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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-10

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lator and will Polish up Shakespeare
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-10

Az exchange speaks Of ''mincr,l wool.8
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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-10

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The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-10-10

WHEN WRITING To A~pvEnrIsts
rsssss say Soa sav the advertiseu'.n.-
this paper. Advertisers Ike TO -
vhen sad vhere their savertisemsnr"
p>ying s>.t.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

The Forestry Bill passed by the New
York Legislature, provides for three
commissioners who shall receive no
compensation except travelling expenses,
who are to serve for two, four and six
years from February 1, 1886, and are
authorized to employ forest warden,
inspectors and other assistants. The
Is Adirondack counties are constituted
forest preserve, and are placed under
the charge of these commissioners,
whose duty it is made to maintain the
forests and promote their increase.
They are also to have charge of the pub.
lie interests of the state in forests and
tree planting, and especially with refer.
ence to forest fires in every part OF thu
state. Railroads are required to take
precautions against the starting of fires
by sparks from the locomotives. Two
other bills were passed; one amending
the penal code so that persons cutting
trees or setting fires on the preserve
may be punished, and the other pro-
viding that the state shall bear part OF
the school taxes in. counties where it's
!oresst are. -,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

The late Wendell Phillips was sup
posed to be wealthy man, and was, at
one period. The appraisers of his es-
tate, however, found only about $8, 900 in
values, while there we're nearly million
in worthless securities, showing that no
had been the victim of sharpers in his
late years. Among the securities,
worthless, or nearly so, were 2,1OO
shares St. Louis Copper company; 12,-
900 shares Iron Bonnet Silver Mining
company; 1855 shares Gold Hill
Mining company; 10000 shares, Union
Mining company; 1900 shares East
land Mining company; 1900 shares Fal-
co Silver Mining company;2 $1,000 shares
Georgia Mining and Milling company;
40 shares American Mining company Is
shares Texas, Topolobompo, & Pacific
railroad.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

The petrified wood that is so abund-
ant in the United States territories of
Arizona, Wyoming, and Rocky Noun
tain regions, is rapidly becoming util-
lied. In San Francisco there is now a
factory fos cutting and polishing these
petrifactions into mantel pieces, tiles,
tablets, and other architectural parts
for which marble or slate is commonly
used. Petrifed wood is said to be sus
ceptible of a finer polish than marble,
or even onyx, the latter of which is
driven from the market. The raw ma
terial employed comes mostly from the
forests of petrifed wood along the line
of the Atlantic and Pacific Railway.
Several other companies have also been
formed to obtain concessions of differ
ont portions of these forests. Geolo-
gists will regret the destruction of such
interesting primeval remains, and some
steps ought to be taken to preserve GER
tain tracts in their original state.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
THE CASUALTY RECORD.

Rev, W. J. Hahn dropped dead in his pulpit
At Des Moines
Mr.. Burgett Of Anbeny, Iowa, blew out the
gas in his room at TIE fremont house, Chicago,
Ind was nearly asphyxiated
While plowing near Carson City, Iowa, re-
the head by one of his horses and killed
Elmer Swaisgood, living on a farm with his
parents near Plymouth, Ind, was struck by
lightning and killed, recently. He was doing
chores about the barn at the time.
During the thunder storm recently, a large
barn on the farm of David Askgard, three
miles porth of Hickson, Dakota, was struck
with it's valuable contents, which consisted of
four head of horses, four threshing machines.
and harness The adjoinging granary, large
and we'll built structure, caught from the barn,
and was also destroyed. The loss will be about
$8,00O
The steamer City of Berlin, from Liverpool
May 12 has arrived with 143 cabil. and 1, ,l39
steerage passengers, after severe experience
with icebergs. On the 10Th instant, at 3:25 a.
m, latitude 43 deg: so m, longitude 49, 80 deg,
banks of Newfoundland, the steamer struck an
iceberg in dense fog. The engines were 60
ing very slowly at the time. Her bowsprit
and headwork were carried away but no dam
age was done below the main deck line. The
iceberg which carried away the jib boom, bow
spirit, figurehead and all gear attached, stove
in the bow, breaking the iron plates, planking,
iron railings, etc, ETC. Many tons of ice fell
upon the torecastle deck, breaking through it
and going down into the hold.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
The terrible fatality from pneu monia

The terrible fatality from pneu monia
and malaria in Plymouth, Pennsyl-
vania, should bea warning to the health
authorities in inland cities and towns.
The epidemic there is not accidental,
but is the legitimate result of neglect of
all sanitary laws, and it's appearance
now proves that many places are ripe
for the advent OF cholera as soon as it
shall make its appearance in this coun-
try. Wells should be carefully ex-
amined to see if any drainage has per-
colated into them. Damp cellars and
stagnant waste water are also fruitful
causes of disease, for they poison the
air and impair the health of all within
their range.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
PERSONAL MENTION.


