The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-03-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.
General Alger has announced that he Is
a presidential candidate.
Four new cases of typhus were discov-
cred in New York Monday.
Farmers are sowing wheat in Canadas
bleak northwest possessions.
Henry 4. Francisco, a well known Chit
cago real estate dealer, suicided by shoot
ing.
According to census just completed
New York city has population Of 1,SOO,-
sol.
Near Vienna, O., George Runyan died
from blood poisoning caused by ferret
bite.
Two men were badly burned by an ex-
ploson of gas in a mine at Mount Carmel,
Pennsylvania.
At Washington, Ind, the shortage OF
ex-Auditor Lavelle was found 10y experts
to be SIS, 4G33S.
The Chicago water works tunnel, ex-
tending under Lake Michigan four miles,
is pronounced failure.
At Walla Walla Wash, Theodore
Hirtz, a labocer, shot and killed his wife
and then killed himself.
| 1t is said the settlement of the Behring
sea dispute = now no nearer settlement
IMAM IL was III june loJb.
Amos Doyle, son Of IA wealthy iron man
ufqcturer, was arrested for the many
burglaries at Hubbard, o.
Judge Pugh, of the Franklin county (O)
| common pleas court, decides the Ohio
eight-hour law constitutional
The trial OF DR.. Baker, Mt Abingdon,
Va, for the murder of his wife by poison,
ended in n verdict of not guilty.
The Canadian government will take tho
| duty off binding Irvine rs a concession to
the Manitoba farmers demands
! Fourteen carloads Of French Canadians
went TO Montreal from the New England
states TO vote for the home government.
A broken nange caused n railway
wreck near El Paso, Tex, on Sunday,
| by which Engineer w. w. Nichols was
killed.
The Louisiana lottery officials have
been indicted for violating the anti-lot-
terry law. This is the fourteenth indict-
ment.
Dick Carter and John Rice, colored,
who fired William Dockery's store, at
Boyle Station, Tenn, were shot by n
posse
Henry Nottingham, at one time superin-
tendent of the Lake Shore road, was found
dead in his room at Cleveland. He was
hard drinker.
| congressman FAtlluAilt u lNtllbhShgH
died in Washington Monday night sr0- .
the effects of two strokes Of apopleXy
Monday morning.
Rough characters Of Barytown, Pa, at
tempted TO wreck the Chicago train by
placing large stones on the track. The
engine plowed right through.
James Matherly, "A wealthy farmer Of
Washington county, Ky, will hang for
poisoning an old man named Holiday,
with whom he had had trouble.
William J. Davis, Of Sydney, N. S. w,
has started for America with the inten-
ton of swimming the Niagara rapids
wearing nothing but ordinary swimming
trunks.
The bones Of "A young German rancber
named Bauman have been found near
Cortez, New. The rancher had been
frozen to death and the body eaten by
coyotes.
At tax sale in Summit, Miss, the I'LL
nois Central railroad freight and passen-
ger depots were bought by the town OF
Summit for SIPS, the amount Of unpaid
| taxes due the town.
The steamer mvertrossachg, from Phil
adelphia TO Calcutta with a cargo of oil,
was abandoned in mid-ocean by her crow,
ten Of whom lost their lives. The vessel
was a steel one and insured for $3.50, 900.
General O. o. Howard, who has been in
Mexico and Texas Investigating charges
against the United States troops which
seemed unable TO find Garza has learned
simply that the revolution has subsidized
1t has been learned that the baby which
was abandoned by Mrs. Craft mt Brazil,
Ind, is the offspring Of Miss Jennie Kim
ball. of Duquoin, Ills, who accuses her
cousin, William Douglass, rs being tho
| father.
The first entry Of goods destined for the
worlds fair exhibition WAS made at New
York Monday at the custom house.
There were ten cases Of antiques, which
arrived on the steamship Claribel from
Port LimOn.
An analysis of the wine sent to p. ID.
Armour, OF Chicago, by some person one
dav last week shows that it contained
Iandanum, but not in sufficient quantity
TO endanger life. Mr.. Armour thinks IL
was plan TO eXtort money'from him.
George S. Moore, the Louisville iron
merchant, who disappeared two weeks
ago heavily involved, has returned TO
that city. His chief business difficulty
has been settled TO the satisfaction Oi his
creditors, and it is believed he may be
able to resume business. His mind APP
pears to be restored.