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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The charred remains Of three Chinese
were found In the ruins Of FIRE which on
the night Of the3d partially destroyed a
building and contents in the heart Of
Chinatown, San Francisco.
A rrEsDIsH attempt was made on the
night u the 4th 10 asssssinate G. II. Rober-
son, Of Flora Station, Miss. while he was
at supper four shots were fired at him
through q window, three Of which took
effect, inflicting very severe wounds. The
wounds are not thought 10 be necessarily
fatal. Mr.. Robertson Is n very worthy citi.
xen and the cause for the foul deed Is 4
mystery. The community Is aroused and
several arrests have been made.
Grs. SHERIDAN Is reported as saying he
believed Gen. Grants mind unsettled when
he went into Wall street.
AT Waco, Texas, on the 9th during a
thunderstorm lightning struck q shed near
which James b. Baker and q number Of
negroes were standing. all Of whom were
prostratcd. Bakers injuries are pronounced
fatal, and four other men are lying In a
critical condition.
REpREsEsTArIvK RANDALL who has been
seriously IN, Is much better, and expects to
be able 10 20 out In few days.
On the night Of the 9Th, at Knoxville.
Tenn, Reon Joyce, sevenfy.five years
age, was burned In his dwelling, together
with hIs three-yearold daughter, and Miss
Rice, aged forty.
The visit 20 the battlefield Of Gettsburg
BY officers and soldiers who participated IN
that battle will take place this year on Oh
lth Of May. u is expected that the Presr
dent win 20 with party from Washington,
and an invitation 10 be present has been
sent 70 The Count de Paris.
TIE Waterways Convention mot At New
Orleans on the 7th.
GEs. GnAxT's condition was much worse
on the TN. His physicians have abandon.
ID all hope Of his recovery.
Mas. THurB, the widow Of Gen. Tom
Thumb, vas married at New York on the
Ish 10 Count Primo Magri.
Tar desthution and suffering In wes.
Virginia Il said 70 BE- svsn worse than has
been reported.
sEniors damage VS. done 70 railroad
properfy throuEhout Mi~i.zippi on NE tsn,
caused By heavy and incr~sant rains. Ths
bridss srrpes Baksr's crs~k. On Ne lins Of
The vicksburg and Meridian ra.lrpsd, ws<
wsshed s~ay. Two besaha srs rvporss6 On
shs Nssrkss. Jsckson sni colunhss rpsd.
seventy Esss of pile t<s=l1s ~as v.-hsd
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11

FEwssk, n. j., ApFII s.--frederIok 7.
Freiinzhuysen, who l. III at his home,
vas faIlJ recovered yesterday from The
stupor which caused his physician and
famIIy 20 much alarm On Friday and Sat-
urdsy. lie again took nourishmsnt, made
Intelligent bat short snswerr 70 ques-
slons, and was 20 maeh Improved that
d. Ozefmaa does 30 H9a i0ok fef "A
immedlst< termination Of Bic sIcksess.
Hr, Frelinrhnys<n nay linxrr s<rsFsI
day6, cad otouid fher< b - rpcofrebee
of ~ I>lkaFsy of olh<f uoosoni syup-
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11

