The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-02-13
SOUTHERN oLsAHiHas.

NH'NH WHH AAEHHNNA y INV IHfE tA8
charged wlth lateeny Il ls sileKed hs
stole twtnsy dollars ont n lhe money
afawer, also pair u GOLD hfAeelsls
Oates has been cutting quite figure lately
- saelsgt Youns msw.
A afe A. Shreveport Go. fsw days ag0
destroyed a story store aaeapiad ~ n
HeaaI a. secondhand clothing store, and
Abe iirdnls, fruits cihteaslonariss, ete.
The flames fih considerable damage N ad.
lolnlng buildings I'M silhar side. ocrspled
by Ham bergman ~ 4 saloon! ilfaunlng
Bros, dry so1dqi n Nnssiile, Froearirsl
Felix cohn vry gooisi Ehs,efIn. clothing,
Fam Bergman. general merchandise t,oss
about $4,000. insurance. over s2h,ooo
A sensation was created ~ Nashville,
Tenn q faw days ago, by tho discovery NJ
mn attempt 10 blow upihe passenger ferry.
boat Pearl with dynamite Henry llnhert.
son, the brennan, found In u pile of coal
from which the furnace Ia supplied,
dynamite cartridge ous foot In length,
with fuse attached It is not known al
what time the cartridge was placed In
the coal or by whom, but Il Ii evident
that the intention was TO blow mp the
boat.
There win be troitIng races at Jackson.
vile Fla, from February 10 TO 90
Moses I,cs, working NJ the saw-mill OF
Burns A. Townsend at Camilla, Ga, fell
against the saw few days ago while II
was running. and his body was cut in two
from the crown Of his head down.
A fire at Groonvile, =. O., a few nights
ago destroyed the stores and stocks Of L,
Rothschild, r. q. Mcpherson, Mullane &
Co., and N. Rosenthal. Toss, $4,000; In.
surance 10000.
Frank Russell, brakeman on the Louis
vile & Nashville road. who was run over
while coupling cars at Henderson, KY,
couple OF weeks ago has since died Of his
injuries,
Az Denisnn, Tex, few days ago, Hon.
Alex. Rennie's little nye.year-old son
Johnnie accidentally shot himself whilo
playing with gun. the ball entering his
face near the nose, ranging upward into
his head. The attendant physicians failed
to find the bullet, and decided thnt the
wound would prove fatal
The large carp breeding ponds leased
by the State Of Toxas AT Austin were
frozen 70 the bottom during the recent cold
spell, and three thousand young carp were
frozen to death. The State will probably
abandon the breeding OF fish.
Harvey Grady sixteen .yenr-old son OF
W. r. GrNny. a prominent farmer Of Hen
derson County, KY, met with n fatal acci-
dent few days ago. lie was opening a
large farm gate. when tho hinges broke
and The gate fell on the boy, Telling him te
tlss fonnd aud breaking his neck
Martin Bates has been arrested near
Benton, Polk County, Tenn, for the mur.
der OF his wife over eight years ago. His
children, who were quite small at the time
OF the murder. allega that ho and his wife
quarreled and that he kicked her In the abb
domen she gave birth 10 child tho same
night and died the next day. Bates
dressed the dead woman before the neigh
bors had time to arrive in order 10 hide the
bruises. The children kept the affair Sc.
cret, fearing the wrath Of their father, who
Is very desperate character.
The singular spectacle was presented at
Atlanta, Ca, few days ago, Of the at
tendance of Governor Mcdaniel and
official staff at tho burial Of negro, Owen
Smith, from Big Bethel Church Smith
bad been jnnitor Of the executive offices for
sixteen years, and was popular with all
the State. house officials.
Tho smallpox epidemic has disappeared
from San Antonio, Tex, and at last nc.
counts there had boon no new cases for
several days.
Tho United States Grand Jury at Calves.
ton, Tex, returned true bills against the
four deputy sherIifs from TIil County who
recently beat the conductor Of Missouri
Pacific passenger train, terrorlzed the pas
sengers aud interfered with the running Of
trains. They are charged with obstructlns
the mails.
News comes from Crawford County, Ga.
Of the elopement OF Della Mathews, The
daughter n respectable planter. with Sim
Sanders. Sanders Is Texan, who had
been selling stock to Mr.. Mathews, when
be met Miss Della and induced her 10 fly
with him. The father, with posse. put
out In pursuit, overlook the party and re.
covered the girl. Sanders has wife and
child In Texas.
Thomas Burt and family, residing at
Turkey Greek. Coffee County, Tenn, nvs
miles south on Tullahoma, were aroused by
a knock At the door few nights ago. Burt
opened the door and was confronted by
a,.a ,u alad .,,n,. .vka .,.a...taa ..wntv.rs
and demanded his money or his life. Burt
replied that there was no money In the
house and was endenvoriny to secure
pistol when one Of the men fired. the bullet
striking Burt In the hip. After ransaek.
Ing the residence and finding no money the
men withdrew. Burt's wound IL q very
dangerous one.
Oscar Coulter. Of Walker County. Ca, is
a Deputy United States Marshal. and Is
the youngest aud talls.t man In the ser.
vice In Georgia, standing zix feet eight
inches In his stocking feet. Mr.. Coulter
has Ave brothers and the shortest one
measures six feet four inches and the
seven inches. one SIX feet six inches, and
the other six feet FIVE inches. the six
brothers measuring together thirty eight
fsst seven inches. The average weight Of
the men Is two hundred pounds.
Great excitement relgns In Roana
County, Tenn, where the two supposed
burglars were killed recently by posse
Of citizens who we're IN pursai. n them,
over the rumor that the dead men were
tourists who were merely camping In the
mountains. The two men are only twenty
years .pf age. They were fashlonabIy
dressed and wore valuable diamonds and
other ans iswelry. Their appearances be.
tokens refined habits and good living.
Texas has suspended cash payments.
John Blair. alias ioFnhnckls, who mur.
dered George Finch. the Logan County
farmer and ex outlaw, was taken 10 Loui.
vile tRy.l and placed in jail for safs keep
Ing.
A determined effort IL being made 10
wipe out the lottery evil In T,oaisviIls. Ky.
II IL contsnisd that recent dsci.ion of
the Apelist. Court IN The gas matter inei.
d.ntsliy declared The laws which permit
lottery unconstitutional In view pf THE
fact. q petition has been prepared. al.
dressed 70 the Tsgisialars. praying that
body 10 slrogats he lottery laws q The
State. and thereby stamp oat The evil.
A negro riot was shssstensd 81 wsynss.
vile. Miss, hut was prevented.