Maude Stuart, the dead actress, was men,
Der of Sanger's @Bunch of Keys" company.
Charles Trabing, one of the best cattle men
of Wyoming, died at the Paxton hotel, in
Omaha, recently, of blood poisoning
The will of W. W. Smith, Of Worcester,
Mass, gives the whole of his estate, valued at
$25, ,00o, for the education of colored men in
Africa.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart has formally conveyed
the great cathedral at Garden City, l. L, and
all the appurtenances to the corporation of the
cathredral in trust for the Episcopal diocese of
Long Island. The property is valued at over
$2,0OO,0O0
Miss Nellie Garfield Of Washington, seven
teen years old shot herself recently at Mrs. De
Wits seminary in Bellevil!e, N J: She bad
been i'll for long time, and was deranged at
the time The girls mother is niece Of the
wife of President Lincoln.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

The experimental works of the Eng
lish channel tunnel have so far, from
an engineering point of view, proved a
complete success. The tunnel has been
carried for nearly two miles under the
sea. and is as dry as the London un-
derground railways. England is strong
ly opposed to the work, but Sir Ed
ward Watkin, the chief promoter of it,
does not lose his enthusiasm and pushes
it as vigorously as the law will allow.
Whatever else he has done he has given
the world another example of the won
derful ability of the modern engineer
to cope with the most formidable physi-
cal obstacles.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

New York, Special, May 5th:-Stephen D. FL
kins was relating ght some particulars OF his
visit to Gen. Grant yesterday. ''They arc all
looking forward to the removal of Gen. Grant to
Saratoga which will take place in about three
weeks. The general believes he can stand the
trip all right, but his mind is now thoroughly
engrossed in his book. The entire work is
we'll nigh completed, and was shown some
hundred pages or more, which I read with the
greatest interest think it is going to be
one of the most remarka kle books of it's
kind Any child, as we'll as any ma
ture man, can read it with pleasure
and satisfaction Gen. Grants literary
style is clear, forcible, picturesque and plain.
There are no objectives. Everybody compre-
hends at once what he intends to convey He
tells great deal in short space. His method
seems to present very few marked features
of a picture and leave the rea:!er to supply thu
rest"
"D.d Gen. Grant keep a journal during the
war;"
mo. I as ked him the question last night"
my ORDERS" he replied, "are my journal, I
have depended on nothing else"
Mr.: Elkins said the first volume of the men,
oirs would be published in November and the
second in March.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Big Fire at Ian: ing, Iowa.

A large fire occurred recently at Lansing,
Iowa. 1t was discovered at 2:12 o'clock, and
destroyed $I50,Oc0 worth of property. The
insurance is 100000 Four three-story brick
buildings, IL two story bricks, 6 dwellings,, t
barns and twenty families were burned out
of their homes Thirty-fve buildings in all
were destroyed. Following are the principal
sufferers:
Concert hall, occupied by j. w. Thorpe;
boot and shoe stock mostly saved. L. Tucks,
clothing; Joe Urmersback; restaurant; S,
H. Kinnis, law library; Wust house;
H. w. Warking, cigar factory; L. G.
Saam, boots and shoes; j. Tully, gen.
eral store; George X. Ohler, store. The
bank, with L. E. fellows law office, postoffice
and Haughton gallery; D. P. Spencers resi-
dence, w. D. Morgan's residence and j: Het-
rick's house.
The loss to Lansing is terrible, and many
sufferers, having no insurance and being
poor, will be unable to rebuild. The fire orig
mated in the rear Of the Concert block, fine
three story building, and swept south and east
consuming the Lansing bank, postoffice and
the Lansing Mirror and Journal Office, and
the stores, hotel and dwellings, The La
Crosse fire department was telegraphed for,
and started on a special train, but turned back
from Caledonia, the fire being under control.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

Few persons realize the extent of the
territory Of Canada. The area of the
United States, before the purchase of
Alaska from Russia, was 3,026, 504
square miles, while that of Canada is
3,483,952 square miles. The area of
the United States, including Alaska, is
3,612,000 square miles, and is, there
fore, only 128,049 square miles larger
than Canada. When we read of our
nelghbor's trouble with the half-breeds
and Indians in the northwest it is evil
dent that it is far revolved from the
more populous of the Dominion.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Some Territorial Appointmsn snts.

