The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-06-28
Miscellaneous Items.

Quarantine has been established be
tween Brownsville, Tex, and Matamoras,
Mexico.
While firing at "spotter" few day,
ago moonshner known as "Devil Jim,r
on Brush Greek, KY, made miss.cue and
killed his nephew, a young man named
Skaggs. The spotter had reported several
Illicit s.ills lately, and this was not th,
first attempt to get him out of the way.
The opening Of tho Cape Fear and Ynd.
ken Railway was celebrated at Greensboro,
N. C., n few days ago; 1900 persons being
present.
G. c. Morris, OF Greensburg, KY, left hh
home On horseback few days since, AMI
was subsequently found dead on tho road
with six bnlets in his body.
A fire occurred at Houston, Tex, fow
days since, destroying the store of SAM
Lyle and tho residence OF Monroe Bough.
Loss about 5000; insured for 500
A construction train on the Annisto &
Atlantic Railroad was ierailed a few days
ago near Clifton, Ala. Charles Peako aud
James Nelson were killed, and four others,
h"HH5 Hpb hhoNHi WcEn hoIiuualg " not
fatally injured.
John Bowles, n convict, seventeen years
old. one OF the prisoners who escaped in
the recent Fort Worth tTer.) Jail delivery,
was captured at San Antonio by W. A.
1sch, Pcnltentiary contractor. Bowles was
working as waiter In an obscure ros.
taursnt, and was fired at twice before
being captured.
Mrs. Thomas Jones, formerly Miss Cor
ham, residing near Milcrsburg, Bourbon
County, Ky, suicldcd few days ago by
taking "Rgpgh on Rats" This was hcr
third attempt She was In III health AMI
despondont over the loss Of sister from
consumption few months ago.
John ingram was drowned at Eldri dge',
Ferry, on the Tennessee River. forty miles
above Chattanooga, few days ago. H.
had landed his boat, and on jumping out Il
left the bank, and Ingram, losing his foot.
ing, fell back into the water. Search was
made for The body, but without avail.
A few days since mixed train on the r..
q. & n. Railway from San Antonio TO Lars q.
do, Tex, consisting of grain.cars and ono
passenger coach, was derailed by an axle
breaking while tho train was running at n
high rate of speed. The graincars were
piled on each other and shiycred 10 splin.
ters. No passengers were hurt.
A cutting scrapc occurred In n whecl-0f.
fortune gambling hou 80 at Houston. Tex.
few nights ago. n negro cutting two whit.
men, one an cmployc " the establishment
The negro made his escape.
Texas forty years ago was practically n
desert, aud the handful OF settlers live.
pretty much on game. To-day there arr,
moe than I0o.es.vo cattle, sheep. horses
mules and swine In the STATE, and the &C
ton crop last year was wor h more than
the cotton crop OF the entire United States
IN ls.a
Edward Butler, colorrd, was shot few
nights ago al New Albany, Ind, by his
wife. Amer killing him his wife locked up
the house aud went 10 bed with the corpse.
She save herself up merit morning. She
said that bcr husband forced Der 10 kill
him by cruel treatment.
A sal accident occurred at Maryvill'
Tenn, q few days ago. Tho little four.
year old son Of Neil Wilson was missed
from the family. Search was made for
the little iello~. and at . pm. the dead
body Of the child was found In the crrek.
iis had been drowned.
Toe body Of a dead man was found or
tho East Tennessee, Virginia & Deorgia
Railroad few mornings since, near John.
son City, Tenn. II was supposed to bc the
body Of DAYS Anderson, and that hs as
beating bis way on the train 10 Bristol and
o-t bis iqpting. at
The eight indictments against q. q.
Wright for completely In the cotton ffaud-
were dismissed from the docket by County
Attorney Clint at Dallas. Texas, for the
reaxpn that the foreman Of the Grand
Jury, r. y. Emerson. failed and neglected
TO put his signature 20 the indictments.
The new Indictments found against v.
Baum aud Joseph Lohnsteln BY the same
Grand Jury were dismissed for the same
reason.
I A young man named Cubins, son Of
William CubIns. living near Kings Mills.
Sullivan County, Tenn, was down under.
meath the saw In saw mill while Il was
In motion. few days ago. cleaning away
the saw dust. lie by some means got too
near the saw and I, came in contact with
the hack part of hi, head. severing II from
his body. and also cutting into anil fear.
fully manxling his shoulders, causing al.
Ibe Usofgis s,sie Ismp-rsnes Uva..a
tlon will BE- held In Atlanta on July ~
Mason Miller, indicted six years ago al
Dallas, T.x., for cattle stealing. skippes
the country. leaving his wife aud tao chill
dren. His wife hearing nothing from bin
married again. A fsw days ago be re-
turned quietly. kidnapped bis wife and tool
her 10 McAilistsr, stealing a horse ans
mule lie ws= followed and arrested, ans
now has an accumulation Of crimes 10 an
svsr for.
A new furnsee company is being organ
issd at Orsns, Ala, for the msnnfsc,nr'
of steel. The stock has been fully sub
.cribsd and the enterprise will soon be ~
full t,las,.
Samuel 7. zos. Q former ~ Boui. drum
met. attempted suicide in vicksburg ho,s
In Chambers County. Ala. ssm HInkel
mza, sslored. ~ss convicted fsw dsvi
ago a outrage upon Hfs. Lovslzes. q ~
spectacle xhits lzdy. and rss sentence
70 b ksae<si Jsly u. sfrs
sae<fa -l~t-. u Shreveport. Ia. re
ssassy sa<o@sazd ~ eastss.as joan Andsr
-. ne ua.t sf ~ fesr cpiav~d prison
srr uhs broke iall - thst place We "a
esfsured sfhfm<. vith his wife. rear Mar
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