The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-03-14

AN4fHit proposes tq faialiaie aaHlHft
ffsnea 9n aesoHnt N ibs duties PLACED
up1n enfada
taE mafehanis n Australia. Raising
fHa1i inf their fmiinEant, faasad = feel
lns v emulation, aai leading merchants
afadiipufel should the uuvsfnmant oqnlp
e1upIe n good regiments, u supplement
any sfaHt ~ raising 4 patriotic fund 10
provide ~ iha families AMI thItt whom
The chances NJ war may dIaalia
IHE Union Metallic Cartridge Company
~ bridgeport Conn. has received an pr.
def frum Tho English Government far 60,.
Wo,oo cartridges, ani another order from
The Russian Government f1r iO0,M0,gJ0
more. These orders afo the largest evaf
received by any concern NJ one tlmo In the
world.
TnEnE were 2s business failures In tho
United states and 20 In Canada, q total VI
2il for the seven days ended tho Glh, ns
compared with 2si the preceding week.
Inf Minnesota Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 9th with rs business pretty
well cleared up.
Tnh German Rcchslag on the 9Th do.
foatod motion 10 restore the currency 10
bl.mctalc standard.
THE foreign residents u Ming po nre
threatened with massacre by tho Chinese
TnEuE was n large attendance at the
Worlds Exposition at Now Orleans ON tho
9th.
AZ result OF tho great failing OH In
February earnings tho New York Central
on the 9th announced the reduction Of It's
dividend to one per cent.
The troops concentrated In the vicinity
Of Suakm are suffering on account OF tho
scarcity Of watcr.
A NUMBER OF booksellers were fined
heavily at Now York on the 9th, and
others were sentenced 10 imprisonment.
The great trottins sire, Mambrlno
Pntchen, died at DR., Horr's farm, near
Lexington, KY, on the 9Th.
SETTLERS ON the Grow reservation In
Dakota recently thrown open to tho public
are having lively time with the Indians.
1T Is denied that the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy is about to build a slxty-mile
branch between Brighton, H., and Louis
lana, Mo-, so as to give the Hannibal q st.
Joe connection with 81. Louis.
LAST wcek there were ~ deaths fron
pneumonia In New York.
A LARGE number Of Socialists have boon
expelled from Franco.
The American congress Of churches will
hold their first meeting at Hartford, Conn,
early In May.
AN epidemic or measles prevails at
Montreal, Can, aud the public schools viii
probably have 10 be closed.
The British House Of Commons post.
poncd until after the Easter holidays Mr.
Reads motion to censure the Government
for the condition Of tho navy.
THE troops OF General Hatch's COM
mnnd have been stationed TO meet the Ok
lnhoma boomers, who expected to adj
vance on "tho promised land" on the llth.
RUSSIA has decided to send 5000 SOL
dicrs into Central Asia from Bnku. The
artillery has also been augmented.
A PROTEST has been sent by German
merchants in the East to their Govern-
mont against the French Governments
declaring rice a contraband Of war.
The North German Gd=etie declares that
the difficulty between England and Russia
is not acute enough to require the inter-
vention OF third power.
"A MONSTER captive balloon will soon
make frequent ascensions at the Worlds
Exposition at New Orleans.
THE railroad companies throughout the
country announce lower rates to the New
Orleans Exposition.
THE London Ncirs cites the condition OF
airairsbetween England and Russia rs still
critical, tho choice OF peace or war being
In the hands OF Russian statesmen.
The British ROYAL arsenal at Woolwich
Is turning out 100000 cartridges per
week.
OS the sih an immense congregation rs d.
scmblcd at tho New York Avenue Prosby.
terian Church, Washington, expecting 70
see the President there, but Mr.. Cleveland
remained quietly at the White House all
day.
ORDERS have been sent 90 the British
special Commissioner on the Afghan iron.
tier question, 10 direct tho Afghans e
eyacuatc Pcnjdeh on the withdrawal Of
tho Russian forces from Acrobat.
THE strikes on the Gould railway lines
In Texas still continue. For long dis.
tance there Is nD moving Of freight, and
everything In the way OF business ON the
lines Is crippled to large extent. The
situation Is becoming decidedly mixed.