Secretary Lamar dictated from sick bed a
list of twelve territorial appointments, the re-
suit Of his days work with the president
Among them was the name of Morris Taylor,
for, .survayorN general Of Dakota, which, it is
understood, was not made as q recognition of
M H. Day, the national committeeman, but be-
cause of Taylor's endorsements we're so strong
that there was no getting around them. Mr.
Taylor is not = practical surveyor: Mark K.
Shafer is appointed register, and D. T. Bran
Bile receiver at the Watertown land Office, and
E. W. Miller and G. w. Boyington register and
receiver at Aberdeen. Ex-senator Upton,
who came to Washington in February,
hoping to be called into the cabinet, waited, ex
pectlng to be made general land commissioner:
and went home thinking he would get nothing
is made receiver of the Bloomington (Neb,j
land Office. Ex-senator Ross of Kansas is tc
be governor of New Mexico He is ono whc
voted against Andy Johnson's impeachment
Senator Vast has at last got the Yellowstone
PARK in his grip. His man D. w. Ware Was
appointed superintendent Mr.. Ware is St
Louis broker, described as honest, driving and
capable. He has visited the park several
times. He 10 semi -misanthrope, hating a
great many men and things, and Mr.. Vest had
him appointed because of his general ugliness
All the above appointments have been official
ly promulgated by the president
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

talon At the battle Of Dashkepri, says that two
English officers vainly tried to persuade the
retreating Afghans TO- resist, and that $40
Afghans were killed on the bridge.
Count Terenzio Maminni, who died at Rome
recently, was a fellow worker with Mazzini
president of the cabinet in 1S4S when the Lib
erals formed constitution, and was one of the
original advocates of united Italy
The will of Gen. Gordon was proved in Lon
don the 23d ult, by his brother, Sir Henry
William Gordon, K G. B., the value of the
personality being under ei1, $40. He bequeaths
the whole efthe Property to his sister, Mary
4: Gor3oi, for her life, and on her death to
DO divided among his nephews and nieces
Much excitement has been caused i'll British
Columbia by an order from Ottawa raising the
price of railway lands to 81 so an acre. and iii.
creasing stumpage and other. dulles On timber
to an extent that viii deatE6y the lumber trade
New Westminster dehonncing resolutions " were re-
passed
The French Geographical society has re-
ceivod news from the upper Congo that the
large Mohammedan population OF that region,
excited probably by stories of Ell Mahdi's sue
the center of Africa. The immediate occasion
of this extraordinary movement is said to
have been the conduct of Henry NJ stanley's
ivory expedition.
Victor Hugo died in Paris recently he was
conscious most OF the time for several hours
before his death: He seemed at times ID see
death, and appeared to look upon it's approach
hs the coming Of a friend. The poet spent all
his strength while conscious in talking and
seemed TO never tire Of cOnversing with his
grandchildren. Cardinal Guibert, the arch
dence, offering to visit HIM and administe,
spiritual aid and the rites Of the Catholic church
NJ Lockroy, the poets SON. in-law, who was in
attendance at the deathbed when the cardinals
offer arrived, replied for Hugo, declining with
thanks tn the archbishop's tender, and saying, fol
the dying man: ''Victor Hugo is expecting
death, but he does not desire the service Of
priest"
London Cable: The belief is growing thai
Lord Roseberrys visit to Berlin is of political
Importance. Rumor says that he and Count
Schuvaloff, who are both in Berlin, will ash
tho Emperor William to undertake the arbi.
tration If true, this shows the affair will in
deed be farce. The Anglo-Russian situation
stands thus: Everywhere, except in Calcutta:
assurances of peace are given. On the other
hand, night work and overtime are hastily re.
sumed in the royal arsenals, and orders are
again issued by the admiralty to expedite the
armament of the mercantile cruisers. The
Indian troop ships are ordered to be ready fol
sea as soon as possible. Farve sound has been
closed by torpedoes by the Swedish govern
ment Five new sheltered batteries have been
built on the Finnish coast Odessa and Sc
bastapol are being fortified with al! speed.
So it certainly seems the cry is s'peace where
there is no peace" Frederic Harrison, the
agnostic, lecturing recently, said, that, the
British empire and peace could not dwell to.
getherj that the former was built by the sword,
and by the sword it must perish:
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR:

