Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-04-11
GEORGIA..

A malignant form OF pneumonia fever
is prevailing in and around Clayton.
Beerman & Co, who run the Kimball
House in Atlanta, have leased the Mark
ham House as well.
Rev. William Adams, d. D., of Au-
gusta, has accepted a call to the pastorate
of Columbus Avenue Presbyterian church
of Boston, Mass.
Ex-president Cleveland and his party
received very enthusiastic reception on
Tuesday at Savannah, en- route to Flor
ida.
About 500 new houses have been built
in Atlanta within a year. The mer-
chants on the principal streets arc put
ting in many plate glass fronts.
A circus, owned by MIS-. J. A. Hall
and A. p. Stephens, is stranded i'll At
lanta on account of debt. Several en-
ployes have sued out attachments on
recount of past due wages bills.
Some of the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in Atlanta, are or
ganizing party to attend the inaugural
| anniversary at New York 1t is not I'M
likely it will be resolved into "Gray
and Blue" picnic.
Governor Gordon appointed Henry r.
Fort judge vi the court of Wayne, to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
the late Hon. G. NJ T. Ware. Judge
Forts successor will be elected during
the next session of the General Assem-
bly,.
There was very large meeting of the
stockholders of the Georgia Improvement
and Construction Co., ON Tuesday, in
Atlanta, TO consider the status of the At
lanta & Florida Railroad. The bonded
Indebtedness of the Atlanta & Florida is
about $1,070, 900. The construction
company owes $3.50, 900 and $500. 900 of
this which has been expended in con-
structing the road. They must surren-
der their claims or furnish more money
to complete the road.
On Sunday fire was discovered in the
second story of the Walker building, in
West Point. The ground floor was &C.
cupied by Causey & Satterwhite, grocers,
and Hudman g. Lanier, as bottling works
The second floor was used as a shoeshop,
barbershop and sleeping apartments. The
odor of burning kerosene attracted the
attention of some of the citizens who
were passing, which led to the discovery
of the fire. Suspicion rests on j. l.. Car
penter, shoemaker, who IS under arrest.
Hon. Charles Estes, president of the
John P. King Cotton Mills, of Augusta,
gave notice to the banks that if they al
owed the city to hypothecate with them
any claims against him on account of the
special tax, they would be buying law
suit. He gave it as his opinion that the
installments were sufficient to meet the
freshet damages, and declared he should
pay no more. Further investigations
seemed to have changed his mind, how
ever, and he has gone forward and paid
the tax in full.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Ten days ago two convicts escaped
from gang at work on Broad Creek
canab Raleigh. One of the convicts was
found dead with his eyes picked out.
His comrade went to Hyde park to get
food, and reported that he remained with
him five days, when death released him.
Neither of the men had mouthful of
food for the entire week and were in
hiding in the woods.
William E. Bendinot, whose name is
familiar one to the officers of the old
navy in which he served twenty three
years, died Tuesday at Pittsboro. He
was a graduate of the Naval Academy,
having been appointed by Thomas II.
Benton. He was at the bombardment
of Vera Cruz, and was an officer in the
navy on board the Ohio in Commodore
Perry's expedition to Japan. Just before
the civil war he became large rice
planter near Wilmington, N. @. He
was in the Confederate navy.
A man giving the name of John G..
Hart, by means of forged draft on the
New York HERALD secured money from
w. Duke, Sons g. Co., of Durham. The
draft was entirely penwork, and its exc
cution was remarkably we'll done. Hart al
SO had forged letter from the Herald. He
worked his way through the South and
was captured at Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Governor Fowle at once issued requisi-
ton on Governor Perry, of Florida, for
Hart, whose real name, it appears, is
John Norton. He is in Jail at Sanford,
Fla.
Postoffice Inspector Pulsifer has been
in Raleigh looking up mail irregularities.
He arrested colored student named
Goodwin, who was mail carrier for Shaw
University. Goodwin is charged with
stealing letters for the students, which
came through that Office, and contained
money. A man named Morris was ar
rested at Oxford for stealing stamps from
the postoffice. He was allowed some
privileges in the office there, and abused
them. A young clerk named Furman,
in the Franklinton Office, was arrested
the charge against him being that he had
tempered with letters containing inclos-
ures of money.