Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-10-02

/ The Justice of the Peace tied each pail
with the nuptial knot, and then ftht
couples, after receiving the congrafula
lions of their frirnds, stated off to s{cure
the wedding present that CharleJMea
dow, brother to Maggie, had offered.
1t was as many head of his cattle As the
bridal pairs could find and brand before
shutdown. The brides, armed with
branding irons, and the grooms with
lassoes, started out on their hunt, and
each pair succeeded in securing eighteen
head.
The Louisburg On. Nd Liberal tells
the following regarding recent cloud
burst The east bound train got through
all right, as the cloud burst was behind
and chasing it. Engineer Savers looked
out of his window and saw the cloud
burst coming, and pulled out to escape.
The rain Was dropping on the Pullman
when he opened the throttle, and it
gained little and got up to the smoker.
but by that time Sayers had 'em a-roll-
lng," and the storm could not get any
nearer the engine. The race lasted
about twenty minutes, and Southern
Pacific train never went any faster.
Finally, the cloud burst gave up the
chase, and Sayers pulled into Powie with
three dry cars and three shedding water.
A CORRESPONDENT at Saratoga. N. Y.
noticed the dinner order of modest and
fragile-looking little woman in one of the
big hotels. It comprised the following
articles Little Neck CLAIMS, turtle SOUP
bluefsh, roast beef, cold boned capon,
fricasseed chicken, lobster salad, stuffed
green peppers, boiled new potatoes,
string beans, green peas, New England
pudding cake, wine jelly, ice cream. as
sorted fruits, nuts, raisins and coffee.
And he adds that she partook more or
less of all these dishes. Her husband
tasted of little soup, had bit of roast
beef with mashed potato, and some
crackers and cheese.
ALEXANDER JACQUES, before he began
his fast at the Aquarium ia London, was
entertained at luncheon by the press re-
personalities, says the Newcastle eng
land) Chronicle. It was explained that
Jacques attributed his ability to go with
out food to the use of a powder com
POSSV VI q AuIlDCi VI lCIDS dQu DldubS
which grow abundantly in this country,
and which is compounded according % a
recipe which has been secret in his
family for some generations. He has
frequently tested its efficacy, not only on
himself but on others, notably during
the siege Of Belfort, in the Franco Ger
man war, when he kept number of his
fellow soldiers alive on it for number of
days. Thirty days has hitherto been the
limit of his fasts
W. r. JENNINGS, of Marshall, Texas,
has discovered a very effectiysSlrsssss
simple means of getting Eidsss ~ vs room
It is simply to PVT. . = soan Last sum
..aa. = ,aras toad got into the post Office
a.sasrcmained there over night. After
ward the Office was clear of reaches
until a few weeks since, when they re-
appeared. Another toad was placed in
the room, and the reaches again dis
appeared, Charles Doyle was greatly
annoyed by these vermin. He was told
about the remedy, and placed a small
toad in his saloon, which cleared it of
reaches in a very short time.
THE son of Mr.. J. J. Treat, of Mani
tou, Col, was exploring the wonders of
Williams Canon, and, as he was standing
on the top of some high rocks, his foot
slipped, and he fell over precipice be-
tween two hundred and two hundred
and fifty feet high. The lad received
several very bad gashes, but no bones
were broken. It is a marvellous thing
that he was not killed outright, con
siderlng the great distance he fell and
the rocky nature of the ground. His
feelings in the rapid descent were ter
rible, as his breath came in short, quick
gasps, and he tnrned half around several
times in mid air.
A STRANGE, and from scientific point
of view, an interesting discovery has been
made at Hermannstadt, in Hungary
The bodies of several Honveds, proved
to have fought in 1S48, were found in a
disused salt mine. How the soldiers got
there is mystery. The salt had so tho
roughly penetrated the bodies that they
were as we'll preserved as if they had
been kept in spirits. In consequence o
this discovery, experiments will be made
in the medical schools of Vienna. Buda
pest and Berlin for testing the value Of ,
concentrated solution of salt in the pres
ervstion of corpses.
N. L. CouRETR, of Manatee, Fla, say
he has killed his last black snake. !
was fonr feet long, and from its month
protruded a moccasin's tail. He stoot
on the tail. and had his boy pull tn
black snake off, disclosing a moccasil
about two feet long, which had beel
swallowed. Mr.. Courier saw blacl
snake swallow blue moccasin severa
years ago, and Dan Richards saw on
kill large RATHER, and George Brow
saw one kill moccasin, so spare tn
black snakes, he says, for they do NOR
good than harm.
A PAIR of belligerent bulls engaged il
a fierce battle on the track of the Astori
and South Coast Railroad, in Oregon
the other day, and for nearly half a
hour the trainmen were unable to driv
them away in order to get the trai
| through. Huge clubs were worn on
over the heads and backs of the animals
but without avail, until at last they gre7
weary and sullenly scrambled away.
THERE won't be mnch fruit in Cor
necticut, the apple crop is about tot'
failure. But the ancient and famou