The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-04-15

on the car in sufficient numbers to q
auire all the seats.
The first boat since the railroad wv
built through the delta arrived at RolN
ing Fork last week, bringing cargo OF
about eighty tons. This was brought
about by some enterprising citizens, who
are tired, of paying exorbitant rates to
the railroad company that has system
atically shut out competition for long
series of years by building stationary
bridges over navigable streams in this
county thereby forcing the citizens to
pay more than other roads in the State
The board of supervisors of Jefferson
Davis county has sold bonds to the
amount of $4,000, the proceeds OF
which is to be used in working the pub
lie roads of the county. They have
already spent about $4,000 on the
roads, but it cannot be hoped that the
county will have good roads as long as
the fine pine timber remains, for 1T VIII
be cut and hauled over these roads.
For the first time in the history of the
State, or since the creation of an insur.
ance department, associations for the in
surfing of live stock have been licensed
to do business in Mississippi. There have
been attempts made hitherto by certain
corporations or associations of the kind
to secure license, but they have been
turned down for the reason that the cash
capital engaged in the business has been
below the minimum established by law,
which is 100000.
Judge John L. Buckley convened the
April civil term of the circuit court in
Meridian. This is a four weeks term OF
the court, and is devoted altogether to
the trial of civil cases. There are large
number of cases on the docket for dis
posal and every day of the term will be
busy one. A number of big damage
suits against the railroad companies and
the suit of L. Ulman against the city OF
Meridian for $25o,000 damages, for the
alleged violation of a lighting contract,
are scheduled for trial.
Peter Cotton, an estimable citizen of
Webster county, met with deplorable
accident When near the outskirts OF
Mathiston, a spirited horse he was rid
ing became unmanageable, throwing him
violently to the ground. His injuries are
of an internal character and very seri-
Gus. Fatalities seem to follow in the
wake of the brothers. A limb falling
from burning tree killed one and an
other was scalded to DEATH
Messrs. Robbins & Moody, crosstie
contractors, brought suit against the
Peters Construction Company of st.
Louis, Mo-, and the Aberdeen Tombig-
bee Valley Railroad Company to enforce
claims for crossties. Judge Mitchell gave
peremptory instructions discharging the
railroad company for all liability in the
premises. The case consumed ten days
of the court, and the jury brought in
verdict against the defendant for $4,000.
Advices from the bedside of Prof. T.
B. Scott of Brookhaven, president of the
Mississippi Teachers Association, are to
the effect that his recovery is very slow,
and that there is no possibility that he
will be able to attend the annual con-
vention of the association in Natchez
on May 80 and 81 and June 1.
While feeding chickens Mrs. c. /.
Hart, wife of a prominent citizen Of
Hattiesburg, was pecked in the eye by
hen and will probably lose her eye
sight as a result.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
West Point and Houston Railway Com
pany was held at West Point and ar
rangements entered into for securing a
charter.
The Southern Express Company's Of
flee at Goss was robbed last week. Some
money and several valuable packages
were stolen.
Every one of the six persons who were
indicted at Indianola for the murder of
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$500 each, and their cases continued to
next term.
A sudden drop of 20 degrees in the
temperature in the Natchez district, fol-
lowing the recent night winds, win seri-
ously affect the tender plants of early
vegetation, and win damage the cotton
that was planted ahead of time to over
come the ravages of the boil weevil
At its session last week the vicksburg
national military park commission de-
cided to extend the time limit for the
completion of the $4,000 Mississippi
monument to Oct. !, 1910, owing to
some unavoidable delays to which Con.
tractor Treibel has been subjected.