Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-11-15
SOUTHLAND JOTTINGS.
OUR NEWS GATHERER IN his OWN
COUNTRY.
Newsy Notes from Various Parts Of the
south-Crenm of the Specials.
ALABAMA,

Near Jasper, IL. NJ. H. ptiiChi"hu,
white brakeman on the Sheffield " Biz
Railroad, fell from the top of a
moving train and twelve cars passed over
his body, crushing it into shapeless
mass of flesh Strickland was formerly
marshal of Sheffield.
The Memphis 81 Charleston and the
Louisville & Nashville Railroads are pre- \
pairing to locate extensive yards and build
shops at Sheffield. The Memphis u
Charleston owns sixty acres of land at
Sheffield, which will be occupied by
tracks and sheds. Fully fifteen miles of
track will be laid in the yards.
The color-blind law which the state
put in force, requiring an examination for
defects of vision by all railway employees
in that state, had just been declared
constitutional by the United States SUI
preme court. A great objection which
has been urged against this law is the
fact that the cost of the examinations
was considerable, and could be ill af-
forded by many of the railroad employees.
The newspapers of the state are working
to secure a reduction of the examination
fees.
NORTH CAROLINA.
W. J. Yates, editor of the Home Dem.
ocrat for thirty seven years, died sudden.
ly at Charlotte, on Thursday.
The fibre factory of the Acme Manufac.
turing Company, at Wilmington, was
burned. The spinning and weaving mill
and fertilizer factory were saved.
New forgeries were on Thursday
brought to light, in looking'over the pa
pers of the State National bank, of Raj
eigh. They are of the signature of Mrs.
Thomas e. Skinner, wealthy lady,
and are attached to drafts on Lor;lard
S Co.. of New York.
An imposing granite monument al
lakewood cemetery, in Raleigh, to the
memory of the late Capt. Randolph A.
Shotwell, will be unveiled soon. Sena,
tor Vance will deliver the memorial
address. Capt. Shotwell was, in 1870,
sent to Albany penitentiary by Judge
Hugh l.. Bond. ON charge of kukluxing
in North Carolina.
State Secretary Polk announces that
the time of the citing of the National
Alliance is changed from January 16 tc
December 5, at Meridian, Miss. Dele
gates were appointed to represent the
state alliance Us follows S. r. Aexan
der, of Mecklenburg; l.. l.. Polk, Ra
leigh; D. M. Payne, Of Robeson; j. G.
Beaman, of Sampson, and. Elias Carr, OF
Edgecomb.
All the prisoners in jail at Troy, Mont
gomery county, made their escape b,
natf thr0,, 81
nine prisoners. Some OF them had beer
very carelessly put in room used in ole
times for the confinement of debtors
They cut through the wooden walls o
this, and released the other prisoners. /
appears there was also great carelessnes
in pursuing the prisoners after discover,
of their escape.
LINZ s.',s Il.
Slate fell on German miner. name
unknown, in mine at .Jellico crushing
him to death.
Julius Ochs, the''treassurer of the Times
Printing Co., died at Chattanooga of
chronic bronchitis. lie was 63 years old.
Charles Emory was killed by train
on the East Tennessee Road, near the
east incorporation line in Chattanooga.
He was standing in the middle of the
track as the train approached and re-
fused to heed the signal of the engineer.
The absence from Knoxville of Ex-
Trustee Swan of Knox county, and the
deficit of nearly $25. 200 in his accounts,
continues the sensation. There is moth
ing known of his where abouts, although
his friends claim that he will return and
fix everything up.
A lawsuit is to be filed to recover the
land on which the shops of the Alabama
Great Southern Railroad stand in Chat.
tanooga. This property was donated &c
the railroad on condition that the shops
of said company would be built and
used by the corporation, but the main
shops having been located in Birming
ham, the Whiteside estate win seek t.
recover the land, which is now very val
uable
The East Tennessee, Virginia 4 Geor,
gia company has leased the Knoxville 4
Ohio Railroad, which is sixty miles long
and runs from Knoxville north to Jellico
on the Kentucky border, where it con.
meets with the Louisville & Nashville fol-
Louisville and the Northwest. The, East
Tennessee as rental guarantees the inter
est on the Knoxville Il Ohio six per cent
bonds, which aggregate $2,O00,0O0. II
operates under charter granted by tn,
state of Tennessee under which it is ex
empt from taxes, and it has received stat,
aid on several occasions. The line cost
little over 100000
A fight commenced at a festival o.
colorcd people out on the Shelbyville
road near Murfreesboro, which was free
ly participated in by all the attending
merry-makers. Pistols were drawn anc
running fusilade was commenced
During this skirmish negro name,
Frank RuclSer attempted to play the par
OF peace-maker and was slain. The
crowd then repaired to their respective
places of habitatlon. After the figh
three pistols were found auo
eight chambers were found empt,
which had been discharged at the tim,
Of the fight. Nine shots were fired
The sheriff thinks he will be abb,
to find one more pistol, which
will account for the nine shots
There is pretty good evidence against
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