The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-08-14
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST.

the Methodist churches OF Baltimore,
Knoxville, by handsome majority,
has decided to built itself water works.
Walker county, Ga, has but one dram
shop and not single sale Of properly
for taxes.
General Sheridan aud two ex.Confed-
crate generals were judges at q Chicago
horse race. l... OF. ..e 'rr ..r .rsa
The total exports from Wilmington,
N. @ for the year ending June 30, were
s4, ,671, 1891. .la.
Miss Lucy Horton has entered suit for
so, 600 against John H. Morgan, son of
Senator Morgan Of Alabama, for breach
of promise. ..sr r...r..
Statistics prove the mortality of in
fants in New York to be terrible-not
one quarter OF those born there reach
ing the age Of one year.
A gang Of seventy-fve tramps ems
camped in country town of New York
has been preying on the surrounding
farmers, and defying the few local con-
stables.
AMissouri house took Gre at night, 90
and the first alarm came from an old
shot gun hanging on the wall. 1t got
red hot and doomed away, and the fam
lily had time TO save themselves.
Much religious excitement has been.
aroused in the rural portions of New
York over the alleged cure Of bed-rid-
den paralytic by means of prayer, after
physicians had declared her case hope
less. $ sttr 500 I.tUa N
The cost of the late Durham strike in
England is estimated at S3,200,000
nearly half is borne by the men. With. 60
out reckoning interest, it is computed
that it will take nine and aquarter years
to make up the sum lost. ,i'a.A ~
During the transit Of sea lioness
from San Francisco to the Central Park
menagerie, New York, she gave birth to
a cub in the car, and the mother and Off.
spring we're received with pleasurable
surprise by the New Workers.. .- .,....
The city council of Pueblo, COL, pass.
ed an ordinance against the carrying Of
concealed weapons, and on the following
day most Of the male residents appeared
on the streets with revolvers and dag va
gers stuck in belts outside of their
coats. 10 M at lr#. mos
1t is remarkable so few cisterns are -s
found in Texas. Good water is scarce a
article almost all over the State, espe- ts'
cially in the northern and western divi-l
sions of it. Wells, when they can be ,'
found at ALL are from twenty-five to
fifty feet deep, and then the water is
not first. class. -
Tennessee will produce but three
fourths of the average yield Of wheat
this year. The corn crop will exceed
the average and is reported fue in all
sections of the State. Tobacco is pro-
missing, but the crop will not be so large
as last year by probably third. Cotton
is very promising. ..rt a...sr.
Five years ago Mr.. Faust was lynched
in Texas for the supposed murder OF his
wife and young lady, who were found
dead in their beds. Recently Mr.. Del
overs, on his deathbed confessed having W
committed the murders for plunder, and
stated that the unfortunate husband was
innocent Of participation. ..ta. 1
Some Amherst students thought it
good joke to steal a cannon and ammu-
milton from the college grounds; but
when it, was discovered the stolen prop
erty belonged to the national govern
meDt, and Eve of the offenders were ar-
rested and held in $500 bail each for
trial, the funny part of the escapade took
on a serious view. r.N
Captain A. Oaksmith embarked from aj
Fort Macon for Beaufort, N. O., in a s
small boat, accompanied by his son and
four daughters. When part way on their d,
journey their boat filed and sunk. One
of the daughters was washed away and
drowned, and the balance Of the party .
were rescued in perishing condition,
but the three girls soon expired.
A nine-year old boy fell from the roof
of a six.story building in New York, u
distance Of seventy eight feet, and did,
not break bone nor was he seriously
injured. He fell forty.fve feet and
struck a roof hard enough to break sew
eral states, and then fell thirty five feet y
more, passing between two horses,
tumbled on q wagon-pole and then
struck the pavement
A correspondent describing recent
wedding in Philadelphia, speaking OF
the brides. .trousseau, says: Icannot give
a complete list, but in the bill 80 groaned
over by papa there we're twenty dresses,
four hats and bonnets, eighteen COM
plete suits Of under and night garments,
two dozen pairs Lisle thread and silk
stockings, two dozen pairs mits and
gloves, two dozen pairs kid gloves,
handkerchiefs, ties, ribbons, besides
hundreds Of minor accessories which
make up the sum total Of q fashionable
lady's toilette.
Somebody in London has begun to
establish a seashell mission whose work
is akin to that Of the flower missions'
which have proved so popular in various
cities Children who live by the seaside
are to gather shells, which are TO be sent
in boxes OF 200 each to be distributed