Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-05-04
GENERAL NEWS.
Current Events Of General Interest
Epitomized and Grouped.

The New York Central will put on
q train that will make trip ftom New
York TO Chicago in 10 hours.
The Buffalo Driving Park Associa-
ton has decided giving two special
purses at its August meeting, one of
500. 900, and the other of $4,000
Fire at Kittrell, N. c., destroyed
the well.known Davis hotel, which
has long been favorite winter resort
for northern visitors.
United States Marshal Walker of
Brooklyn, is making arrangements for
the appointment of couple of hun
dred deputies to arrest all Cinnamon
who pessist in refusing to register
themselves in the revenue office.
AT called meeting of the Pres by
terrain Synod of Missouri, the pro-
posed charter and constitution of the
new theological seminary at Louis
vile. KY, were adopted, and ten
directors were appointed from Mis-
Bouri.
The great international race be.
tween the American liner Paris, and
the new British steamer, the Cunar-
der Campania, is over. The Paris
won easily, beating the Campania
many hours over rough course.
Orders have been received at Besse-
mer, Mich, to shut down the Colby
mine. The Colby is one of the larg-
est iron mines in the Gogebic Range.
NO reason is given for the action. One
thousand men will be thrown out OF
work.
The first important change in the
Santa Re system that has occurred un.
der the new management will take
place in few days, when the road
Will be placed under the superintend.
ency of two officials instead of one as
at present.
AT Delaware, O., the recent class
fraternity hazing episode had its final
result in the chapel Thursday night,
when President Bashford announced
that all unchartered fraternities and
secret societies in the college must dis
band at once.
The town of Cisco, Texas, was
wiped out of existence by cyclone.
Seven people are known to have been
Killed, and it is feared the death list
VIII aggregate over score. The tel
egraph wires are down and no COM
munication can be had with the town.
Frank S. Bee(lleson, of Mechanics
vile, N. T., is the champion one
legged bicycle rider. Monday he will
leave Mechanicsville for San Fran
cisco, CAL, from whence he will ride
a wheel to New York, starting Nav
~, with the expectation of making
the trip in 100 days.
The settlement of the miners strike
the Plttsburg district, has a.national
effect. 1t puts an end to the prospect
i've st. ike of nearly $4,000 miners in
the United States, insures tie opera
tors against long and expensive
struggle, and protects the miners
against possible reduction.
At San Francisco, CAL, the board
of directors of the Veterans Home
Association has passed a resolution
calling Chief of Police Crowle's atten-
ton to the fact that ex-Treasurer
Royce is defaulter, and suggesting
that action be taken in accordance
with the facts.
AT Port Townsend, Wash, Col.
lector WATSON has received instruc-
tons from the treasury department to
collect all available data pertaining to
sealing vessels sailing from British
Columbia and Puget Sound this year.
ana deliver the same to the commits
sioners OF American gunboats en- route
to Behring Sea.
AT Sioux City, Ia, the Boston In
vestmcnt Company, on Judgment OBJ.
tanned December, 10, 1892, for s54 .544
has levied on the charter franchises
and all other property of the Pacific
Short Line Bridge Company, and it's
successor, the Missouri River Bridge
Company.
William Townsend, the man arrest
ed IN Eondon on suspicion Of having
designs upon the life of Gladstone, has
been pronounced insane and will |
probably be placed in an asylum.
The police, however, attach import
auce to the arrest and hope to be able
10 discover that some one was behind
townsend melting him to the assassi-
nation.
rourteen clerks in the general
freight once OF the Southern Pacific
railroad az San Francisco were dis
cNarged last Friday. One of them is
supposed 70 have stolen new rate
schedule ana an sold it to the morning
papers. Inc schedule was printed
anu an: wheh seen by the directors the
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