The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-11-25
,fter an illness of two years. He was buried

after an illness of two years. He was burieC
Sunday.
In friendly wrestling match at Proc
tor, o., Frank Huff was thrown by Michae
Powell Huff became enraged, drew {
knife and stabbed Powell to death HI
| was arrested
The plant of the Desha Lumber and
Flaming company, Arkansas City, Ark.
burned with about 100000 feet OF hare
lumber. Total loss about 5000 600; par
/ TALLY insured
In quarrel over cards IN a saloon a
| Washington, Ind, Henry Stewart cut Ed
Harmon on the shoulder with a razor
Harmon bled to death in few minutes
Stewart escaped.
Miss Nora Houser has been selected [,
be the model for Montana's silver statue a
the worlds fair in the place of Ada Re
han, against whose selection the press Wig
orously protested.
Society in Gotham is alleged to b,
shocked over Bronson Towards new play
"Aristocracy," in one scene of which AT
Austrian prince is engaged in persuadinl
wife to unfaithfulness.
Elder J. f. White, of Cadiz, Tenn, and
wife, who were married in 1916, celebrated
their scventy-siXth anniversary. A large
number of their descendants from Ken.
lucky and other states We're present.
The Republican members of the Penn.
sylvania house of representatives, of this
city, held a meeting Saturday and adopted
resolutions indorsing Senator. VI. ). Qua
as "a candidate for reelection by the state
legislature.
at Farmers Valley, Pa, Mrs. Lucette
CrOssmier was found hanging in her barn
Investigation shows it to have been case
OF murder and not suicide, as was at first
supposed, Ralph Crossmier, son, is sus.
pected and missing
f. L. Stone and w. NJ Cox, of New
TaZewell, Tenn, were quarreling in a sa-
loon Sunday, when Francis MANI tried to
act as peacemaker. This so angered Stone
who was in the act of firing at Cox that he
turned and shot MANI dead.
Near Lotus, Ind, William Crawley died
under suspicious circumstances, as did his
son but a few days ago. Investigation re
vealed arsenic in the well and -four barrel
Mrs Crawlcy is improving. All three
have been sick for about six weeks.
Rev. Thomas Dixon in his sermon in
New York Sunday thanked God that
Cleveland was elected without the aid of
New YOrk-that he transferred the ma
tiOnal contest from the sewers of New
York city to the broad fields of the nation
A sand bank at TaylOrs, lie, O.. cayed
in Saturday afternoon and buried Richard
Peach, Calvin Walker Louis Green, VIII.
lam Sheppard and William Irving. Shep
pard and Irving escaped without a scratch,
but Peach WAS killed instantly and Green
and Walker fatally injured.
Rev. DR.. Macarthur, pastor of the Cal
vary Baptist church, New York, delivered
a stirring address Sunday night on the
public school question, and the efforts of
n Ea ThaI
very existence of these schools, he said, was
threatened by the ROmish church.
Willis Corder a minister in the Baptist
church, went to Marion, Ills, Wednesday
and while there got drunk. In that con.
ditiOn he started home. The team OF
mules he was driving ran away; threw
him out of the wagon broke his leg and
otherwise injured him, from the effects of
which he died Sunday morning.
A freight wreck occurred on the Lehigh
Valley railroad at White Haven, Sunday, |
caused by a broken wheel. Sixteen loaded
gondOlas were telescOped and smashed. 1t
took all of the day to clear the wreck. A |
tramp, unidentified, was smashed to death, !
one brakeman was internally injured and
another brakeman, James Blake, was also
injured
Donald Campbell, silh dyer of Pater !
SON, n. j., threw lighted lamp at hi
wife Saturday night. The lamp struck the |
woman in the back of the neck, and set |
fire to her clothing. Campbell ran out OF |
the house, but some passersby heared the |
wOman's cries, and entered the house and
put out the flames. Mrs. Campbell's haiI
was burned Off and her body terribly
scOrched.
From a close friend Of Mr.. Harrity it |
was learned Sunday evening that the story
hat off
rity cabinet portfolio during his visit tc
on Wednesday is erroneous
According to Mr.. Harritys friends no such
offer was made by Mr.. Cleveland, but it is
more than probable that Mr.. Harrity will
be rendered a seat in his cabinet by Mr.
Cleveland.
Herman Seigler, German living on
North Paalina street, Chicago, became in.
sane on religion and shot his wife's
parents, Henry and Caroline Siles, in,
stantly killing both. lie then shot his
wife, slightly wOunding her. He was shot
by an officer before he would surrender
On the way to the hospital the murderer
was almost taken from the officers by
mob and lynched.
James c. Vandyke, forty-eight years
old, and engineer on the steamer New Ha-
ven, of the New Haven line, was taken
sick on the boat at her pier on East river
and was found TO be suffering
with smallpox. He was removed to the
North Brothers Island, the boat was fu-
migated and the crew were Vaccinnated.
NaEdyke lives in New Haven, where there
Lave been several cases of smallpox.
At Frazee, Mimi, Il. l.. Vansikler, dur
ing quarrel, shot his wife through the
wrist with revolver. Going to another
room he procured rife and then shot her
twice through the body. one ball passing
through the heart, killing her instantly
He then turned the weapon on himself and
sent bullet through his lungs. Then he
shot +. c. Brown, of Argo, through the
Jcdy, following this with again shooting
himself in the mouth, blowing the top
Of his head off.