Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-03-08
GEN ERAL NEWS.
Wholesale Summary of the News of the
Week Gathered from Every Quarter.

The hotel at Alum Springs, Ken
lucky summer resort, burned. Loss
over $40, 900.
The beautiful dome of the agricul-
tural Worlds Fair) building was dc.
stroyed BY fire.
The smallpox hospital at Chicago IL
full of patients. Fifteen now cases,
total under treatment, 100.
At North Baltimore, o., tho opera
house and entire block with all con-
tents were burned. Loss 500, 0o0.
Atlanta, Ga, has smallpox. Tho
disease is confined 10 an isolated house
in the old barracks, and . guard is
>placed around it.
A negro preacher in Jail at Augusta,
Ca, charged with wife beating, at
tempted to burn his way out and was
| burned to death.
Eighteen inches of snow fell at
Cincinnati, and very heavy fall is
reported over all the region of the
sources of the Ohio.
A train of cars passing over Port
Louis bridge, OH the island of Man.
| ritius, was blown into the river and
| five people were killed and ten in
jurcd.
| AT Pittsburg, Pa, Pitcher McNabb,
of the Baltimore club, shot Louise
Kellogg, Of the Alvin Joslyn ac-
tresses, fatally, and then shot himself
dead.
Two men, Newt Reed and John
| Faulkner, were arrested at Searcy,
| Ark, charged with passing couterfet
| silver dollars,
| In Craven county, N. c., five
| year old daughter Of Brice Ipock
caught fire. Her little brother, year
older, tried to save her and both were
fatally burned.
at Chestnut Moand, near Carthage,
Tenn, Grady King, 6-ycur-old daugh.
ter Of DR.. A. ii. King, was accident.
ally shot and killed by Earnest Pax
ton, ~ year old boy,
II. G. Furman of Winona, Mimi,
q defauItcr as custodian Of Hum
boldt Lodge, l. o. o. f. His short
age is S400. His dcfalcations in other
trusts run the total up to 8 900.
A Mr.. McRight was found near
Dresden, Tenn, frozen to DEATH
| Two other men, who were with him,
! are supposed to have been frozen, and
200 were out looking for their
bodies.
A, M. Pullman, the American who
| has been confined in the Ensenada,
Mexico, jail on trumped up charge,
and not allowed bail, has been re-
leased through the efforts Of the
American minister.
Advices from Brazil indicate the
election of Moreas president, and
Periera vice-prcsident. The formers
majority in the city of Rio was 8, 800
out of a total of 7,709.-Deaths from
yellow fever average Ill daily.
Gladstone has been rendered peer.
age by the queen. He declined it.
He recommended that the premier
ship be rendered to Lord Roseberry,
and it is understood that it will be
done and that Roseberry will accept.
A towboat from Pittsburg for New
Orleans struck the middle pier of the
bridge at Memphis and sunk ten
barges of coal. Proceeding OH her
way, she struck hidden obstruction
at Peters Towhead and sunk three
bargcs. Loss estimated to be $780,
900.
Anderson Carter and Bud Mont
| gomery were shot to death in the jaii
at Mountain Homo, Ark, by mob.
They were two of a trio of murderers.
Tie third one, Bart Carter, hal made
q confession. Their crime was the
murder of Hunter Wilson on the
night of Dec. 18th; and robbing his
house of $1l00.
Henry Mcdonald, the young At.
lantaian, who was detained in Chatta.
nooga upon charges Of obtaining
board upon false pretenses, has had a
preliminary hearing and was bound
over, on new charge, that of obtain.
ing money Oh false pretenses. His
family, who are of the very best peo-
pie Of Atlanta, have, it is said, de,
cided not to interfere in his behalf.
Late adyices from Brazil convey the
information that while the insurgent
steamer, Venus, was bombarding the
government fort at Madonna Point, o
shell, dropped by suilor, exploded
Her magazine was blown up, tearing
hole in the side of the ship, through
which the water rushed, and she soor
afterwards sunk. The crew wa!
saved by boats from another vessel.
The man, Joseph DOMAIN, who ad
dressed to Vice President Stevenson
| postal card bearing The following mes
sage: "Doomsday if you do not SEM
me my expenses, $25; then you viii
be ono of the frst 10 be kicked out
but if you do, then will see you first
before l do anything else. Send
quick" has been tried at Baltimore,
Md, convicted and sentenced to Is
mouths in the penitentiary.
The bill for the consolidation of the
cities of New York and Brooklyn has
!! passed both houses of the state legis-
| lnfura mud only awaifs ratification hu