The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-05-16

4 thiHH 81 tHe pest. leit TIE #liisis are
samplag % tha fsll chIeaxa Haiallsts
ere FsfY Indignant ever the nsatisf
TITS Agricultural Department i dstlfs
aas n purchasing a.ikwofm sxRs ~ as.
peflaishtal suiisfe.
F0BH HusbaKu ralssA States MARINES
afs On the way home from the iishmus
n Panama
TnEHs were 2l5 failures in TIE ualtsi
States during the seven days ended the
sth.
rEorLE IN Calcutta consider tic Russo.
English agreement dangerous and humll.
latinF
uusPawpga and not dynamite, IL found
10 have bsen nael IN the recent explosions
at tue Admiralty office IN London.
THIS English troops IN the spulan ac.
corling to the Duke Of Cambridge, ara In
splendid condition aud wall cared Tor.
TnE trans. Atlantic steamship eompa.
nles are endeayorlng 30 restore Che rates
OF passage which have been badly cut by
sharp competition.
The London Times Insists that the Gov.
ernment should persuade the Ame,r Of
Afghanistan 10 permit an English garrison
10 occupy lIerat
THERE are now two British war vessels
at New York The corvette Canada
dropped anchor In the harbor on the Sth.
The Strcok romains thor6 toe.
GERMANY has given no indication OF her
attitude In tho Afghanistan affair, but II
is evident she still thilks there will be
war.
IT begins 30 look as II the late affair be.
tween Colonel Otter and Mr.. Poundmaker
In the Northwest was bad one for the
Canadian soldiers. Reinforcements are
urgently called for.
THE ordinance under which "opIum
joints" have been suppressed In st. Louis,
No., Is declared invalid by Judge Noonan,
on the ground that no penalty is provided
for selling opium for other than medical
purposes.
TIE Russian hnrbor Of Crondstadt 10
now open 10 shipping.
ABoUT one.half OF the vote Of credit
asked for by tho Government 1t is esti-
mated has already been absorbed In En-.
glish war preparations.
The Russian corvette Strelok and the
British ship Canada remain In Now York
harbor. The Garnet has gone.
The French aggressive policy lssaId TO
be on the wane.
A LADY residing In Buffalo who was in.
jured by cable car at Chicago was
awarded $500 damages.
THE settlement OF thr H.usso- nglIsh
trouble ls apparently as or as ever.
In 1884 hog cholera cost tho people OF
New Jersey 100000, and It has cost them
10000 so far this year
THE London Tim es expresses the belief
that Canada has long and bloody war In
prospect In the Northwest.
OK the 9th iron manufacturers were In
session at Pittsburgh, Pa, considering tho
! Amalgamated Assocl ation's scale OF
wages.
Ar a meeting of the managers OF West.
ern and Northwestern roads in Chicago, a
basis of settlement OF all differences was
arrived at.
A POLICY Of conscription In India Is un-
der consideration to meet tho aggression
Of Russia.
RECENT orders for the transportation oi
1000 British troops to India have been can
celod.
A COMMISSION OF Russian sayants ar,
preparing the correspondence OF Peter th'
Great for publication.
Tue Coroner's Jury on the dead rloteri
at Lemont, ILL.,, rendered verdict censur'
ing the Sheriff and militia, but is unable t.
say what particular soldiers did the kill.
Ing.
A DISAGREEMENT exists In the English
Cabinet on the subject OF abandoning thu
Soudan.
A TEMPERANCE wave Is sweeping oye
Pittsburgh, Pa.
DEVELOPMENTS thus far favor success
fol issue to the Franco. Chinese peace ne
gotiations.
WASHINGTON has besn selected for tn
new Catholic University by the council o
prclates in session at Baltimore.
The rebellion In tho Northwest seems 3
have developed into real war. Latest re
ports from the front show serious hyhtlnI
between Niddleton's men and the In
dians.
A "REpREsEgrArfvg" Cuban In Nev
York says tho island is not for sale to th
United States, and that before fall ther
will be general uprising Of Cuban
against Spanish oppression.