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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16

A Hsifwaf ffala ts#aHt ~ ths Hssnisi=s
~ ssalhsfs tslsfaas fsfFlhls fspsfis
sfse N the Passengers fhs s.e sus@
tssstgy sssesd taass,
psstaa. eaia, ~ 4
A special ffom bufaago ta.nlEht says
that The tnoe storm ihefu has ahalsi, lui
tho esunlff Ia literally showed under,
Hnow slides l,rteesn Durango aud silver
ian have rompistsly pfosifaied the ,eIs.
Frarh and telephone uifsa, anil Allseflon
and al the upper portion n The Nan Juan
country IL shut 81 floia the outside world.
The Rio ufands train dae IN Dafsnao on
sunday arrived there this evening after
having been tied az fof sssefal days. The
lralafmen made renewrd efforts 20 push
tho train through, and by usiag several en-.
glnes aud Hnow.plowH aurcoe,Isd IN getting
IN this evening Tho passengers say they
Jared better than could he espected'unasf
The circumstances.
The train which left Durango on sunday
svenIhr. tsand TOT iseav<r. slt@f steesss.
fully crossing the divide, stuck In q bank
lew miles from psief, q small station On
the downward slope Of the main divide.
Al efforts 10 free themselves proved futile,
and preparations wers made by the pas.
sengsra to pass tho night on tho mountains
a. hest they could. Next day tho train.
men. assisted by tho passengers, put forth
their lest efforts 10 cut way tn oagh the
banks of snow, but they were unsucceas.
ful. Provisions on the train were then be.
coming low. Up 10 that time tho contents
of the express car had supplied food for
the passengers. Then the fuel gave out,
and some uneaHiness beganto he felt.
Two of the trainmen volunteered 10 at
tempt 10 reach Osier and get assistance.
They started out TO weather the storm, with
the chances greatly against them reaching
pcriencc NJ being full Of the greatest hard.
ships and most pcrilous adventures. They
could not follow any trail and struck out
overland towards Osier. Az times the two
men were covered over head with snow,
aud had II not been for tho assistance one
was capable OF rendering the other, both
would have perlshed. As u was, after
hours Of the greatest fatigue, thoy reached
the snow.bound settlement OF Osler, and In.
formed the citizens Of the perilous position
OF the passengers OF the delayed traiu. A
relief party was at once organized and men
started out on snowshoes for the train
loaded with provisions. These men were
followed by others, and ~ the nrst reliel
party has returned 20 Osier after having
landed their load OF food 10 the distressed
passengers there need be no longer any ap
| prchensions OF their safety, as plenty o
| provisions can thus be carried In ON SNOW
shoes.
0sier is near the famous Toltec Gorge,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16
Foreign Intelligence.

A PETITION has been issued by the Iepis
laturc " British Columbia praying for
restriction Of tho importation Of Chinese
lahnrcrs, aud stating that tbern were
eighteen thousand Cinnamon there now,
most Of whom were destitute.
TmE session Of tho British Parliament
was opened ON tho 5ih. The Queens speech
urged the passage Of the bills 10 extend the
franchise throughout the United Kingdom
and 10 reform local government, and stated
TINT plans would be prepared 10 extend
the municipal government 10 the whole
metropolis and to rcprcss corruption at
elections.
The False Prophet defeated Baker Pasha
on the 9th near Tokar, Egypt, tho latter
losing 1900 mon, four Krupp cannons and
two Gasl.ng guns. A retreat 10 Tripkitat
was made, where the gun.boat Ranger Of
fered some protection, bu. tho Europeans
would return at once 20 Suakim. 4.
ls Vienna on the 5th great alarm pre-
vailed over the discovery Of plots to assns.
sinate the whole royal family. All the
public buildings were under guard.
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16
A DESPERATE COWBOY.
An Exciting Fight on tho streets Of Mont
rose. Col. with u Cowboy Despsrsde--
Two Prominent Citizens shot.

