Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-08-10
GENERAL NEWS.
Current Events of the Day Boiled Down
Into Few Lines For Busy People.

body to Chicago Aug. 2lst.
John Dan, of Palatlxa, Fla. ,.suicided
at Augusta, Ca, by taking chloro-
form.
John Carter, negro, was struck
and killed by lightning near Whining
ton, N. G.
John Stevenson, the well known car
builder, died at New Rochelle, N. Y,
aged s4 years.
From 1000 to 800 lives are said
to have been lost in battle reported
from Nicarauga.
The silver convention in Chicago
demands the free coinage of silver at
a ratio of 16 to l..
Martin Reed, wanted in Cincinnati
on an old charge, has been captured
after twenty years.
Officer j. A. Harvey, Of Syracuse,
N. ", was shot to death by prisoner
named George Barnes.
The Worlds Fair was opened on
last Sunday by an order of court, but
the attendance was small.
The First National Bank Of Chicago
has ordered a shipment of $500, 900 of
American gold from London.
The Velour and the Detroit, two
Chicago hotels, were damaged $1,000
by fire. There was no panic.
The steamer City of Alexandria
reached New York yesterday with
nearly '$5oo,O in gold from Hava-
ua.
The Richmond & Danville road is
again in the hands Of receivers. Its
indebtedness is reputed at 800, $780,
900.
No more silver certificates will be
issued by Treasury department, for
the present, as the limit by law has
been reached.
The Iron Hall has been thoroughly
recognized. Several important chang
es have been made in the constitution
Of the Society.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Foster
is in trouble. As President of his
bank he managed to over draw his &C.
count S1S6,O00.
The Worlds Fair managers have
been Systematically cutting down ex-
penses until they now believe they
have struck bed rock.
The Austrians and Italians are leav-
ing Colorado in regular stampede.
They believe Americans are trying 10
defraud them Of their money.
The first general meeting Of women
lawyers ever held will assemble at
Isabella club house Chicago on Thurs
day, Friday end Saturday next.
Pork has taken a downward tum-
BILE, and during the past week sold as
low as $40 per barrel, whereas hereto
fore it has been selling as high as $19.
The Populist party of Virginia have
held their State Convention and nomi-
mated full State ticket. Hon. e. r.
Cooke, is their candidate for Govern
or.
Trouble between union men and
non-union men at the lumber docks in
Ashland, Wis.,, eliminated in a free
fight, in which a number of both sides
were injured.
The Georgia Pacific railroad is no
longer operated by the Richmond g
Danville railroad, but is under the
management of the Georgia Pacific
Railway Company,
Steamship Karmania from Naples
en- route to New York, has arrived
at quarantine with Cholera OH board.
Three deaths among the passengers
occurred during the voyage.
tits shown by official statistics lust
completed that there are in Mexico
1900, 1000 head of horses, 5000, 900
head of cattle, 5000, 900 head Of sheep
and 100000 head Of goats.
The Normannia, which is to arrive
at New York this week, brings S4,-
800, 1000 in gold. The precious
metal is now flowing back to this
country rapidly and very acceptably.
Out at Monroe. Wis, the miners q
few weeks ago went out on strike.
They are now becoming desperate,
and threaten to kill the owners of the
mines, if their demands are not ac-
cecdcd to.
AT Falkland a suburb adjoining
Louisville, the Marshal Andrew
Bunk was shot and killed by Edward
Grim, whom he was trying to arrest,
and hurry Bunk, son of the Marshal's
in turn killed Grim.
Out Of S74,741 aiien steerage pas
sengers landed at New York in 1892,
only 4,1l6 gave their destination as
the southern states. So far this year
the proportion Of southward-bound
immigrants is no greater.
1t is estimated that about 8, 900 real
estate men from every section Of the
United States and Rrifiob Nnrfk