The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-02

THf Fifst cauHitr1ilaf n ihs TfsssaFV
has recommended W ihs AeefstsfY lhat
ihe divisions in hls Dniee b. ~ iHead from
nine y Avs and me force 10 rsine4d slf.
fsspanilHEiY
HteasftHY Assuxu has dstallssi thfas
clerks " the aecvnd Cmnptfollar's afips
10 assist ls the ssstisms.it N aeeuuuts,
particularly those of pension agents,
which are somewhat IN arrearL Arrange.
ments have alsl be'n nab fof ths more
promri examination of those aceoanis IN
The Third Auditors oillce.
THK Indiana Legislature has lust passed
a bill limiting tho rental Of telephones IN
that State - " per month, w1th rsluc.
tion q two cents whom two Or more are
W. 4 by the same frm Tho telephone has
become pub 10 necessity, hut II Is In ths
hands Of q powerful monopoly who have
become enormously rich within q short
ilme from the burdensome tax they have
Imposed upon the people. New inventions
have been quickly bought up or outlawed
by tho use ofimmenss capital, thus leaving
tho public stlll 10 suffer There seems 10
be but one way by which tho people eau
be protected, and that is by state legisla.
tlon, and tho example Of Indiana should
be quickly followed by every other State.
The steamer City Of Moxico was seized
by the United States authorities at New
York on the 18th for violation OF tho neu.
trallty laws.
THERE are now 1000 Russian troops in
Poland.
AMERICANS, 500 strong, entered the city
OF Panama on the 2jth, but have since hsen
withdrawn.
Two more cases Of Asiatc cholera are
reported in Spain.
TnE Egyptian minister's are firm In their
refusal TO apologize, to France.
A GENERAL increas In regimen.al Of
flcers In the Russian army has boon or
dered.
GENERAL MIDDLEToS's troops had m
engagement with tho half-breod rebels IN
tho Northwest Territory on the gath. Tho
troops appear to have Cotton the worst OF
the fight, their losses being ton killed and
about fifty wounded. The rcbols are ro.
ported to have lost twenty-five men.
IT is thought that war will last at least
two years II Russia and England com.
mence hOstlllties.
GovERSoR OGLEsBY OF Illinois issued
proclamation on the 18th quarantining
against Missouri cattle, aud urging prompt
action in Illinois to prevent the spread OF
pleuro- pneumonia.
LATEST advlces from London arc 10 tho
effect that Russia Is trying 10 force Ea-
gland TO fight.
AUSTRIAN papers think that England will
certainly make an alliance with Turkey In
the event of war.
PARIS papers are urging tho French Gov
crnment to show It's "spunk" In dealing
with that Egyptian affair.
In Germany the movement for total
closing of all shops Of manufacture and
trade on Sunday grows daily.
WESTERN USIoS operators at Chicago
decided TO walt until May LIST on the COM
pany, In reference to extra pay for extra
work.
IT Is said that the Pope will confer with
the Irish Bishops at Rome in reference to
the discourtcsy toward the Prince OF
Wales, II not, In fact, issue pastoral le.-
ter.
DURING the past month tho Russian mill
itary authorities havo sent 10000 troops
across the Caspian Sea.
The President Of tho Coal Miners As
sociatlon at Pittsburgh, Pa, has issued a
card 10 the striking railroad miners de-
clarlng the railroad strike at an end.
A San Francisco dispatch Of the 18th
from Sonora reports n terrible battle be-
tween Mexicans aud Indians, the former
being defeated with heavy losscA
cfRcAssTA Is preparing to royol. against
Russia In tho event OF war with En-
| gland.
A 81. PETERSBURG correspondent OF a
London paper states that the latest En-
gllsh proposals arrived, and that tho czar
stlll fayors the maintenance Of the Russian
demand.
TYPHOID malarIai fever Is prevailing At
Plymouth, Pa, 10 such an alarming ex-
tent that all business I, practically sus-
pended. Polluted wells are said 70 30 the
cause.
CITIZENS Of Louisville, KY, visited tho
PenItentlary at Columbus, d, on tho 2j,h,
10 gather points about tho building, 10 bs
used In an article describing tho escape u
General Morgan during the war.
SUNDAY, tho 9Bth, was tho slx,y-iifth
anniversary Of tho founding Of odd-Fel.
lowshlp In the United States.