Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-02-08
GENERAL NEWS.
Wholesale Summary Of the News of the
Week Gathered from Every Quarter.

The California Mid.winter exposi-
ton is now in full blast.
Twenty-onc millionares have resi-
dences at Colorado Springs.
A new mint is to be built at Phila-
delphia. The proposed sight will cost
5000, 000 The new mint will cost
about 81, 10000
Hunters in the vicinity of Columbus,
Ga, killed Sl4 doves in one day re.
Gently. The highest score made by
one man was Ill.
The Law and Order League at jack
sonville have announced that they will
prosecute those taking part in the
Corbett-Mitohell fight from Judge
Call down.
A report is received from Houma,
La, TO the effect that the light house
on Timbalier island had tumbled
down, having been undermined by the
gulf current
At least 5000 people greeted cham
pion Jim Corbott's return to New
York city. Corbett is going to tour
Europe, and after his fight with Peter
Jackson, says he will retire from the
ring.
Three patients in the Cook county,
H., hospital were found to have small
pox and were removed to the pest
house. There are now about ninety
patients in the Chicago smallpox hos
pital.
Brady, one of The train robbers who
recently took part in robbing an Iron
Mountain train at Oliphaut, Ark, at
which time Conductor McNally was
killed, has been tried on both charges
and found guilty and will hang.
AT Vineland, near Mason City, w.
Va, four young women with hearts
full of indignation took Archer Keller
out of his bed and gave him a good
horsewhipping for making indecent
proposals to young lady of the CON-
munity.
The injunction suit against Secreta-
ry Carlisle's issue of bonds, by
Grand Master Workman Sovereign of
the knights of Labor, was heard be-
fore Judge Cox of the district supreme
court on last Monday. No decision has
been rendered as yet.
AT Long Island City, N. Y, an ap-
plication was made on Saturday for a
commission to take charge of the af.
fairs of Frederick Willet, who has
recently inherited 5000, 900. It was
declared that Willet was an habitual
drunkard. A decision has not been
rendered as yet.
A unique and successful method of
supplying work for the unemployed
of st. Louis was brought to its frui-
ton few days since with the APP
proval of a city ordinance permitting
the construction of q half mile artifi-
cial lake in Forest Park of that city,
the money therefor coming
from public subscriptions. The fund,
which amounts to $23, 900, and is still
growing, has been raised by the Post
Dispatch, of that city, within the
month. In addition registry of the
unemployed made by the laborers in
the city prepared to take such work as
outdoor excavation would afford them
Work has already begun and it is
probable that the remainder of the
winter will be less severe on the great
army of st. Louis.
The news comes from Deadwood,
S. D., of the unique capture of no.
torious train robber. The particulars
are as follows: ga train robbel
named John Dalton was captured by
one of the Northwestern express mes.
sengers today. Dalton had himself
expressed on the inside of a stuffed
buffalo, but his game was spoiled b,
his removing one of the animals glass
eyes, through the socket he stucl
six-shootcr, covering the messenger
The latter. however, escaped from its
deadly range and leaped upon tn,
back of the stuffed animal. The bacl
caved in and he dropped upon TIN
robber inside and sat upon him unit
the next station was reached, when h
was turned over to the authorities
The safe contained $4,000. Evident
ly Dalton had confederates who wer
to act to his signal"
DIR, TALMAGE TO RESIGN.