0s NE ~ she EmsFy easaIs f.sssry .,
bY hfa
~ ths burning Of stsamsr a shs "a.
cent Aspnwail eanaaaragloa, heavy mslls
n the United Hialsa were destroyed
fKws vas feesivai a Washington on
tbs Isl That AspinsaIl vas 10 sske., Inc
insurgents having harmed u 10 escape
capture by the 0overnmsat.
Waits IN the aet Of robblng s,ora Al
san Vego, on The night II the ist, A ane
was accidentally discharged W ens oi
twelve Mexican bandits, causing the ia.
slant death of ihe rotber the ball struck.
Citizens pursued The rosbsr.
FmE destroyed the Court. house at Min.
neapolls, MINI, on the ID.
ON tho "a a stranger giving tho name Of
NJ. NJ Smith presented check at a Mad.
ison tlowal bank. banker Richards aus.
pected forgery aud called an officer. Tho
man escaped and was pursued shots be.
ing exchanged, killing ono Of tho pur.
suer1 horses The stranger wrote In n
memorandum book that he would die be-.
fore being taken, and drawing a revolver
shot himself through tho head. Papers
found on the body gave his name as Ar.
thur Muller
PErER JosEPH scHRoEDER, the ex-
Alms.house attendant at Philadelphia,
Pa, who was arrested on a charge OF mur.
der, growing out OF the recent fire at the
Alms-house, by which twenty-five lives
were lost, was discharged by the Court on
the ground that there was not sufficient
evidence 10 hold him.
The boiler OF David HuE saw mills,
near Sclpio, Ind, exploded on the I'd and
killed Anthony Cleaver, engineer, and fa-
tally injured David HulE, Morton Hulz
and Alfred Hulz.
NEAR Alexander, Genessee County, N.
Y, on the "a, Mrs D. $. Spring, In 1T Of
passion, saturated her bedding with kero.
sene, applied match, and herself and
two children perished in tho flames.
JAS. s. WHITE, charged with embezze-
ment OF $500 In Milwaukee city bonds,
was arrested at Niles, Mich, on the I'd,
while on his way to Canada.
ROBBERS entered farmers house near
Lancaster, o.. the night OF the ID, shot
him dead and secured $500.
ALVIN ALLEN, a Vermonter and fugi.
tive from justice, killed himself in Iowa
on the Sd, rather than DO arrested by off,
GERS In pursuit.
CITIZENS were still In pursuit OF Howard
Cooper, the negro brute who outraged q
young lady near Rockland, Nd, and indi-
cations were that Judge Lynch would hav,
work TO do when he was caught.
A TERRIFIC explosion Of fre-damp oc.
Cured on the ID in coal mine neal
Charleroix, Belgium. Eighteen miners
were killed outright and many more
wounded.
On the 9th the paint shops and the spal
shed OF the Gosport navy yard, at Nor
folk, Va, were burned with heavy loss.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9th, during I
wind-storm, one young lady was killed by
falling sign and another was seriously
injured.
A CONFESSION has been made by Danie
B. Blatt, who lives In the finest house IL
Young gstown, o., and who Is deacon II
the church, that he Is forger to th'
amount Of 5000.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11

MoxrouTH, IT., April 5.-At the farm
house Of Addison Nash. about slx miles
from town, bIood-eurdlius crime was
committed Yesterday. Edward Nash, IN
insane youth aged twenty, murdered bic
mother and sister, slsd niiy I've and
twenty-five yssfs respectively, then tak.
ins : korse ssd wsEoa aed. Tie father
vas s~s5 from home &t ne time. Re-
tnfuln1 b TIE sveaInz. be discovered tae
lIfsless bp1y Of " vile asd daughter.
0mosu are n parpuIl d The nnnisc. lie
~ snneo - . osyi1m isree ypors srp
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11

NEW YoRs, April 5.-Dr. 0'Gorman,
ex.secreiary frelinghuyssn's physician,
said freely, yesterday, that Nr. freling-
huysea's disease wss surely fatal. II Is
congestion Of the liver, complicated 70
some extent with trouble Of the heart and
kidneys. when Mr.. ffelinzhuyssn was
In Newark he had 10 take considerable
outdoor exercise, aud this kept down the
disease which threatened him, but bis
close indoor life In Washington sRzravat.
ed n, and now be has but short time %
live. DIR. O'Gofmsn says he msy live .
week aud mar die almost sny moment.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11
MIsCELLANEOUs.

The extra session OF the United States
Senate adjourned sine die on tho I'd.
THE Crec Indians at Manitoba have put
on their war paint.
REPORTS to tho Liuc Stock Indicator at
Kansas City, NO., on the condition OF the
winter wheat crop In Kansas. Western
Missouri and Southern Nebraska are any
thing but encouraging as to prospects.
TIE Government has decided to send
force Of marines to Aspinwall at once
1T is announced N. De Freycinet has as
sumed the task OF forming n new French
ministry. II Is stated that NJ. De Frey
cinet will act as Minister OF the Interior
in the new Cabinet, and that the post Of
Minister OF Foreign Affairs, which had
been occupied by NJ. Jules Ferry, will bc
filed by the present French Ambassador
TO Germany, Baron do Courcel
RUSSIA Is taking active steps to place
her navy on better war footing.
THE reign Of terror continues in Rowan
County, Ky. 1t Is the result Of election
rivalry.
The Chinese Legation at Berlin confirm
the report that China has accepted the
peace proposals made by Ferry.
THE Treasury Department decided that
a chinaman who has embraced the Chris
tian religion can not bring his wife over
| from China.
THE French attacked aud secured occu-
patton OF Pheng Hoo situated ia the chan
mel between Formosa and the China main
lairi. Chinese loss, 800; French, three
HI led and twelve wounded.
on the I'd the Exchange National and
the Franklin Savings banks OF Norfolk,
Va, and Balm Brothers, bankers, OF Ports.
mouth, Va, suspended.
IcE gorges In the Allegheny River arc
reported 10 be doing great damage.
THE entire train service OF the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Is 10 be reorganizsd and
faster trains are TO be put on. The time
between st. Louis and New York will be
twenty-eight hours.
ANOTHER important meeting Of railway
managers was held at Chicago on the I'd,
and resolutions were offered looking TO the
holding OF convention in Philadelphia In
July to consider matters OF transportation
affecting both the pubic ana tno railways
IL was also decided to take no business %.
low tariff rates until after the meeting OF
the committee April 18th.
Tue Canadian Government Is taxing
active precautions against Fenian inva-
sion.
The New Jersey House OF Representa-
tives passed compulsory education bill.
APARrs newspaper declares that lo,o'
men stand ready 70 sweep away th'
French Senate II it refuses to vote Tor dis-
solution.
THE season Of lake navigation promiss'
to open much later this year than usual,
owing 10 the extraordinary Accommodations
of ice
Iris again asserted that the Chinese
Government has decided 70 accept fsrry's
peace proposals.
THERE were asI failures throughout the
United States aaa osnaas Ispa. .o
the seven days ended the o. a. sga'ns'
III for the previous week. This Is tss
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11

