The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-24

While the steamer Hays was near Noe.
oaslu, ia, on the Chattano1rhoe, few
days ago, passengers observed a young
man In a batteau, apparently anporlntend.
Ing SONS hands rafting In tho river. lls
had q shotgun In bis hand, Suddenly,
while the gaze ot all was turned away, tho
report Of the gun was heard, and, on look.
Ing, they saw him tumble back lnto tho
stream and sink 10 the bottom. Whether
u was a case Of suicide or not Is not known.
He was IN comfortable circumstances aud
married, having wcddod Miss Horton, Of
Macon, recently.
The City Council oi III Paso, Tox., 70.
Gently resolved 10 reduce tho police force
The next morning one Of the principal
stores was burgarzed aud about 500
worth OF revolyors taken, Tho electric
lights made everything clear ns day, aud
relying on the brilliant lights no shutters
were up, so the thieves simply broke the
glass and took the plumber. No clew.
There Is movement on foot among tho
Influential colored men Of Abilene, Tex,
10 induce negroes from other parts Of the
South to settle In that and other towns In
West Texas. Negroes readily find work
at good pay thcre; servants especially are
In demand; and are paid from 80 upwards
per month. Large numbers Of negroes are
already In some towns, and the movement
is regarded with distayor by the whites.
The cotton n-secd pool in the Mississippi
Nailay baa MT nuIaI na rnt,nrtnI
Maude Reynor, the female dsspcrado o
Texas, beat a woman almost to douth a
few days ago at Abilene.
Chas. Golden, young man lately from
Madison, Ia, was found dend In bed nt Fl.
Worth, Tcx., few days ago, from an over
dose OF morphine.
Willie Werner was shot doad Mt Sommcr-
set Landing Davis Bend. Miss, by Wesley
Gasly, colored. The murderer escaped.
A fro at Augusta, Ca, fcw days ago
resulted In $4,000 dnmago TO the stock OF
dry goods and notions In the store Of \.
II. Myers; insured.
Neal, the last OF the Ashland (Ky.) MUIR
derers, will be hanged February 18th, as
the higher court sustained tho verdict and
the Governor refuses 10 interfere.
The ceremonies Of comforting the pallum
on Archbishop Leroy at Now Orleans on
the 49, Inst, included grand military and
civic procession aud imposing ceremonies
at tho Cathedral, Archbishop Gibbons, OF
Baltimore, officiating.
7. d. Welldone and wife, young couple
from South Carolina, were drowned few
days ago while fishing on Lake Mineola,
near Altoona, Ala.
The hanging OF McLane, white man,
In Bossler Parish, La. by mob some
months ago Is being lnyeSngsssd by the
Grand Jury.
by order Of Governor Mcdaniel OF
Georgia the convict camp Of u. q. Lockett
& Co, In Dougherty County, has been
broken up, and the prisoners sent 10 other
camps In the northern part OF the State.
Major Alex. Moses, the ngent AMI al.
juster Of tho New Orleans Underwriters
while getting out Of hack at the Louis.
vile, New Orleans & Texas Railway DO.
pot nt Vicksburg, Miss, q few night,
ago, slipped and fell, breaking his leq
above the ankle AMI injuring himself In.
ternally.
Petitions signed by 5000 citizens nsklns
the Legislature Of Tennessee TO submit 4
TO the popular vote a Constitutions
amendment prohibiting the manufacture
and sale OF intoxicating liquor have beer
presented 10 that body, which has appoint
cd committee to consider them.
Nat..ttk.t uItu, ftta ..aaaaaF. ~ H..
mon elders In Tennessee, missionaries hay'
been working quietly In several countie
recently, and to.prevent the erpoundlng o
their doctrine and guard against oihe
possible deadly ARRAYS, bill has been In
troduced In the Legislature to punish th
teaching OF the doctrine OF polygamy by
fine Of 500 and Imprisonment for two o
three years at the discretion Of the Court
IL Ia likely that the measure will become
law.
City Marshal NJ. Bauer, Of MoComb City
La, having n warrant for the arrest Of Pa
Woods. colored, called at his house n fc,
days since, whom he was fred upon b.
Woods, the ball taking effcc, In his necl
producing a wound from which Bauer died
Woods escaped.
The heirs OF T. o. Jennings, conductor
Of jackson, Miss, killed In July, isss, b
his train going through Mammoth Bayo
bridge, sued tho railroad company "a
5000. Tho last term Of court resulted !
a mistriai. the jury being equally divided
After trial at tho pressn. term, lnstlng
week, the jury returned a verdict In fave
Of plaintiffs for ~.
Editor Clcfton, Of the jackson (Niss
Clarion, recently made a fierce editorii
assault on John II. Miller, editor of n
Tupelo Journal. The article contained sue
/ expressions as Liar" "Unwashed On
unksmpt EDITOR" "Cheap article black
guard" etc. The same was provoked by
caustlo article In Millcr'a last paper reflect
ing on cl.f,on. Friends Of Miller thousl
a retraction or a fight would bc the rs
suit.
While Joseph Guissea and bis son wsr
sitting In their saloon In vioksburg, Miss
few nights ago, some w0uld.be Hssaisl
fired a pistol sho, through the glass wiz
dow, striking young GuIssea in the rigl
cheek, inficting very painful and diu
gerous wound, knocking out several tesii
A man named Walter Gordon was arrest
for the act.
The Texas Legislature is In session.
John Oardenhire, who several days sln'
robbed u. fsevois, the Postmaster, and b
wife. at the mussie Of a revolver, ns'
Eagle Ford. Ter.. and subsequently, bul