might b. made 10 do violence 10 Engen
Glenn tnsgrol, who murdered Wilma
Holland (whitel, aud who was confined Il
the jail.
Despite the fact that two of their mum
her were murdered In Tennessee last Au
gust, Mormon Elders have resumed opera
ti0ns In several counties of the State, an
manifest determination not 10 bc iniim
dated. They conduct their services In
quiet manner, and ars seemingly earefu
not 20 arouse any antagonlsm. The Nor
mon converts In Lewis, Hickman aud VII
son Counties who refused 10 obey notice
warning them 10 leave on pain of death
have not been molcstsd. AMI II ls though
they will no, b. intsrfered with szair
Although a reward Of 1900 has been Of
fsfed by Governor Bate for the arrest an
apprehension II Que or more Of the partis
engaged In the Lewis County massacre, n
effort has been made to earn "a. II baln
apparent that the slayers Of Elders Glib
and Berry will resort 10 any measure 4
order 10 prevent The infection Of III
penalty of The Law. II is more than like
Is that no attsmpt will be made 10 di.
cover the perpetrators Of the crim@
oophers are delicacy In Georgia.
A burglary and safe robbery occurred 4
I.ibble's saloon. ne Dcnison, Tex, . fe'
nights ago. The thieves took from tho sai
nearly si.e1 in money AMI considerable
jewelry. Il is the opinion that the job va
not done BY novices.
In the Circuit Court q, Memphis, Tenn
few DAYS ago, the case Of Ida Well
coiored, was on trial before Judge ].
Pierce. She sued the Chesapeake. Ohio
Southwestern Railroad for a go. for dan
ages she sustained in having been ejscts
from the ladies' coach on that road an
compelled 10 20 into the colored people
car. Decision was reserved.
GeorEis will occupy four thousand fe'
Of room as The Nsw Orleans Exposition.
n said that Calsmbla County. Finridl
has phosphate rocks similar 10 those
south Carolins.
Hon. A. {. Coffee. a member Of the ALI
I hama Iszislasurs ffom Bibb County q