The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-07
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Items of Interest Gathered from All Parts
of the World.

of the World.
Big hailstorm at st. Paul
More oil wells are being struck In the
vicinity of Portland, Ind.
Dr. John II. Douglass, General Grants
family physician, is dead.
The Turner's will make a stupendous dis
play at the world fair dedication.
A strange and fatal disease has caused a
number OF deaths at Hendrysburg. o.
Joseph Ernest Renan, the distinguished
French philologist and author, is dead.
Bermuda is endeavoring to make a
reciprocity treaty with our government.
Mary Tyler died at Keokuk. Ia She
claimed she was one hundred and twenty
one.
Smallpox has broken out 10 the general
hospital in Toronto Where it came from
is not known.
The members Of the Homestead advisory
board charged with treason were held In
$4,000 bail each.
A race war may result in Oklahoma be-
cause the negroes object to separate schools
for their children.
A furious gale swept Lavaca bay Tex.
Sunday. damaging many boats and de-
stToyiDg several more.
While handling a revolver William Rob
Sunday at Carlyle, Ills.
Norman Sheffield was shot through the
head at Baird's Chapel, Ark, Sunday, by
his brother-in-law, Pink Allen.
Masked men robbed the agent aud four
passengers at Nichols Junction, Mo Two
men were arrested on suspicion.
Judge Gresham will neither affirm or
deny report that he will vote for Clevs-
land, despite his sympathy with the popu-
lists.
In Evansville, Ind, Charles johnson, nm
attorney shot and killed Jacob App, an
engineer. in a club house quarrel johnson
was drunk.
President Young, of the National League,
says base bail players must accept a reduc-
tion of salaries or the game will be forced
to the wall.
The report from New York that Jay
Gould has purchased stock In the elevated
roads of Chicago is denied by the officers
of the lines.
Alex Gravel and August ArmeD, farm
ers, fought with knife and pitchfork by
moonlight In the road. Armen was fatally
wounded. Gravel is under arrest.
After the smoke Of many revolvers had
cleared away at fandango at Kyle, Tex,
Saturday night. Tom Ports, an American,
| and three Mexicans were found dead.
Mexican COFFEE planters at San Bonita
are short Of labor and are importing Gil
! bert islanders, who they have under con-
tract for three years at 81 per month.
Grover Cleveland writes TO the editor o.
| the Atlanta Constitution denying the story
that Mrs Cleveland refused to go to Rich.
mond because she might meet Jefferson
Davis daughter.
The Metropolitan hotel bloch. Pins
| A Il al hu NJ I'M
editor Of The Press Eagle, was burned SIM
day morning. Some OF the guests ver!
narrowly escaped death. f7Iss. S35, 900; In
surance, $4,000
Fireman Glen Squirting and DR.. Naulte
GUS quarreled at fire at Deadwood, 8. d
! Later they met in a saloon, renewed thG
quarrel and the doctor was knocked down
He drew a revolver and shot Squirting dead
Threats of lynching.
Forest fires are raging between Belle
PLANE and Woodbine, II. j., the Jewisl
settlement of Baron de Hirsch. The Orr
has burned thousands of acres of timber
and cut wood. The loss already amounts
to several thousands of dollars
Patrick Egan, our CHILEAN minister, nov
en- route home, is the bearer of the claiml
treaty to settle differences between th'
United States and Chilli. The president Of
/
and they a third The decisions are 10 b
| final.
A unique club Of New York capitalists
proposes to charter an ocean liner for a
seven months cruise, beginning in Janu-
airy. The vessel will afford all conve-
niences to the 200 passengers. who VIII pay
J about 50 600 apiece ALI the worlds sea
! coast points of interest are to.be visited.
The wife of DR.. George w. Marion.
mayor of Cordele, Ga, who has been two
months dead, has had his remains resur-
rected and embalmed, 50 as to keep tuded1-
nitely. They lie in metallic GLASGOW
cred casket in the pariH, aud the widow
declares she will suicide and be his com
panion in death, as aged 10 compact be-
tween them during his life
Frank Cooley, the leader Of the Cooley
gang of desperadoes IN Pennsylvania, was
shot and killed by Sheriff Mccormick al
his fathers home between Fairchauce and
Smithfeld, Pa, Sunday. He and Jech
Ramsey, another leader, were discovered IL
field full of stumps. After ten shots had
been fred at the sheriff he shot COOLEY
through the heart Ramsey escaped bud
later was captured