The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-09
SOUTHERN aLtAslsHa.


Iindsey, IN 4 drunken quarrel Finch's
throat was cu' from snr 20 ear
Young man namal Crawford uIaek /
shot and instantly killed CapteIn l.. Latte.
way ~ Caledonia, Tex, q few daya ninre,
m dispute a. 10 how some land should bs |
wnr tcd which II ar hal rented OF Latte.
way. n ack escaped
Mrs. Devlle, an aged widow, who reaii. |
ed alone In henderson County, Tom, was
found dead near her cabin fow days ago, |
part Of her face and breast having bsen
eaten by hogs. iicr daughter aud her
daughters husband are in custody, on the
chargo Of having killed her for her
money
four iorgeh checks on the hsymond
BANK OF Austln, Tex, signed with the
name Of . erh, proprietor ot q hour mill
have been cashed by different merchants |
In that city, but were refused by the bank
In the last few days. They wsre for small
amounts. The bank claims thai one Tor ~
i III existence. The suspected party had
ielt the city.
There are about fifteen hundred Chero.
keo indians IN swain County, North Gar. |
olina' rla i
New orlcnn' Mayor Is prosecuting PSF
sons who are derelict In clearing up nth
"eroS'"'
inere were one hh'ii'oh cigars anu Two
nun,'reu pa,es OF sponge sh'ppeu 70 NeW
Bader County, Ga, raised a slxty.sir
pound watermelon thi. season.
-Four ablebodied Arabs, who were ar.
rested at Corpus Christi, Tox., recently for
importunute begging, were found TO have
s7jO In gold concealed on heir persons.
A negro child, born with i've teeth, Is a
novciy In Lcake County, Miss isdppi.
A man in Adair County, Kentucky, lost
i,4)J chickens recently from cholera.
Mississippi has i44, iil children Of school
age, for whose education she appropri-
ntes l 100000, or sixiy-seven cents per
capita.
A tweny-pound shell from Psrrott
gun was la'ey found imbcdded In the
roof OF tho Vicksburg opera'house.
Five thousand acres OF tobacco will be
raised in Bourbon County, Ken ucky, this
year. Ten years ago not ten acres were
raised.
A farmer OF Clay County, Mississippi,
has lOo acres planted In peppermint.
jackson Brown, an aged colored man
oil harrisonburg, Va, while returning
from wood'cntting tho other night at
tempted TO crawl through board fence;
his head became fastened, and he sirangled
TO death. ryfd
). ~ hay shot and killed an escaping
convict, wash Meintosb, colorea' at fazoo
City, Miss, few days ago. Kay surren-
dered. -a.asf
The steamer Citylof Yaxoo sunk at %.
Dclphine near Baton Rouge, La, few
days ago. She was loaded with cotton
seed and oil.
Theodore Dempster, a painter, fell from
the roof OF a thrce'story building at Louis.
Vile, KY, few days ago, and was in.
stantly killed. ttirr-
Governor Ireland, OF Texas, respited foI
sixty days Bill Bass. tberaplst, who was
TO have been executed Augusta.
Attorney General Templeton OF Texas
rules that county funds cannot be used TO
defray the expenses OF county exhibits to
the New Orleans Exposition.
Governor McEnery, Of Louisiana, has
fixed the so.h OF August for the hanging
Of Berry Johnson tcolored). who murdered
his wife few months ago by choking her
TO death.
A few nights ago, on Captain John
Wills PLANTATION In sharkey County,
Miss, negro named Tom Sanders de.
liberatcly shot aud killed another negro
becausche dupned him for debt Of 81.
The murderer escaped.
Andrew X. jackson, respectable white
citizen Of Marlboro County, y. C., was
killed at his supper table few evenings
since by negro named Eli Gale, who cut
and they had had a slight difficulty. A
party went in pursuit Of the murderer.
A fire at Lampssas. Tex, few days ago
destroyed the Posl-oflice building and two
adjoining stores with contents. Total loss
estimated, $4,000; insurance. $4,000. The
mail matter was saved.
Thomas Calhoun, Of Beech Island, &. C.,
was found dead In his bed few mornings
since, lying in a pool Of blood, face down,
with wi, s s:,S :ss. n +. .as r.'''' troubles
Sing Wing, a wealthy chInaman. died
recently. ths first Celss.Isi who has given