Jefferson Bassett Brenham, (Tex) bank
er, committed suicide Cause, illness.
Charles P. Boyd, the forger who was recent.
mipgllng in the best society and conducting .
large business, was brought to Pttsbnrg.
c. W. johnson of Gloversville, N. Y, cor
respondent for several sensational weekly pa
pers, was cowhided by Prof West, of the Sal
vation army. johnson is seriously injured and
West has been arrested.
Sheriff Jones of South Roya]ton, Vt, left
Mandan, Dakota, for the East with prisoner
named Woods, charged with forging a will
over two years ago.. Woods has been fu-
gitive from justice all this time.
j. W. Day, an old and trusted omploye OF
Martin & Runyan, stock brokers of New York
is a $4,000 defaulter His employers were
disposed to be lenient with him until it was
discovered he had accomplices and partners
in his speculations. He will now be arrested
Samuel i. Holmes of Paris, Tex, separated
some months since from his wife, entered he1
residence and slashed her with his bowie knife.
Prof. Youmans and Mrs. Holmes sister CON-
ing to her assistance, Holmes disemboweled
them. All three of the victims died Holmes
escaped
Complaints were made to the authorities al
La Crosse, Wis. that deck hands on the steamer
Mary Morton were being robbed by pocket
cutters among the rousta bouts One man has
had every pocket in his coat and trousers cut,
but had his money in his boot and saved it
It is said tholosses on the last trip amount to
$780,
- A young man known as Frank Cole, who had
been employed at the Northern Pacific house
at Bozeman, Mont, fora month, committed
suicide by taking strychnine, dying in great
agony. He was an intelligent, well educated
young man, and was given position in the
hotel because, as he said, he was destitute:
Before he took the poison he confessed to
young man here that his name was not Cole,
but John F. Mulchary; that his former home
was in Syracuse, N. Y.
United States Postof6ce Inspector Henshaw
of Chicago has arrested and brought to Madi-
son, Wis, Albert Weingartner of Aurora, ILL.,,
who in March, 1884, forged the Elder Brothers
signature to a receipt and secured from the
postoffice registered letter from Germany,
containing draft for 500, which he endorsed
and negotiated He is twentv-eight years OF
age, intelligent and educated and the reckless
son of a wealthy family of Germans. He was
arrested at Rib Lake, Taylor county, Wis,
where he was quietly living with his young
wife and baby. He confessed the crime, ap-
peared very contrite, and was taken to Aurora
for sentence.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

