The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-14

most generous support, and the people
of the town appreciate the fact that they
are to have home paper.
The excessive heat is having its effect
on the mortality rate of Chicago. There
were one hundred and sixty deaths in
that city Wednesday, which Is double
the average.
The Peoples party of Ohio succeeded
in ayr eeing on a platform of "princi-
pies" last Friday, at Springfield, ana
then accomplished the nomination of
State ticket, headed by John Seitz, OF
Seneca, a former Greenback nominee
for Governor. The platform, among
many other things, calls for woman suf-
frage, the suppression of bucket-shops,
election of the United States Senators
by direct popular vote, forfeiture of the
Standard Oil COmpany's charter, com
pulsory education and free school
books, State control of the liquor traffic,
Government loans to individuals, Tree
silver coinage, income taxation, aDOll-
ton of National banks, Government
ownership of transportation lines ana
plenty of greCrbacks.
1t seems that the rain-prOducing eX-
periments provided for by the last Con-
gress Will prove a great success. Inc
experiments conducted on Nelson Nor
ris' ranch in Texas, produced an album
dance OF rain. The modus operandi is
to explode a quantity of powder at a
high elevation which congresses the
air, forming clouds, which soon, by re-
peating the experiment, drop their gar
nered fullnesS down upon tho thirsty
earth. This discovery will be of meal
culable benefit to the farmers i'll time of
extreme drought.
4 thrilling story of mud volcanoes
eruption and earthquakes comet rom tie
region around Yuma, Arizona, Texas.
The volcanic eruptiOns filled the air
with smoke and dust, and the earth
uuakes caused the waters of the Gulf of
California to rush inland, killing cattle
and horses, destroying houses and do
ing much damage to the growing crops,
besides injuring many of the inhabi-
tants.
The melon growers of Georgia are
very much discouraged over the re-
turns from their crops. Only one man
north of Albany is known to have made
money and his not receipts are only
$50. He is gaZed at with wonder by
the inhabitants of that region. The
crop was abundant and tho fruit fine
but the excessive freight charges, ana
the poor returns made most of the ship
pers come out with loss.
There has been found at Madison,
Ind, a genuine and well-preserved copy
of Ortelius' Theatrum Cribs Torrarum
of the date of 1888. 1t is an atlas of the
then known world including very inn
perfect and crude map of n. America.
| The work could not be duplicated i'll the
United States.
The old Veterans of tho Confederate
army met at HinsOn's Springs near
! Lexington, Tennessee on August 9TH.
Fully $50 old soldiers were in line anu
1000 people greeted them on the
grounds. The chief speaker of the day
was Capt. II. p. Cole of the Twelfth
Kentucky Cavalry,whO made magniii-
cent effort. In the centre of the grand
stand was Gen. Hardee's battle-tlag
"the bonnie blueflag that bears single
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battle flag. \ curiosity to many was
the tattered flag carried by J. NJ. Null
on the second day of Shiloh.
A desperate duel to the death took
place Saturday evening at Norfolk
Landing, Miss, twenty-eight miles
below Memphis. The principals were
ID. b. Wall, young man from William
son, county, Tenn, who was employ0
as manager of Il. II. Shaw's plantation
and a negro named Reed, who had beer
working on the place. Wall and ReeC
had u dispute about the length OF time
the negro had worked and failing to
agree, Reed left the store carrying
shotgun, which he tried to hide from
MIR. Wall. The latter secured revolvel
and started after the negro, but as III
emerged from the store, the negro sho
him i'll the right side, making large
hole. Wall was mOrtally wounded, bu
he was game. lie emptied his revolVe
at the negro, then reloaded and wa
preparing to fire again when he lei
dead. The negro went To earth at TIN
Same instant, one of the balls from
Wallis pistol having passed through hi
body. Wall was only twenty-thre
years old and unmarried. The negr
was about twenty years old. Iii
wound is regarded as mortal.
Hon. l.. +. Livingston and Pat Ca
noun accuse some of the Georgia Logis
lators of Offering to sell their votes
Calhoun claims he would have beatel
Gordon had he boon willing to us
money, that he could have bought oigh
of them at 800 each. Resolutions
investigate these charges have been IL
troduced in the Georgia Legiature.
Two prominent Americans died Wed
nesday last. Hon. James Russell Lo"
, ell, the poet and statesman, died at III
d, home in Cambridge at 2:I0 A. NJ, afte
an illness of five weeks. His last wore
were ooh, why don't you let me die?
The poet was u years of age. EditC
: George Jones, of the New York Time
died at the advanced age of 80 year
>, He was the founder of the Times, an
had watched over its fortunes since L
foundation. Its chief work was I'll
= overthrow of Tweedism. Editor Jone
was offered $5,OOO,OOO TO suppress IL
scandal, but refused the tempting ole
This has been the hottest week Il
: several wears. In Now York and Otht
large cities the death record has bee
alarmingIy high. \ cool wave is pr
y dicted for to-day,