Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-12
brother was killed in prize fight at
Syracuse, N. T., a year ago.

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| him as q participant in tho dispensary
transaction which led to the recent
riot. Spain was arrested by squat
of soldiers and taken to police head
quarters. DR., Spain Is citizen of
| Ohio.
| Information comes from lei Reno,
Okla, that fight had occurred be-
tween Indians and whites who were
| grazing cattle on the Cheyenne lands
west of that place and four or five
whites and eight or ten Indians had
been killed. Two troops of United
States cavalry are moving for the
scene of the fight.
George L. Saddler the defaultino
cashier of the Peoples bank of Guth-
rie, Ky, which suspended several
months ago, has been arrested at the
instance of the American Surety com.
pany, which was on his bond for
100000, and which continues to pros
ecute him although his friends made
up his shortage.
The bunco man, George Moore,
who was arrested some time ago on
the charge of swlndling, and held in
Chattanooga, has been identified as
1 John Russell, the famous gold brick
swindler, who played the gold brick
scheme successfully on Edward Behn
of Aberdeen, WASH, for So, 900 and
on Californian for So, 500
w. l.. Glessner, the immigration
agent of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad, who has Just returnec
from trip to Lakeview. Ella ,.says
that from Cordole, Ga, south, there
are as many peaches left as the trees
can bear, and that all through the
wiregrass region there will be an av-
erage fruit crop, and plenty of mel
| ons.
The denizens of the neighborhood
of Silver Creek, six miles south of
Rome. Ca, having been much an.
noyed by the depl citations of chicken
thieves, score of men, in mask,
made tour of the district one night
recently, and, with lash, mildly
limited to half dozen neg roes visited
in their rounds. that they are fond Of
chicken themselves.
Six million seven hundred and for.
ty thousand dollars has been deposited
in the sub-treasury at New York, TO
the credit of the Cherokee nation, in
settlement of a claim against the Unit.
| ed States for balance due on $780,
600 acres of land coded to the gov.
eminent. 1t is TO be paid to the Cher.
okees in severalty, and amounts to
nearly $500 per capita.
Advices from Salt Lake City have
| been received TO the effect that the
Horn silver concentration works and
one house at Frisco, Utah, were
, burned, and the timbers in the shaft.
ing and lower leads were ablaze. The
loss in the upper works and machinery,
it is estimated. will be 100000.
This is one of the few mines where
work has continued in spite of the
low price of silver, and has paid divi-
| dends.
Rev. G w Lewis, negro, has been
for some time swindling his colorcd
brethren of Chattanooga, and trying
to swindie Uncle Sam through the
pension bureau. He was caught up
with before he had made any big
hauls, and now reposes under four
teen sentences, passed upon him by
Judge Key, of two years each, % years
IN the penitentiary; seven for forgery
six for procuring false aflidavits, and
one for impersonating an officer.
For the Southern Baptist convention
TO be held at Dallas, Texas, May II to
10, the Queen 81 Crescent Route has
announced rate of one fare for the
round trip from points on its line
This route js the direct line from the
southeast On May 10, through cars
will be run from Meridian, Jackson
and vicksburg to Dallas without
change. For any other information
desired apply to w. G. Rinearson,
general passenger agent, Cincinnati,
o., or local agent.
fryc's contingent of Coxey's cranks,
or the "Industrial army" so-called,
left ST. Louis on foot, the railroads
having refused to transport them
free. 1t was practically driven out of
East st. Louis, much feeling being
| se'i'~" &c "ihot IL NY tuc ItluSdi OIL the
men 10 accept all offer made by the
board of water works to employ 200
OF them at $l.50 day 10 lay water
pipes. But one man was found to ac-
cept the offer. The "Industrial
army" prefers TO enjoy the fruits Of
somebody else's industry.
During riots between strikers and
workmen in the Pittsburg, Pa, coke
region, four men have been killed,
among them Joe Ii. Paddock, chief
engineer at Scottsdalc. His murder
was one of revolving brutality. Com
ing out the mine with his instruments
he was set upon by the mob of Huns
and Slavs and bitten, kicked and shot
out of all human semblance, in sight
OF his home, and his body thrown
from window into the burning coke
ovens forty feet below. Ninely-two
or the rioters arc now IN Jail, chargcd
with murder. Three Hngarians were
Killed and ten are reported fatally
wounded by officers and posse pursu-