Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-08-27

| The Virginia Farmers Alliance has
endorsed the sub-treasury scheme.
A cloudburst destroyed the village OF
HOLMAN, Australia, and many lives were
lost.
A heavy rain in indianapolis caused
sewers to overflow. Two boys were
| drowned
Thomas Eddington & Co., iron foun-
ers at Glasgow, Scotland, have failed for
| $3.50, 900.
The Gloucester Iron Works, at Glou-
eester, N. y, have been closed and 200
men are idle.
The convention of the Irish National
League of America, will be held in Chi
cago next month.
The Southern Transfer Company, of
| Atlanta, has failed. The liabilities are
| s125,0o0. The company is worth $780,
000
The recent storm of the Island of
Martinique did immense damage. So
far as has been heard, fully sixty lives
were lost.
Clark Woodman, one of the wealth
lest citizens of Omaha, Neb., suicided in
Chicago. He had lost heavily Cd the
wheat market.
Frank G. Almy, murderer of Christian
Warder at Hanover, N. H., has been
captured after holding 1900 people at
bay with two pistols for several hours.
The Lake Erie and Western strike is
still on and not wheel from Indianapo-
lis to Michigan City and Lafayette to
Muncie will move before Friday or Sat-
urday.
Near Cleveland, Miss, freight train
OF the Mississippi Valley road struck
bull and was wrecked ana three white
men killed. Two were tramps and one
brakeman.
Near Griffin, Ga, three masked men
robbed an express car on the Central
Railroad of Georgia. The messenger,
j. t. Byrne was covered with revolvers
1t is thought they got nearly $40, 900.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kas., says:
Gone hundred delegates, representing
the Peoples Party, met in the Trades
Assembly Hall and organized the ALL
ance Commercial Convention.
At Farmville, Va, Thomas Fon and
Dennis Grunnel, who robbed the post
office at that place, have been sent up
for ten years each. George Clark was
sent up for fifteen years for the same
crime.
The Canadian government will indict
the members of the McGreevey Doodle
gang in parliament and prosecute them
for public robbery and conspiracy. Nc
Greevey has skipped from Quebec to the
United States.
AT Carbon, Wyoming, J. Crompton,
depot agent, while drunk shot himself,
previous to which he set fire to the de-
pot. His body was burned in the build
ing. In the safe was 81, in cash
which was burned.
Deputy United States Marshal Barney
Connelley was killed in the Cherokee
Nation Wednesday morning by Elk
Deputy Marshal Busby. Connelley had
warrant for Busby's arrest and when he
attempted the capture was shot, with the
above result. A posse is in pursuit.
Near jackson, Tenn, Joe Hardin, 4
farmer, accused his nephew, J. L. Ed
wards, of having spent cents which the
former had entrusted the latter with
striking his uncle over the head with
piece Of iron, whereupon Hardin jerked
out his knife aud stabbed him to tht
heart. Edwards died instantly. Har
din was arrested.
The Munford Leader has ceased pub
LEGATION for want of local support.
Senator PETER, of Kansas, spoke in
Montgomery Saturday to a small crowd,
Mr.. j. g. Johns is the new aector OF
the Church of the Holy Comforter at
Gadsden.
Eli Cross, colored, has been jailed at
Selma, on the charge of ass sult with in
tent to kill Mr.. McLane, of Pleasant
Ridge, committed year sgo.
At Gadsden it is srumored that the
Union passenger depot will be built at
an early date and that its location will be
at the crossing of Ninth and Locust
streets.
A dummy Of the Gadsden & Alfalfa
Union railway was levied upon on Satur-
day last for an alleged debt of $50, which
the company claim not to have owed.
Freight train No. 10 on the Memphis
d Charleston road was ditched near
Tuscumbia the other day and the road
will loose $50, 900 in damages To freight
and rolling stock.
Last week Isaac Jenkins, one of the
Oldest and best negroes of Attention,
Wilcox county, was killed by lightning.
He was on horseback and was Just leaY-
ing the depot. He and his horse were
killed ink tantly.
Mrs. W. r. Chandler, of Rosebud,
Wilcox county, has sold during the
present year at least 150 dozen eggs
They average from 10 to is cents per
dozen. In this way she has managed to
buy all the sugar, coffee, flour, rice aud
syrup that her family have used during
this year besides plenty for home use.
At Montgomery the trial of the case OF
the State vs. Joe Bib, charged with the
murder of Ed. Starke, both coIored, was