The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-07-11
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SOUTHERN oLehatHes
A aaarfsl On isskaui M9uaiHln fsesnily
bstwasn teg eatiith4sa nanad Ellison ani
faylar resisted ~ ihs fatal siahblss ~
ihs latter.
Atlantis, o.. must Ia lhe psfaiss n
street eaf conductors, according " ita
statement u The CgassiHiiga N ihai elty,
which decisFcs that therg ara twi N me-
fraternity worth wi 10
Waco, fax, IL nov rated ~ me third
wapl market In thH state, iho receipts faf
the season bolng i,2g),0o1 pounds
Al The clerks In tho employ " The
vlcksburg n Meridian aud yicksburs,
Shreveport & Pacific Railroads were
asked 10 resign, the designations taking
effect July it, Tho date John G. Gault,
the new general manager, went Into oi.
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Two boys Of polk County, Tenn, killed
big boar the other day with ~ other
weapons than clubs
Governor Knott OF Kentucky rospltsd
TN September lth Floyd Williams, who
was TO have been hanged on the 2 for tho
murder Of Pate strlcklIn, at Compton,
Wolfe County
A negro boy named John Ellis, while
picking wbortlcberrios near bis home At
IIartwcll, Ga, fcw days ago, was blt.
ten by rattlcsnakc and died In groat
agony.
AT Mount Sterling, Ky, Richard For.
man, the slayer Of Jerry Cravens, was nd-
Judged guilty bya jury, aud was SON
fenced to fourteen years in tho State
Penitentary.
A brutal murder occurred at Gordons.
vlllc, Lownes County, Ala, few days
ago. william Cnrnes and Charles Dunk
lin, colored, became involved In dim.
Guilty, when Crnos struck Dunkltn on tho
head with Il billet OF wood Doa'h result.
cd In few hours.
The dOad body OF Mrs Henderson, who
disappeared from her home IN Lafayette
County, Ala, recently, was found in the
Tallapoosa River. Her sclf.destructlon
was brought about by mental alteration
over the ruin OF her daughter.
A twcnty -year-old lad Is among those
seeking a dlvorc, in Toccoa, Ga. Ilo has
been married two years.
Villa Rlca, Ga, was visited by n re-.
markable display Of electricity a fow days
ago. Quito number were shocked by
lightning. and twJ, Peter Luthers and
Edward Mayson, were instantly killed.
John Starke, n ten -year-old boy, was
burned to death at San Antonio, Tex, n
few days ago, by the explosion OF n coal
oil eau He was completely enyeloped In
flames Death ensuod In less than two
hours.
James Mcdaniel, n noted desperate,
stage -robber and murderer, was lied in
Texas recently while resisting arrest
A negro was lynchcd at the Smcdco
place, Shnrkey County, Miss, u few days
ago, for outraging little girl named
Annie Curtis. 1t is said the girl will
die.
A negro was killed aud white dan
gerously wounded few days since In
row about selling whisky in Stepstonc,
Ky., where whisky selling Is forbidden.
W. II. Stevens, Of Canton, Van ZindI
County Tex. was murdered few days
since in hls own house, and the place
ransackcd.
Mr.. ]. Yost, sheep ranchman, wal
struck by lightning and instantly killed
at Rice, near corsicann, Tex, n few night
ago Deceased was thirty six years old
and from Ohio.
Az AndersonvIllo Prison cemetery
roselush was planted years ago at th,
head OF grave, and all efforts TO exter
inmate II prove OF no avail. 1t hai
sprouted again from tho old roots, and 4
single red rose blooms on one OF th'
sprouts. Another curious thing is a els
tern at the keepers lodge that fills with
water In some mysterious way that all in
vestigatlons fail to account for.
A man calling himself d. NJ. Phillips, o
Galveston, n iewelry auctioneer, Is lockot
up in Jail at Shreveport La, for larceny
He dropped into town few days ago an,
advertised a grand sale OF jewelry ant
diamonds, rented n store, obtained good
and money under false pretenses, aud sol'
n show case, loaned him by local auc
tioneer, TO n secondhand furniture deal
er, aud attempted to skip, but was caugh
and locked up.
Two brothers, Hillinr1 and Smith John
son, Of Hamilton, Ga, have bcen poylul
attention to the same woman for yen
past The most intense jealousy va
aroused between them. A few nights az
billiards. company was declined by th
fair one "bccause Of previous engage
mentp The rejected suitor shadowed th
door, and nj n late hour, when his brothe
emerged set upon him with long, kss
blade, hacking him M mercIlessly, innict
Ing fatal wounds. Hilllard has lcd.
The Tennessee Manufacturing Compan
at Nashville have closed their plain clot
mill, thereby deprIving $50 persons Of ON
ploymeut for two months. The compan
was unable 10 secure cotton Of tho grad
required OF proper figure, and the mai
ket Is oyerstockcd with the class Of good
made In the plain mill. The proprietor
OF similar mill. throughout the State ar
reported as seriously considering n pal
iial suspension Of operations during II
summer months.
t1tA H'hINEa NNf' nF"A EAhffhA '"fN
around wood fire by the railroad, OF
/, mile out Of La Grange, Ca, a few nigh
ago. An hour later when passsng'
train went along II ran over NJ
gro who was laying across the track
examination disclosed pack of cards
z his pocket and a dozen knife cuts on b
y person, any one Of which would ha'
produced death. His name was nscc
! talned 10 be Dock Swanson. His n
: companions are Ia jail for the murder.
; The police Of Louisville, Ky, acting VI
, der warrants takei out by A. IL oalli
/ her, secret detective Of the Law AMI o
der Club, ralded twelve gambling hous
few nights ago, arresting employees At
> taking charge Of implements and nj
, chInery. This ls their first open NOV
. ment, and Il was = sweeping one II
housfs raid d ran keno aud faro games.
Postage is now ons cent an ounce.
Sam Jones, the revivalist has closed }
labors Of Waco. Tex, and returned to |
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