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The Day We Celebrate.

The Glorious Fourth was indeed
glorious day. 1t was not as melting
as it had been on some former occas-
ions, and distinguished itself by not
breaking up the races and the plcnlcs
and putting out the fire works ana
destroying fun generally by down
pour of rain Just at the wrong time.
IT was altogether an orderly and well
behaved Fourth.
And the people followed the good
example of the day and behaved
themselves with unusual decorum.
There was no riotous conduct, and
less drinking than has been observed
on holiday occasions for years. The
day was generally observed, several
pic-nics taking place in the county
and races at South Side Park.
A good many had predicted that
races without pool selling and other
gambling wouldn't go. This was the
first meeting under the new rules
prohibiting such, and the attendance
and all round success OF the meeting
decides the question that the pool
seller, except for his noise and the
general disturbance, he creates, was
not missed. The attendance was
large, considering the time OF the
wear when the farmers are very busy,
and the behavior was exceptionally
good. There was; IN tho neighbor
hood of q thousand people present
and during the entire evening there
was not ripple of disturbance. Th'
particularly good order OIL this oc
casion, suggests the idea that tn
loud mouthsd pool seller and tn
gang that follows him, have coca
stoned whatever of bad order Their
NAV have been heretofore. Tn
police were on hand with instruction
to eject any man or men caught pei
ting; AMI they circulated among TIL
crowd freely, with their eyes oper
but their services were not called fol
OF course there were few smartie
who talked betting little, and shoe
hands in grandilOquent way, jus
for the edificatiOn of the ladies an
little boys, but open, brazan, publ
gambling was not done there an
will not be done there an
more, and the good christian peopl
of Maury can now encourage til
stock interests of their county by a.
tending its fairs and races, wlthou
: countenancing by their presence tbs
: demoralizing species of gambling
q Iegalized by our law makers All
called by courtesy-pOOl selling.
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= Corrasnondants.


We dislike to leave out anything
our correspondents write, we there
fore request them not to mention
that "Mr. and Mrs. Somebody went
to Columbia last Monday" That is
too oft recurring and two common
place for news. If somebody from
Columbia or elsewhere visits your
neighborhood to remain several days,
or if any one from your neighoor-
hood visits Columbia or elsewhere to
be gone several days, that is an item
worth mentioning. We appreciate
the valuable assistance of our cores
pondents; we could not run the
HERALD successfully without them,
and we hope they will take our sug
gestions without offense, apprecia
ting the fact that our space must o'
reserved for EeW8. Please mail YOU
letters so as to reach us not later thar
Tuesday evening.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

THE daily papers report that
negro named Thompson quarreled
with a merchant at Dyer, Tenn, and
during the dispute fired two shots at
him and fled. At night mob of I'M
known white men went to the Negroes
house and shot him to death. These
unknown white men" are just as
guilty of murder in the first degree
"a ISL. Clay King, of Memphis, and
he is guilty as guilty can be. If these
sauDl,nown white men" had murdered
n man of position and lawyer Of
reputation, like Dave POston, rewards
would have been offered for their
tdantification and arrest and cOnvic-
tion would have surely followed.
Rut a lot of cowardly ruf1ians may
hand themselves together, and go to
the humble cabin of a poor, defense
less and friendless man and shoot him
TO death, and mock jury OF inquest
ratnrns a verdict of death at the
hands of unknown men, and q squib
An newspaper reports the case and
that is the end of 1t. The day OF
yaokonlng will come, by and by; law
Iassnesa spreads like wild fire; mobs
oil aeon begin to murder white men,
and then the harvest OF Dragon'a
teeth,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10
THE GRIM ES.
Four Brutal Murders That We're Gem
mitted in New York City.

