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

#tu~ drifts and fetnffinK travel.
1HK Uehhsit bill rfahIIItina the rnan.
hfssitfe n aIr. wins, i~rf, aHd aIi Intex.
iesfiuz H1ttm< whatever. wss passed In
~ Iowa HshsIs cn fha Il'h ny vvte n .
10 n
1us water In the OhIs River W.. slslus
n UIHfInnati on tho 18th. Foffy.fwD IaisI
ne<@ hiueks wzre submerged IL radnrHh,
~. une.haIf Of flaiIatin County. IT..
WIN under was=r. and ffame housss were
floating sway from Ehawnaatown. tien-
efaI IIeckwith reported that thera was no
human leInx between Wheeling and Cairo
suffering for food, and preparations had
bsen made 70 pitch tentu for shelter.
A sAnxES rail on the Wabash Road
threw The last coach Of Nh express train
from the track near fllcnwood. No., few
days ago, and six passengers were seri.
ously Injured.
THE business men of Lincoln, Neb., have
organized Htock-yards Company, with q
capital cf $l.0o.oo).
THE dam at Los Angeles, Cal. was
destroyed by a heavy rain-rtorln on the
10Th, flooding the town and washing away
forty buildings. Hundreds Of families
were compelled 20 move. Niles OF the
Southern Pacific and California South.
ern Railroads were washed nway and
travel in all directions was suspended.
The greatest floods ever known IN tho low.
er section Of tho st. joaquin Valley were
reported.
On the Pan Handle Road freight
train was wrecked near Trenton, o., the
othur day, and three tramps who were
stealing ride were killed. Tho engineer.
conductor and two brakemen were badly
injured.
Ar Coshocton, o., hurricane on the 10Th
demolished the steel. works and destroyed
other buildings and trees. The damage In
the surrounding section was expected TO
be heavy.
A REPORT was made on tho 10Th by the
man who was keeping tally for the Mo
brara tNeb.) lynching party that since
they started out to break up the gangs n
cattle thieves that infested that country,
fourteen had been lynched, sixty warned
10 leave on pain Of death and ono shot.
Such a roundup OF thieves and murderers
wns never known before.
| EIGHTEES houses were demolished by a
storm at Birds Point, NO., on the Goth,
aud all Of New Madrid, in the same State,
was reported 10 10 inundated.
GREAT damage was inflicted In the food
cd districts by the recent heavy wind.
storm. Houses were blown from their
foundations aud then Aoated OF on the
current. The river at Cincinnati was fall
ing steadily on tho 2oth, and was almost
within It's banks. Metropolis and Shaw
neetown. In Illinois, and Paducah, KY.
were suffering from both storm aud flood
| Youso STEPHENS, farmer Of TrImbls
County, KY, left his home few year.
ago and did not return. His wife married
again last July. The other day stephens
returned, aud his wife embraced him. Tn,
new husband became jealous and killed
her instantly. Stephens thon shot his sue
cessor fatally, but not until hc himself
was n,ortAlly wounded by the last hus
band.
Mar Mount Sterling. KY, fifteen RATS
men became involved in drunken flgh
few days ago, and Elijah Lee was sho
dead and six others were seriously wound
cd.
A BOILER exploie led the other day a
West Carslile, O., killing two men aud In
juring several others.
BY the burning Of twenty-four building
at Goodwntsr, Ala, a few days ago, los
Of S10e 900 was sustained.
TuE Arkansas Republicans will hol'
their State Convention NJ Little Roc
April 8 to select delegate, TO the Nationa
Convention.
4 FIVE Piegan Indians in Montana made
raid few days ago and stole flity ponies
They were followed and overtaken b,
white men, wien skirmish cnsued, dun
Ing which four Of the Indians and two Q
the whites were killed. The ponies wer
recaptured.
THk wheat and fruit crops In Southor
California II was thought on tho 2ls
would be greatly benefited by the recen
floods, and farmers anticipated q golde
harvest.
| EARLY the other morning John Brehmel
residing near Glasgow. a., prevented hl
father, who was drunk, from murderin
his wife, when tho old man shot his sol
infIicting mortal wound.
OwNo 10 the terrible destruction {
properly by storm and food, Shawnee
town, ILL.,, was on the 2lst almost cniirsl
abandoned by its inhabitants, and II va
said that several years Of prosperity woul
hardly put tho torn where II was bcfoi
tho nood. Uniontown, Ky, and Metrop'
his, ILL.,, were similarly afflicted. Al oths
points the waters werr recsding, and u
worst was considered over.
BkvEELY TArLon. an aged colored maj
and bis wifs and granddaughter, Of Avol
dale, O., wars murdered BY negroes r
Gently, and thsir bodies were found in u
dIsseciinK.room Of tho Ohio Medical Co
leFp. 1t Cincinnati.
TnE Chicago Board Of Trade Issued I
annual import on tho alss, which Shove
} she shipment Of farm products for 1850
havs been 80. 10. 900.
TnarnnAun Of The 31st state that ths :
; eat wlnd-ssorm wrecked hundreds
euhmrrfe1 hcu>rs h the di~trict arous
Ev1nsvilIs, Ind, beside, drowning mn
! bers of hogs and cattle Az i'nnen
amount q corn VA also lost MAJ
: rot,sns vprs inken from irses and hi
: wks4s ihsy had tetsn refuge, By q
rplisf beeis. soms Of whom wsrs bad
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