The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-05-10
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and The bonds never ieKaily issued. The
present iiasfd u Supervisors has en.
RaEed counsel 10 resist payment.
Two eoiofed politicians we're arrested Al
dafyshufs. n G., q few days ago whom
staHt b asHt . duel
Colonel VIII Lambert, Secretary n tho
Texas Live Hlect Association. says there
will be one hundred Texas COW men nj tho
Convention In ~. Louis nest November.
kilograms state that Muliean and CLARK.
convicted In ouacbita Parish, La, Of the
murder of old man licgcra and wife last
month. were taken from jail at Monroe q
few nights ago and hanged.
Al the last sitting OF the Medina County
t'rex) Grand Jury, ffty.thrce mon were
indicted for 100 mIsdemeanors aud forty.
one cases Of fence burning, fence cutting,
conspiracy 10 murder state witnesses, etc.
A negro In Houston County, Texas, rc.
Gently passed $50 Confederate bill on a
grange s'prc, got $40 worth Of goods and
$40 In change, and skipped out before the
fraud was detected.
Colorado City, Tex, has q hen which flew
into lis owners room few days ngo In
time 10 give the alarm and enable him 10
drive away two thieves who were making
III with load Of booty.
BIdld University, at Charlotte, N. c., for
colored people, is to have new hall cost.
Ing 81 900.
Fort Worth, Tex, generously offers b
contribute s2 for every 81 allowed by the
State TO establish and conduct a summer
Normal School at chat place.
Anthony o'Brien. an nmplpye OF the
Texas & Pacific Railroad, drank TO excess
a few nights ago at Marshal, Tex, and wan.
dered of, and the next morning was found
drowned In branch near the city.
Jim Smithson, farmer living noai
Birmingham, Ala, shot his father.in.law
named Blankenship, dead few days ago,
on account Of something the latter said
and refused to retract. Smithson escaped.
Tho Owensboro & Nashville Accommo.
dation train was wrecked near Russell.
vile, KY, few days ago by COW on the
track. Sam Page, engineer, Of Louisville,
was killed. Mike Costello, fireman, was
badly injured.
The general store belonging 10 VIM. II
Max, at Clayton, Ala, was destroyed by
fire few mornings since. Loss, 5000
insurance, 5000. Tho origin OF the ar,
| Il unknown.
Sheriff Brawley, Of Ellis county, Tex.
recently lodged In Dallas jail q notorious
horse-thief named Thomas Wolf, who ha,
operated In Texas and the Indian Territory
for years, and whom the authorities hay,
been after since 1880. Wolf was captured
In East Texas. He was to be transferred
to Waxahachie Jail.
A convention Of plaid manufacturer
South met at Greensboro, N. c.. few day
ago. All reported no stock on hand an,
many largely ahead. The mills organize,
as the Southern Plaid Manufactursrs' Asso
citation and elected I. N. Holt, President
VIM. Neal has boen sentenced 10 b
hanged at orayson, KY, July 49, H.
made long speech, denying his guilt. an,
relating In detail his movements before an,
after tho time OF tho murder, saying no wa
at home asleep when the crime was com
mltted.
News reached Dallas. Tex, few night
ago that the fences OF Alex Cockrell's bil
pastures, seven miles west OF Dallas, ha,
been cut. Cockroll has two pastures, ON
Of 400 acres, the other Of 1900, and tn
fences were cut in almost every panel
The damage Is estimated at 5000. Their
is no clew TO the fence-cutters.
At Long Branch school.touse, Guada
loupe County, Tex. eight miles from Sal
Marcos. at the close Of Sabbath.school las
Sunday difficulty occurred resulting Il
the killing Of Houston Geary by Gu
Scrutchins. Wiley Watson, In endeavor
Ing to prevent the parties from fighting
was shot through the shoulder. Five shot
were fired. two by Geary and three b,
scrutchlns. The difficulty was the resul
Of an old feud.
c.J. McDowali, q trial Justice. was sho
and killed near Camden, y. C., few day
ago by A. II. Perry. The latter had com
planned Of the rulings Of tho Justice In
cause before him. for which McDowal
called Perry to account, and fight ensue,
with the above result. Perry has fisd
McDowall's brother was murdered by
negro two years ago, for which the latte
was hanged.
Miss Maria Hedden, daughter Of Mr.
John Hedden, was drowned In tho ococ'
River, near Ducktown, Tenn, few day
ago.
Some time ago Mr.. @. L. Record, o
vicksburg, Miss, bored Roles In row
around a hogshead at regular intervals
filling tho hogzhead with earth, and set
strawberry plant In each Of the holsss be
sides putting number OF plants on toy
There are now 100 plants growing from tn
sides Of this novel garden In full beaut,
and bloom, with aproliiic growth Of thriv
Ing. healthy fruit.
The Florida Republicans elected Arthu
men as dslegstes-at-largs to tho chioag'
Convention.
William Brooks was hanged at Alexan
dris, La, on the "a Inst. for wife.murdsr
Enoch Brown suffered tho same penalt,
for q similar crime on the same day .
Halifax courthouse, N. O.
James Monroe. Of Camden, Ray County
Ky, Wills In fit Of temporary insanity
few days ago committed suicide by cuttinl
his throat.
| A. Heniman's warehouse al Waco, Tex.
was destroyed by FIRE . few days ago
Loss, 5000; insurance, $4,000. I, va
filled with wagons and heavy machinery
Blaekherries are plentiful In Florida.
An old white man named Milledg
Vaughn, vas murdered near Chunky sia
tion, Miss.. . few days ago. Clarts su'
TIN, coIored. admitted the crime. but n
sisting arrest was shot dead. Vaughn
remains were horribly musIlstsd. Tb
head and feet were separated from ih
body.
| John Hogan, IN aged bachelor living on
plantation across The Georgia line fror
Columbia, recently died Of epilepsy On
pallet Of straw. In leather pouch On bI
| psrson Was found MOO In currency, en-
In his trunk lay >51 IN gold. He couI
nsitAer Fead nor write.
| A Dr.. norspa. Of Dallas, Tsx.. rscsstl
found ba1ket % BE doorstep eontaiaIn
child ahput ~ dsyu old
| Miss nary = Brown, Of AbbsviIls Coss
| y. 3. @. has ssed Mr. Joks Mcneil 70
brsech of pFoniss. laying damages u 90
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