The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-06-20
SOUTHERN aLtAniaas.

The letss taptai bnafd afa silil unsais
We'd % q The "a lpiion ~ lndIanA Stone.
" is slated that N ihls stone ID chosen tho
Chicago sYadleata will abandon she ron.
tract
The shortage NJ Captain neuffe k
Speed, ef the private banking nfm N A.
u hpnt \ Co., ~ Louisville, XIV. la now
plscih " 'N1t. ani VI IL lniimatad that
ihe money was lost principally in spoeu.
latlons
Fire bfoke out at Suffolk, Va, lew
Nights ago and swept both adss n Wash.
lnRtnn square, The main business street n
The town leaving only three houses stand.
Ing. II also extended for some distance
on both sldea Of Klby street and down
The west side Of Main street. Thi lndl.
vidual losses are small, but the total will
be- over 100000
There were throo distinct efforts made
10 wreck The passenger train Of the Gulf,
Colorado & Santa w Railway, recently,
As i emerged from tho corporate confines
OF Cleburnc, broken rails and other oh.
structlons were placed upon the track. In
each instance the obstructions we're dis.
covered In tmo for their removal before
smlshap a occurred. Officers are In quest
OF the attemptel wrcckers.
Cotton worms nrc doing considerable
damage in North Texas.
General \. B Buckner iis mentioned az
n candidate for Governor Of K,ntucky.
Fire caused the loss OF 5000 at Nos l0l
and 1893 Canal street, New Orleans, few
days ago.
Tho lovo Of notorlety Is illustrated Ia n
Gllmer County (Ga.) man, who claims 70
have handled rails that Abraham Lincoln
split
Mrs. Hurley, at Wilson, Tex, jumped
into well with suicidal intent, but was
pulled out by noIghbors aud will live
Joe Gray, negro murderer OF Hardin.
burg, KY, has been removed to Louis.
to prevent his being lynchod
The negroes In Macon, Ga, ara greatly
excited In consequence Of tho number Of
cases Of insanity occurring among them
within the past month, Six crazy negroes
arc now confined In tho County jail.
George Wilson, Charles Davis and Ma.
thin Jones, all colored. OF Plaquemine
Parish, La., have been found guilty OF the
murder OF Henrietta Cole. Sentence was
deferred.
Pope Cole, minor at the Legal Tender
mine, near Dalton, Ca, while walking on
the top Of the mountain few days ago,
slipped on rock and fell, tumblmg
down over $50 feet, and was crushed TO u
Jelly.
Mrs. Burns wife Of Blake Burns, high.
ly respected farmer who resides near Boil
lynr, Tenn, hanged herself at homo n few
days ago. No cause Is known for tho act.
Mississippi towns arc still eloctlng Post
masters by popular vote, but the Wash
lngton authorities continue to issue tho
certificates according TO their own can.
vass Of the returns.
A fire, supposed to bo incendIary, do.
stroyed a square OF brick buildings at Bol :
ivar, Tenn, few nights ago. Tate's
opera-bouse, the Bolivar Bulletin prlntin
office and tho Post-oillca woro burned.
Loss over $4,000.
). NJ. mHishail, the Government bulldlnp
contractor at Jackson, Tcnn., who wRI
injured recently by falling derrick died
from the effects. Marshall was an exten-
sivo contractor, and had buildings In
course Of erection at jackson, at Osago
Ia, Oxford, Miss, and In South Carolina
| New Orleans Ia satisfied with tho result,
Of the Exposition. The retail stores hav,
] I..at....a thu. la. a
Is known as splendid yenrs; the hotels ant
boarding houses have been crowded; tn,
railroad lines have had every car ON
ployed; tho rents have been higher, ans
many fam lies have paid their rem
through casual boardor.
JoHS A. CnEAruAM, n merchant o
Raleigh, n. c., was mur AIRED in bis stor'
a few nights ago, by William Gooch, {
street laborer, and Mr.. Cheatham'
brother was stabbed, perhaps fatally, a
the same time by James Smith, also
street laborer. Gooch escaped. SmitI
was captured.
ADDfE WALKER, a girl OF thirteen, wa
walking along the street In Talbolton, Ga.
few days since with a companion Of he
own age. They were talking about
crazy woman supposed to be In town
D lie Trlcs, a colored girl, saw then
coming, aud, oyerhonrlny their conversa
ton, threw her clothes over her head an
rushed wildly at them, behaving n
though she was crazy. Adde tainted an
fell headlong 10 the sidewalk, dying fron
fright an hour later.
Rufus Gardner was found dead Ia tn
Fowlkes HOUSE, Clarksvllle. Tenn, a fe'
days ago, having committed suicide b.
swallo sing forty grains Of morphine.
lettor pinned on tho bosom ot his shlr
stated he took his llfc on account OF Oh
trouble he had experienced since the deaf
Of his wife, and gave directions as to th
disposition Of his money. He lett 81, 30
10 two daughters.
while construction train with at,
hands was passing through tunnel No. u
near New River, Tenn, few days age
the walls gave way aud buried portlo
Of the men IN the ruins. Several wcr
killed and none escaped more or less ss
we're injuries.
A train on the Chesapeake, Ohio 4
Southwestern Railroad, near Lucy Sta
tlon, Tenn, was backing n few days az
when bull appeared on the track an
dItehed six fitt ears, killing Albert Ward
a colored latorer, and iniuring Conducto
Craig.
An engine and nine freight cars wer
wrecked near Blounl Springs, Ala, on III
Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad fe'
DAYS ago Something was wrong with th
entrance 30 a side-,rack. deraillng the On
Rine. which ran about 800 yards on N
cros,-ties, when Il struck the ground
nearly buryiug the driving-whssls. MIN
cars were piled up aroun1 tho enginH
making a terrible wreck. The engines
fireman and brakeman were badly hurt
Cotton is looking we'll.
A hurricane, accompanied by watel
spout, struck Woodstock, Va, few ever
ings since. unrooang the Me,hodi
Church aud blowing down fences an
tresa The streets were flooded by u
rain. No such storm had been know
there In the memory Of the oldest Citizen
At least $1,000 damage was done in u
town.
The engine aud two cars attached = a
excursion train on the Louisville, Ne
Orleans & Texas Railway were dltchsd
few nights ago. The colorei fireman vi
killed. end the engineer AMI several pa
senTers were hurt.
SlroaT efforts are being made 10 snfor
the Sunday lay st Dallas, Ter.
Richard Brown, . netoriou.iy dsspsrs