IN Excttin9 ktEht On tUc Hfreets OIL mons-
rese. Col. with Cowboy Dsspsrsde--
Two Prominent Citizens shot.
MosTnosE, Col, Feb. 7. (
There Is great excitement In town to-nigh,
over the shooting OF City Marshal q. II.
Murphy and Judge Edwards, q Justice OF
the Peace and Police Judge, by q cowboy
named Watson, who was bound over In
July TO the District Court for splitting In
tho Judges face. lie was flned 80 and
costs. which amounted 10 about sis. About
dark the Marshal was attacked aud shot In
tho ankle Or Just above. The man being on
his horse, be fired at him, but missed. sev.
erai shots were fired by citizens. Return.
Ing In about half an hour, tho Desperate
drew his pistol on Frank Mason, when
Judge Edwards came up and drew his pis.
tol on Watson, commanding him 70 throw up
his hands. Watson spurrcd his horse. went
few feet. refined up. took deliberate aim
at the Judge and fred four shots, ons bali
entering about three inches below the lsfi
nipple. The town h In arms after tho man
Watson, who has had moro than hundred
shots hred az him. At corner his horse
fell, and persons, thinking he was burt, ran
10 pick him up, but beforc thsy could get "a
him he was no and on his horse again. The
Marshal, Bob Murphy, started In pursuit,
but did not overfaks him.
Not only did he threaten 10 kill the thres
men already named, but hsswore he would
burn the town, and u is feared by soms
persons that he may return here yet 10.
night and undertake L. u II now nearly
twelve o'clock and Sheriff johnson has Just
called TO SEQ your correspondent 10 give A.
account OF the first attempt to catch Wat
son tonight This Sheriff was returning
from colorow, . town between here and
Delta, and when about four miles north.
west from hero 10 met his deputy. Mr..
LOTUS, with the other odiccrs, They had
followed Watson -ecross the Uncompashre
River, but he cl6dsd them. Fivs armed
and mounted men WIRE sent 10 baldwin'-
Cowcamp to look out for Watson, and u Il
expected that II he goas there he will be
captured, ~ there u but one man there.
The camp Il twenty Ave miles 70 the north.
east of here, whsrs he could Ct : fresh
horss and . supply OF cartridges. for which
purpose n IL expected be will 80 tlsrs, q
he be enjoubtIsss made up his mind by fhis
tins " Hxht . long hard, and desperate
fight Watson IL probably thiriy-sisht
years old. stout built man with heavy
black whiskers, . determined looking face,
such q man ~ others would fear.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16

THE sale Of intoxicants will not be per-
mltied BY ths New England Agricultural
Society At any Of its fairs In the future.
A PEW days ago James L. Lines shot his
wife fatally at Homer, N. Y, and then
killed himself.
osr THOUSAND wsavers At the Atlantic
mills In Lawrence, Mass, struck against
reduction OF wages on the 9TH.
The marriage Of Frederick Pisrson. Of
the United States Navy. 70 Miss Josephine
Aver. only daughter Of the late DR.. J. G.
Aver, took place IN New York few days
ago. The bride Is heiress TO ten million
dollars.
wxspELL PHILLIrs' funeral In Boston
on the eth attracted a vast concourss Of
people. including delegations from all the
reform movements.
sEvEx HuspREp weavers inths Pocasset
N II st Fall River, Mass, struck on the
s,b, and the mill wss closed.
THE annual session Of The National Agri.
cultural Convention commenced In New
York City on the 9th. A psper on the In.
Justice done the farmer by the sale of
oleomsrkarine was read BY Jossph II.
Reall, Secretary Of the convention.
A vfnK recently destroyed the extensive
furniture factory Of cro<sman 4 Klnens
ssr, u Allentown, Pa, and nvs psrsons
wprs reported - killed anil sewn oth>rs
were injured By falling walls.
Tnn failure Of ". A. Smith. dlanond.
dealw Of Boston. for fpo.o1. e Feporssd.
y voo dl>csvsrsd on ths ~ that nenry
b Chdrck, for skx years Chamberlain oI
Troy. \. u, Wss . dslaultsr for F7,9p'
4 ~ ,koueks ltn1 ~ napi of ~ monsy
~ ~ h 49, spseuIsstea. nls vhsss'
oE1uo4 Wuuo unknsv2
- nuunnn : Dspetnr pnsarripelss -
~ 116los1 ouocl . el11oo - Wenoe1
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16
LATER.

