The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-05
OVER THE STATE.

The Grand Jury at Memphis lnulcLeo
both Miss Mitchell and Miss Johnson,
for murder in the first degree. At first
it was not supposed that Miss Johnson
had anything to do with the killing;
and the first impression was that Miss
Mitchell was certainly insane. But
public opinion is growing stronger
against them both, and it is now conf
IDENTIFY asserted by the knowing ones
that there is q man in the case.
A special from Bristol, Tenn, re-
ports the following strange case: "John
Delaney, aged SO years, died suddenly
and peculiarly this morning. He and
his wife, who is about his age, were sit
ting around the fire between midnight
and day, when the old woman took
pitch forward in the flames. He
snatched her out and threw bucket OF
water in her face and then ran for
doctor. In five minutes from the time
he went out he had dropped dead from
sheer fright. The woman is now at the
point of DEATH"
A project is on foot to form a new
county from fragments OF Obion, Glib
son and Dyer, to be kncwn as Cochran
county.
Hon. G.. A. Stainback, of SOmersville,
who two years ago represented Fay
cite and Hardeman counties in the Gen
eral Assembly, died in Cincinnati few
days ago of nervous prostration.
DIR. J. B. Cowan, of Tullahoma, who
some months ago was elected to the
chair of surgery in the University of
the South at Sewanee, declines to
serve, giving as his reason that his pro-
fessiOn and business connection re-
quires his time and attention.
Gibson county should thank her God,
saws the Rutherford Register, that she
does not depend entirely upon cotton
for her finances. Hundreds of people
in the county are financially depressed,
but we are a millionaire beside the cot
ton districts of the South.
The Jackson Wing notes that it's eff
forts il behalf of diversified farming
are being acted upon by number of
it's readers. 1t is safe to estimate that
the acreage of wheat sown in Madison
county is twice as large as in recent
years, while the small fruit and vegeta-
BILE industry is making most satlstac-
tory showing IN several localities.
Truck farming is certainly one OF the
great needs of this section, while diver
sified crops are an absolute necessity.
A large meeting of Democrats from
all parts of Williamson County, was
held Saturday afternoon at Franklin,
| in the courthouse, called together by
. o
we're present. A resolution was
! adopted calling a primary election to
nominate Democratic candidates for
the county offices of Williamson county
for Saturday, April ?, 1892, between
| o'clock A. NJ. and P. NJ. No one is to be
allowed to vote except Democrats OF
such legal voters as voted for the Demo-
cratic candidate for President or fol
| Governor at the last election, or such a
will pledge themselves in good faith to
support the Democracy at the ensuing
| August election; and the committed
men are enjoyed to exercise a sound
and faithful discretion by judging the
qualification of voters. Any fairly
written or printed ballot may be used
and prepayment of the poll tax is moi
required. A plurality OF all the Demo
Gratis of the county will nominate.
Memphis printers ars in pretty hard
luck at present. The Appeal-Ava-
Ianche put in type-setting machines,
which threw quite number out o.
employment. The Commercial has dis
charged its regular force, who were
union men, and imported nOn-union
| men to take their places. Thus almost
the entire old forces of the two morn
ing papers have been thrown out o
employment. To add to this it is re
ported that the Ledger will probably
do away with its printers and have it,
work done on the machines of the
! Appeal-Avalanche.