The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-01-19

VI opinion as ~ how The end is 10 he
reached, Tho cattle mon ARE on the ground
In force 10 represent tholr interests.
Two persons were poisoned recently ,
In 'lpxnrknn Its, by eating wild turhov,
Miss Florence Howard young lady
wcll known Va he society of unlyoitnu,
rry., died suddenly few days ago, sup
posolly frnm heart disease.
Mrs lucrulIa Patterson, wife Of OK.
senator Patterson, Of South Carolina,
died In Wnshn ton fow days since.
nr William NJ, Turner, for many
years Superintendent of the Charity Hos
pilal at shreveport, la, died few days
Htn.
Mrs W. T. Anderson, Of Hnllas, ToN,
was 50 seriously burned a few days ago ~
lighting fire with conl.oil that she died
from the rlTocts.
Cornelius Ryan, shot by Wm. llans
burg At Jackson, Miss, died n few days
ago. A Coronor's Jury decided the shoot
ing lusiillablc.
Captain Il. +. Dent. well known on
the Mississippi, aud lately In command OF
the steamer DoSmet, died nt Vicksburg, rc.
Gently,
Ger crnl Hancock VI tied Galveston,
Tex, recently nnd reviewed the troops
there.
A bill has been introduced In the Tex.
as Legislature calling tor the removal of
oil gates aud distractions across roads.
A Georgia slatlstirian has discovered
that the annual average Of babies born In
that S.ate is as,o3o, or 1913 per day, In.
clndiny fun1nyG
sam Wheeler, of Gilmore, Tex, sen
fenced to be hung on tho ilti, was respitrd
for thirty days, having, II ~ alleged, he.
come n luuntic.
The j. j. Powers Oi-mllls ut vicks.
burg, Miss, have been sold to n stock com.
pany, and will hereafter be- knJwn az the
Warren Cot,on.mlls.
A young girl named Fclipa Lcscania,
living AZ BsoNusyilln, IoV., was so badly
burned Tow days ago that her life was Dc.
,paircd Of.
Tho young women Of Blouniyillc,
Tenn, have organized with n mottoi "1o'
tal Abstinence OF No lluahnnd'-"
Thirty.slx square miles Of school lands
lying IN one body are advertised ior salo IN
Clay and Archer Counties, Tex. They nre
Mt present lnclossd by the Wichita Land
anil Cattle Company.
Ed Atchison. incarceratel for stab.
bing Sidney l,uckman, was taken from the
Monroe (va.l jail by mob n few nights
ago aud hanged. The body was then rid.
died with bnlois.
Wesley Poscy. negro raplst, sentenced
10 b. hanged at Birmingham. Ala, on the
ilih. has hcen respited for thirty days.
Edwards Opora.house at Selma, Ala,
bufne ! a low nights ago. Loss, sll-0jI; Ia.
suraBcc, 500. Two nrImon were injured
~ fnlliny walls.
In Gordon County. Ca. recently, at
social parry. John Heath was on Tho foot
awaiting 10 commsncp a quadrille. He sud.
denly rcoled and fell TO the floor. and In.
siauilv expired.
Henry Hunter. Of oglcthorpe, Ca.
had ca n burned % deatu lew daysago.
The mother went on a visit, aud left sey.
cral small children In tho house around
the fire. When she returned she found
one burned 50 badly that all H. skin peeled
on.
A Stats Convention Of stock men was
held last week In Austin. Tex, at which
Representatives Of all the s'ock.raislng soc.
tions were present and their Interests thor.
oaghly discussed. The oficsrs Of tho Con.
veniion wsrsi Hon. J. D. Hayers, OF Bis.
trop, Presidents John N. Simpson. Of Dal.
Las. flrst vIce.President; ". y. North, Of
Austin, second vics.Prusldent, Seth Ma.
bry. OF Kansas City, third Vice. PRECEDENT; /;
Colonel Mlt Lambert and d. Q. Bentley,
Secretaries; Doc Day, of Austin, TREASURER; /;
W. II. Crane, sefRssnt-at Arms. Execu.
tive Committee, Doe Day, Austin, Chair
man; A. n. Br.ton, TarTant County; J.
NJ. Mathis, Victoria County, W. y. Lewis.
Mitchell County; 2. d. Lott, Ooliad; n. B
s,oddard. Brasos, ID. y. Moore. Galveston, !,
J. N. Brown. San Antonio; u. u. Uroome,,
Pan; J. Kard, Clay County. A resolution
was adopted asking the passage Of q law
making fcnce-cuttlng felony. and strong
sentiment was manifested in opposition 10
the passage of herd law by the fegisia.
turr, and u is said that a powerful lobby
will rcmain in Austin during the session Of
the Legislature 70 defeat sny such.
Adjuianl-General King of Texas has
issued an order forLiddIng al officers and
men attached % the Rangers carrying side
arms except when actually on duty, or %
vlsi; saloons or dramshops except on strict
ly osiicial hn.lnsss.
Memphis hal eight inches u snow.
Judge Parice of the United states
District Court At New Orisan. recently lie
cidsd the case of the New Orlasn. Ma.
tlonal Bank against Pos master W. b. Msr.
chant, In favor Of The bank, d-crseinz that
the hank IL entitled 10 the full ami free ~.
of the mails.
Washington Wyatt. the oldes, ans
weslthisst undertaken In Ipaissills ny.
died suddenly a few days aga. lie va
on. of the founders of the cslebrats'
Archer Paeke. Line. which 81 one time hai
monopoly of all the river traffic be,wse
Memphis and Louisville.
A $4,000 FIRE occurred at Milan
Tex. few nights ago.
In Louisville. ky.. few days since
Csye snopp. convicted Of stss slinK The city
money whlls employed In the t.ek.tax 60
lsetor's ofiee. vas sentenced 10 three year
imprisonment.
bob Patterson charged with the thsi
of 80 from Thompson a Clements. of D.
las. Ter, sni With ssssnit with intent
zsFdsr N Sherman. attempted % make b
escape whlis tsihz escorted 10 jail rsosn
~. The sasrd nfsd thr<= shots - him. a
la passing thronzh his s1iom-n. profs
Inz rpand from ~hish i r>- thsusht
weaIi dl<.