Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-03-14
OUR SOUTHLAND.
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DIXIE.
A Carefully Selected Budget Of South.
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GEORGIA.

se"is was ordinary OF clarke county, Ole0
in Athens at the age of "a.
The Piedmont Exposition, at Atlanta,
only lacks SIS, 600 Of the amount neces-
sary to start the wheels in motion.
The rost-office a, East Point, near At
lanta, was broken into by burglars and
quite haul was made No arrests.
Amos jackson, colored man, and
his nine-year-old daughter were muir
dered near Decatur. Alec. Henderson,
aneighbor. was arrested on suspicion.
Conductor Lindiey Murray, of the
East Tennessee road, WIS killed at Rex
by train breaking in Two, and coming
together again, it wrecked the caboose
in which Mr.. Murray was.
Jumbo" Hunter, the famous Atlanta
policeman, is astonishing everybody by
the system he has infused into tn. out
of-door relief plan. The poor people
are benefited, and money is saved to the
taxpayers.
Tolleson, the man who started m al
legged bank IN Atlanta, and failed owing
large amount of money with assets of
about sixty cent?, and was promptly
jailed by Judge Marshall J. Clarke, now
| offers 10 settle for fifty cents on the dol
| lar.
The summer residence of w. A. Fra
ger, in bennington, was destroyed by
! IRE. A light was seen in the house early
in the evening. and the supposition is
! that the house was robbed and then ret
on fire to prevent detection.
The steamer Aid, plying between Col
umbus and Apaach ola, Fla, was
burned to the waters edge at Stewart
landing, near Eufaula. The fire caught
in the wood rack and as the wind wa
blowing very hard, The boat was soon
burned to the waters edge.
| The steep'e of the Baptist Church at
| Adalrsvlle, was struck by lightning
Sunday morning, and fred the church.
The fire was soon extihguished by the
| aid of buckets and the amateur fire
company. Mr.. George W. BOWS barn,
near by, was also struck by lightning
during the night and torn to pieces.
! During a severe thunder storm which
| passed over Perry Sunday morning.
lightning struck the residence of MIS-.
| G. T. Lawson, on Swift street, tearing o
large hole in the roof and passing down
near the chimney through the house.
scattering the contents, but doing no
damage 10 the family beyond the shock.
Uriah Kellogg. an old man, was found
deal Tuesday morning in Jackson, sup
posed to have frozen to death. Mr.. KEEL
logg came to the county before the War,
from tho state of Connecticut. He mar.
RED into one of the best families in the
county. He was drum major of the 14th
Georgia regiment during the War. He
has TWO sons in New York, one in
Savannah and one IN Louisiana.
| One hundred and two OF the looms in
the check department of Clegg's cotton
factory in Columbus are idle, and opera
tiyes have stopped work For some time
past the Clegg mills have been paying
its viewers thirty-three cents per "cut, !"
/ which is more than the other mills pay.
On Saturday afternoon the operatives of
the check loom at the Clegg's mills were
notified OF a reduction of five cents per
sscut," and when the mills opened Mon
day morning they refused to 60 to work.
G. ]. Hawkins, superintendent of the
waterworks at Athens, had very mar
l NV SoSoPC huCoNuJ. AlC AuA NAihApSA "
the top of the water tower for some pur-
pose. and was descending ladder on
| the inside when one of the rounds broke
beneath his weight. Instantly he was
buried with frightful velocity down the
hundred-foot shaft, but fortunately
struck upon small platform before GO
ing very far. 1t was narrow escape
from what might have been terrible
death.
Rev. DR.. Gibson preached an eloquent
sermon in the Baptist church In Lex
ington, suitable to Communion Sunday.
He then made all preparations for admin
istering the Lords supper, and all went
well until he began blessing the fruit of
the vine, at tie same time turning up
the decanter to pour it into the silver
| goblets. He commenced to bless and
turn, but no wine came forth. When he
: had turned the dccanter bottom upwards
and still no wine, there was consterna-
ton depicted on his face. while the con
! gregation struggled to keep the smiles
from their faces. Realizing the state OF
affairs DR.. Gibson quickly gave ont the
doxology and dismissed the congrega-
zion. dcferring the wine part of the COM
munion until another season.
| ARKANSAS.
The Little Rock, Ark, Gasctte says:
\ ''There is but little doubt, from the facts
| that have come to light within the past
few days, that the assassns of John M.
Clayton are known. and that before long
they will be in the clutches Of the law"
A four-story frame building, corner Of
Coliseum and Euter streets, in New Or
leans, occupied as boarding house by
Mrs. ]. Stickney. took fire on Tuesday
and was totally destroyed. The boarders
narrowly escaped, losing clothing and
other effects.
NORTH GAIkOLiNA.
The 8 nsas cmigr ton fever has broke
out among tn, ncgroes at Raleigh, and it
Is said thit hundreds are preparing to
leave. White agents are urging the ne