The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-25
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sifna iai. ani ipfh wees drowned Wills
NE llrsof t1y wai snioavufiui 10 savs
biz brother.
fifiraln nfown, a wer.kH1wn eolofed
hackman, was mufierei M Macon, Ia, n
few nights ago and MA hody placed On .
railroad track Va the sutufhs ~ Tho city
where II was found, horribly mangled.
Three negroes have been arrested % sus'
pcon.
Asa result of religious excitement pre'
valont at Carneavill', Ga, J, 7. n. Han.
cook has been seIEed with queer lnnaoy
lIo lmaglnos that ho ls John the Baptist,
| iust bohcadod by llerod, aud s camoring
for the return u his head. lie has been
ordered 10 the lunailc asylum.
Asa substitute for the lash In subdulug
refractory convict. In South Carol M
| they now fastsn n pair Of shsckles 10 tho
culprrs ankles, lay him on his back aud
hoist his feet up about three feet II IL
said to be very effective; II certainly 10
inhumnn.
Tho fate Of United States Deputy Mar.
shal W, l. Miller, who was on an erpedI-
tlon among tho Tennessee moonshln.rs,
aud who has not been heard from, is ex-
citing grave apprehension In Nashville.
James Hughes, a pioneer In the Cum.
b1rlaud River steamboat trade died In
Nashville Tenn, few days ngo. llerau
about twenty steamers for thirty years
and leaves n great deal Of valuable prop.
erty
Illicit distilllug IL on tho increase 10
Tennessee and the immense corn crop ls
expected to raise tho number OF moon.
sh no dlstilloriss there to about thou
sand.
Young bloods Of tho town of WINS
Point, Tox., recently made an Italian
shoemaker aud his wife believe they wero
to be murdered The fright Of the two
people was very amusing TO the joscrs
until, to escape tho threatened fate both
man and woman drowned themselves In
a cislern.
A few nights ago Mr.. Warlug, OF Kings
ton, Ga, found a negro burglar, Dennis
Johnson in his room riding his pockol@
Selling tho burglar, Mr. Waring attempt :
oil TO hold him, but the wretch r0sorIod TO
: a revolver shooting Warlng fatally,
jumped out of tho window and escaped.
The murderer was subs,dently arrested.
, Mr.. Benjamin Rice, OF Cobb County,
: Georgia, has mare, which was ridden
through the lato war by Major Dodson, ol
tho FIRST Confederate Regiment. TIL,
4 mare is now twenty clght years old, and
is doing service every day.
Texas IS year npportioned s23l0,0OI
8 10 tho school children within tho ages o
eigh aud sixteen.
: The Virginia Republicans nominated
Q John s. Wise for Governor.
James Boyd and Charles Greathouse o
Owensboro, Ky, quarreied few day
. ago about dollar. They met in Muhlon
burg Comfy and fought with n knife an'
pistol. Boyd was dangerously stabbc'
o several times, and Greathouse was serl
Q ously shot In tho right shoulder
Edward Farris, a white boy, aged nlnS
: and Arnold Daniel, coored aged seven
10 got into quarrel at Atlanta, Ca, fe,
4, days ago, during which the whiteiboy h
= the negro with rock, inf citing u brus'
Daniel drew from his pocket a huge knlf
" suen as Is used TO prune fruit trees, an
W stabbed Farrs, lnhc,Ing wound thu
will probably prove fatal.
" Mrs Mary Macatee, wife Of moon
70 sinner In Boil County, Kentucky, gre
jealous OF tho attention her husband pal
i 10 a neighbor, Mrs. Alice Noe Tho tv
ie quarreled, and the Macatee womS
u seized an aro and hacked her rival
y pieces.
IN Mrs. George Anderson was found 70
days ago lying senseless In an alley neI
ra her home In Atlanta, Ca, with a to
Cd riblc cash In her forehead hor skull frac
10 urod, and a wound under her left @,
~ which nearly cut the ball from It's sock'
as The wounds were inflicted by the won
ans husband, who has fed.
ne A man named Woods, who had be
NJ convicted OF horse stealing by wealtl
on farmer named Samuel Williams, llyll
W. about two miles from Chattanooga Tent
Nv fred his barn few nights ago out OF T
90 venge, and two horses. threo wagons a
500 worth OF hay were consumed. Woo
ne stole fue horse from the barn and I
'h capped. He also stole pony from
Ne neighboring farm and placed " in
stable and II was burned to death.
Aman named Francis wsi found Ia -
tie County, n. G., few days ago W
d. his throat cut clean across. A razor "
at found under his body. At first II was 81
no posed he had committed suicide. A G
ored oye- witness, however, reported u
N, the crime was committed by Newman
white man, who had accused Francis
,y circulating false reports abou. him.
James @. wintersmlth, Do1rkeeper
the National House Of Reprosontati'
died at tho residence Of his parents :
OF. Louisville. KY, a few days ago, afte
'"' painful illness, aged thirty-sir yei
Mr. Wintsrsmith was native OF X
iss lucky, though elected from Texas,
the was one OF the most popular offictrs In
on Capitol.
ca. At q meeting held in Birmingham, A
the a few days ago, Of delegates from vsrl
bodies Of miners near Birmingham, an
3r. ganiEed movement was inaugura
ion against convict labor. A State orgen
ten tion IL to DO effected.
Hon. Emory Speer. for several "
one of the Board Of Trustees of the
:, versi,y Of Georgia Of which he WI
a.. graduate, was dropped from the roll
.s recent meeting Of the alumn, and
- name Of Hon. c. y. MeCord substltu
"a, The safe Of Father Theion, Of the Co
~. ~ cana (Tex.) Catholic Church, aud '
also has charge OF the diocese, was }
gun RlariEed q few nights ago and sgaj sto
got which belonged 10 the church at Er
ties and was rlaced In hls safe over n
ited preparatory 10 being carried 10 Eanis
ious next day.
Another Exposition this fall.
The The Southern cattle fever has mad
with appearance In the herd Of J. n. wilso
n In HAYWOOD County, Tenn. Mr.. Wilson
ha. ried 10 his farm cattle bought IN MI
4 h. sippl. (which transmitted disease 10
native cattle Eight head had died,
several others were sick
!, q George johnson and William fliI
." while returning 10 their homes in Me
County. KY, . few days ago, we're
C., upon from ambush BY VIM ClYmer
ago. WIN. Stokes. slInker was fatally wo
Idro. ed and johnson received serious inju
The shooting grew out Of . previous
from Guilty.
ago. aUtopia" iss new Poss-offics In
us in bury County, South Carolina
lftsr The Florida Tines UHion, upon the
re- Of the return. obtained IRON The
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