The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-02
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ihe last Legislature is = legal tfihuHai
NJ " Wells postal flsfk On iBs linz be.
tween Nov Orleans and Pori Eais, de.
appeared recently taxing With him Tho
contents n the fegtstarst letter pIuoh,
amounting, u IL supposed, b. several
thousand dollars. Wells was only uH.
teen years II ago
The ooyernar of Louisiana has Issued q
proclamation Of quarantine against the
leading ports o. Mexico, Central aud
south America and tho west Indian
Islands, 70 take effect May 10Th
A negro lnborer who had ieft hla ON.
ployir In Lincoln, "a, was caught few
days ago by Peter Dill aud George Ken.
nedy and put under the lash. They tied
him and boat him until he fell unconscious
He died fow hours later. The crmo has
startled the community with horror.
Corscana, Tex, Is 10 have large roller
patcnt -four mill
There arc said to be- large beds Of chrome
ore IN Troupe County, Georgia
A cyclone at Prairie Grove, Tex, a few
days ago caused serious loss Of life and
property.
Texas will soon abound with cotton
mills, says n San Antonio paper, which
also chronicles the erection Of mill at
Rlvordalo at cost ~ $4,000
Vicksburg, Miss, was visited by con-
nagralIon recently that destroyed $780,.
900 worth OF property aud number of
human lives. The Herald was burned out
and had TO suspend fow days.
W. q. Britton, Tax Collector Of Hale
County, Ala. was convicted recently OF
embczzling $4,000, aud was sentenced to
the Alabama State Prison.
II Is stated that recent losses by General
Gordon, Of Georgia, may prompt him to
accept tho Russian Mission on account OF
the salary.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee IN ses.
sion at jackson, has confirmed the son.
tence OF death on Joe Clark, colorcd, OF
llardomau County, for killing another
negro In 1891.
Pcrryville, n Tennessee River town, was
annlhilnted few days slnc' by an incen.
diary fire started by person seeking re-
ycnge on one Of the inhabitants.
! Citizens Of Chattanooga, Tenn, will ton.
der General Grant tho fro, uso ofn prl.
yato hotel on Lookout Mountain. where
II Il is thought he will bo greatly beno.
fttcd.
Mrs Wlllet B,beoek,s hotel at Paris.
Tex. burned n few nights ago. Nenrly ali
the contents were DESTROYED. Loss, sl5,.
900, insurance, 5000. Tho fro was OF in.
cendlary origin,
Charles Mcdonnell. a brakeman, was
instantly killed while switching In tho
yard nj Guthrie XIV. few days ngo.
| The decensed was n resident OF Earllng
ton. XIV.
The loss n, cnttls in Southwo,t Florida
the pns; winter IA reported greater than IN
any other previous year, one stock raiser
estimating his loss at two thousand head.
pneumonin. n Georgia paper saws. seems
10 have been tho disease that plnyod such
havoc.
Bsrnnrd BattIsbwhiler. aged thirteen.
employed TO carry press dispatchs, from
the Nashville fTenna american office "a
the Epsniag Baa,,sr fell from tho ,banis.
tor, In tho third .lory Of tho American
building n few night, ago. and was in.
s,,r,iv k,liod
Tho ou.stion of AGAIN oneniny ,b. Now
ORLEANS R,no.ttlo, n, Nove,,lor IA, 4,
hslne .,l,a,od S,,wi,b.,andIny IN on.
800 H., would Ia .n,,Itod dnr,n, IN,
,,va month. In,eryenlng b,twesn ,bs clos.
In. and reonsning NJ tba hnIldln, IN tho
,yav a, irsnranc, renalr. and nollro. a 4,
believed thu. the enterprise may bo made
10 nav.
Charlie Brett, Of Jackson, Tenn, a
brakemAu. while coupling cars at Cayes
XIV. n few days ago, made msstep, fall.
ing across tho track. The wheels passed
over his left log, crushing Il between ths
knee and Thigh. lie was In a critical con.
dtlon.
II was recently announced by tho Presl'
dent Of the company that John l. stovall
book-kecpcr Of the Georgla Chcmica
Works, at Augusta, Is defanlter, prob
ably as high as $1,000. Tho chemlcn
works Ia wealthy corporation, tho stool
Of which Is owned almost entirely by par
tics In Baltimore aud Norfolk, Va ALFRED
Baker Is President
Recent Investigations IN the Lillian MAI
ison nusisr case At hlehmond' va snow
that sue had ws'eh-key resembling 'ha'
found In the aperture IN the reservoir
fence. Tbs IN part destroys ths mos
valuable tvldsncs against olu'ei'us, a.
the prosecution relied upon tho wa'oh'ks)
TO connect him Win the Tragedy
Tho police of Mobile, Ala, have cap
tured II. l. wilkins, Of many aliases, nc
cused Of successful confidence games u
many other Southern cities, especially
Atlanta and New orlsans His game wa
TO buy out retail grooers, handle the casl
and skip. lie answers the descriptions
and was taken while trying TO perpetrat
this swindle upon Mobile groceryman.
The seventeen year -old daughter D
George Clarke, OF Habcrsham, Ca, Will
putting ou, on inriplsnt fro which ha,
lroksn out in the house, q few days age
lecam. enveloped ia flames Her father
in his excitement, threw water In th
wrong direction. and before the fame
were ss.ingul.hsd burned flesh hal
llouahsd OF and the girl died within
fe~ minutes.
o.,h. nian,aiion af ur.. MARY T.via,
4. t,asI. co,n,v. oan f.w dsv, ,i,e,
wm,.m y..wor,hv. her ov.r.ssr. ,ho
and instantly killed Isaac Scott, colorei
The difficulty grew oat Of the forcibl