Four Brutal Murders That Were Gem
mitted In New York City.
The condemned men have nothing ro-
mantle or otherwise interesting in their
histories, and their crimes were OF a
commonplace and brutal sort. They are
all from New York city.
Harris A. Smiler was at one time q
Salvation Army captain. He was q
printer by trade, and had developed a
rare faculty for getting married. AT
the time the crime was committed there
were three women living to whom he
had been married. and none OF them
had been divorced. The last one to go
through the ceremony with him, Mag
ola Drainey, was his victim. He had
been living with her at 2S4 Seventh ave-
ni1e. but on account of his brutality she
had determined to leave him, He came
home partly drunk On the night Of April
3. 1899. and when she refused to promise
r. remain with him he shot her to death.
He was originally condemned to die IN
the week beginning Aug. IA, 1S9O, but
the appeals taken had saved his life thus
far.
James J. Soucum lived at Cherry
street. and had been base ball player
and common laborer. He had long been
a wife heater, but commonly pounded
b,s wife With his fists and kicked her.
! On the night of Dec. 81, 1889, he came
home and took an ak, which had been
used by his wife to break up boards for
fuel. and beat the woman's brains out
with it, He was convicted in March,
1890, before Judge MARITIME, and was
originally sentenced to die during the
week beginning May OF that year;
Joseph Wood was one of the colored
men EMPLOYED in building the new aque-
duct. One payday in May, 1889, he
cot into one of the fights common
among the gangs of laborers employed
there. His opponent was an Italian
Carlo Ruff. also an aqueduct laborer
Rnffi was killed. Wood has always as
serted that he took Ruffi's life in self
defense His case was taken to the su
preme court of the United States on the
novel plea that Wood was not tried by
his peers because no colored men Wert
on the jury. The appeal served only q
prolong the prisoners life.
The last of the four was common
; sailor. neither better nor worse thai
most of the crews that now sail out OF
the mort of New York. His name Il
Schihick Jugigo, and he is native o.
Janan. He was living in one of thu
lanes street sailors homes, while wait
ing the pleasure of the boarding hous'
boss in the matter of putting HIM OF
board of a ship on which he had alread!
signed articles to return to Japan. HI
got into a dispute with ccuntryman
Mura Canni, about berth in the fore
castle of the ship. Jugigo got carvinl
} knife and stabbed Canni to death in tn
, course of the fight that followed. hi
case was taken to the United States su
preme court by Roger NJ. Sherman, tn
plea being that Jugigo had no legal de
Tense because his attorney, john II
Heinzelman, had not been admitted
practice at the New York bar.
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Sheffield Bank Assigns.

The Bank of Commerce, of Shelf
field, Ala, closed it's doors last Tues
day morning. 1t was at first thought
to be only temporary, as the bank
posted a notice that it would reopen
at II O'Clock. When that hour ar
rived another notice was posted,
which stated that the bank had made
an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors. The failure Is due to the
failure of the Moses Bros. in Mont
gomery. It Is feared other failures
will be cnused by the the bank failure.
It 10 impossible to give the amount
Of liabilities at present or to tell how
much Sheffield will suffer by the fail.
nre OF Moses Bros. at Montgomery.
The iirm was largely interested Ia
Sheffield property aud had been one
OF the most energetic factors Ia
building the town.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

"MR. MARSHALL put those people
out of the room," said Judge Blodgett,
when the lady friends of Miss Phoebe
Couzins clapped their hands and ap-
plauded her counsel in the Court
room. Some may think this was a
little hard on the Ladies'" but when
we remember that these ladies
were lawyers and doctors and wo-
men suffragists, we can easily see
how the "Iadies" will feel dignified
and even honored by being treated
lust as men would have been. Or
course if woman taxes man
place, she must expect the kicks and
cuffs, along with the honOrs and emo
| luments,
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souTAeRNeRs HATE "NieeERs,"

