The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-23
STATE NEWS.

Judge JOnD IL. i. Sneeu, formerly
member OF the Supreme Court of
Teunrssee, now living in Memphis,
has been rendered and has accepted
the position Of Consul General 10
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.
A negro named Rupe Strealer was
killed by lightning uear ShelbyvilI',
last Saturday, while working in the
harvest iie.G.
The Comptroller o. the Currency
| ha- oru"rvd division Of 80 per cent
| to be paid to the creditors OF the
Commercial Bank OF Nashville. This
will put into Circulation there $3.50,
600, which Will 10 doubt greatly hep
| business.
At Ashland City about II o'clock
one night last week, The store OF
| Teasley q LeUnoX was broken into |
by burglars. A young man bamed |
| Lennox WAS sleeping in the store, |
and WAS awakened by the noise. He
iumpeu upaud rAu down stairs with |
| double barreied gun which failed to !
fire. He then fired at them with II
pistol and they returned his fire.
About twenty-five shots were eX-
changed and anumber OF them passed
through his clothes but did not
strike him. After the burglars left
il was found from blood on the floor
IN two places, that two Of them had
been stuck.
The row between John H. Nc
Dowell, and ex-Editor J. G.. Carrigan
of the Voiler, has terminated in the
| m II Grand InrD
OF Carrigan, on the charge OF sending
obscene matter through the mails.
He wrote the following on postal
card to Mcdowell and mailed 1t.
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn, April Il,
1898 -Siuce writing you this morn
, ing have met gentleman just from
= Nashville, aud he Informed me you
a have been telling around Nashville
that | WAS for several days going
1 around and begging peop,e to give
g me whisky and was disgraceful OH
l., the streets. Ii this be 50 | denOunce
l Won AS All infamous, cOWardly liar,
and will ram il down your Infamous,
= rascslly throat.
r 10. G. CARDIGAN"
!, Carrigan ia going 10 make 1t hot
y for Mcdowell, who, he say, he can
g prove is not now member OF the
Alliance At sll.
d Five hundred employees, men, wo
IS men, girls and children III the NSsh
y vile Cotton Mills struck last Salur
- day because the manager attempt
tu force y Is per cent. cut in wages
The strike also embraces the Dahl
Cotton Mills, which is connecte,
with the concern.
1t The directors claim that they ma,
the cut rather than close down durlDt
the summer mouths. They say the.
! are overstOcked, and trade Is so dul
~ that they cannot get clear OF thei
g. goods. The strikers walked out III
IT. Rody when they received notification
or of the cut. Everything is quiet.
n. On last Saturday q girl name
to Melissa Hewitt, from near Carthage
,ir Tenn. was saved by the police frOI
es b-aoming an inmate OF house OF J.
M fame under most remarkable cir
ne cnmstauces. She said she WAS Six
"a teen and had been betrayed ABOUT
f. wear ago, and since then hsu g0n
TO from bad to worse. She concluded
he come 10 Nashville and WAS accompi
mt MED by her brother about Il yea
old. He was iuquiring the way 10
au house OF prostitution III winch u
we expected to place his sister Whe
re- thew we've both arrested. A sister
en- the girl killed herself two weeks Se
tor at Scottsville, Ky, because M
Iy betrayer would not marry her
5T, Clarence w. Garrett, q young Law
.m yer Of Carthage, who was enaI IL 5
he with the ruin OF Nora HeWett WI
We killed herself at Scottsville, kyr a.
lily written letter to the Nasnvi !,
u, TO American, denying the truth OF u
To charge. He furnished PROOF III VI
letter Of the admission by the glrl
l. own father that he was not Fespohs
BILE for her dOwniull.
~ Hon. Frank P. Bond, recently q
- Dointed Internal Revenue CoLIect
Tor the Fifth district to succeed DAY
~ Tnnr Last week executed b