Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-04-05
GENERAL NEWS.
General Summary of the News of the Week
Gathered from Every Quarter.

Coxey's army has reached Pennsyl-
yania, 200 strong.
Parties in Chattanooga have in store
800, 900 bushels of wheat. The recent
advance gives them profit of SIS, 200.
The jury in the case of the State VS..
Ratlitf, who killed Jackson at Kosius-
ko, Miss, brought in a verdict of not
guilty.
The Wiscasset planning mill, dry
houses and 100000 feet of lumber,
at Hattiesburg, Miss. were burned,
Loss $50, 1000, partially insured.
Ice, sleet and snow covered the
ground at Grenada, Duck Hill, Utica
and Hazehurst as late as March 30,
and there was ice half an inch thick at
Dallas, Texas.
The residence of John Willis, at
Mckend:ee, w. Va, was burned and
his eight children, and female SER
want persisted in the flames. The roof
was falling in when the fire was dis.
covered.
The Geographic reports give a
gloomy picture of disas ter and damage
over all the south from the late freeze.
Thousands of acres of orn and cotton
were cut down; in many sections oats
and wheat were Killed, and very little
fruit has escaped.
Judge Parker has granted an ordct
for the sale of the Georgia Pacific
railroad in Atlanta, Ca, on day to
be set by the special master, Ed. A.
Angler. The order was made on the
application of the Central Trust Com
pany, of New York.
The California contingent of Cox
ey's army 600 strong, was fed by
Texas. But Texas, prudent matron
that she is, handed the food out at the
back door, aud did not invite the. con-
tingcnt in. Now Frye is ringing the
doorbcll of Mrs. Arkansas.
The site has been graded and men
are at work laying the foundations of
new car shops at Binghampton, a
ys1burb of Memphis, Tenn, where 800
men will be employed. This means a
population of about $500. to be sup
ported by the new industry.
Gen, w. l.. Cabcll, Lieut..
United Confederate Veterans, depart.
ment of Texas, in behalf of Texas
veterans who will come to the reunion
by the Vicksburg route, has accepted
the invitation of camp No. SO, of that
city, rendering the hospitalities of the
camp and city.
DR.. Beverly st. George Tucker, a
son of Beverly Tucker of Virginia,
and an eminent physician, died sud.
denly at Colorado Springs, Col. DR..
Tucker was a surgeon in the Confed-
crate army. His grandfather was a
step son of the eccentric aud distin-
guished John Randolph, of Roanoke.
Charles Thompson, r. III. Andrews
and Edward Mabes, all white men,
having families, were killed by the
falling in of a wooden bridge over
Connelly's run near Bradford, Va,
upon which they were at work to re-
move Z tolmake place for iron struct-
ure. Five other men were badly
hurt.
Robbers entered the house of Basil
d. Hall, a wealthy farmer at Great
Bend, West Va, who had recently
sold his farm and received $4,000.
which he had in the house, tied him
in chair and burned his hands and
one car to crisp with lamp. COM
polling him to deliver the $1,000, his
watch and other valuables. Hall says
he recognized the robbers.
Two negro grave diggers, George
! McWborten and Watt Mitchell, EN-
gagged in a quarrel in the cemetery al
Montgomery and McWhorten crushed
Mitchell's head with spade. Nc
Whorten, who was arrested, pleads
self defense, and it appears that there
, is reasonable ground for the plea, a;
his antagonist was advancing on hiu
with knife.
Gen. Fryes contingent, heretofor,
called the Industrial Army" pu,
now designated as the 1st. and 3rd
regiments of Coxey's army, having
arrived at Austin, AIS strong, was re-
fused permission to march to Governor
Hogg's mansion. Frye didn't like
it, but strcug police force backing
Capt. Owens of the rangers, he
thought it best to comply with the
Captains suggestion that he and his
followers got back in the cars and "git
for st. Louis. And they did.
Judge Glynn of the district court at
Denver, Kansas, IN the proceedings
for contempt instituted by Police
Commissioners Martin and Orr against
the mayor and the new commissioners
Barnes and Mullins, dissolved the in.
junction and dismissed the contempt
proceeds, on the ground that the in
junction was illegally based, and
decided that Barnes and Mullins, the
governors new appointees, are dc
Jnre and de facto entitled to the offices,
so Gov. Waite wins at last.
The Ford's theatre disaster in Wash.
ington, ID. c., in which 81 persons
were killed by the collapse of par,
of the building while it was undergo
ing repairs in June last, like other
calamitics, has passed out of the minds
of most people having no direct inter-