MISTOOK THE DOSE. Iuka, Mississippi,
December 3rd-Harriet Knight, a colored
woman who has been cooking for W.J. Moore, took a
dose of strychnine today, mistaking it for quinine, and died in a
few minutes in great agony.
SMITH
DIED IN WAGON WHILE HAULING CORN
JOHN SMITH SUDDENLY PASSES AWAY.
Iuka, Mississippi, November 27th.
John Smith, an aged
farmer, was found dead in his wagon ten miles southwest of this
place yesterday.
He was driving the wagon to an
adjoining farm to load with corn. Heart trouble is the supposed
cause of death. Deceased was an ex Confederate veteran.
