Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-01-12

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anime goods. A large line Of Hats a.
most at your own price.
Barnett Bros. have moved to the old
stand OF Williams & Barnett. where
they will be glad to supply their friends
with iirst-class goods in their line.
s@r 5LAcK-DRAuoHT tea cures Constipation.
Tom. your cigars mustscost you an
enormous price. That. smells like a
two for quarter. No, 1t is one. Of
Sol Coleman's Extra &C. cigars, Igot
them at Barnett Bros.
The two popular j. P's. OF the Fifth
district called at our Office Monday
and made a deposit OF filthy lucre.
Come again. gentlemen. our latch
string hangs on the outside.
Rev. John s. Park will preach at
the Presbyterian church in Corinth
Sabbath morning and night, January
10th; also Saturday night, January
14th. and Monday night, january 10th.
Having purchased the drug stock
from J. N. Wood, willsbe pleased to
furnish the former customers of the
business anything they may want.
r. nj. FAIRLEss.
On Tuesday the streets presented
quite business appearance The pub
licsquare was full of wagons from the
country, some with cotton and others
loaded with produce brought to mar
ket.
Lent begins February Is and ends
with Easter Sunday, April 2. Wash
ington's birthday, February %. is on
Wednesday; St. Patrick's Day, March
IL, on Friday; Fourth of July on Tues
day.
The following well-known members
OF the bar were in attendance at the
present term of Circuit Court: Paul
Hodges, OF Florence, Ala ~. B. Rey-
nolds, Col. Inge, Jordan Boone, of
Corinth; Col. Blair, of Tapelo.
Pork has advanced quite lively in
the Chicago market, about So so per
barrel. Lard advanced 81 of a cent
per pound. tits said that packers are
short one million hogs less than year
ago Corn, wheat and oats have de-
clined.
We have a full Scholarship, unlimi-
ted. in the New York College of Com
merce, Birmingham. Ala. a Scholar
ship which will entitIe the holder. to a
combined course in this unequaled In
stltute, which will be disposed of to
anyone wishing to attend. Apply to
this Office.
Capt. J. w. Thompson, a well-known
citizen OF this county, and an old Con-
federate soldier, died at his residence
on Cripple Deer. Friday. January 9th,
1898. Mr. Thompson has been in
feeble health for several years and the
greater part of the time was confined
to his room.
James Bailey, of the Third supervi-
sor's district. informs us that he killed
large speckled hawk recently tn at
measured five feet folr inches from
tip to tip, the talons measuring two
inches long. Thisis one Of the largest
hawks that we have any notice of in
this section Of the country.
Mr.. 9. o. Petty, OF Pine Bluff, Ark.
and Miss Bette Dewoody, of this place,
were married January I'd. by Rev. w.
G. Harris. The coupls left on the
O'Clock train for Memphis, accom-
panied by Mr.. w. Il. Moore, deputy
clerk of the Circuit Court OF Tisho-
mingo county, and Miss Hattie Dun
can, OF Slceth, Ark.
Everybody should plant out few
fruit trees OF good variety. and az
the season of the year will soon DO
here for planting, w. d. Hill.is pre-
pared to furnish you with good young
trees, shrubs, plants. flowers, roses,
etc, from the Excelsior Nurseries.
Rome. Ca, one of the best houses in
the South. For samples of fruit trees.
shrubs, ETC., call on w. D. Hill, Iulza,
Miss 49, 3m
1t will be remembered that an acct
don't occurred at the gravel pit year
or SO ago in which several were blown
up with powder while blasting gravel
and seriously injured by the premature
explosion. Suit was instituted against
the Memphis g. Charleston Railroad
Co. for damages. The cases were com
promised. and the following is as the
docket now stands: Mary L. Branson,
$1,000; j. L. Davis, $3.50; w. J. Da-