The Panola weekly star., 1885-11-07
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walter M sad mi q est, to- young
- tef liismla fham. Ais, sha' each oihsf
fatally with Pistols en- lhe s'faat = iss
iays ago.
The ifoisiou Conference NJ ma aetho.
dlii kplaeopal thufa4 w is sfssldn Al
Vhetianopga, Tent, rejected Tho pfapas.
ll1h 70 chanes the nam1 ~ the dsthoiiss
Episcopal Church N America ~ vote
of iip n !, and slaa tabled by vote N n
" W resolution w ,seommsnd 70 the
oeneral Assembly tho omission n tbe
word "Houth"
Dave BAKER fatally shot Calvin Tptoa
and was hlmself asriouily wounded Nv
Upton. u was pfcarrnngol plan ~ kill
Baker, whn had. with several others, se.
verely beaten Upton for selling wildcat
brandy near thl town Baker is under ar
rest.
JAMES e. Thompson, who so hrutally
murdered J. G. White. Leading msrchan,
OF Glen Alice, Tenn. last week. was cap.
tnred and taken 10 Rock wood by his cap.
tors Advlcas from thai plac' stated that
ah'b was forming and Thompson would
be lynched bsy ond ali doubt.
Deputy Sheriff Wayne Parks was shot
from Nh ambush aud killed at Colorado
City, Tex. n few days ago
six farmers were robbed fow days ago
near Ty,cr, Tex, by highwaymen Of the
| proceeds of 60 ton sold In town.
| Colonel James Il. Calhoun, Of Elhcrton,
Ga.. Is ninety years old and a relation OF
John G. Calhoun, but he is going to marry
widow In December.
Pedro Rivera, who hnrsewhipped his
wl'o Martina, at Brownsville, Tex, got of
with fine OF ~ an costs.
Robert Slake, white man, living near
Jackson, Tenn, was killei few days ago
| by negro named Nol Collum. They
| quarreled ebout a corn crop, and the Negro
struck Slake on the head with fence rail,
causing conclusion OF tho brain. The ne
| gro was arrested.
| The heaviest rain and most destructive
hail.storm that ever visited Mississippi
fell few days since, damaging ungath
cred cotton considerably. Toe hail killed
| fowls that wero caught In the storm.
Manuel II la and Pablo Suballi had
row In Brownsville, Tex, few days ago,
over an old pair Of shoes an went out to
the grave. yard TO fight the matterout with
knives. Rela was stabbed In the side and
had his ears severed. His antagonist fed
TO Mexico,
Edward f. Cooper, an intelligent young
mulatto serving as postal clerk In Ken.
lucky, was arrested recently by an in.
spoctor, who found eighteen stolen letters
In his valise, among them four decoys al.
dressed TO banks and lotteries.
The assessment Of III Paso County,
Texas, for the yenr Just completed. shows
i,10,7l4 acres Of land assessed. Value Of
wild lands. 81, ,39l,3ij; Of town loti, 81 t2l..
i2j; total OF all property assessed, S7,O2l,.
BIO. This is a material increase over last
years assessment
Patrick Swceny, Frank and Charles
Glib, and Alonzo Meeks engaged In
quarrel over game Of poker at Haymar.
ket, Va, few days ago, and Sweeny was
stabbed to death. sweeny claimed that
the ''potn was his, and the others charged
sharp practice.
The colored citizens Of Mississippi have
been holding a State Fair at Jackson,
which was highly ere lltablc In the line Of
needlcwork, farm products, and blooded
stock. Tho exhibition Is said TO have re.
ceivcd every encouragement from the
white people Of the State.
Nelly Eakin. an aged colored woman Of
Abbeyille, y. G., claims 10 be strangely be-
witched. She claims that the witch has
done all kinds Of deyilm'nt 10 her; burnt
her hair of, struck her with rock, and put
pins in her body and splin,ers In hcr feet.
She caught sight Of the witch, and says old
Phillis Branch answers the description,
but he has been dead long time. She
has had two doc'ors attending her, but
they could do her no good.
Violent agitation Of tho Chinese quei.
tion has broken ou' In AuyuSta, Ca, since
The publication Of the ou,rayes at Seattle,
Wy. T. For several years pas the cslss
tials have been focking tbIther. They
have prospsred In business and now own
20 mnny groceries, wholesale and retail,
hat large number Of cit gems have peti.
toned tho City Council TO take steps 10
prevent further immigration. Feeling
runs high, rs tho Cinnamon have many
friends amonE the lower classes.
Al the foot Of Tiger Mountain, Ca, stood
a handsome Baptist Church, where for
over forty years the most prominent ci !.
sens Of Raburn Couny have worshlped.
Near by Is a somewhat dllapidated school
house. Il was the custom Of the teacher
when tho weather grew cold 10 move oyor
and occupy the church. Recently the au.
lhoritIes Of the church took steps 10 stop
the intrusion, and the building was So
eursly locked up. In a few days the
church wa, burned down. the hre being
clearly Of inccndiary origin. Excitement
over the affair runs high, and sensational
developments are looked for
A shocking incid,n, occurred recently
a. q nuttinx party on Warden Ridge,
near Chattanooga, Tenn. Mrs. George
Snyder, while gathering cisstnu,s INERT
ed her hand under q bush after burr.
and suddenly Withdrew II with shrek of
pain. A. the same Instant large rattle.
snak, which was coiled up Dider the
bushes, sprang out. and the ally save q
herself from a second bite by falling In
her tracks from fright Tue serpent had.
however. inserted bis fangs the first time.
Every known remedy was applied, but Il
was thought she would die.
Fire at Dallas, Ter, faw nights age
dss,r yed part of a frame block at the cor
nsr ol Main and ~. Paul strssts, AMI also
damaged The ir,hsrn Methodist Church,
the fines. In the ely, to the ext'nt of
s7soo; insurance only 1907. o;hsr losses
are J. J. carne > bail linz,ls5, 900, Insurance,
s1,sD; l. v. Douglass' buillinz. sl,51l,
no insurancs; A. n. Blanks. loss on furni.
lure. $500, Insurance, 500; Joe oriGs, loss
on sock o, no,ion'. 800. no insurance.
Tho frs was eausei by lamp explosion.
Tourists are heading toward Plorida.
W. n. Tarrsui, the counte-feitsr. who
was arrested recently at Jscksou. Tenn,
va. arraiKnei bsfore United STATS Com.