SOO F1eHNChO nHiG "00GnOJ
And This Hatred Nearly Creates Riot
In indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS, July There was a
conflict between races here Monday
afternoon between / and O'Clock that
at one time threatened to develop into a
serious riot. AT the start there were In
it four members of the Southern Cadets
of Macon, Ga, on one side aud negro
named Tom Brown on the other. Cadets
Freeman, Williams, Bradford and Bon
ner were passing the Bates House where
Brown was having his shoes shined.
Some remark FROM one OF the young
southerners brought an insulting reply
from the negro and q fight was ON,
Brown received a CHASTITY cut in the
neck and started down Kentucky ave
nne with Freeman and Williams at his
heels. The fugitive led his purSuers
into the saloon of Hester q Duncan,
cOlored resort, where the row became
general. Here were about fifteen ne
groes drinking, and without stopping to
ask any questions the cOlored element
set upon the cadets and gave them Sc
we're beating. Another cadet named
Williams ran to the rescue OF his COM
rades, and shared their fate. The ranks
of both parties were rapidly swelling
and q furious riot seemed imminent,
when the arrival of the police stopped
| further hOStilities.
The negro Brown was taken to police
| Headquarters for safety, and the two
cadets were placed under arrest. Cadet
Freeman had his lower lip out clean
through to his chin by blow and not
| from q sharp Instrument. Cadet VIII
| Hams was severely beaten about the
| head with q billiard cue, and several
| stitches had to be taken in his scalp.
| Cadet Edwards had q badly broken
head, but his greatest suffering came
! from modification that his wounds were
| inflicted by s'niggers." Cadet Freeman
told the surgeon that he had used knife
| in self-defelIse, and as Brown, the col
ored man, is suffering from a knife
wound, Freeman is supposed to have IN
flicted it. Despite his wounds Freeman
is thiTsting for revenge, and said he
would kill the negro before he left town
If he got the chance.
The police also arrested negro named
Lynch for completely in the affair.
Lynch had O severe scalp wound, and
bied like a stuck beef, but his condition
is not serious.
During the riot about dozen mem
hers of the Belknap Rifles and the Dial
las Light Artillery, heard of the dlfhcul
! ty and fastened to the scene, but tot
late to participate, although they ex
pressed themselves as perfectly willing
. | 70 do
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10
ELECIROCUTED,
Four Murderers Executed nj Sing Sing
Prison.

SING SING, N. Y, July flames j.
Slocum, Joseph Wood, Harris A. Smller
and Schihick Jugigo were killed by cleo
tricity, in conformity with legal decree,
in the execution chamber OF the states
prison early Tuesday morning, in expia-
ton of their crimes they had committed.
Only the prison officials, scientific ex-
perts and the witnesses especially sum
moned were present at the taking off of
the four murderers The death chair
used was similar to that used at Auburn
at the execution of Kemmler. There
were no disgusting scenes as at kemm-
ler's execution. Everything worked TO
perfection and the men were killed by
the first contact. Death was absolutely
painless.
the current in each case was Slocum,
4:4O; Smiler, $40; Wood, $50; Jugigo,
| sos. :,
The prisoners had received some inti-
nation beforehand that the executions
we're to take place and they were pre-
nared for them. They went to the exc
| cution chair bravely and met their fate
without struggle. They offered no res
| sistance, but rather assisted the Keepers
when they We're bound down III the
chair,
the Kemmler case to the top OF the skull
and the base of the spine, but We're
bound to the foreheads of the con-
demned men and the calves of their legs.
The current was turned on each case for
twenty seconds. The voltage was about
800 and 800. In each case there We're
apparent evidences of revival as IN the
Kemmler case, and in each of these follI
cases the current was turned on Sec
ond time,
In spite of the fact that the spongee
We're Kept wet, the executed men were
burned by the current, and especially
about the calves of the legs, The medi'
cal men present agree that death came ie
revival was merely reflex muscular
action. None of the witnesses was over
come by fright and all of them who
have spoken have made the statement
that the electrodes were successful anc
death in all cases was instantaneous anc
; painless.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

SAY what you will about Gov.
Buchanan, he has one virtue at least,
and that is he rewards his friends.
The last instance of his gratitude was
shown by his appointment of Thos.
NJ. Mcconnell Judge Of the Third
Chancery Division, vice ]. A. Key,
deceased. Col. Mcconnell was Chair
man of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee last year, and con-
Quoted the campaign with admirable
skill for Gov. Buchanan. He is man
of large means and is we'll known over
the state as the shrewd politician and
organizer. We never heard him ac-
cused of having any special legal
talent.
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A prunkara,s Awful Decd.

