The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-06-13
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Policeman ' tsfs1n was shot sni kllied
eblls oa duty in Ia villa, VA, tew
days ago.
4 sroonnsh, weighing nearly twenty
pounds aai measuring -four iaii In lsnath,
was captured one day lately ln Doaly
County, ueorgla. The fsh IA rarely found
IN The streams of that vicinity and was
s1ld for 1
Al Gadsden, Ala, fsw days ago. Sarah
Murphy, eolored, who was regar led No
Witch, was dragged from her house by
people Of her own race aud terribly test.
On. Eleven negroes have besn arrested
aud somo Of them identified by tbs woman.
Tho Tennessee Legislature rejected
resolution 70 have q monument erected on
the Capitol grounds 10 the memory OF
John SEWER. lie was frat Governor OF
Tenncssec, and died IN 1915 whle acting
as Unlbsd States Comm ssioner TO treat
with the Creek Nation.
n, T. Cox has boon arrested at Nash.
vile, Tom, on tho chnrgo OF numbering
MlcnJnh Bennett, merchant In Lebanon,
two years ago Bennett was found dead
on the street with his pockets empty, hay-
Ing been struck on tho head and robbed
after leaving his store Barnes Richard
son, colored, who was convicted at
Lebanon to-day Of arson, II is said, gave
Information that led to Coxs arrest.
Mrs. James W. W inn, widow, and
three OF her children anil Mrs Tony
Stefano, tho wife OF an Italian musician
OF this city, were drowned or zpkc's Is
land, about twenty-five miles below
wilmington, N. G., a few days ago. Tho
children were wadlng In the water, and
getting beyond thor depth, Mrs WInn
and Mrs Stefano went to their rescue,
whom all were drowned.
A pair OF half chickens, half Iguineas-a
strange natural wonder, were exhibited In
Jackson, Tenn, a fow days ago. They
arc about year old, and were raised In
Mississippi, but have boon purchased by a
gentleman Of thiB county. They arB about
as large asa turkey hen and mako noiso
similar to guinea. They are nearly tho
color Of partridge.
War Is again imminent between cattle-
men In tho Texas Panhandle.
Geo. Forester committed suicide few
days ago at Louisville, Ky.
David J. Fairly, charged with the mur.
der Of NJ l. Mckay, was taken from jail
In Green County, Louisiana, and lynchod.
John Dearing, an inmate Of tho lunntlc
asylum at Anchorage, KY, mot with a
horrible death few days since He
jumped into scaldIng BATH and died al
most Instantly.
Tobo Evans, living near Sparta, Ga,
went bee hunting few nights ago. Re-
turning he found bis two o children, whom
ho had locked In the house, burned to
death.
Governor McEnery has commuted the
sentence OF John BaptIste ( olored) TO i'm.
prisonment for life. He was 10 have been
hanged for rape on tho 9TH lust
j. W. Coles, late proprietor Of tho John =
son House, at Nashville, Tonn., commit.
tod suicide few days ago. blowing out
his brains with n Smith & Wesson ro.
volver.
While tho ladies were preparing for an
ice- cream festival at Brownwood, Tor, a
few evenings since Mrs. Grady fell from
the second story Of the Opera.house and
sustained fatal Internal Injury.
William Taylor, while running trout
limo on Etoway River near Rome, Ca, a
few days ago, foil out Of tho boat aud wns
drowned. When drawn out, though llfo
was extinct, he still held the limo with q
convulslvc clutch.
The boiler in Linstedt's Phosphate Works
at Johns Island Ferry, Charleston, T. c.,
exploded fow days ago, killing two ne.
groes, dangerously woundlng third and
wrecking the works. The supposed cause
was unequal exhaustion OF steam in the
boiler.
Near RusEellvIlle, Ca, q few days ago,
Emma Murphy was found stabbed 10
death. Investigation showed that Ben
Watkins, two weeks out Of tho Peniton
tlary, was the murderer, and that he com
mitted tho deed with a small pocket
knife.
Quite q sensation has been created nj
Grcenvllle, Tex, by City Marshal N. Par.
ker filIng papers against Mayor d. u. Mar
tin, charging him with buying city scrip,
the same being malfcasanee In ofieo. II
guilty, the Council will doubtless lmpcaeh
him.
James M Taylor, Of Alfaretia County,
Ca, committed suicide fcw days ago BY
hanging himself with plow .lIna He had
bscn In bad health AMI his mlnd had beer
giving way gradually for the last sIa
m lnths.
Judge 0llham, Ordinary Of ogloth1rpe,
Ca, recently issued a marriage license
which authorized bis mother, Mrs wm.
Gillian, 70 become the wife OF NJ. Lindsay
Jacks. This IL believed 10 be tho irst In.
stance on record where a fon wns called
upon TO do such scrvies for his mother.
While a crowd were standing at street
corner at Atlanta, Ca, few evenings
since, W. A. More, well-known painter,
stepped up, and putting a bottle Of lsud.
anum T. his mouth, drank IL, throwing th'
bottle away and saying, "That will Do th'
work guess" He died later. There is
no known cause for the act.
A party Of iron men from Birmingham.
Ala, who have been prospecting for iroH
ore between Arcadia aud Mlnden, La, on
tho ", L & r. Road, report finding
ore OF superior quality, but the
facilities for getting II cut are not th'
best. there being no limestone or coal In
the nsighborhood. These gentlemen had
examined specimens Of the ore At the Er.
position, hence their Investigation.
Colonel W. H. Gray, distinguished cit.
iran Of Ksntucky, died on the 3lsh Of May
at Frankfort, KY, Of heart disease. C5l.
ouel Gray was at the time Of his dealt
sixty -four years old and well known eli
over the country. During the war colons
Grey vas q strong Union man ani wal
fearless In proelaiming his convictions.
Tobacco crop reports are encouraging
A duel was fought few days ago, near
Americas, Ga, between two colorsd msn
Jeff johnson aud Henry brown Tues
were jelaous over the favors Of The san,
woman. They me. BY agreement by them.
selves after dark on the banks the Muck
aies and fought with cls,p knives. an.
hacked each other until, weak from loss o
blood, both fell and expired.
Absolute Prohibition prevails IN nssriy
one hundred counties Of Georgia, AMI par'
tisl Prohibition In few more eoaasiss
lcsvins only twenty y.two Of the fss coua
Ties In The ststs unioachsd BY the temper
snce agitation
Losses BY the recsns f,ofs st waeo
Tex. are noe estimated Al sisp DO
Several white men ln,rndsd spsn bel
given 90 ellorei people By = planter ;