The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-04

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Tvs Texas Legislature passed tho bili
70 bring suit f,r forfeiture n franchise
agains, all railroad companies which havs
obtained control N competing NJ parallel
lines by purchasi " ls,si or otberwlsi w
violation Of the Constitution
sur was begun against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company NJ Chicago % tho gith
~ compel e0mpllanci with the law fequlf.
Ing that stock In transit shall b. given ilvs
hours res In every twenty eight while on
The road.
AcrfvE preparations ara making In Ia.
gland to get all available cruisers aud
lron.clads belonging 10 the navy In con.
dltion for active service ~ soon ne pos.
slblo II is known that the destination Of
these vessels is the Baltic Sea and tho
bfo'h FN"f ththuf w NHF iNtl"tf
ever, being conditioned on the assent OF
Turkey.
OVER twenty Mexican officers not In nc.
tive service have left for Central America
to Join the force OF San Salvador and
Nicaragua.
ALL tho llusslrn officers who have been
winterlny in Paris have suddenly left
OsaAs DiGsA Is sail 3, have lost 1000
men In the vicinity Of Suakim during tho
last weeks engagement
THROUGHOUT France trade Is so dull thn at
bread riots are threatened In the larger
cities
In Switzerland brandy drinking has
grown to such frlghtfdl proportions that
local option Is urged.
ON the 2s.h the Oxford boat crew de.
feated their opponents OF Cambridge Uni.
versity.
The municipal authori los at Paris voted
100000 francs for the relief OF wounded
French solAers in Tonqun.
NOTWITHSTANDING dispatches received
at London, othsr reports stat, tina. ths
health OF tho British sjlliers in tho SOU.
| dan Is very bad.
The Winnipeg revolt causes the gravest
apprehenslons at Toronto. Tho Dominion
Government is taking active steps to put
down the rebels.
ADDITIONAL reports from the back coun-
ties Of West Virginia state that hunlreds
OF people are on the verge OF starvation.
In France the agit ,tion OF the question
10 place duties upon certain cereals has
caused heavy adyancs in a)ir aud
grain, and has given spectators n great
opportunity.
On the 2sth information was received at
! Washington 10 the effect that there Is n
movement to overthrow the government
Of Honduras.
| ST. PETERSBURG papers seem 70 think
there is no cause for alarm, and declare
that the advance In Afghnnistnu is only
military measure dictated by the most
elementary principles OF National pru-
dencc.
The strike at Oliver a. Roberts wire mill
In Pittsburgh, Pa, has been settled.
a row boat rae, Oh the Mississippi has
| Dotu hiiuHsth b'NN'Sh Ntnbut ~ ohh ~
Louis crafts.
X CENT French reversas in Tonquin
have increased the political excitement at
Paris.
THERE has been but one Il ght - far nonr
Winnipeg, AMI In that the rebels were re-
pulsed.
THE French newspapers urge that REIN
forcements be sen. to Tonquin Mt once, and
that an expedition to Pykin be COM
menced.
The Chinese forces gained victory over
the French at Lang Son on the 9th. Gem
eral Negrier was severely wounded
THE Australian contingent arrived at
Suakim on the 18th.
A SALMON weighing sixty pounds has
been shipped from Portland or,., to the
President.
TnE Chinese army Is reported 5000
strong at Dang Dong.
DISPATCHES received from TouquIn Al
London on the .o.h stated that the French
were In full retreat, with tho Chinese hot
ly pursuing.
THE Bankers & Merchants Telegraph
Company lled a mortgage Of SgO-0O at
Baltimore on tho 2Sth In favor ofa New
York trust company.
MEXICAN troops are practising daily,
and are preparing 10 enforce the position
Of the Government against Birrios " u
should prove necessary.