Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-24

~ pi'SN3 D VIZ Efii oliiOl iEIlG-
rial Tor the new storGhouses on the
burnt district in Durant are rapidly
accumnia,lng and work viii! Dom
.nonce ut outo. sMex
The tritinmen. Conductors and
bsher operating employees OF the
aiobila {, Ohio miii'oad havo boon
ii!eniiinlly supplied by tile company
with Winchester rifles. Train rob-
bers had better look out.
The While Caps have made thor
appearance almost Simultaneously In
Pennsy lvama and New Jersey, and
haze already declared their purpose
either To drive out or othern i5e
punish pclsons obnoxious to them.
TEeFo have hoen more and severer
race fslits In the south slnce the el-
ection Of Harrison than during the
entire administration of Cleveland.
How do you account for thar asks
the New York Graphit.
An exaapsratcd editor being
threatened With coat OF tar and
feathers, said in his mex, issue: The
people ot this town may break into
somebody's hen rooSt and steal the
feathers but w6 know they are too
s,;ngy TO buy tie tai.
Four females in different parts OF
the country were awafdcd damages
last week in breash of promise suits.
Greenbacks are rapidly taking rank
As the best brand OF court plaster for
lacerstod affections. "A vaianch.
Pre.s dispatches state that the
cyclone or storm on the 10Th inst
was general through the northwest,
although most severe in northern
" slscopsin and Michigan. In.upper
Michigan the fall Of snow ranged
from eight inches 10 one foot.
The corner stone of tho now city
ball at Meridian will be iald during
the sitting of the Grand Lodge in
that city on February 18th. Grand
Master Evans has accepted an invita-.
ion to ottlciate on the occasion.
The South is solid in the determi.
nation to utilize its natural advan.
thges develop its resources and build
up its industrial interests. The South
will be in time the richest area on
the globe, and its peeplo the happiest
John Butord, engineer OF the scc~
ond section Of train No. l made the
run between Tnscumbia and Mem
phiS on the NJ. Il G. railroad on the
night Of December 18th in 2 hours
aud 2g minutes, distance of 145
miles. This is said to be the best
time ever made on Southern road.
The s21 900 appropriated by The
last legislature to disabled and ind:-
gent Confederate soldiers, their
widows and orphans, is now being
distribnted. The dlstrlbation has
bcen delayed by the oncompletcdess
OF many Of the proofs, which had to
be returned. II was estimated wcen
tho appropriation was made, that
there wouid be 700 applicants, so
that each wotid receive thirty doll
lars, but there are just 1000, so shat
lhs amount to be paid, to each will
bes 2l.O0. -YaSoo Sentinel. ~
Tho following items from fhe
Manufacturers RECORD:
Compare the South to day with
the South, often years ago. Popu.
Io1s towns whore then were, dreary
bottom fields, tho blistle and life OF
andustry, tho evidences Of. wealth,
9here were decay aud desolatou
she smokc Of factories and whirr of
machinery, where was perpetual
4 silence, railroads and thriving vii
lagos, where trackless forests and
,lndeveIoped wastes. Observe these
changes, and remember that this is
only the bcgipniel
The Nsw York Herald. says: aIt
Il 4 disgrace 10 our civilization that
fifty diverse systcms of marriage
divorce aro tolerated II, this country.
That in one state Al man may bo a
lawful husband and in apother a
higamist. That ip one Il woman
may be d wife and in apolhcr a
mistress. That in one children may
be Legitimate md IN another iloglti-
HI lte. That in another natural hci,a
may inherit and in. another be disin.
hcr;tod. That :in q community
whsro polYgamy and polvand,y arc
doctArod to Do = crime o man may
4 be the husband Of more than one
woman and u woman the wife Of
more than one husband. The
remeEy Is a constitutional amend
sncsss empowering congress to make
Nniiotm law Of marriage and
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