NKw YoRk, April e.--General Grant
received on Saturday letter Of sympathy
from jefferson Davis, which gratined him
aud touched him ,ery deeply. "If," said
Mr.. Davis, 'the prayers and good wishes
Of all those In the South who honor aud
respect you could avail, you would con.
quer the dread aniazonIst with whom Tou
are now battling just a. triumphantiy A.
you osename the antagonists with whom
you eonteoded twenty years ago" The
General was deeply touched and saldi III
desire the good viii Of all, whether here
toiofslfisnds or not.n
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11
TRIMMED STRAW soNnErs.

A Description Of the Head 0ssrituss very
Fashionable In Mssropoiitaa csstssu.
Straw bonnets arc shown IN all dark
colors TO match costumes, but there Il .
great number Of ccru. beige. brown and
black English straws trimmed TO wear
with various dresses. For theso the
moyenage scars arc nsed. or else plain
eiamine In ecru shades and In very
large meshes Is arranged with darker
velvet and sometimes with flowers. he
scarfs used for trimming contain great
deal OF gill and variety Of colors, e.
pccially tho dull porcelain blue, rosa
and red shades Such scarf ID placed
In erect loops In front or . tdnc 70 Tho
left. aud may bc carried 70 the back q
the crown on the left side; cluster q
yellow roses Il back OF ths long loops,
and long gilt pins are thrustIn he ught
side Of the crown.
This II the general suggestion for al
such trimmings, and u varied only b.
the garnlture on the brinl. which may
be soft velvet pulled there. or else leo
falling slightly over the edge. o. drop
trimming Of beads or Of straw. Some
Of the handsomcst Tuscan braid bonnels
have crown ~ soft and pliable = sllk.
with brim pinched In point = ~
top, and covered all around with . net
work Of straw. In which ars many
dropping balls; inside he bsim h 8
doubled frill Of chdndrps Or coppw ~
velvet. while tho outside trimnlng = :
large bouquet Of red furhsIas lied VIII
high loops Of copper red wafsred n
bon. which also forms ths strineh =
few NeapolItsn brsid bonnets ass -
with each transparent braid edged VIII
gold cord and jet beads; sons q 49,
have the brim cut In points end ~
space filed In with black and gilt loeol
A rozaffe Of these two lnces n -
placed on top. The black being Id ovoE
the gilt lace. and thess hold olu1enR 8
iea-roses with some long -stemmed bo[g
that stand upward like - elFsl1oL =
Harpv's Basar.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11
REQUESTED TO RESIGN.

