The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-02-07
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While riding lnls ieHlsslll~, . fsw dags
aEg ff0fa their eiatfY fsal isaos. Mf aHd
hfs, Charles lowell wsfs thrown oat II
= huHfy W the horses funnlnf away,
Tho wife wNa sevrfaly iaiufei fhs hus.
hands skull was fractured and ha vas
fatally Injured The Injured man il sin
of 0e1efsl l1veii a ths United Hlatss
army.
Wiley Cannon and hIi wife. living near
belFs Ferry, n g., went m ~ the ierry q
few days ago and locked lhair thrso rhll.
dren In the house. Uu their return they
found The house In flames, and all Efforts
" save The children proved fru.tlesi. and
they we're burned to death. The children
were aged oEc, Ave aud seven years, ~.
spectlvely.
Dr. ID. X. Salmon, Commissioner u the
bureau OF Animal Industries visited Jack.
son, Tenn, recently, TO examine the
herd OF Jerseys, removed there from
Cynthlana. KY, latily ltc says thore Is
no doubt bat tho cattle ara affected, and,
having been exposed, tho da niger will not
lbs passed for 81 ,htccn months Tho cattle
are quarontlned.
Robert Freeman, mnlatto boy, seyen-
teen years old, was killed hy the nccl-
dental discharge Of his gun. near jackson,
Tenn, fow days ago, lie had started
hunting, and was standing In the door
leaning on the gun when II slipped, STRIKE
ing the hammers, aud tho entire charge
entered his abdomen lie lived about two
hours.
The Pennington Hotel at Cleburne, Tex,
was destroyed by fire few days ago.
woman Of Tuckertown, Fla, Is maxi
Ing money by running saw-mill.
The old city OF ~. Augustine, Fla, Ia to
celebrate the a2Oth anniversary OF Us ioun-
datIon March 27-2s.
Bennett Parsons, q farmer seventy two
years Of age, was murdered near jones'
boro, Ala, a few days ago, and his wife
and two daughters are charged with the
crime.
The second female moonshlner over ar
rested In Kentucky was lodged In fail at
Louisville, a fcw days ago. Her name Is
Melissa Flow. She Il q go)d.looklng
blonde, twenty years OF age, aud was taken
In for selling u pin and half OF "Moun-
Nln Dew.n
Judge Alexander II. Arthur, ono Of the
Oldest and most prominent citizens OF
Vicksburg, Miss, diel Ia that city few
nights since. lie was State Senator from
Vicksburg for several terms prior to the
war, and has filled various positions OF
public trust during the past twenty years.
Mrs. Cole, widow OF Judge James l..
Cole, Of Placquemine Parish, aged sixty
nine, was found murdered IN bed few
mornings ago. Thieves took hor jewclry.
including a diamond ring from her finger,
Five persons have been arrested on sus-
piclon.
Franklin J. Moses, formerly Governor Of
South Carolina, recently flnishel n term
OF three months In tho Detroit mich
House OF Correction for obtaining mlney
on false protenses. lie was nt once ar
rested by Boston officer, 10 stand trial In
that city on an indictment for swludIng
| Colonel t. w. Higginson and several other
professors OF Harvard University.
On returning to his home In jackson
County, Georgia. a few nights ago, Mr..
Basil White found bis bride wife hanging
dead from joist In tho stable. Her
maiden namo was Elizabesh Beatty and
she had been married but ono week, her
husband being widowor With one child.
Tho new relationship proving irksome she
sought relief In suicide.
Tho mother Of n dead infant found IN
Dallas, Tex, a fow days ago, In n well,
has been discovered in the person OF Ella
Coleman, young woman from Sherman,
Tex When her crime was discovered shs
took train for tho East, and officers went
In pursuit OF her. She Is a prcpossesslnx
young woman, single and abou. eighteen
years old.
A few nights ngo a farmer nnmcd y.
Smith, residing four miles north Of C0v-
ington, Tenn, was murdered by unknown
! persona. His body was found In tho woods
near his house, his skull having been split
open by hatchet. Robbery Is believed to
have been the cause Of the murder, tho
money Ia his posses sion at the time having
been taken.
Fire at Jewisville, Tex, few nights
ago, destroyed the principal part Of tho
town. The heaviest losses, with insurance,
arc; D. flew, loss, 3, 900; Insurance, Sl,TOO;
W. II. Hydcr, loss, 80, ,Ooo; Insurance, u, go;
II. Owens, loss, $50; insurance, none; John
Kealy q Co., loss, $1,000; insurance, none:
Mra May Rawlings, loss, 1850; Insurance,
none; z. =. Stoyer, loss, Il, 800; insurance,
none. The total loss Is estimated at siD.-
900. The origin Is thought to have been
inccndiary.
During the year 1ssl Ballard County,
KY, lost several bridges, tho most I'm.
portant passways In the county. A reward
Of 1900 was offered for the apprehension
Of the guilty parties, with evidence
to convict. No clue was obtained,
and woull Incver have been, most
likely, but for the arrest, n short
time ago, Of VIM. Beard, charged with
breaking into a store. After the arrest and
Incarceration Of Beard, he concluded 10
cause the bridge-burnlng business 10 be
divulged and secure the company OF bis
confederates. lie managed 10 get an In.
tervlew with Mildred Coffee, Of that
county, one of the party, and indsted him
10 peach on Tobe Hendricks, who, Coffee
says, fred the Scarborough bridge anros.
the west fork OF Mayhsld Creek. on the
MIlburn a Paducah Road. Hendricks Fas
arrested upon Coifce's AFFIDAVIT, and is In
Jail at wickline lie denies any knosl-
edge Of the burning, but u 10 understood
that both Beard and Coffee will testify 10
the efec. that they saw him setting ire 10
10. Il Il hoped that further Developments
win reveal the whole diabolical scheme by
which Ballard County suffered 80 heavily
In the Ioss Of bridges, as well as her.Court-
house, by fire.
Florida has town namei "Hurrah."
The Tennessee Supreme Court has A..
firmed the judgment in the case Of Mrs.
A. y. Links, alias Rose Ssadt. alias Mil
ler, we'll known In Chicago police circles.
who was convicted Of stealing q diam ond
ring from a Nashville jewelsr, and she
was sentenced to three years imprison.
ment
J. Easton. an employe Of the Texas En-
press Company at Dallas, was arrested q
few days ago and sent 10 Collin County
az q livestock thief. v. Balls, accused OF
being In partnership with Easton IN the
thsft, has also been captured In Collin
County.
The eorner-stone Of the Texas Capitol
will be laid March 81, with due ceremony.
Ata recent meeting Of the chickassw
Guards Of Memphis, Teun., u was deter.