The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-03-28

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sgte ~ u 3, Z, feIseisi che ilssss iAil
Hlslna womsu saHfsks IN sekosi dlstflesa
w. hAHbfa followers are fspftsf - b.
deserving bin IN large naml,afs, aad hs
!. nav eneampsd Al Omdafman With
Aiout 7.so men.
THa M Jrmes Glseile l~ilsvsa that
peace between France and Chlns eau only
le brouEhs about Ny compls,e ees,lon u
TonquIn " the French.
Iva aghl on the nth, lasting ave hours,
beiween the British aad usman DlEna's
forces 10 ths Houdan, the iatter'a position
vas captured, and the Arabs sustained
great loss
THx spsuldlng Iron Works Al stsubsn.
vile, o., had 70 shut down because of th.
coal miners striks, and no men are thrown
out Of employment
A HLuE BOOK has Just been issued al
London, containing correspondence 10.
tween the French and English Govern.
ments Ia reference ~ rIcs being declared q
contraband Of war by the French.
In executive session on the 9Th tho Sen.
ate ratified the additional article Of The
Mexican treaty, extending until May eDth,
lssa, the time for the approval Of tho laws
necessary 10 carry into operation the com.
inercial convention between the two Gov
crnments concluded at Washington, Jan.
uery 2sth, 1884
ANOTHER coal mining company In Penn.
sylvanla employing 1000 mon will shut
down rather than pay the advance do.
manded. This will mako 10000 minors In
that State out OF employment.
On tho 10th the Vice. President laid DO.
fore the Senate memorial OF tho Mon
tana Legislature, stating that nearly all
the public domain In Montana 10 doser.
land. and protesting against the repeal OF
the desert land act.
DURING the seven days ended the Goth
there were 2i7 failures In the United States
reported TO Bradstrset's, against $50 in the
preceding week, and 1872 and 100 In the
corresponding weeks Of 1884 and 1894
THE Shenandoah County Bank, at
Woodstock, Va, has suspended.
On the 22d the Fourth Italian fotllla for
the Red Sea was about 10 start
VERY heavy snow drifts were reported
In some Of tho Eastern and Middle States
on the 2ist.
THE French forces remain practically In
a state Of Siege at Kee Lung.
The extension paper Of Oliver Bros. q
Phillips, OF Pittsburgh. Pa, has been
signed by all the creditors, and they will
| resume.
THE Prime Minister Of Russia is re.
ported TO have resigned.
The rumor that China has made over
lures for peace are dlscredited In Paris.
BY tho shutting down OF nall mills at
Pottstown, Pa, 900 men are thrown out OF
employment.
Ar Easton, Pa, tho Delaware River was
frozen from shore to shore on the 2lst the
first time during the season.
A POWERFUL British feet win be sent 10
the Baltic within few days II tho neces-
slty arises.
A MUscovITE military organ declares
that the English must be cleared Out Of the
Turcoman Territory.
IT Is thought that nearly half Of tho
present members OF tho British House Of
Commons will decline to stand for re-elec-
| tion.
TaE heaviest snow-s storm experienced In
ten years ragged at Fortress Monroe, Va,
all day ON the 22d.
A LOSS Of 1893 killed and wounded was
sustained by the French at Keo Lung In
In the recent engagement
The troops under Captain Devices are on
a sharp lookout for "boomers" said to
have crossed over into Oklahoma from
Arkansas and Texas.
IT Is said tho Mahdi has sentenced many
natives TO death for not revealing treasure
supposed 10 bc hidden at Khartoum.
The New York communists celebrated
the fourteenth anniversary Of the Paris
commune with ball and concert on the
22d.
In the recent battles near Suakim the
deaths among tho British were caused
mostly by spear thrusts received In hand
to-hand engagements
on the I'D German day was celebrated
at the New Orleans Exposition Largs
attendance. A congratulatory dispatch
was sent TO Emperor william.
on the 22d the Arabs suddenly attacked
the British near Suakim. The latters'
loss was two officers and twenty y-two men
killed and thirty three mon wounded, with
some OF the reports not yet in. The Arabs
lost very heavily.