The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-05-01


lhan nsaHl this year, aHl uuHia rsnHs 10 /
counting oa The "aeod time eomln'"
William and Dan Kent met Mics a0aria,
sfsspectaiie y1nag iadg, ~ NE street NJ
WATSON, Tenn few days age. and ln.
iulisd hef Fha told her brother Lswia,
sgst ssseAfseH. airuf ihe affair 10
seifed a shotgun and wsut In pursuit "
The kenis Whom he came upon them he
smpiled q barrel Into each n them. ban
was mor'ally wounded, while the oihef
VIII have 70 sprar tho ampulaiion " his
left arm. The boy va placed In lall.
4 curious ea'1 u judge turning VIII.
ness occurred recently n Echos County,
ga Thete ~ns suii pending lntoitihg
A land title l'1ih parties were Innocent
purchasers. Both chains uf titles ran
back 70 common deed made nearly hfty
years ago. when Judge llansall exam.
lined both sets of titles clossly he said,
holding up one chain. "Genilemrn, here
ARE the gehuiue deeds 70 this land. | was
. young lawyer Ia those days, and drew
this ti,le myself for the groutor. This
other title r1fportng 10 hate been made
by him is forgery"
Washington County, ono Of the largest
In Georgia, recently yo,od the dry ticket
by n majority of 2i9.
The recent local option election IN Fred.
ericksl urg, Va, resulted In favor u grant
ing licenses by 80 majority.
A carpenter named Joe Wolferi fell
thirty five feet from the stack of the wa.
Hanson furnace at Birmingham, Ala,
few days ago, crushing hls head badly AMI
sustaining fatal injuries.
Pat Connolly. Louisville & Nashville
switchmnn, was crushed between cars that
he was coupling In the yard Mt Blooming.
ton, Ala, few nights ago.
Two citizens Of Gibson, Ga, went 10 law
about the ownership Of red rooster, val.
ued at twenty five cents. The c.se was
tried IN Justices court, and Il has now
been taken TO the Superior Court. The cus-
todlnn of the rooster presented 1t to a min.
ister, who killed and ate II.
The jury in the case Of Melvin Butler, at
Louisville, KY, returned a verdict OF MUIR
der and fixed life.sentence. Butler was
charged with numbering John D. Maooy, a
well known gambler, who was found dead
In front Of his house, with a bullet-bole In
his head several months ago.
A Georgia gentleman, who makes liv-
ing poisoning rats aud tanning dogs
hides, advertiscs for wife. lie frankly
/ describes bis charms as consisting prin-
/ cially Of a bald head and a cork leg. A
I he has an income Of only from three 90
/ i've dollars week, he must be a student
Of Edward Atkinson's system Of domestic
economies.
Indictments have been found In Henry
County, KY. against thlrty-two parties
/ who attended the Warren Barnes prize
fight from Louisville. The names df some
Of the most prominent young nieh Of the
city are IN the list. The Louisville q
Nashville railroad agents were also In
dlcted for furnishing the train which car.
ried the crowd.
The factory of the North Front Street lc'
Company, at Nashville. Tenn, was dam
aged $1,000 by fire a few nights ago. Th'
building was fred near the top by an in
cendiary. and owing 70 the great difleultS
experienced In throwing water between
the pipes. the fremen could do bn, little Z,
stay the flames. The Insurance il $4,000
The company was preparing iorthe sprinl
opening.
Epps Peitus. a colored farmer, liyinl
near vicksburg, Miss, WAS attacked som
DAYS ago by mad dog. aud, In attempt
ing 10 kill the animal, was seriously bitter
IN many places. bis wounds Icing so ex
tensive as 10 confne him 70 his bed. Sub
sequently symptoms Of hydrophobla ap
peared and bis attendants were forced q
chain him. After suffering horrible agon,
for two days, be died.
Charles Mitchell was arrested at Mem
phis. Tenn, on telegram, charged wifi
passing counterfeit fifty-dollar bin on
lady named Mrs. Bond. living In Lsring
ton. Miss. He admits passing the bill
but SAYS he did no, know Z, was bad blll
J He says he got the bill in ct. Louis abou
year ago from man who gave Il 20 bin
IN payment for n silver watch and plate
, chain.
A remarkably bold robbery took plae
near Eddyviile, KY, a few days age
Isaac Gray, farmer. drew from bank -.
900. and taking Il home placed !, In atrunI
IN his bedroom. While the family was a
supper that night noise was heard fror
the bed room, and rushing In the famil
were parnlyred TO find the trunk as we
as contents missing. An alarm wa
sounded. and search revealed the trun
about two hundred yards from the hous'
broken open and the money gone. with n
clsw 10 the robber.
WIN. Rust. Dakota s,ockman in Texai
! has been arrested on suspicion Of horse
stealing.
} It 4 charged that ?. \. Harris. who r.
signed the Office Of Warden Of the MAI
Tennessee prison. has been receiving
salary Of one hundred dollars per mont
, from the co.iessess Of prison labor. In al
diilon 20 various other gratuiiies in the wa
Of supplies. provisions. etc, for his famill
10 violation u the law aud bis oath {
. Office.
! A train.wrscker placed cross-tis on N
Fast Tennessee track, near Silver crsel
. Ca, few nights ago, and then stsppin
, back into the dark watched an approacl
Ing freight train strike Il, roll down a ten
foot bank, killing one man instantly an
fatally lnjurlng ths other. The man vi
was killed was Thomas shsnan, who vi
firing for his transportation from Chait'
nooga 70 Atlanta. shsnsn was msHhs
and cut to pieces. Letters on his pers,
, show that BE- was a Citizen of Englan
Jack Wright. the engineer, was % had
injured that be will die. Mike wrinkl
the regular frsmen. was asleep IN the tef
der and was not scratched.
The biggest food yet is coming.
John Burch. white carpenter. and job
|, Donovan. a negro. quarreled few nigh
ago az the Va hyiIls tTenn.i Elsrat
aloat sans misconduct On the part
Donovan. The negro. after cHfsir
Burch. attacked him With knite. inhic
ing eve wounds I, vas throughi Bur'
Z vould die. Donovan sscapei.
At Mssllsr. waihsn & Roberts Al
tllsrv. nsar Lebanon. Ky. = few dAl
B ago. jim Tayior. the fireman. While j.
i In ehsrKs. turned water into > rsi.h
} boiler. predicting an erplosion- Tsyi
. vas fatally scaldsi. ssd John whesIs
assistant. severely injsrei. Less. ss9f
sam yons. ls conducslBg revival 81 c
: lunbus. Miss.
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