The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-02-20
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10 terrible scens vas wltnsssed 4.
,, Augusta, Ca, q few evenings since when a
n hnEs hull'dos graaped hoy named
jimmie gallagher In hls mouth and shoos
. MN Ike rat a. he ran down the street.
y shotgun was brought Into play. vben
the dog dropped The lAcafated child and
. dashed into the erowd. hitting left and
y hght Another shot blew tbs dogs brains
out The child was fatally injured.
In the case Of Richard Baokarrow, the
7 louisville drummer recently triad at
: Shreveport, La, on the charge Of being
one of the parties 10 The abduction OF Mrs
. lneE watkins, Of Nacogdoohes County.
Tex, The jury, after being out an hour. re.
! turned a verdict Of guilty.
Madison Wells, OF Louisiana, has entire.
. ly lost the use ofhls eyes.
: Congressman Reagan, OF Texas, Ia sey.
envy years old and has lived forty seven
years In the Lone Star State.
Near Dresden, Tenn, few days .go.
Robert Edmondson's daughter fell down
stairs and was killed.
IL isnot generally known, but the water.
power at Columbus, ga, Is Just about
equal to that Of Minneapolis.
General Wolford, Of Kentucky, 10 an
original character and bis speeches afford
the House more amusement than those of
any other Congressman.
burglars blew open the safe Of J. w.
Biggs, at Burnsyile, Miss, a few niehts
ago, and secured $500 In cash and notes
to the value OF 5000.
AZ Mecklenburg, N. c., iron works a few
days since, John Springs and win Austin.
both aolored were Instantly killed by the
railing OF the elevator. julius Brown, also
colored, was badly injured.
In the United States Court at Memphis.
Tenn, NJ X. Patterson, tho young attor.
ney who recently assaulted Mr.. Newman
Erp in court, was fined 800 and costs by
Judge Hammond for contempt.
Pole named NJ. J. Powosky committed
suicide by hanging himself by means
OF a rope on the farm OF Captain
Kelly, at Oaklawn, near Dallas, Tex,a
lew days ago Deceased was thirty years
old, and left no clow as to the reason for
self.destructlon.
Lille Shields, aged thirteen years.
daughter OF Joseph Shields, died at Nash.
vile, Tenn, a fow days ago from burns.
While preparing dinner her dress was
lgnlted nt crate, her side and back being
fearfuly burned. d
Thomas Henry, n Wholesale crookerv
merchant Of Mobile, Ala, who during tho
war supplied the Confederate army with
drugs and was noted for his liberality y
toward Catholic institutions. died recently
at the age Of seventy years. >
The Grand Jury at Nashville. Tenn. has \
indicted Ben Brown, Nelson JoslIn, Simon n
Fox and Foster Joalin, nil colored. for mur. n
der In tho first degree. They are charged D
with killing Frank Arnold, the negro whose q
mutllated body was recently found In n
"Hell's Half Acre" The quartet pleaded Al
not guilty. n
Thornton Augustus Rudd and his wife. q
Mary Marcissa, an old colored couple, ily. 10
ing AT Louisville, KY, recently celebrated
Their golden wedding at their home. They "a
were married February II, 1895. The old 81
man Is eighty and his wife seventy. six a,
years old. They have no children. ~
Green Gum. who, with four others, was n,
arrested for entering the house Of Thomas A
Burt, on Turkey Creek, Coffee County. on
Tenn, In disguise and shooting him after an
ne refused to give up 5000 In his posses. as
sion, has made a confession. He irnpIi. TO
Gated the rest OF the party, and said Joe or
CLARK, bis father. in.law, compelled him 10 III
Join In the raid. he
george Robinson, colored, who murdered IN
Wittle Parker, white, at Monroe, La, AZ
shout two months ago, was arrested al IA ha
Cleveland, Miss, a few days ago, and was ~, ~,
placed In jail at vlcksburg TO await the ar. NJ, n,
-ival OF Sheriff Mcclure, Of Monroe. Nd,
The jury before whom VIM. jackson was se,
ried at Owcnsboro, KY, for the murder OF he
freeman Williams found him guilty Of Pa
nanslaughter, and fixed his punishment at Co
wenty-one years In the penitentlary. go'
Jackson was noted as one Of the most dos. Ian
'erate characters In Davies County, and zai
lis conviction and sentence ls hailed with Arr
oy. tha
The Louisiana Senators are thus de. rec
cribed: Senator Gibson is an accomplished ina
nan OF the world, and represents more shn
artlcuarly the old regime: Senator Eu.tIs me
he practical element. Both were confed.
rate Generals. Gibson IL oourtisr. Eus. ~.
s would command court Both are Law. dIs, s'
ers and scholarly speakers. % pIg
The House OF Representatives Of the ana
Iissiayppi Legislature has passed a bin unIl
raniing pension Of thirty dollars a year Par
every soihier or sailor OF the late Con. pen
iderata states Of America who entered ellis
ON the State % Mississippi and lost a men
q, an eye or an arm In the service Of said ther
onfederate States; and 10 every such posi-
'ldisr who IL now Or may be hereafter exp'
herwise incapacltated for manual labor neil
reason Of wound received In said .vO
rvice, and also the widow, remaining ~. -,
Of any soldier or sailor who a..
st his life In said service while a citizen ".
this State"
The Georgia State Agricultural soclsty to Z
et at Columbus last week There wsr. t.vn,
out two hundred and nfty delegates sign
eseh', nearly every county In Georgia menl
ing represented. the
Hannah Hun1ley, colored. aged one hun. meai
ed and three years, died at Louisvllls, adds
r., few nights ago. too Q
child was born near Somerset, Ry.,s card
v days ago which weighed eight py az
unds, and had a head. mouth aud body 'ary,
; exact counterpart Of frog. The low. ~. ~
limbs were natural, but the hands were -
bbed and like those Of buli.froR. The 49,.
"a was born dead. .,,,,,
florida gardeners are getting busy. and ,
iiram Harris. who murdered bi. of d
phsw, Willis Frank, In MarshaII coun. numh
Tenn. last July, has been awarded a dI,id
snty year term in the penitsntiary by be tn
Supreme Court, 10 which he appealed Sir
m the lower court. aim
Bib County, Ca, few day. since, untll
family Of W. B. Rogers heard = shot. Crawl
report, when q little girl rushed In er. memo
ming, "orandpa is dssd.p Outside the poslu
y Of Mr.. WIN. Ianey -ss found With pl..e,
entire top u his skull blown on. N. an
sssensy-six years Of age and CON. ....,e
ted The act because he vas Too cid 20 b sn.y .,ny
longer ssrviceable. ,h,.a
brshsm Grossbeck, aged seventy .ons, be ret
,xss pioneer, died recently II Houston. q new
negro hoy, ten years Of age, .sraok . 'cnfsi
fads on the head With . shlnny stitch sheth
llllaa'sburE County, 3. O., few dsys nE .,
sad Instantly killed him. IN. negro ms'
= head yielded 10 The hIo- vss sevrs s'',,,,, III
yssrs q age. psa.s