Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1889-01-31

stirred. 1t is understood that unless
icy reach an agreement, majority aud
3enority reports will be made. 1t is
Rnorcd that the jury stand four against
kfor the sheriff. 1t is the general
ssion that no Indictment will be
against Sheriff Smith for shooting
people.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
tJohn G. Blue, of Marion, died at
he Of relatives in North Carolina.
falth had been failing for several
IS and his death WIS not unex-
p Gsiderable excitement has been cre-
lat Rock Hill by the discovery Of in
|yexhaustible deposits of kaolin in the vi
\ cinityof the town. The deposits are Of
the purest quality and cover an area Of
eeveral miles,
While the people were gathering for
worship at the colored Methodist church
Sunday morning, at Gaffney City, Pink
Floyd and Cornelius Lordef got into a
dispute, when Pink stabbed Cornelius in
the neck, cutting the jugular vein. He
died in about one hour.
DIR. G. F. Panknin, of Charleston, has
discovered method whereby the fibre
of the ramie plant may be cheaply and
quickly epared for market. If the
statement is true, the discovery is most
important one for the South, and will 60
far toward settling such vexatious prob
lens as that presented by the recent
bagging trust.
FLORIDA.
Governor Fleming was inaugurated on
Tuesday at Tallahassee. The occasion
brought together the largest gathering
Of civilians and state troops ever seen at
the captal A prominent feature was
column Of Union and Confederate veter-
ans, the later including members of the
Confederate regiment In which both the
outgoing Governor Perry and the incom-
ing Governor Fleming served.
The Glowing was issued at Jackson
vile: "The Board of Health of Duval
county announces that there has not
originated case OF yellow fever in the
city Of Jacksonville for the past twenty
four days, and none in the county of
Duval for the past fourteen days. The
city Is entirely free from epidemic dis
ease of any kind at the present time. and
i perfectly safe for residents or visitors. /"
In acknowledgement of the restoration
Of business and of the opening of the
tourists season Of 1889, the Plant system
OF railroads has invited leading citizens
of Jacksonville to grand banquet.
LOUISIANA.
Y The anniversary of the battle of New
Orleans was celebrated Tuesday by the
firing of the national salute at noon.
The military parade was dispensed with
on account of the severe rain storm.
F. E. Block, President Of the Southern
Compact of Cracker-makers, issued or
dcrs at Atlanta, Ga, dissolving the
compact. 1t was organized last sum
mer, and included all bakers in the
South, except New Orleans. One baker
in New Orleans refused to join the COM
pact, and that was the cause of the dis
solution.
The steamboat Paris G. Brown, from
New Orleans for Cincinnati, struck a
snag at Hermitage on Sunday and sank
to the hurricane deck. Six Of the CABIN
crew, two fitemen and one passenger are
missing. She was built at Cincinnati in
1878, by the Marine Railway & Dock
Co., for the Cincinnati and New Orleans
trade, in which she had been running
ever since, making over ninety trips
without mishap of any kind.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Col John Ashford, who was so terri
bly, injured by the explosion of the boiler
Of his factory at Clinton, died Tuesday.
His two sons died on the day of the &C.
cident, and the negro who was engineer
was instantly killed.
The prisoners in Jail at Greenville gave
an alarm OF fire. 1t was found that the
building had. in some mysterious man
ner, caught fire under the iron floor Of
the cell. The jail is new and one with
very little wood work, but the iron fooI
had to be partly cut away and three
hours hard work was necessary to subdut
K the fire. The damage to the Jail was
considerable Not single prisoner wai
injured or escaped.
MARYLAND.
Alton b. Carly, one Of the proprietor
OF the Frederick Times, was accosted
and publicly cowhided in the Office o.
the Carlin house on Tuesday by JOSEPH
d. Barker, president Of the Citizens
National bank of Frederick. Carly il
The Frederick correspondent of Balti
more evening paper, to which he sent th'
lunor Of a swindling scheme in which
Barker had suffered q loss Of 5000.
THAT'S ALL RloHTI