Miss Ada q. Sweet, Pension Agent at Chi.
rago, Requested 10 He.lKn by Genrrai
Biack-she says She May u. Removed,
Hut VIII. Not Comply with the Request.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 0.-aMlss Ada G,
Sweet has been pension agent for this
district for eleven years. Her third term
ends 10 April OF next year. She Is q
daughter Of the late General II. J. Sweet,
and receives a salary Of $4,000 per year.
Yesterday she received the following dis
patchi
viii you not send 10 this once your faslg
nation, 10 take effect the 5Jth of Junel You
will readily appreciate the fact, which glad
yourself or 20 the management OF your Of.
ice which induces this request.
am very respectfully yours,
lslgned Jons q. BLACK,
Commissioner Of Pensions.
In response Miss Sweet Immediately
forwarded the following telegram
0rorer ciersiaHd, Pr,'id,ni Of Ne rnii,d staie,,
ThI Commissioner Of Pensions teloRraphs
me to day asking me ~ send him my TesK
nation a. United STATES Pension Agent, 10
take effect June J0th, lro. ~ the same time
he declares that no reason personal 20 my.
self or to my management Of my ofice In
duces the request. Ny commission from the
President runs for four years, my present
term not ending until April 18Th. iHfs have
performed all the duiirs Of my ONCE with an
eye single TO the Interests c0nfded 90 my
charge. Conscious of this, I DO not wish "a
resign, and | know OF no reason why should
take action which would seem to be voiun.
tary when Ia reality Il would be taken under
protest
Very respectfully, your obedlsn, servant,
ADA q, SWEET
Pension Agent
Miss Sweet then wrote an Official let.
ter 10 General Black 10 reply To his dis
patch In which she suggested 10 that
gentleman that she had Informed Tho
President, aud also that she declined "a
send IN her resignation, as she did mol
know why she should. II they chose "a
remove her II would be removal with.
out cause, and for that they we're 70,
sponslble.
II Ia stated upon authority that Mrs.
Mulllgan, widow Of the famous Colonel
Mulllgan, Is 10 DO Miss Sweets success
sor.
The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-04-11

The university which ~ ~
building for some yeaz1 - 1om6k. i
beria. & approaching eouplel!oo -
total cost has bssn o1tQ 90, borno i
about equal parts by ~ oevunM
and privnis IndIvidoo1a n , nl11
thaf the unIvsruI1y p11H -
corps d proensncf2 1ou11 9 i
Rivrr T1u. = - - - =
Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-04
THE OMAHA pAlLY BEn WEDNESDAY, NovEMBERA 1ss5.

had not seen her husband or heard OF
him since the war, and supposed that he
had been killed IN battle, A letter was
written TO her stating that her husband
was nlresdy drawing pension for
wounds received in the war; and by re.
turn mail came an inquiry for his where.
abouts, She said che had been mouru-
ing has death fox twenty years, hut was
very glad To learn that ho was still lllNiug,
and il the pension people would only as
sist her in locating him she would make
it very lively for the truaut spouse.
About the same time another case,
strilingly similar IN character, was dc.
velOpCd. 4 letter was received from a
man in Kansas, who said he had made an
application in 1858, bat had never paid
any attention TO il, and did not know
whether it had been granted or not.
just at tnat time he had received a wind.
full which made Il soldier pension seem
triillng matter to him, but had recently
met with financial revCrscS, was n per.
manent invalid us the result of old
wounds, and now needed government
aid TO live, An examination was made
OF the records, which not only showed
that his statement regarding the applica.
ton OF 1868 was true, but developed the
tact that conclusive proof of his death
had been received 4 few years after, with
an application from his wife for "A
widow : pension, which was granted in
1870, and She had been drawing the money
since that tima.
In reply toa notification Of this con
dition of the records letter was re-
Cciycd from him asking where his wife
could be found. lie had gone from New
York state to Nevada soon after making
his original application, had been en-
gagged in mining there, and had lost all
all track OF his family. Recently hcfhad
been living in Kansas and supposed he
was widOwcr, but would immediately
join his wife ii he could learn her where.
aboutS. Thus, undoubtedly, two fami-
lies will be reunited, and it would be n
good thing if the pension commissioner
would open bureau of information for
the benefit of husbands and wives,
mothers and sons, and other relatives
who have become separated in the great
shuttle that is going on in the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-04
Bcssie's Denial,

Bessie, miscalled Kittie, Moore, resi-
dent Mt No. 105 North Ninth street, is in
fever of indignation. In connection
with the arrest of Hayes and Munger
Sunday night for completely with the
dead street car robbcr, the Bee yester.
day said some things to which Miss Bes.
sic takes violent exceptions. A message
to the BEE office Monday night summon.
ed reporter down to the lady's man
sion residence. Bessie is of comely ap.
pearancc and talks and swears with the
glib ease of an old seaman. She denied
that she had ever made the remarks al
legged which are not necessary to repeat
She claimed that her half brother, the
Hayes under arrest is very reputable
fellow, works for Dan Hurley, drives II
dray and never rode on street car,
II wish you'd say for me in the paper"
requested Bessie, rs the interview end
ed that WoOldridge, the street car
driver, is getting too tlip.)
Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-04
PICKED UP ABOUT THE CITY
A Ready Made Cabinet for Marshal 0om-
mings,
A BADLY osMoRALlzgo DUDE.
BESSIE Indignantly Denies the story
Two Injured Cinnamon Sno
the Bee For ibcl-Diis-
CeIlnncous.
PoIlcc Eorcc Changes,

