The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-03-14
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Israel llfown, cal1fsd. postmaster NJ
Hnrdecvlle, y G., arrested recently
charged With fals.iyIng biz returns 10 Ia
crease his commissions, was discharged
a noriher via.lel portion NJ Texas re.
c"niy, and cattle woro reported diving
rapidly Numerous failures among stock.
growers are looked for
Strawberries arc selling In Jack ks,nv lile,
Fla, at flfty ceuis n quart
John smith, pioneer az ron of Yatoo
CITY, Mss aud veteran wbo served with
distinction through the Mexican war, was
buried Ia that city recently
Tho now Treasurer VI linbcrshnm County,
lieorgia, has given his bond for saO0o.
There IA Just $3.50 In tho Treasury.
A gardener near Mobile, Ala, il said 70
nave raised ripe watormclons out of doors
from seeds planted In December.
A queer accident happened In johnson
County, Tennessee, few days ago. Alex
kaber fellcd large tree on steep hillside
near his house, After the trco fell II com.
menced rolling, aud finally swept his
house away, with the whole family Al
were more or less injured but none
fatally.
me iorty'nlnth anniversary Of the In.
uependence OF Texas was celebrated on
the I'd by the laying Of the cornerstone Of
the new state capitol Mt Austin.
whlte robin was Killed recently near
lnohhstown da'
Ihere Is widow In Birmingham, Ala,
thirteen years old, and she attends the
puhllc schools
Louisville, Ky, has eighteen wile-opcn
gambling hells, lOl policy shops and 100
pokcr-rooms.
seven persons escaped from the Parish
prison at New Orleans few dnys ago, The
crimes OF the conycts ranged from murder
to petty larceny.
a North Carolina young ladies' Institute
sends specimens nf stocking dnruug aud
r'iooting old stockings TO the New Orleans
Exposition.
fire nt Fayetteville, Tenn, fcw DAYS
ago, destroyed Wilson'S livery stable.
Twenty horses perished. Loss, 5000;
no insurance, Several small shops were
burned
Nhile celebrating the Inauguration Of
Cleveland the people Of Hopklnsylle, Ken
lucky, thought they saw meteor that
! looked like burning cabin, which cxplod.
ed with the noise Of n dozen cannon.
Near liundo City, Tex, John Wohschic-
zer, derinan farmer, with wife and
nine children, hung himself TO n fence a
Few days ago, leaving plncard lying
near, written In Germnn, saying no had
lynched himself No cause assigned
The Lookout rolling mill at Chattanooga,
Tenn, has been sold under Court decree,
TO A. NJ. johnson and Nesbit Hazelhurst
for $4,000. The mill will bc put In opera
ton at once, giving employment TO iI
hands It has been closed down for u
/ year.
In Roane County, Tennessee, near Chat.
tanooga, Miss Jenkens was recently on
a visit to neighbor, aud, while standing
near an open CRATE, her clothing caught
lire. She escaped from the house com.
plotely enyelopcd In flames, and ran tho
entire distance home. Her body was lit.
orally roasted, and she expired Ia short
time.
August Schaofer aud wife were found
dead In bed at their home In Boernc, Tex,
a few days since, by neighbors. Schaofcr
was an industrious wagon maker, aud bis
wife was faithful and Industrious. They
had one little child. The bodies were ly-
ing side by side, tha mans arm over the
womnn's breast A pistol was lying near
"a Iaf sti a.Ita ael,s.
woman was shot once 10 the head and
Z twice through the body; the man through
the head Both had been dead some hours.
The bod was horribly bloody. thought
10 DO murder and suicide, but no positive
motive can bc assigned
/ John u. Martin, farmer from near
I feweo Valley, Kentucky, was found few
days ngo lying dead by the s.do Of the
turnpike ON the Brownsboro Road, about
mile east Of i'ouisvilic. lie was terribly
crushed about the head aud body, and hal
evidently been Killed Instantly. lie was
discovered AZ tue loot OF an 'mbankmen,
hp'u' 'hh'y iset u'shi ann near by were
n's h"rs"s ana wagon no hnh evidently
nF''en OH ol tn' ennahkinen' anu tho
| wagon hnu ihiIeh on Top OF h'ih' mnshlng
MN altiostto pulp
a new epidemic mas appeared IN Lam
caster county, sou'h Carollnn, TO which
nNe members oi hr, H. W. Dratin's fam
lIy nave sueeu'hbed IN Tue past few weeks,
leaving onIy hinsei ana llttie son re.
manning. Ihe disease mas baliied medical
skill Mr. Draiiin had eight physieinas to
visit bis iamlly, nu, none oi them were ac.
qaainicd with the disease aud their treat.
ment was simply experimental hr. Drailln
says the spread OF the disease IL becoming
alarming There are thirteen eases on his
plantation alone IL hrst makes its ap.
pearancs with nausea. with bloody ilux
and griplnf' Followed by eHeru ciating
| pains. IL u similar In many OF iis symp'
toms TO Asiatic cholera, but II more nearly
resembles the mountain seourge which
swept away 20 many hundreds OF people
In Kentucky ana west virginia some
months ago.
In tho City Court al Louisville, Ky, q
/ few DAYS ago, Jeremiah Haden, a gsatle.
manly appearing person, said 10 belong 10
a distinguished Virginia family, and who
had been arrested for larceny, swallowed
q dose of "Rough on Rats" and a few
minutes later was conveyed from the court
In mortal agony. lie preferred death tc
the disgrace Of conviction.
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