The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-19
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a woman IN logan County. Ken.
tuohy, takes her resi W batehei ~
lhres days AID nightf Sleep ~ tlms
aud then Keeps awake Tor lhs period
hhe u eighty years OLD
Ida kNtspf committed Suicide neat leon
springs, TeK., few daYsago bicauis her
parents waniel her " marry man
named rr.llar.
The elections IN Andrrain ani Mon,agLe
counties. TqHaa, were Waloflio f)r the
rrohlbitioai.la.
During a Ore al WaSaha,his. Tex,
few nights ago q trunk, thrown from
window, srick aud II Il thoushr Il tally
Injured Nc SImp wilson,
Charles w,lllnmL negro, shot and
klllel Polk Mitchell, n ulre,t.car driver,
at Chattanooga Tenn, few days aimee,
The murderer was lynchod.
Cotton has boon damaged fully twenty
per cent IN portions Of Mississippi by tho
drou h, ani many estimate the damage
much greater.
Mrs. IL &. lluls,, wIfc of a prominent
contractor, was assaulted ON the street In
Chattan joga Tenn, few nights ago hy
a rulllln, who knocS,l her down aud rob.
bed hcr Of her portm pnnai,. She wa,
painfully bruised, rne assallant es.
capped.
John lloR nan fatally stabbed negro
by tho name Of Harrison Gliddish nt Hop.
klnsvillc, KY, fow nj hts ago. The nm.
fortunate man was almost d sembow cled.
The slayer /, In jail to await tho action OF
the Grand Jury.
All9n Thompson a negro living near
Llnden, Tex, beat his step-dau ,hter 10
ieath with club a few days ago. He
had frequently beaten her, and fearing
arrest therefor he concluded to kill her.
LynchIng was threatened
The colored debating society In n Geor.
gia town has been discussing the question,
(which Arc tho Most Useful 10 Society,
Lawyers or BlzzardsW
North Carolina Is building up nm ext n
slvj trade in cherry lumber. The wild
cherry grows abuadantly In the noun.
tnlna
Thomas Manuel wont into San Antonio.
Tex, from hunting trip with fatal
wound In tue neck. lIs said he had boon
accidentally shot by his companion, name
unknown.
The tg Of Fort Worth, Tcx, an Pre-
enct Nan b,r onb OF TarrSat County tod
on Prohibition few days ago. Tho pro.
position to stop tho sale OF liquor was dc.
featcd by nearly ,I0J majority.
Tho Swatara, which was ordered t) Now
Orleans to transfer silver coin from the
sub-Treasury 10 Washington took ON
board Sl2. O0).0 and sailed on the l2.h.
curious case OF lunacy has developed
at Conyers, Ga Newton Hammock, a
Prominent cltlz,n, jjinel tho Baptist
Church by immersion. The ceremony
drove him crazy, aud he has been clm-
mittcd to an asylum.
News comes from Bristol, Tenn., OF the
cremation, a fow days ago, at Chlllhowoc,
settlement In Sullivan County, OF James
Sharett. Ho was staining over frS Ia
his shop, took a flt and fell su ldsnly into
the fire. lie was burned to q crisp Lofore
ussistnncl arrived.
Abraham Pope, owned hou,s at X jck
RIM, Ala, that ho rented to white man
named Hart A few days ago, while at
tempt ng 10 collect his rent. be aud Hart
became inv lived in n quarrel, and Hart
te'zed rock with which hc crushed
Popo's skull Hart escaped, lut tiilcefs
woro In urSut.
A horril II murder was committed few
nights ago ut colored church ton mioi
east Of Canton, Miss Icon Coekrell, O
negro school-teicher, shot Aaron Marz a
colorcd deacon, wbilo the latter was
kncellng with the congregation 10 prayer.
James Smith was fatally stabbed ut
Louisville, KY, few nights ago by his
step-fnther, Harvey Clark. s nth and
his mother had sold calf, and Clark de-
manded tue money. o1 being refused, be
tried to shoot his vile. The sou seized tho
gun, and 10 the struggle which ID he
was stabbed three times ly Clark
/ Several weeks ago Mrs. Il. Il Tenant,
Of Marietta, Ga, was tondercd and ac-
ceptsd tho place. OF superintends Of
women's Work at the Nsw Orleans Ex
position, the place formerly held by Julia
Ward Howe sho pub iiies a card re-
signing tho position, assigning as rea.
son: my husband Is opposed TO II, AMI
givo II up In Difference 10 his wishes"
Fifty years ago T. ljn johnson, e)lorsd
woman, whs Aerarat d from her m3ther
at Louisville, Ky, the latter being sold
aud sent to Now 0leans. Tho mother or
rived Ia L,uI,yllp few days ngo hale
and hearty. III, Il il2 year, Old aud the
danght,r sky years III. Living In the
fou.o with Mrs T. len johnson arc her
grcat-grandcbildrsn This makes them
great. great -grandchlldren Of Mrs JJbn-
sons mother. Str ingc as IL may seem,
the great-greii. grandmother, and tho
great grandmother, t1e grandmother.
mother and chill lreu all assembled In Ito
same room few day. slnch
A double tragedy resulting In thl NOR.
tai wounding Of two persons occurred az
Atlanta, o.. q few nights ago. Mss lila
Maxwell el1psd with John Shelton and
married him nt his mo.her's whittier he
was followed by the gir's father and
brother eF ol. The elder Maxwell was
about 10 shot ~ Shelton when the latter
braincd youus Maxwell with ha,cio,.
He then fired at the old man aud be fell
mortally wounieIi
A sui, was doei iod at Charlotte. N. e..
n few days azo, In the Snplrior Curt Ia.
volvlnx points Of intr,st 10 thu general
public. Ia January. 1881, J,mei a.
Holmes, late Of CharleHo,, aad now Of
Baltimore, was ej c.,i from the only
nrst-ciass passenger cur Of q train on the
Carolina Central Rliiwiy. aai forced 10
ride for some hours Ia car fllloi witt O..
bacco smoke. lie claimed damage, In toe
sum Of 5000 an jury awarded him
si7N
Nsw o leans has b1,lsling bon.
The railway tank at tho L1ngvleA
(Tex.1 Ju ic:ion no. work ng properly a
few days si1c,, Ch1res Hun'cr. al EN-.
ploys o. the rouni.housi, vas sent Up 10
put IL IN proper ords-. Sip Ing In. he
wa. drowned before aissancc Gu a..
rive
After investigating the r5pjfts Of Inn.
m raj eoniset In Cincinna Of n "
James O Armstrong rector Of st. PBn.
lips Church Of Atlanta. o., the vssiry
passed a resoluti N 10 the effect tha, The
facts did not warrant q withdrawal ol
confidence Ia him H. has rssumd hi.
duties.
Southern railroad mileaze has lners a. ID
ATTY pr csat since $50
osorgs IfIbbsrd, Of Linsointoi, n. G.,
| uent % eaur- meetinz with hts sstfa .ad