Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-12
GENERAL NEWS.
General Summary Of the News Of The Week
Gathered from Every Quarter.

Maryland.
Lumber yards at East Cambridge.
Miss, were burned. Loss $l75, 900;
insurance. Ill 900.
Eleven men were killed by the cav
ing of a mine shaft in Germany, and
large number injured.
! Three Austrian laborers were killed
and four injured by the premature
explosion of blast at Brinton, Pa.
The South Carolina militia, called
out in consequence of the trouble at
Darlington, has been paid off and sent
home.
The jury in the case of the State vs..
Ratlitf, who killed jackson at Kosius-
10, Miss, brought in verdict of not
| guilty.
AT Shanghai, China, a great fire
had destroyed 1000 houses, and was
going on with its work of destruction
at last advices.
Governor Tillman of South Caro-.
lima has issued q proclamation restor-
Ing the counties of Darlington and
Florence TO the civil status.
At republican primary election in
Clay county, Kentucky, Charles Rob.
lnson shot and fatally wounded his
cousin of the same name.
Two little children of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Clark, who reside near Glade Springs.
va, were burned to death, having
been left alone in the house for a short
while.
Ben King, the Michigan poet and
humorist, was found dead in bed, in
his room at hotel in Bowling Green,
ky. lie leaves wife and two chill
dren, at St Joseph Mich.
w. B. Brazwell, who shot his wife
and himself, as reported in our news
columns, was a farmer, and lived in
Inc western apart of Heard county,
Ia, where the tragedy occurred.
Five men, out in boat fishing in
the Chattahoochee river at Columbus,
Ga, attempted to descend the slough
near what is known as rock No. /.
Their boat capsized and four Of them
were drowned.
The senate has confirmed the nomi
nation OF Benjamin Herzburg to be
postmaster at Gadsden, Ala, and re-
lected the nomination Of IL. w. Long,
TO be register of the land Office at
Gainesville. Fla.
DR.. Charles Crawford died from the
effects of Choroform administered
while several physicians were prepar.
ing for an operation on his ankle.
Or. Crawford was young physician
OF great promise.
The Exchange National bank OF
Eldorado, Kas., was robbed of S15,-
1oo. 1t is supposed to have bee u
taken by some one who knows the
combination of the vault, as there
was no signs of breaking.
Bill Baker, recently ac1uiu cd of the
murder of bracket, was shot dead near
Nlcholsville, Va, BY Jud Minton,
on occount of Darker's alleged intima-
cy with the latter's stepmolher. Min
ton surrendered to the authorities.
The estimates for the British navy
for the current year foot up 1885,
100 pounds, an excess of 1885, 900 over
those OF last year. This Increase has
made IL new iron-clad warships, 81
cruisers, "a torpedo boats and six
sloops.
Five citizens of Florence. S. c..
nave been placed under military arrest
Tor taking arms from the armory of
the militia company of that place dur.
| ing the late trouble. They are out on
parole, required TO report daily at mil
itary headquarters.
AT Memphis, Tenn, G. B. Craig, a
negro preacher, of Okolona, Miss,
shot Wiley Turner, colored, and then
stabbed him, for seducing his sister
under promise of marriage. Craig
was arrested and held to await the re-
suit of Turner's wounds.
In riot between Catholics and
members of the American Protective
association, at Kansas City, Mo-, one
man was killed, one fatally aud six
SCI iously wounded. The riot occur
red at an election. Over one hundred
shots were fired. Nine men have been
arrested.
at McKeesport, Pa, there was
much kicking among Koxey's FRANKS
about rations, and lis men were dis.
charged, besides all the unnaturalized
Hungarians from Homestead. In
consequence only 800 of the weary
walkers are left to wend their way to
Washington.
1 Forty-five men who had arrived
by freight, were taken in charge at
lexington, a suburb of Washington
City, BY squad of city police, and
marched to police station. They are
said 10 be the advance guards of Cox
ey's army. but claim to have no con-
ncction with it.
| The coroncr's jury, sitting 10 inves.
tlgate the several homicides during
The lat riots at Darlington, S. C.. has
rendered verdict holding Constable
McLcndon for the killing of Norment,
Constable Cain for the killing of Rcd.
mond; and they find that Redmond
Killed Constable PETER.
A number OF prisoners escaped