The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-01-15

News In Brief.
A square and q hsif Of HazeltUl, Pa,
has sunk, in some places as much as three
| feet.
Caroline Ship is to hang at Dallas,
Tex, Jan. q, for the murder Of her hus-
| band
Mrs Robert Marshall died Monday at
Wheeling, aged one hundred and two
years.
by the explosion of boiler at Bridgeport,
| o., Monday.
Three men were killed by the prema-
ture explosion of blast in a mine near
Ottawa, Ont.
The Cunningham mine, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, has been on fire fer six months.
| 1t will be flooded.
DR.. Graves has been sentenced to hang
at Denver some time during the two weeks
beginning Jan. 81.
There are good prospects of conflict
between the striking street car employees
and the police at Indianapolis.
They are still hunting for Cara on the
Rio Grande. His band Is believed to
have received a carload of ammunition
In Cincinnati saloon an old family
cat got away with a fourteen-inch alb
gator in less time than It takes to tell it
The president and Mrs. Harrison were
the guests of honor at a dinner Monday
given by the vice president and Mrs.
Morton.
Three persons are reported killed and
several injured by boiler explosion in q
pork packing establishment at Bridge
port, Pa.
General Alger and Hon. John NJ Thurs
ton were among the orators at Chicago
Monday night at the annual banquet Of
the Hamilton club.
Samuel Sh-ack, the Hoosier giant, died
at Muncie, Ind, Monday. He measured
seven feet three inches and weighed, in
health, but 100 pounds.
1t is now said the appointments of Judge
Wood, of Indiana, to one OF the new cir
cult judgeships will meet with opposition
in the United States senate.
A dispatch from Rome says it is again
reported there that friendly agreement
of the matters at issue between Italy and
the United States Is near at hand.
In trying to leap over cemetery fsnce
near Louisville to go to his masters
grave, a large Newfoundland dog was
caught on picket and choked to death.
Miss Minrie Folweu, of Memphis, At
tempted suicide by poi SOD Some time
ago she left home owing to her father
having spoken harshly to her about her
lover.
The breach between the Tongue River
Indians and the authorities is said to have
been the result of an Indian killing q
white mans steer that had broken into
his coEnheld.
At Cincinnati an unknown party threw
a large rock Through the window Of
George Hust's bedroom in which he, hts
wife and six small children were sleep
ing. The curtain checked the course Of
the rock and doubtless save the lives Of
some of the family.
The steamer Elbe brought ON Monday to
New York FederoH Michail, an engineer
from Russia. He openly admitted BE- is q
nihilist, and said he Was going to promul
gate his views in this country. He had q
lot of3&plosive chemicals with him. He
will be sent back to Bremen on the Elbe's
next trip.
In Chicago nervy thief took possession
of United States Express company
wagon while the driver was inside after
package, and the watchdog was kicking
his heels against a storm-door to get
warm. Four hours later the wagon was
found in an alley minus the contents,
which was valued at not more than 500 |
The priests of ST. Louis have chosen |
electors, who will select three candidates |
for coadjutor to Archbishop Kenrick |
These names will be forwarded to Rome |
for the pOpe's action thereon. This step |
has been taken because they believe the |
interests of the archdiocese are suffering |
from the lack of aid for the now feeble |
Archbishop Kenrick.
Dispatches from the governor have been |
received at Arkalon, Kan, ordering the |
dismissal of the troops heretofore held |
in readiness, and indications are that |
there will be no further use for the sol |
diers. A part of the generals staff has
been relieved from duty and ordered |
home. The court at Springfield has been
opened quietly and with no more indica-
tions of trouble.
In the house. Monday, Mr.. Storer pre-
sented petition from nineteen large to
bacco firms Of Cincinnati, praying that
Section &c of the Mckinley law, which re
peals the tax levied upon dealers in leaf
tobacco, be amended so as to compel every
retail dealer II leaf tobacco to keep a set
of books and report to the commissioner
of internal revenue all purchases and
sales made by them.
The First National bank, of Muncie,
Pa, was closed by order of Bank Exam
liner Dengler, Monday. There was a run.
during which between $1,000 and s. 600
all the money on hand, was paid out
Della Green, the cashier, and ex-bank
examiner for the district, was arrested:
s23, 900 in money and bonds were found
to be missing from the vaults. Exam
liner Dengler says the bank has been
looted.
The trouble at the st. Adelbert Polish
church, Pitts5urg, over the dismissal of
Father Pitulski, threatens to break out
into riot. Several times on Monday the
crowd around the parish house became
so large and bOisterous that it was neces
sary to call on the police to clear the
street. Every time Fathers Mickieyiecz
and Kalassinski showed themselves they
were booted and Kissed, while Father
Pitulski's az 'earance was the signal for
wild cheering.
At Safety Harbor, Fla, c. n. D. Inloes,
B we'll known citizen, was found dead in
the fireplace Of his Sitting room. The
body had been there apparently three or
four days. de lived alone. The head
had been nearly severed from the body by
some sharp instrument, and GheFe were
numerous bruises ON the body. TIE cd
loining room showed marks of q desperate
many bloOdstains Appearing
IN the wall and the floor. Il appears
hat an effort had been made to leaEe the
that IDlOes had fallen iatS the
ire and been burned to death. Suspicion