The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-02-14
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a'am9ad dflli vas used IN outtlag Tho bals
mo the cor lblsatlga, and N was tbop
'ns''efeh 'sith = ehlspl and lhe doof
openei
Ihs y dler IN the anldor nrewery NJ
,@ulsFl Ils, NY. exploded low days since.
sphn Bush, m employa, was struck and
la's' y Injured by poce n IRON Frank
ana. Henry kippera and lludy I,amlsnF,
VIZ" children playing IN an adjacent yard,
wete struck aud seriously hurt The cauas
of the explosion was y mystery.
There are rumora Of mlsnanagemont u
The Marine Hospital In Memphis. Tenn.
Charges are made by ex patients ~ nogll.
gent attention, dirt and want of kindly
care on the part Of the nurses Anldavita
have been prepared aud forwarded 10 the
surgeon-General Of tho Army, with a
View 10 having him examine into tho
matter.
! The dead body of James Evans, white,
was picked up near the mouth of Doolcy's
Bayou, La, few days ago Evans
started from Mooringsport In Cnddo Por.
ish Tor Shreveport 10 a skin during tho re-.
cent cold spell aud was last sccn alive hy
passing colored man In the Of ~ aking
a tro In his skin, which was mooroJ nj tho
mouth OF the bayou.
The jail at Abelene, Tex, was set ON
nro few days since by prlsonor named
Butler, charged with rohblng drummer
named Levy. from Fort Worth. Butler
was arrested but short while before and
swore that he would burn hlmael out, but
no attention was paid to the threat, nnl ho
was confined with pocket full OF match.
on. The door was lgnltei and the flames
gained considerable head@y before dis
covered.
Ben Hawkins, negro who murdered n
peddler, was lynchei by u mob in Robert
son County, Texas, fow days ago. ..
George Webster, coored fireman, foil
from the deck OF the stsamer Harry Brown
at Louisville, KY, n icw nights ago aud
was drowned.
As an important step toward securing
an abolition of the practice OF plstol.ca
rying, Galveston t'rcx.) paper suggests
that the piotol-pocket should bo prohibited
by law. ....
The river bank In front Of Greenville,
Miss, is caving away rapidly and causing
great uneasiness.
Tho Clubhouse OF Mr.. John Robinson, on
Campbello place, below Shreveport, La,
on Red River, burned few nights ago.
Loss about - 300; insurance not known.
The Houston tTcx.l Light Guard have
decided to go to Mobile In May next b COM
peto at the Interstate drIll. Prizes ag-
gregatlng $4,000 ars offered. They hope
to meet their close competitors, the Trcd.
way Rifles, u 81. Louis. The Light Guards
nrc now tho champions OF tho United
States.
While praying during a recent storm,
says the Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, "old
Katie Hightower, who had been blind for
fifteen years. had hor sight suddenly re-
stored, and can now see rs well ns when n
child"
At the University OF Virginia there is
no prescribed course Of study, no entrance
examination no vacation, except tho sum-
mer one, and but six holidays.
A moyemen ut Is on foot for the erection
OF soldiers monument at Atlanta, ca,
by ex.ConfSderato and Union veterans
Tho books printed In the South during
tho war arc now IN demand among collec-
tors. Ono Of these was spelling hook
printed on common wallpaper. Another,
more ambitious, was illustrated with tho
old trade cuts found In newspaper offices,
producing a comicil effect. Upon the
title-page Is the legend; "Prlnted In tho
fourth year Of the war OF independence.
VIM. Robertson, young man living In
I,ouisburg, n. c., while In n rog-shop
few days ago made wager that he could
drink n quart Of whisky inside forty
minutes. The money was put up and he
slipped the liquor from the quart measure,
getting through in thirty -one minutes.
lie died two hours afterward.
The carelessness Of negroes IN regard to
their children is becoming every day more
apparent. Every week como reports from
|, various sections of a child trirned 10 death
through the negligence Of their parents.
Within the past month three were burned
20 death In kershaw County, two In
Sumter, two in orangeburg, twoi In Rich
land and others In other counties In
South Carolina. II Is becoming such q
common occurrence that legislation on the
the subject has been demanded
The commandment to love your neighbor
as yourself was recently fully eremplinei
near Barnwell, =. c. while Mr.. W. 7.
Cave and his wife were absent from home
their dwelling -houss and kitchen were
consumed by fire, their children barely es-
Gaping with their lives The next day
thirty or forty Of their neghbors turned
out aud cut logs, hauled them 70 a mill,
had them sawed into lumber aud during
tho next week built for Mr. Cave n now
dwelling ~ comfortable and commodious
ss that which burned
Edward Grieyes, one of tho freight do.
partment clerks OF tho Galvcstcn, Harris.
burg & San Antonio Railway ~ Houston,
Tex, wrote letter 10 his wife I. few days
ago limiting suicide, aud since that time he
has not been either at home or at the rail-
road Office. The opinion prevails that ho
has committed suicide. He was a man Of
|. fine address and education.
A bill was introduced In the Texas Leg
ialature recently donating all tho public
lands TO the free schools; but similar bill
failed during the last session and il will
probably meet the same fate at this.
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