AURORA, nls.. July EARLY Tuesday
morning John r. Dowde. Of this city,
chopped his wife In the head with a
Ratchet. He then stuck o knife into his
own heart, dying within q few minutes.
Mrs. Dowde Il still alive, but with small
hopea Of recovery. 'Dowde was In the
habit q drinking, at which times be
wAA very 0uartelsosne.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

THE long drawn-Out trial OF the
seven barn burners at Gallatin, ended
this week in a hung jury. Public
opinion, like the jury, was divided;
some BELIEVING them innocent and
some believing them guilty. And
yet, it will be remembered, when the
excitement was high and this gang
was first arrested, one of their num-
Der was hung by a mob, and the
Others would have been If they had
not been shipped off to Nashville for
safe keeping. What easy consciences
and pleasant dreams the men must
have who engaged in that mob.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

MEssRs. WALL & MOONEY have
card in this issue for their school at
Franklin. THE HERALD does not
hesitate to commend this school and
these gentlemen, and to parents who
expect or hope to graduate their boys
Mt Vanderbilt, Messrs. Wall d
MONEYS school has a specially at
tractive feature i'm that their pupils
can enter, the University. on certiti-
cate, without examination.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

THE question now agitating the
public mind is whether or not the
County Democratic Executive Com
lnittees will call an extra session OF
the legislature. II that is the best
buchanan can do, Mcdowell ought to
discharge him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

JOHN H. MCDOWELL has returned
from Arkansas and will publish his
rebuttal proof in the Nashville papers
next Tuesday. He claims to have
his statements sworn to, and that he
will knock the american out. May
be he will, but we do not believe it
THE HERALD will give a full report
of his denial and the proof.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

AT a meeting of the Randall Clue
in PIttsburg, Pa, the arrangements
for the clubs annual fete champetre
on July % were completed. A motion
was made by member to invite ex-
President Cleveland to be present on
that occasion. An amendment was
offered to include in the invitation
the name of Gov. Hill, of New York.
A storm of noes was the response,
during which the club President, with
mock sole unity, ruled the amend :
ment out OF order. When the ques-
ton was called on the original motion
a solitary "no" indicated the senti-
ment of Western Pennsylvania
Democrats.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

WE invite the attention OF our
esteemed contemporary the Ndsh0itte
Herald, to an investigation OF the
mails between this office and that
II has become q rare thing for the
Herald to reach this office on time,
and frequently not at all. The Her
aid is one of our most valued eX-
changes and we regret the faulty
mail service that throws it from
twelve to tWenty-four hours behind
time, and sometimes loses 1t Alto
Rether.
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Chanoery Sale.

O. A. Esell, ct al, VS.. W. o Walker, ct al.
PURSUANT to a decree entered In above
styled cause at the April Term, lsJI, oil
the CHANGER Court tor Maury county, Ten
nessec, at page 6lS, Will, on
MONDAY, THE I'D DAY OF AUGUST lsOl'
Al the Courthouse door In the town nf 90:
umbia, Tennessee, sell % he hianesss ~ nm IN
on a credit OF six I1onthsl motto benPtnB Ia
terast fs,,In date Of sale WITH good pers.. nal
1alYa ids. q. M A~INi " ~.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

THE Net0 York EUe'ain9 WOrtd Is
nothing if not patriotic. Its Fourth
OF July edition of over 100000 copies
was printed on red, white and blue
paper, and it's columns filled with
notes and comments on Liberty
nnu -
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

A BIG wheat combine is reported,
This time it is the farmers combining
to hold until they are offered
fair remuneration for their labor.
That beats Government warehouses
all hollow. The National Farmers
Alliance is said to be behind this
move. This Is what some of the far
seeing, level-headed business men oil
the Alliance are doing, while Nc
Cune is having himself whitewashed,
and Terrell is talking politics, and
Mcdowell is supping with Je Hay.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

If 1t Is the intention OF the NdSh
ViLLe Herald to bring about a reform
by first provoking disgust, its Sunday
society column is q great success. II
the writer of this column Means to
ridicule the beauty and cruces OF
Nashville's exclusive -Four Hun
dred," his style is excellent, though
his taste and gallantry may be ques-
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10
Misslssippians Feel Happy.

