Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-05-10
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ALABAMA.
1t is rnmoled that Admission is to have
another daily paper. There are already
three dailics and two wceklies published
here
The big vote polled by Decatur in its
recent city election shows the town has a
of over 5000. Decatur had
only about 1900 in 1880.
The Admission locomotive works will
occupy their building May list. The
foundry Of the United States Rolliny
Stock Company is nearly complete. The
construction OF the stove works is to be-
gin early next month.
A special to Admission, April 90, saws:
In making an excavation at the Barbour
Machine Works Saturday, a remarkably
rich vein of silver, six feet thick, was
discovered.
The New York Water Construction
Company have pctitioned the Council
for franchise to erect water works in
this city.
On May end, between 2 and 3 o'clock,
Mr.. Montgomery Jones' house near Gun
tersTille, was burned. 1t was situated
on the banks of the river one mile from
the town. Before assistance arrived, the
house was enveloped in flames. Every
thing was lost. The fire is supposed to
have caught from match which was w.
ing on the floor near some cotton Mr..
Jones stepped on the match but did not
pay any attention to 1t and left the
house. He returned in half an hour and
found the house on fire. The loss
amounted to $500 or 5000.
The report of the State Board of Phar-
macy, which was created by an act of
the last General Assembly, has been re-
ceived by the Governor from f. p. Gait.
of Selma, the secretary and treasurer of
the Board. With the report Dr.. Gait
Nwarded to the Governor check for
$4,000, that being the proportion of the
fees accruing to the State under the law
establishing the Board. The report also
shows that the Board has registered
without examination, Alb persons; by
examination, 18 persons, and persons
were rejected because they failed to come
up to the required standard.
An Age reporter was yesterday inform
ed that company was being organized
in this city to manufacture steel from
Alabama PHOSPHORUS ores by new
chemical process. The matter was in
vestigated, and while an effort has been
made to keep it from the pnblic, the re-
porter learned that the company had
been formed with such men as S. T. Bar
net, r. M. Milford, Noble Smithson, E.
I. Taliaferro, j. B. Hill, w. P. Pinkard
and other prominent citizens Interested
An Englishman, who has been engaged
in steel and iron making for many years
both in this country and England, has
invented a chemical process which will
convert PHOSPHORUS iron into Bessemer
pig when it comes from the furnace.
Birmingham Age.
Z Work on the Columbus & Western ex-
tension is being rapidly pushed to COM
pletion. The track has been built up to
both the tunnels, and the track LAYERS are
now waiting until the tunnels are finished.
Oak Mountain tunnel is now receiving it's
mo surfaced ana nronerlr " ,an :. = ~ =,
order to begin laying the track through
it as soon as possible. There remains
about 100 feet Of rock, ten inches thick.
mel. th;s will soon 10 ' cloavaa '"'S Gu .an
Mountain funnel 4 heinz, ran;5,. o, Sousa
out and viii he f;n;shad = @p sa,, ,,. ae,
ne track layers are now at work sur
iaclny up 'ne newly iaio track ard await
ing me complexion OF one OF the tunnels
50 .na' .ne tfack can De puilt through it
20 the otner tunnel.
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