Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-06-11
THE NEWS.

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!. -AhL Lee Fang, a murderous Chs
inaman, after having attempted
other lives, took his own, in a prison
cell, ii Boston.
-Ex.G Governor Hale, of Kecne,
N. H.. has failed, with liabilities
amounting to about $1.000,000. At.
tachments amounting to 1921 900
have been placed on bis property.
On the 10th of last May Nor,
man B. Harwood, OF Ormond, fla,
was thrown from his horse and died
from conclusion of the brain. Last
Friday the Equitable Life Assurance
Society paid his widow 100000, the
amount of the policy on his life.
Indian outrages in the South~
west continue, though. General
Crook asserts that he has all the
troops he requires. A body OF cat
tie men engaged some twenty-five
Indians, at the mouth of Doubtful
Canon, New Mexico, and, 1t is sup>
posed, killed all of them.
That was a most coldoblooded
and philosophical Judge, out in
Wyoming Territory, who, after re-
viewing the crime and the evidence
in q murder case, closed by stating
to the prisoner: " am by no means
satisfied with the evidence in the
case, and am not sure whether you
killed John Forbs or whether he
died by q visitation Of God, but my
sentence is that you be hanged on
the third Friday Of June; and should
you know Of your own innocence
you will have the comforting
thought that it is doubted by some
IF the wisest thinkers Of the age
whether life is in any circumstances
worth living" ..i ao EN-,
The disaster to the wheat crop
OF Kansas appears to be much more
safsous than had been expected.
According to the Secretary Of tn,
State Board of Agriculture, the ill.,
jury from the severity Of winter ant
from the Hessian fly and chinch bus
will be so great that the produce
this year can hardly exceed 12,O0Q,-
900 bushels. Last year the report.
ed yield was almost $4,000, 900
bushels. A little better estimate il
made by some persons Of experience
Mr.. Craley, the manager Of TIL
largest mill in Topeka, for instance
thinks that the yield may reach 15,'
000, 900 bushels. But in any CASE
the loss in Kansas seems to be re,
markably severe, and it is fortunat'
!, fer the country that hardly an!
other State seems to have suffered
, as much.
! The rumor Of the death Of Til,
Amer Of Afghanlstan and tn
elevation Of Ayoub Khan is not b,
any means pleasant news for tn,
> English ministry. If true, it will
, add consid, rably to the dificultie
+, Of Her Majesty's government in he
, complications with Russia. Alb
! durrhaman Khan was placed upol
the throne and maintained there b,
!, British aid. and was therefor
:, obliged to he friendly to England
. Ayoub Khan, his competitor, wa
! lineal heir, being the nephew an
l nearest kin OF the last Ameer. Eve
since his reinforcement, Ayou
0 Khan has been waiting for hi
opportunity, and as soon as til
present difficulties broke out he be
stirred himself, and began coquet
ting with Russia. His movement
We're watched by the British troop
but it seems he escaped their scrl
K tiny. Fit be true that .4bdurrhn
e man Khan has been assassinated,
e is not atair unlikely that Russia
It aid is partially responsible for i,
n The elevation Of Ayoub Kha.
d means that the policy of the Afs
y han rule will be bitterly hostile |
& England, and that all possible OF
IS s.acles will be thrown in The wa
a Of Her Majesty's government. TT
n English press profess to place bl
d little condolences in the rumor. ]
ic has, however, been the consistel
j. policy of the English governmel
it to suppress or look with incredulil
upon unfavorable news, and ]
present course is therefore qui
natural. it