An anomalous feature OF our -four
manufacture is that much of the flour
made in mills in Minneapolis is sold
cheaper in England than in the United
States, on the same principle that the
copper mined on Lake Superior is sold
cheaper in Liverpool than in New
York. to the great detriment of United
States manufactures of copper utensils
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.
Serious differences are said to exist between
the English and American Bible revisers.
At Camp township, Iowa, Mrs. Casper
elopes, leaving her husband and three chill
dren.
The grand jury in Springfield, Mass, has
indicted the Boston & Albany railroad for run
ming Sunday trains.
A general strike of the Pittsburg iron work
ers will probably take place June l, and 1OO-
OOO men will be thrown out of employment
The Detroit Post boasts that Michigan manu-
factures more shingles than any state in the
Union. The ], ,649 factories turn out t12, 1884,
727,O 600 year.
The assets of the Mississippi Valley bank, al
Vicksburg will fall about $500, 600 short of the
liabilities, and most of the loss will fall upon
poor people.
The Democratic state central committee OF
Iowa meet and make several recommendations
for Office, among them Ed Campbell for mar
shal of the southern district
The 135th anniversary of the birth of Steph-
en- Girard was celebrated at the college in
Philadelphia memorial window, in honor
of the late President Allen, was unveiled. It
cost $780,
The greatest vein of coal on the continent
has been found in Saline county, Mo. A shaft
has been sunk through fifty-three feet of solid
coal, and tests show that the vein is very ex-
extensive.
Amos Woodruff, president of the Woodruff
Oliver Carriage, at Memphis and president of
the Woodruff Lumber company, made an indi-
vidual assignment His liabilities are about
$3.50 900, and nominal assets $125, 900.
Henry W. Blair is the leading senatorial can
didate in New Hampshire and Rollins is a can
tlidate for reelection Ex-Secretary Chandler
not remarkably good. The election takes
place next month.
The Helena, Montana, Independent says:
@Ofdcial records show that Louis David Rie]
took out final naturalization papers at Helena,
Mont, March 16, 1883, renouncing allegiance
to the British government This settles the
much disputed claim of American citizenship.
The governor of Iowa has been invited to &c
with the Iowa press gang on it's Oregon excur-
sion, and has accepted. The decision of the
mitted on their coaches will dampen the ardor
of some of those intending to go, as it means
an expense of So q day for meals to each per
son for eighteen days. Dr. Hannawalt, Of this
city, will go as the medical officer.
Senator John Sherman was rendered pub
lie reception at San Francisco, by members OF
the chamber Of commerce, board of trade and
manufacturers association. In q speech he
said: 1--WE want certain adjustment be-
tween silver and gold. that both these metals
may be coined free; that they may be deposit
ed In the United States treasury in exchange
for money certificates, and both be 50 adjusted
that they may travel all over the world equal
to each other in every land. To accomplish
this, silver must be purchased, coined and
posit at market rates, and paper money issued
Tor it This will give bimetallic money,
good not only in San Francisco, but in New
York, London a ead other parts Of the world
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Miles City stnged Again.

Miles:City had another destructive fro on the
21st The losses are about as follows, at the
lowest estimates:
Wright Bros and Dr. Lebecher, drugs and
building, 5000; Merchants hotel, $4,000;
Brunswick hall, or Cosmopolitan Insurance
$4,000; John Carters, $500; King & Wards,
$2,50O; Sherbune, dsmage, $4,000: First Ma
tional (nsured), damage> $500; w E. Savage,
drugs, damage, $4,000; Stock Growers National
bank, damage, 81 GOO; Capt. John Smith, a.
COO; Joseph Leighton, $locuo; building in
sured for IS, ,000; Edward Jones, saloon, ST.
600; E. Gottlerisch, saddery, S., o00; Charles
Bishop, shoes, $500; A. W. Sleeper, on build
ing, $5,C00
These, and damage to surrounding buildings
will make a. loss of fully $5D, ,O00 An engine
service at this fire.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

The seaports of the United States ere
utterly at the mercy of any foreign foe.
The navy of Japan, Peru or Chill, to
say nothing of the European Powers,
could wreck our greatest cities. In re-
gard to New York, an American Admir-
al said to Herald reporter recently
that "any good squadron OF ironclads
could lay the metropolis in ashes, and
the city could not strike a blow in de.
fense."
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28
Weekly Report Of tho Doctors.

The New York Medical Record of Saturday
the 18th says: During the past week Gen
Grant has been in comparative comforta bic
condition. He gets his full amount Of sleep,
takes his nourishment without difficulty, and
May II it was found that the swelling under
the angle Of the jaw on the right side had
increased in size, that the glands were
still indurated and deeply fixed. also that
there was tendency toward diffused infl-
teration into the adjoining tissues Of the
pa1atal curtain was somewhat swollen, but the
destructive processes 81 the sides of the nouia
had not markedly extended. The liberation
on the right side Of the base Of the tongue
showed tendency to extend backward, was
more excavated, and had an Elevated and indu-
rated border. At the examination the throat
conditions were found 70 be unchanged
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-28

George Rex Graham, the founder of
Graham,s Magazine: whose name was
household word in every cultivated
home forty years ago, is now blind,
helpless, worn out, and subsisting or the
charity of more successful friends in
New York. The burden of caring for
Mr.: Graham was taken up three years
ago by Newark journalist. Through
the liberality of old Philadelphia &C.
quaintances Of Mr.. Graham, particu-
larlv Mr.. G.. w. Childs and Mr.. G. J.
Peterson, the simple wants of the do2r
old man have been provided for. His
wife died many years ago, and, 80 far as
near relatives are concerned, lie appear;
to be absolutely alone in the world, ai!
Of them being dead.