The Panola weekly star., 1884-04-12
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A commercial tfavclcr wiw arrived
" knosviIIa, Tena.. few days nne and
registered IN the Aiklhs li0nss ~ "innls
Way, Philadelphia was foand deal on
ihe floor u bis fooin. Although man ~
apparently strong physIpur, he he'd been
complaining u siekHsss since hls arrival.
lat was walking about the pfefnl.es ~ \
late hour The previous evening. NJ. vii
son, oi The Atkins iiea.e, NJ eleven o'clock
called 10 give bin medicine. and found
Way laying dead on the noor. Coroner
iiafdlnfurg stated tha, Way hal died Of
congestion of the lungs, and that there was
M Indication of poisoning.
A man ha'f dead was picked ~ under
the bridge over trinity ltivcr q, Dallas,
Tex. fcw days ago. iIr was tshon 70 the
jail and medical attendance given HIN.
lie returned " consciousness sufficiently
10 state that bis name was James Wilson,
Of Collin County; that he had been ai wort
In Dallas several days, and that while
walking across the bridic the night before
some one struck him with sand bag,
knocking HIN OH. lie believed the party
who struck him 10 be Lewis Bransford,
who. eleven years ago, killed his tWilson's)
father In Lamar County, Tex. The wound
I'd man was In precarlous condition.
No state or County ollclal In Mssls
sippi can now ride on free pass
Buffalo gnats are killing mules In
Western Mississippi. Deer are neeingro
tho high lands OF Arkansas to escape the
pests.
Hortensia Mason, colored school
teacher OF Shelbyvills, KY, has sued the
Louisville & Nashville Rad for $4,000 for
refusing her the privilege OF tho ladies'
coach after she had purchased nrstclass
| ticket.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred
few days ago at the Marine dry docks In
New Orleans. Ht
Dallas and Fort Worth are engaged
In desperate contest for the railroad cham.
pionship.
II was reported In DalIas, Tex, a few
nights ago that Morgan Commack, impli.
Gated in the cotton swindles In that city,
had been rearrested at some point on the
Lower Rio grande.
Five prisoners broke jail, few days
since, at Lexington, TIA.
southern cotton mill owners met rc
Gently ut Augusta, Ga, and adopted reso.
lutions looking 10 a curtailment Of manu-.
factures.
Frank Elliot, a negro who assaulted
a white girl In York County, North Caro-.
lima, was taken 10 Rock Hill for examina.
tion. The citizens overpowered the sher.
IFS posse and lynched the offender.
| j. +. Ransdall. Postmaster at New
castle, KY, Is a defaulfer to the amount
OF $500. Rsnsdall has disappeared. A
Government agent Is in possession Of the
office.
At Newport, Tenn, shortly after dark
few nights ago w. O. Fowler shot aud In.
stantly killed John Rutherford, Ruther.
ford and associates were engaged In rock
ing Fowler, when the latter fred at the
crowd. killing Rutherford. Fowler had
not been arrested.
At Fairyiew, Ky, q few days ago,
John W. Gibson walked into tho grocery
of John MeCoy and shot him dead. A
large party Of sitiyens went In pursuit oi
the murderer.
TIE Attorney-1eneral Of Texas In.
brought suit against A. A. Talnage aud J
NJ. UDonnell, Of ~. Louis, No., 10 recover
5000 acres OF valuable sugar land IA
Brazoria County. claiming that tho ,rac
was obtained by the use Of fictitious
|, names.
Alfred and James Mccullough. con.
victed Of tho murder OF Ephrain Soxon
at Greensilie, y. c., have been sentenced 3,
, hang May is Riley Anderson, who muir
,lcred Leon Grifiith and an infant, was sen
fenced 70 hang the same day. Andersor'
crime was eold.blooded, and several at
, tempts were made 20 lynch him.
The tody Of woman was found
floating In the river at Memphis, Tenn,
| few days ago, by some men engaged II
getting out drift wood. The remains wer
|, entirely nude with the exception OF re'
I handkerchief bound around the head an,
, were In very advanced state Of decom
position. A small rope was tied aroun'
the waist, indicating foul play, as weigh
may have possibly been attached TO th
rope.
. Captain William II. Robinson, Demo
cratic candidate for Congress in the Eight
Alabama District against General Jo
; Wheeler. committed suicide at Scottsborc
; Ala, few days ago, by sticking a pen
| knife In his heart He had just rcturne'
from IN electionesring tour, and II is SUP
/. posed the excitement affected bis mind.
, A few nights ago tho freight an
: passenger dspo,s at Rock Hill, S o., wer
a burned, with the cotton platform, ip bale
| OF COTTON .ne western Union ieisgrap
A ONCE q carload Oh lumber ana a cs.ioa
Of gusno. fhs cotton oeionsed 70 .. y
!. ivey. The property was insured
|, A singular and fatal epidemic {
measles has broken out In the County ia
n At Atlanta, Ca, where, besides State pri
oners, about seventy'hve United ssats
q prisoners arc confined. Two OF the late
: bad died and another was reported dyini
The sick have been removed 70 The no.
n pissls
oaa eo"'' -, .' 80 c',,,. 49, .s' ~ a.. ~.
i n NJ o,,.s.. - An. ua,,.., -. ~ ss.,.
of an odac-r on n. wsy 20 the cour,,hou,
o TO rcceive life sentence for the murder |
Policeman John Csffey, father Of the q
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