The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

mlStEIlANEOtss
THE French Chamber OF Deputies, by q
vote Of 2l0 to 2i0 has restored TO the wor-
ship estimates the sum for ctujls' snla-
ries expunged by tho committee.
Forty thousand hands aro thrown out OF
employment through the masons' strike
In Berlin. Tho masters refuse TO nsgo-
tlatc with the men and are beginning TO
employ foreign mssons to take the places
Of the strikers.
RECENT thundor-storms in Germany
have done much damage to property,
flooding large tracts OF lowlands and
many houses.
RUSSIAN advices from the Vladi vost ock
say that Russian steamship which at
tempted to enter Port Hamilton was inter-
ccpted aud forbidden to enter by an En-
gllsh man n-of-war. The English arc said
to bo fortifylng tho port
Dus, wYMAS & Co. report go failures
In tho Dominion Of Canaia for the first
six months Of 1885, as agalnst 7j2 failures
for the first six months Of 1881 Tho lia-
billtles for the first half Of 1885 are only
g, ,f8g 900. as against 81 ,7i2. 900 In tho cor
responding period Of 1884
DISPATCHES from Russia report fresh
trouble on tho Chinese frontier.
TOTAL number Of new cases Of cholera
In Spain on the 3)th, lao; deaths, 6i5; on
the lst, new cases, l.l6l; deaths, AS
Os July LIST the total dcbt Of the Unitod
States, principal and interest, was =, $780,
517,iO375.
FIaHrIxG is reported In Mexico between
Lieutenant Davis aud the Apaches. Slx-
teen Of the latter are reported killed
JuLY ist being tho eighteenth anniver-
sary Of the Dominion confederation, was
observed as holiday IN Canada.
ISrIM IrIoS is given by member Of tho
English Government that the Irish Crimes
Act win not be pressed.
Ar indianapolis a telephone rate war
Is In progress th, Company trying 10
evade the ratio imposed by the last Lcgis-
lature by charging for extras.
COERCION IA ireland Is TO be abandoned,
and the government will rely upon the
strict administration of the general law.
THr question Of co1vict labor ls the
cause OF trouble In johnson County, Ar
kansas. The psopl, threaten 10 llberate
all the prisoners now at work in the mines.
THE proposed naval demonstration
against Zanzibar by Germany has been
countermandcd by Bismarck, aud the lit
tle,war speck Is vanished.
THE post Of Governor Of Alsace. Lor
ralne, made vacant by Manteuifs's death,
has been abolished. The civil administra
tlon will hereafter be directed from Bsr
lin.
SUR for $4,000 has been brought
against Lester & Co. al Chicago by Sam :
usl Berkswits for monsy lost on Board OF
Trade contracts The suit Is brought un-
der the gambling statuta
REMARKABLY cold weather was reported
from the southwestern portion Of vir.
ginia on the ist Snow fell in fassweil
County. aud Ice formed in wythe County.
Tar report Of The South American Com
mission on our relations with Peru shows
a ii.astrous condition Of comnsrc, there
and our trade dwin1lsd t1 nothing. and
s.pre..es The opinion that al American
,,,s AZ .tssm.rs Is aa imperativs nsces-
atty.
ox the fss the Muse rsachsrs' Nsiionsi
A..orl.,jou began is ninth annual nest
ing m New York Absus 80 dele Isss.
, vsrs rr..eaL Papers On masieal suhisct.
oecupled the day.
Tar sv.termea IN the vieialsy Of Ns-
/. si.saa. Coma. are graly al ated oses
n. rs.-ut discovery that ssry dsstruet-
-. -. h..t a. rork On their ors-