Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-02-04

.'Old Probabilities continues to ia
vor US with delightful weather, can it
be that he knows that we are wearing
our last summers linen buster in lieu
OF an overcoate True it is lined with
good, solid Exchanges, has an outer
coating of news ink and we 'toat
brick in eyether pocket (no place else)
to prevent rise In paper and ink, and
to dissuade the zephyrs from toying
with our habiliment, but we were la
| boring under the delusion that the
! world knew not OF our downfall fromths
normal condition of tourist of the art
J preservative" to the dull and hopeless,
and may say penniless, life of maid of
all work on a country-town weekly"
/ but our conditiin is known to the ad-
ministration at Washington, and Benz
ny has requested Uncle jerry to
temper the wind to the shorn lamb"
Thus you see kind reader, that we are
directly or indirectly, the cause of this
elysian weather. and all the reward we
shall ask at your hands, is that you
borrow not your neighgor's paper, but
come in and see us, drop a dollar in
the slot, and up comes the best paper
in the county, once week for fifty-two
weeks
Saturday reminded US good times.
No particular rush, just steady trade
all day. Our merchants were kept
busy filling orders for good. solid cash
customers, who came in to sell their
cotton, corn, etc, and buy good goods
at low prices. Trade is gradually
centering to Iuka from all parts of this
and adjoining counties;-why for the
simple reason that our merchants a Q
selling better goods for less money
than can be had in any of our neigh
boring towns. and Iuka richly deserves
the trade she is drawing from abroad
by her honest dealings.
A petition to the Legislature, is be-
ing circulated among our citizens.
praying that body to authorize our city
board to issue bonds to the amount of
$4,000. to build an annex to our school
building. This is step in the right
direction, and should the petition be
favorably considered by the legisla-
ture, those who sign it will never have
cause to regret it. The building is in
need of the annex. as set forth in the
petition, and as the obligation is to be
met by tax on realty, it will be
small prorata
Since the burning OF our Court house
and records. July 81, the clerk has is
sued AGO marriage licenses, 800 white
and 61 coiored. The issue for last
year was less than hundred, while
the new year has started in still more
unfavorably, the issue far JAM, being
only eight, all white. Remember. boys
the clerk is expecting to make a stake
on this, leap year, but at the rate he is
issuing licenses his coffee grounds will
have to be boiled the second, yea the
third and fourth times
The ten years old son of Mr. Booker,
met with painful, though not serious
accident near the depot on last Tues
day. His father was unloading rail
road ties, and by some mischancs tho
little fellow S hand was caught between
two of them and so badly crushed as to
require medical attendance. Many
Older persons would not have borne
themselves with the fortidude of the
brave little fellow under similar cir
cum SIAN cos.
A David B. Hill Club was organized
in Florence last Thursday night COM
posed of "a members. The officers are
President, Hon. H. C. Jones; Vice
President, John B. Weakley; Record
ing Secretary, w. M. Bunting. Editor
Herald; Corresponding Secretary, j.
{. Kendrick; Treasurer. I. T. Powers.
Vice President Weakley expects to
enroll 800 members within thirty days.
| THE KEPoRTFR was never in more
prosperous condition than at present.
Our friends ace approaching our ef-
forts and we are daily adding now
names to our subscription list, and
the job department presses are kept
busy bay and night. We wish it un-
derstood that 1--WE are in it." and in
tend to stay.
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