Marshal Cumming has not yet an.
nouuced tho successor of Capt. Sullivan,
and is quite rciicent about the matter.
1t is said that his cabinet is to be entire.
" r5organi6cd, although tho details
thereof are yet profoundly secret.
Cabinet making is now in order and
Dame Rumor, assisted by a BEE
reporter, has prepared one for the
worthy marshal, Thomas Cummings.
The task has been u difficult one,
and there arc bound to be some
disappoiutmuntS, rs some of the appli,
conts have OF necessity been left in the
cold The portfolios will probably be
be distributed in accordance with the fol
lowing arrangement.
ujod, Michael Whalcn, secretary Of
war.
Hon Maurice Sullivan, secretary of the
treasury.
Hon. Thomas Picronet secretary of the
interior.
Hon. James Brady, assistant secretary
of the interior.
Hon. Al Sigwart, postmaster general.
Hon. +. Nj. StcnhCrg attorney general.
Hon. John Turnbull, secretary of tho
navy.
Hon. Jerome Pcntzcl, legal advisor.
Hon. Charles Coos Williams, quarter
ma>ttr general.
Michael Whalcn, whom rumor says is
to be the next captain. will marshal the
hosts when raid is to be ma lo and may
he rightly termed the secretary of war.
Maurice Sullivan has been appointed
to the place o. secretary of the treasury,
where, as court officer he will be about
the only man outside OF Judge Stcnbcrg
Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-04

man & CO., Wholesale grocors. AZ the
time OF his death Samuel Bausserman
was identified in prom nent capacity
with Steele johnson & Co. The deceased
was man OF unsurpassed business capa-
city and of native resource which,
coupled with stutdv honesty and ready
sense, made him tho chosen counsel OF
many friends. Though modest in dlgpo.
stion and tcndcrly attached to his
family, which nc priced above everything
oisc on earth his manly traits, quick
sympathies and rugged honor left be-
hind him deep impress upon the church
Of which he was q dovOut member; upon
his fellow men, TO whom he was con.
Stant friend, and more indelibly upon
his grief stricken family which mourn an
irrupavablc loss Only - years old at
the time of his death Samuel Bausser.
man Cudcd q useful and honorable
career through an msidIouS disease from
which neither his close attention to tho
laws Of health, nor the skill of physicians,
nor vet the ministering hand of u tender
wife could save him. He leaves behind
him Il widow and two promising children,
Il girl of 10 and u boy of IL, who were che
Joy of his life, rs they are the solaco of
bercayed widow,
Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-04


John Peters, of Albion, is at tho Pax.
ton.
+ NJ Blackburn of NJiIf,rd ia at ,b,
Miilard. VI 50 ''' ''''
g, .,o.,,, sD.,,- .-,,
the Miliard.
Geor-r w F,wc,, of J,nco,n wos in
thn riry ves,rrdav '''00'N' Woo III
qua. w.. a,,a ,.:s, sr.,.
Ina,!"" vi. anu "lie' OF Lincoln, are
guests "t t'o f"A'oh'
D. N. Wolf, of Crete, is in the city,
stopping at thc Nlillard.
I. l.. Nicely and A. b. Slater, of Wayne,
Morris Palmer wife and dourbtor of
Schuvlrr. are at the Paxton.
Wi, T,,, ortLo TIT, CIT, 1o.
rI i; j.; m Ky ~, ~ CHo ti "I,''' 'o"''
''"I - ~ VI. V..S n'Ir"''S i''o"u"'
d. D. lmhoti, I. +. kcnnard, John II.
Omaha daily bee., 1885-11-04

judge Stcnbcrg had four drunks be.
fore him yesterday and considering that it
waselcctiou day, he released them all.
Joe Hays, the brave engineer of tho
Union Pacific who WAS so badly injured
in the wreck Mt Mercer, on the night of
July ,, resumed his work yesterday after q
long and serious illness.
Rov. T. A. Brodcrick, late of the Iowa
conference, now has charge of the
Methodist church mt the stock yards.
Two lots have been given to the church
ana the prospects are bright for church
building being erected at an early day.
The district conference of the Mctho.
dist church met ut Fremont Yesterday. A
large delegation of members of that de
nomination in this city went out on tho
noon train.