The food news was decidedly gloomy
still on the 10Th. Al Wheeling, W. Va,
the recedInr waters have simply allowed
the terrible devastation 70 be plainly seen.
Twenty thousand people are destitute near
there. Al Cincinnati tho food Of 1881 was
already surpassed and the river was still ris.
Ing. hain was reported 81 many points ana
streams were constantly swelling. In .ne
ohio tns top OF tne ilse was ye' ~ ,nhe7
above CINCINNATI ins re'isl co''m''''e'
'"a @aa ..s as-.s s.. "" ~ s.aa.,.' 'as n, 9.
s'sfsh HUNT - 'c''""s'y "' ~ %
reserspurg.
MARQUIS IsEso denies that no gong
70 rarH 70 resume negossuons
IuKkkf leaves u 10 England 10 take
the initiative In the Egypiiaa negotiations.
ADMIRAL CALDER has been recalled
from command Of the French feet In NADIA.
ssscar waters.
EnrERoR WILLIAM Is irving TO effect
srseonciiation between Prince Frederick
Charles and hls wife.
The steamship Nottinghill was
wrecked BY an iceberg February 4. The
crew were saved by the steamship State Of
Nebraska
The laws requiring removal OF non-
residents from the Indian Territory are %
b enforced. and trouble is spprehsndsd.
MoRE than 1900 bills have been In
troduced Ia the House o. ot.Rspre.ensa,ives
hi. session, and los, than 90 have bssr
acted on BY committees.
RosDAIRF, the French engineer. u
letting The sea into the desert Of sshsr.
D. Lesssps promise. saa success. 49,. NJ,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16
A Block Of Houses siah Inss . coIiesy.
wifKsssAnHH. PA, Fob. 7.


The Borough Of Hssisson, In the lower
end Of this county, town Of 5000 inhabl-
tsnts, was this afternoon thrown into >
fearful ststs Of excItsuent by the caving
In Of an entire square In The central part
OF the borough. The drop was about thrvs
feet, caused by The giving way Of Tho tim
berr In Sugar Loaf coIiisry underneath.
Three or four houses. including hotel.
we're entirely wrecked, while nun,bsr
Of others were more Or less injured. The
residence OF Master Mechanic Clark. Of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad shop. was utterly
demo- olished- Fortuna ely no lives were
sacrined or anybody injured. II L. report
ID here Tonight that grave apprehension
exists IN Hssiston Consuming . further ~
iling Of the surface, and much anxisty sx-
lists. This Il the nrst town known 70 havs
suffered from . csvs-In directly IN ~ busi.
ness center. and II naturally. gives riss. 70
much curiosity among resldsnts Of other
undermined towns 70 know hssxaet causes
that opsrstsd In bringins about the disss.
Ter Of to-day.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16

Ths jury In the case Of Pat Haley, The
young Irishman charged With kllling Alsx.
Dunlap, an aged negro. Lass sumnlsr. BY
cutting his throst with butcher knife, ~
turned . verdict n noon to-day Of not gull
~. This pas the second TRIAL, he having
been convictsd Of murder il The nrst d.
s' siss Ic.ds, Jsass e. srssss s rsnsstsa siss ~ /
was perfect s1rpriss 70 The court and Z
diHgrscs and insult 70 any clvilissd eon'
munify. He bad he Jury polIed and shess
namss SPREAD upoa Ne minister, Win H.
struetioss nsvsr % sgain b senmoosd q
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16

A NswherK. nsss vrnnnIin. q -
'Fdsco naiIroe1, yeaosrde1 evealrS. eneo1
eight O'CLOCK, ~. O. EesHtu, > 4oll1o
conduclor, vhIls tsyins = eou(6 ~ -
kis alnsso ins1oe1 11nAk. ~ 11nu 1lE1g
passed ~ e11es ~ - - NV
cies slechlng = y - f.leon4 49, ID
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16

A Hsiiwaf ffHla fsseht " ne Hssnisies
~ seHfhsfa tslsfHas fsfflhis fspsfi.
sfse N the Passengers fhs sse suss
tsaatfy asaesa taass,
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-02-16
Tnr missIssIrri.

asssiafIsss sssss,ifsss saa aasFfss ~ ne
hlsss fsassafsss- s-.isspFsssrssHt ~ West.
sfe w#sssssfs Ssessmmssfsa ths fis
rsH VI the tsmmIsslss srrfessa 49,
rfersissisas fsf . tsails#ssse a wst
demanded
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
A Lover OF the Antique.

Mrs Limoges is very bric-a-b! &C in
her tastes, but is not very ready 20 pay
her bills. The other day the grocery
man called:
"Can see Mrs. L?' he said to thf
servant. -rr
What do You want?"
five got bill here for some gtocsr
les she bought last month"
"Only a month old?" asked the girl,
in surprise.
"Ain' that old enough?" -
q "No, sir, it is not. Mrs. Limoges,
I'd have you know, is lover of the an
tique, and should she see a bill only q
month old she would have a fit of nerv-
Gus pros ration"
"Well, that beats the deuce. When
shall Gomez"
.Oh, some time in the future. The
older the bill gets the better; but don't
you ever dare to come around with any
of those vulgar new bills, that the stains
have never touched" and she slammed
the door in his face.-Nerchant 1rSv-
We
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

