The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-26
MEMS IN RRIEE.
A Condemnation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.


West Virginia Democrats have organ
fzed a state league.
Grip has rendered William Murchfson,
of LOrain, o., insane
Thomas Rudd, of Midway, KY, Is under
arrest for counterfeiing
Nicaragua has granted the Louisiana
Lottery company perpetual charter.
The use of blondine caused Mrs Jessie
Higher, of Cincinnati, to lose her mind.
Several vessels were driven ashore on
the coast of Virginia Monday night during
a high wind.
Ex-President Cleveland delivered an
address to the law students at Ann
Arbor, Mich.
A bill was introduced In the Mississippi
legislature to make jeff Davis birthday a
legal holiday.
A report reached San Antonio Monday
that Cara had been captured by Mexi-
can soldiers in the state Of Tamaulipas
Mexico.
At Westfleld, Ind, John Danforth, who
was shot by Julia A. Sykes, has died.
The charge against the woman has been
changed to murder.
The Michigan club Of Detroit celebrated
Washington's birthday by grand Re
publican lovefeast. Many prominent Re
PuOAFCaLIS were pfeSe0e-
The body OF young Jesse A. Curry, Of
Cleveland, was found In q raVine near
there Monday. Letters IN his pocket In
dictated suicide over disappointment in
love.
The family q Matthew Chener, living
in the northern part OF Sac county, IA,
was asphyXiated " coal gaA A young
man and child are dead, and all tie
others are very feeble
At SunbuFy, Pa, during parade Of the
Patriotic Order Sons of America riot o.
CURED between the members of the order
and the citizens. After considerable dir
hculty they were separated.
The saloon of J. NJ. Swan, at Newport.
Tenn. was blown to pieces early Monday
morning by some unknown cause, Two
adjoining buildings were also demolished
Two men were badly injured.
The Canadian department of agri-
culture has decided, IN view of the sue
cess which attended the immigration
movement FRI m the Dakotas last year, tn
renew the propaganda vigorously this
yeaR
From negotiations which have been
going on for a week between the New
York Produce exchange and the Chicago
board of trade, 1T Is likely the latter viii
soon resume sending out public quota
tions.
Secretary Foster has gone abroad for a
six weeks sOjourn for his health. 1t Is
rumored he will resign if he IS not better
when he returns He Is broken down by
the overwork and mental strain demanded
by the Office.
At McKecsport, Pa, Fireman Lynch
attempted to rescue his two children from
his burning home and was overcome His
comrades rescued him with his two little
ones elapsed to his breast-dead. Lynch
will probably die.
At Eaton, o., Rube Davis, William
Alioways and Warren Thompson, were
caught in the act of burglarizing a store
and arrested. The sheriff had o man
mingling with them and was waiting
for them with posse
DR.. l. B. Tyson, of Kenton, O., claims
to have discovered a cure for alcoholism.
He uses no bi-chloride of gold or injec
tiOns Of any FORT. He proposes to treat
five patients free at Cincinnati to demon
strste the truth of his claims
At meeting called by Governor Bulk
ley, at Hartford, $50, geo was raised in a
few inmates for the purpose of making an
exhibit at the worlds fair. The sub
scrfOers hope 10 be reimbursed by the
Connecticut legislature which failed to
Eudko Oh dPPTOIdhdGICh
There was q dance &oahay night az the
residence Of George Lang. In the country
near VaDdalia, his, and q bloody fight
occurred between the BiFca1ell brothers on
ono side and the Hasbrook brothera- Axes
and knives were the principal weapons
used, and in the fight one of the Birchells
and one OF the HasbFooks were fatally in
jured.
Young Mrs Blaine, who on Saturday
secured divorce from James G., Jr., de
MES that she Is going to marry DR.. Bull,
of New York. She also coRtradicts the
rumor that she Is going on the stage The
decree OF divorce issued by the South Da-
kota court she keeps, tied with blue rib
bon, in a handsome case, which she had
made for 1t.
Mrs Homer r Baldwin, who Yves in
tured In the New York Central railroad
collision at Hastings, n. Y, last Christ
mas evening, has been removed from st.
Johns hospital, Yonkers, to the Gettys
House, In New York. Some day this
week she will undergo the operation of
skin-graftinR, the integument to be OBJ
tanned from the arm Of her husband.
Laudanum la the draw beat a royal
flush IN q poker game at Coal Run, Pa
on Sunday night John Persankie drew
one card, making his hand a royal flush OF
diamonds. Frank Maski had a fuH hand,
king high. The pot had so. Then Mask,
unpercei~ed, poured Laudanum In PERSIAN
| kieAs glass Of beer, too& all there was in
the pot, rs well as a watch and SS4 from
the pockets OF hts unconscious opponent,
and skipped out.
Marion Hedspetch the train robber now
| in Jail at St. Louis, has been a criminal
| all his life, and at the age of sixteen was
the murderer of his mother. He formerly
lived in Gibson county, Ind. In January,
1863. he and his father quarreled over
some farm work. After they quarreled,
young Hedsptech went to the house, and,
securing a shotgun started for his father.
| Meeting the old man in the yard, he
raised the gun and fired both barrels.
| The shot missed his father, but killed his
| mother.
Anincredible story comes from Georgia,
1t states that Lucy President, degraded
and idiotic negro woman, living near
Rays Mil, Ga, left her home Monday
morning, leaving a nfne-mOnths-oId in.
FAINT in charge of her two Older children
| Mark and Linda, aged eleven and nine
| After the mother left, the boy, procuring
| an ak, Knocked the infant in the head and
mangled its body in different places
| Then, taking a fork, he gouged out the
| ewes of the lite one, which he roasted
| and he and his sister sat down and ate
| them.
Death Roll.
Cardinal Gaspard Mermiliod, who has