Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-06-30
LIGHTNING FLASHES.
INTERESTING SPARKS FROM
EVERYWHERE.

The ninth Texas congressional dis.
trict convention has re-nominated
Joseph ID. Sayers for reelection as
congressman.
At Danville, Ky, Rev. w. Y. Shep-
i ard, prominent Episcopal minister,
was sun-struek Friday afternoon, and
died from the effects.
A special from Flagstaff, Ariz.,
says: 'Lot Smith, Mormon bishop
and ex-Danite leader, has been killed
by the Navajo Indians"
r. Adolph Spreckles, the son of
| Claus Spreckles, the sugar king, has
| gone into the business of breeding
| high-class thoroughbred hores.
AT Denver, the nineteenth annual
session of the Conference of Charities
and Correction is in progress. Over
200 delegates are in attendance.
AT Chicago another case of virulent
smallpox has been discovered. The
victim is John Triermort, aged So, who
has been removed to the pesthouse.
AT Lexington, KY, d. ID. Bell, the
well-known capitalist and turfman,
was stricken with paralysis Wednes-
day night, and is not expected to live.
AT Pittsburg, Pa, the joint confer
ence of Amalgamated association and
the tin plate and sheet from manu-
facturers have agreed upon scale,
ard the mills will be run without in
terrnption.
AT Hammond, Ind, during a fear
! full storm lightning struck the resi-
dence of S. c. Allen, tearing one end
ont of the building, prostrating his
| daughter, 10 years old, and rendering
her blind for life.
| At London, in the bankrupt court,
II. NJ. Phillips, corn merchant, doing
business in Seething Lane, was de-
clared bankrupt. His liabilities are
f183, 600, and his assets E14,797.
At Cincinnati, the P. Wilson Sons
company, wholesale dealers and manu-
| sacturers of sadlery, hardware, ETC.,
has ssigned to Ferdinand Jelke.
| Assets, $72 900; liabilities about the
| same.
The strike of the knights of Labor
of New York city against the Jackson
iron works will likely result i'll a
lockout, affecting $4,000 m1n. The
employers say that the knights must
recede from their position or bitter
war will ensue.
AT Chicago, lightning struck the
kiln house of the Go den Mailing
company Thursday night, setting the
building ON fire. Over SO, 900 bushels
of grain were ruined by the flames
and water, and the total damage ia
| estimated at $40, 900.
AT Cincinnati, the whisky men have
/ won their fight against the increa. ed
freight rates on whisky to the south.
The railroads have restored the old
rate, and the lawsuit against them will
be dismissed.
At Cheyenne, Wyo., cipher letters
and dispatches have been received
from Buffalo, warning the state Off
Gals and men who have been promi-
nent against the rustler, since the cat
tie troubles opened, that their lives are
in danger.
A great gold rush has set in to the
new mining camp in Mohave county,
Arizona. Mining men who have Wis.,
tied the new camp estimate the amotint
of ore on the surface worth not less
than 81 10000 The new town will
be called Silverado.
At Dubuque, Ia, the downpour of
rain has caused much damage to pri.
vate property. The streets were rivers
of water and street railways were
blockaded with debris. Washouts and
weakened bridges are reported on the
railways.
Stevenson county, Ill.,, farmers will
lose thousands of dollars worth of
crops this season on account of the
recent heavy rains. The lowlands in
all parts of the county are flooded
until it will be many days before the
crops can be replanted, if at all.
| AT ST. Louis the international Print
ing Pressmen's union is in session. Sc
far but little work, even of routine,
has been done, as many delegates
have not yet arrived. Committees
have all been appointed and the presi-
dents address read, showing the
union to be fiourishing. The con-
vention will probably be in session
four days.
AT Chicago, the great s-foot water
tunnel, extending four miles out under
Lake Michigan at a depth of 80 feet
has been completed. 1t was begun
over four years ago and has cost 81,
100, 900. When connected with TIT
water works pumps it will supply 1870,
600, 600 gallons of water per day tt
the city.
| At New York, the Pacific mai
steamship City of Para made sue
cessful trip Thursday morning t.
prove her fitness as an auxiliary nava
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