the plumbers Of drug clerks. One Of the
latter has been held for murder.
A CONSTRUCTION train and Q freight
train collided on the Baltimore & Ohio on
the morning Of the 18th near Connsllsville,
Pa The construction train was conveying
some day laborers to work when the &C.
cidsut occurred. Immediately after the
accident the wreck caught IRE, and when
the debris was cleared away the charred
and mangled bodies Of fourteen or fifteen
persons killed were discovered. Twelve
others were injured, some badly.
The tobacco-growers Of New England
have started movement to secure the re-
peal of all internal revenue taxes on their
product, and they expect aid from Southern
and Western politicians and tobacco men.
THE remains of Charles O'Conor were
buried from the Cathedral at New York,
on the 18th.
THE machinery of the Mount Washing
ton inclined plane at Pittsburgh, Pa, be-
came disarranged, recently, and several
persons were injured.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23

when he suddenly shot himself No other
reason except that he was insane was
given for the act.
A LARGE number Of land seekers from
the Northwest were in Western Tennessee
lately looking for locations.
A SPECIAL from Cheraw, 8. c., says: W.
Began Cash, the fugitive murderer of Mar.
shall Richards, was killed the other morn
ing while resisting arrest by q posse in
charge of Deputy Sheriff King. One of the
posse was slightly wounded, and one Of
Cash's associates was seriously wounded.
A RUssKLLvILLI,Ark.,sp special says: The
horses attached to Q wagon containing q
wedding party ran away, throwing four
persons out, killing Mrs. Peller and danger
ously wounding Mrs. Albert Lyons.
The Fourth Quadrennial General Con
ference of the Methodist Church met at
Baltimore, Nd, recently, with Rev. DIR.
McElroy, Of Michigan, as President. One
hundred and ninety delegates were pres
ent.
A MAN named Kuykendall and two
brothers named Pope were lynched in
Howard County, Ark, the other day for
the murder of a peddler named Ward.
The crime was one Of great atrocity, the
body being burned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
FACTS AND FIGURES.

The total number of Indians at
tached to agencies is now 246. O00.-M
Y. SAN. tiss
"A business dispatch from Philadel-
phia went to London and brought back
IN answer in fifty-five minutes.
The cattle market at Brighton,
Mass, has been closed after a continu-
Gus existence ever since the revolution
airy war.--Boston Herald.
Oil speculation has gained such
magnitude that the sales in the differ
emit exchanges aggregate $4,000, 900
daily, and there are 36,OO0,O 900 pip,
line certificates outstanding. - Chicago
Herald.
For each 100 miles of railroad il,
the United States there are 25.l2 mile;
of second track, sidings, etc.; 10. % loco.
motives, 1894 passenger-cars, Az
baggage and mail cars, and 62l.4
freight cars.
The first cotton exported from,
America was a lot of eight bags sent to
Liverpool just one hundred years ago.
and the customs authorities detained i
awhile because it was reckoned impos.
sible that SO much could have beeu
raised here. The crop last year
amounted to 6,949, 756 bales. of which
4.766, 597 were exported.-M Y Her
aid.
New York is the center of the cigar
making trade. She has nearly 4,0Oa
factories, and turns out 1000, goo. COZ
cigars year. Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Illinois rank after New York. There
were made in this country last year
3,177, 1860. 952 cigars, about forty fer
every pound of tobacco used. HOY
MANY importede About $4,000, 900, a
total of about 3, 15O, 600, 900, or sixty fer
every man, woman and child in the
United States, and 250 for every man
over twenty-one years of age.-M Z.
NeUs. r' b ~ b 49, 1850.
The United States Government
owes the State of New Jersey seventy
three cents, with interest thereon, sia:e
1861. the State having paid an EXCESS
of the amount assessed upon it for III
rect taxes TO carry on the war in 1861.
The interest amounts to 81 cents aad
six mills, and at the present time the
sum of S1.07O.6 stands to the credit of
the State on this account on the Doc ks
of the Treasury. An act of Congress
would be necessary. however, in order
to have the debt paid off.-NeUork
Register.
Besides the United States, the chief
countries for the production of cotton
are the East Indies, Egypt, Brazil, the
West Indies and Guiana. India cnn-
tributes supply of cotton next in i'm
portance to that of the United States.
Their total production was estimated as
far back as 1858 at 6,5O0,0O0 bales of
375 pounds each. Ceylon, Borneo and
other islands of the Indian archipelago
have long produced cotton. japan
produces it. A portion of Australia is
well adapted to, il. but no county,
either in the Old or New World, is prcb-
ably to be compared to America for TIE
adaptation of its soil and climate to this
cultivation. The principal cotton-prp-
ducing district of Africa is Egypt,
where its culture was introduced N
1901
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
Another Diamond.

