Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-08-04
LIGHTNING FLASHES,
INTERESTING SPARKS FROM
EVERYWHERE.

Tey.
AT New York S., $3.50, 900 of gold
coin has been ordered for shipment
Saturday.
There are now 10000 members of
the Building Traders union on strike
In New York.
The Delaware democrats will nomi,
nate presidential electors and con.
gressmen August 16.
Six saloons, one in each ward, will
be opened in Sioux Falls, S. ID. The
saloons will be run by the city coun-
Gil.
AT Saratoga, N. Y, the annual
meeting of the American Paper
Makers association was held Thurs
day.
Bookkeeper Bddle, of San Fran,
cisco, who robbed his employers of
$40, 900, has been arrested at San
Diego, Cal.
The Macon and Northern railroad of
Georgia has been placed in the hands
OF receiver in the interest of the
Richmond and Danville.
is stated that the constitutionality
of the recent democratic apportionment
of Wisconsin will be tested in the
supreme court in August.
Count Hermsdortf, a member of the
Prussian landtag and a provincial
councillor, has been arrested at Iglau
ON a charge of embezzlement.
The Richmond Terminal advisory
committee has decided to borrow
money to meet the interest on the 6
per cent bonds due August /.
AT Pittsburg, Pa, G. Evans s. Co.'s
china and glassware establishment was
destroyed by fire Thursday. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
All is quiet at Morrell, Wis. Gov
ernor Beck and Acknowledgement Doe
went to the scene of the strike. 1t was
found necessary to call out the militia.
A street embankment at Sioux City,
la., gave way Wednesday and the
food Of water behind it rushed
over the city, causing damage of
S25, 000.
The Ohio people now residing in
Denver have organized the "Buckeye
club i'll Denver, to assist in entertain
ing Ohio people attending the
knights Templar conclave.
The upholstery dealers of the coun-
try have formed national club for
the purpose mainly of creating more
traternal feeling in the trade. The
headquarters will be in New York.
At Minneapolis at meeting Of
lumber men, it was deci ded to ad-
vance the prices on all ella sses of lum-
Der, beginning August 2. The adj
vance is from rs to 40 per cent.
An eight-inch gun was tested at the
Bethlehem iron company's proving
ground Thursday. With charge Of
eighty-one pounds of powder $50
pound projectile attained velocity of
l,7O2 feet per second.
!. The African Methodist Episcopal
church and the Zion African Methodist
choreh have decided to unite. The
amalgamated organization will be
known as the African Methodist Epis-
copal anu Zion church.
The grand officers of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers and the officials
of the Monon road have signed an
agreement which raises the pay of the
operators all around and makes the
working rules more acceptable.
At Fargo, N. D., the boycott de.
olared against the Northern Pacific
railroad is being carried out by the
merchants and business men of the
place. The boycott was declared be-
cause the road refused to build q new
depot.
Rain fell Wednesday night all over
Kansas, assuring corn crop in that
state that has never been edualed.
For the last week the farmers have
been frightened over the prospects of
losing their crop on account of the
NV w AANso th"e uutC Dccu sweeping
over the state.
The mining excitement of Colorado
seems to have been transferred from
Creede to Pitkin. For some time
wonderfully rich strikes have been
made in this camp, especially in the
Hindoo and Tycoon mines and prop.
critics adjoining. At least 500 new
men have gone in during the past
month.
AT Cincinnati, O., the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern Terminal com
pany has been organized, with ample
means to accomplish its purpose,
which is to acquire property and con
struct new freight yards and other
terminal facilities to meet the growing
demand of the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railroad company.
AT Boise City, Idaho, the polio.
have ordered all Japanese residents to
leave town Immediately. At Nampa,
the Chinese were ordered to leave.
and they left on the first train Friday.