The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-20
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Teens OF Interest Gathered from All PaFts
of the World.


of an overdose of chloraL
Many lives were lost by a recent typhooD
on the Island of Formosa-
The Ameer of Afghanistan promises tt
receive General Roberts in October.
Mrs James Early accidentally scalded
her little girl to death at Valparaiso. Ind |
w. K. Kerr, of Knightsville, Ind, was
found torn to pieces on the track at Bra |
zil Ind.
Chris Ulrich lost an arm in the machin
cry of Cooks pump works at Lawrence
burg, Ind.
A moonshine distillery was discovered
in the heart of New York city. The oper
.stors escaped.
Conductor Joseph Wilson, of Hunting
burg, Ind, fell from train near English
and was killed.
Ex-Governor Thomas II. Watts, of Ala
bama. is dead. He was a member q the
Confederate cabinet
James Wright, of Hawkins county
Tenn, murderer of half dozen men, has
been sentenced 10 life imprisonment
Miss Mamie Wilson. Of Columbus, O..
was struck ia the face with a warming
lamp thrown by burglar, who escaped.
Dun's review of trade says business dur
ing the past week has not been affected by
the cholera scare. The outlook for the ia.
ture as good.
Augustus l. Kerr, formerly head book
keeper of the Kansas City office OF the
Jarvis-C Conklin Mortgage Trust company.
is in England. He Is short $4,000.
The grand jury at Pittsburg returned
indictments against twenty-nine OF the
Duouesne rioters. The cases against the
Homestead men will be returned in few
days.
In launching wharfboat at Shawnee
town, Ills, Friday plank at the bow gave
way and struck Milledge benson on the
head causing wounds from which he soon
died.
Preston PIenoru. oolored, a hotel cook,
and Miss Linnie Flickinger, white and
pretty dining room girl. disappeared from
Findlay simultaneously 1t Is believed
they went together.
Fred Evans. an Anglc-American swim
dler, who has been convicted three times 10
England, has been arraigned on the charge
of defrauding the AnglO-Austrian bank b9
means Of forged checks in London
A large shipment of seslskins left Vic
toria. B. c., for London by the Canadian
Pacific Friday, valued at S200OO0 and
filled six large cars. The skins will be Of
fered for sale at the London fall sales.
The mother of the late Marie Litta, the
once famous priula donna. whose home
was in Bloomington, His. has become In
her son, Bypoa Won ElsneF, in Kansas
City.
General Adlai Stevenson addressed az
immense audience at Hickory, n. c., Fri
day, dwelling chiefly ON the tariff and force
bills. The speech was well received. Every
reference TO Cleveland was cheered to tbs
echo.
Therelatives of Frank Riley. the sailor
on the United States steamship Newark,
Il 1n1rr hon in
Genoa, have retained counsel to secure
some reparation from the Italian govern
melt.
A. w Dorsey, who assaulted Mrs. Gym
thia Henderson at LovelaceTlle, KY, II
1884, causing her death, was arrested az
Metropolis, Ky, where he was recognized
by a daughter of the woman he had
killed
The sentence of Bud Blunt. the des
parade who was to have been hanged al
Pineville, No. Friday, was cOmmuted b!
Governor Francis, and he will spend tht
remainder of his life in The penltentiary a
jefferson City
4 special from Washington says tha
William McCreary's resignation as consu
of Valparaiso was written Sept @ and for
warded after he became convinced that th'
department desired to continue him NJ
longer IN the service
Mrs. Charles Billings the wife of
mountaineer in Aahe county, n. c., ha
surprised herself and the people through
out that region by giving birth 70 six babc
boys weighing each from five to nia
pounds and all alive and we'll
Frank Armstrong, leader of the notOrio1
and desperate Stratton gang Of mail rot
bers. was arrested on Friday at Cano
City, Col, by penitantiary officials Will
trying to effect the escape of confederate
from the IJenitRnCiaFy by bribery.
Wilder's brigade has begun the erection
of a monument at Chickamauga, at a cos
of S24, 600 1t will be a limestone column
100 feet in height, with s chamber for rex
.ords At the base, and winding staiFcas
leading to a circular gallery on top.
Britton johnson, Of Eastport, Tenn
and William johnson. oE RivertOn. Ala
Mississippi river roustabOuts, settled a
old crud9e by firing at each other as the
met on the ganYplank Il the steame
Sheffield Both fell deaA, having the'
heads almost shot of.
Mrs Harrison s condition Saturday morI
ing was somewhat improved. Her cond
ton is still very grave, bNt with tE
removal of the dangerous complication
which has necessitated three dangerous OF
serations, the physicians will be better abb
to cope with the nucleus Of the trouble.
The Grand Army committee of arrang
.ments at Washington has received frol
Vice President Morton letter t9 the effeC
that he will come to WashingtOR . ld hol
himself ready for any duty thai may
reouired OF him He will, ~ far as he cal
take the place OF the president in dispen
ing the oourtesies Of the day.
At chillicOthe. o.. just before going G
the stage Friday night at the Mason
opera house George K McNish, the mil
strel, was handed telegram announcin
the almost certain death Of his mother
Buffalo The burnt cork comedian weI
on and did his turn, but he had tears
his eyes and there was sorrow in his hear
The second suicide at Monte Carlo la
week was that of a woman, and Ne
Yorker at that. Miss Jane Armstrong a
aged-spinster, played at the Casino reg
Iarly for eight days, until she was penn
less She lost S25e.OOo, and, purchasing
revolver with her few remaining franc