JACKSON, July z. Voters, under
the new constitution of Mississippi,
are required to register at least four
months before the next election. On the
Sd instant registration closed and suth-
Gent returns have been received to make
it reasonably certain that for the tirst
time since reconstruction a majority OF
the legal voters of the state are white.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10
LOOKING ROUND.
Welsh TIn-PlRte Makers Have business
Mt Cleveland.

Welsh TIn-Plate Makers Have business
at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, July z. - Considerable
interest Is excited here by the visit OF
Messrs. S. Lippmann and A. G. Davies,
two large tin-plate manufacturers OF
Swansea, Wales, and their conference
with the Brittons, of this city, who are
already manufacturing some tin-plate.
The Welsh manufacturers declined to
be interviewed, only saying. I'VE are
simply looking around to find some
thing" 1t is surmised they are here to
investigate conditions. with view to
either removing their present works
to this country or establishing ne"
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Duel-Both Will Die.

WEST UNION, o., July Isaac Nc
Cartney and Henry Copas celebrated the
Fourth at picnic five miles east of here
by taking eleven shots at each other.
Mccartney was shot through the breast
lust above the heart and Copas received
wounds through the bowels. Both viii
die
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

THERE is some talk of the South
building a monument to Bedford
Forrest. He deserves it, OF course,
but let's do one thing at time and
do it well. First raise 100000 for the
Davis monument, then build one to
EOrroaf
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TronbIe Rrewina In samoa.

WASHINGTON, July THE navy de-
partment evidently fears that trouble is
likely to arise in Samoa between the fol-
lowers of King Malieteo and Chief Ma
taafa, as instructions have been issued to
the roQuois, now stationed at Honolulu,
to proceed at once to Apia. The Charles
ton will probably be stationed at HONG
lulu In the IroQuois' place.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efTectually, dispels colds, head,
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in Doc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try 1t. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SKRVP co.
aAR fRA2ciaco, ost.
LOUISVILLE, NJ. &Ew RoeG NJ
jAnlly
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A EnnnfaIn of Youth.

WHITE SULPHUR WELL, Ind, July
IA large spring ON the farm Of Louis
Brandenburg, near here, has been dis
covered to possess wonderful magnetic
and healing powers. Old sores, rheum
attic limbs, ETC.. bathed in it are wonder
fully relieved. The discovery was mace
nv Mr.. Brandenburg bathing q lame
horse. which recovered in shorter time
than expected. 1t is now noticed that
Mr.. Brandenburg, once supposed to be
diving of consumption, has recovered
and his family are all remarkably
healthV
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WE lake the following from Wed

WE lake the TOIIoWlng IFOH Wou-
nesday's Memphis AppeGtAUd
IanoAe: "The Appeat-A OaIdnchc is
authorized to announce that Mr..
John H. Mcdowell will submit his
defense against the charges preferred
by The Nashville american next
Tuesday. Mr.. Mcdowell has been in
Desha County, Ark, the past ten
days gathering his testimony, and it
is understood that his rejoinder to
The american will be very salty"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

IT hasbeenfgiven out that Mr.. Ben
TerriIl, of Texas, will tackle your
Uncle Josiah at Dyersburg, one day
next week. Benny will not do 1t but
once; the chances are he will funk
even before that once.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

THE Model Wife contest begins
with this issue and will continue SIX
weeks. We suggest to our friends OF
the sterner sex to confine themselves
to things terrestrial, and in their word
Dict1res to paint women, not angels.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10
Send For a CnfnInp ne.

One of the best and most popular
female schools in Tennessee, is How
ard Female Coll, ge, GaIlatin Tenn,
Nect ssary expenses $50 to $lGO a
year. Send for a catalogue and 4
all the facts. Address A. Nj. Burney,
President, Gallatin Tenn.
iulY3 2t.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-07-10

Mamma.-"Johnny, see that you
give Ethel the lions share OF thai
orange"
Johnny.-"Yes, m"
Ethel Mamma, he hasn't giveI
me any"
Johnny.-"Well, that's all right
Lions don't eat oranges. "-HdTpeT''
Bazaar.
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THE HERALD.
Friday July 10, 1891.
PD- LANDER. Editor.

PARNELL was defeated in the
Carlow election. The Irish vindicate
themselves every defeat they give
Parnell.