MILWAUKEE, May ia rumOr was cur.
rent that two other large diamonds had been
found i'm the diggings near Eagle, in this
State. The report was only partially true.
Mr.. B0yntOn informed a correspondent that
one small diamond of the same shape but
lighter in color, and half carat i'm weight,
had been found. The stone was exhibited
and found to be several shades lighter. The
stone was found in the same hole as the
first one, at depth of twenty feet. The
shaft had been sunk down fOrty-five feet If
stratum of gravel similar to that in which
the other stones were found should be
struck, it was the plan to stone up the shaft
and then drift in either direction from the
main shaft
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
WIT AND WISDOM.

Try never to borrow, and you will
be less likely to be asked to lend.
One of the heaviest things in thi.
world is the .'test of truth" There i:
SO much that won't bear it.
A counter-irritant-The woman
who offers ten cents a yard for forty
cent goods.-N0rristoUn Herald.
1t elm whut a man knows er bout
hisse'f dat makes linn feel proud. It's
whut he 'magines udder people thinks
o. him. -.ArEGnsdW 7raUelLer.
Twill the youngest girl in the
room please rise," said q school super
intendent in a rural school. Every
female stood up, including the teacher.
burlington Free Press.
-" Never look at your boy when he
is speaking" writes a father. 1t en-
harnesses him when he is explaining
how he happened to be in school and
out playing ball at the same time
Buffalo Express.
-"Can you tell me, SIR" asked a
young lady at bookstore, ''in what
order Thackeray wrote his books?"
"No. lady" replied the gentlemnnlv
sales gentleman: "but. don't yer know
[ Guess. it was in order to make
money. Chicago Herald. ,..L
Little Emma came running into the
parlor Yesterday morning Where her
mother was entertaining voung Mr.
Duder until Miss Mary would comt,lete
her toilet and come downstairs ard
cried out: ooh. mamma! Johnny is
dot Marv,s teef and WON'T g;va 'ero IN
her. "-Kentucky State Journal
-
-Only One army Jewel
None" said the feSriess isdy' sbnt one1
4 carbuncle-lbe setting fortune cost;
but us wen secured ana can not DC iOss
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-23
Artemus Ward as a "Bad Boy"

Mr.. Bisbee, the blacksmith. of Paris
Me-. where the family of the humorist..
lived in his boyhoOd, says:
You "kin" talk as much as you please
of bad boys. but if them '.thar"two.
boys weren't bad "uns." T never wsnt
to see another cent. ''Darn" my boots
if they couldn't cut up more monkey
shines than any two boys ever mel.
"Bilr' was more wiry and active than
the other, but Charley" was the most
deceiving. If l found the handles of
my hammers smeared with axle-grease,
Just as was pulling the iron from thez
fire. l knew the long-legged, lantern
jawed, red-headed "Chariey" had been
in. If l was putting shoes on horse
he'd slip in, anu with solemn looking
face hail me with ''How do, Mister Bis
bee!" but that horse would not stand
still while that boy was in the shop. He
would pull hair out of the animals tail
and prick him with pins, until, losing
patience, would throw the hammers at
him and shout: 'Git out o here, you
land-loper," He would run a little.
piece up the road. only to return and
say in lachrymose tones: Eye amt
mad, are you, old Bisbee?" 81 say,
old gruf," in a bantering tone of voice.
Evan Amburgh's msnagerie is coming
to town and he wants his monkeys
shod. Don't you want to put shoes on,
your relations?" With this sally he
would disappear. All! many is the time
l had to complain of that awkward boy
to his people, who were quiet and
Christian-like in their manners. Well,
years went by and "Bilr'' and Char
lev" left school and went into printing
office to learn to be printers. Charley
moved away and went to Boston, and
from there no one knew what had be-
come of him until it began to be whis-
pered in the town that "Artemus Ward"
of the Cleveland PidindeaLer, who was
making the world laugh at his oddities,
was none other than our gaunt, un-
calmly Charley" Brown. Then our
doubts were set at rest BY his putting ins-
an appearance after being gone so many
wears. remember his coming; time
had not improved his looks. and the
droll expression of his eyes was there
still. He came up to the door of the
smithy, and in the tones / remembered
so well said: 'Mister Bisbee, / saw the
Van Amburgh monkeys after you put
shoes on them. and they all died from,
least the doctors called it
that" l knew my tormenter of the
years gone. That was the last time.
saw the most original humorist that
America ever produced. Poor fellow!
| have all his books and lectures at,
home, and prize them very highly.