The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-06-30
STATE NEWS.

into liquidation. They made AN az
signment covering property worth
Tll5,O 900 10 secure creditors to that
amount. The house is a well-known
one and has always enjoyed the con-
hdence of the people.
Col, J. NJ. Charles, SUPERINTENDENT
OF the capital, at Nashville, has re-
signed at the request OF the Governor.
Col. Charles was charged with ac-
cepting pay from certain parties who
bad contracted to make some repairs
on the capital building and also with
having had sent to his own house n
load of coal which was charged to
and paid for by the State. He showed
that the last matter was q mistake of
the coal dealer.
On last Saturday, Branson Garner,
citizen Of McNairy County, living
near Purdy, was killed near White
Sulphur Springs in West H ,-din Co.
John w. Stump aud Marshal Brown
and others to arrest some wildcat
ers. They had made two arre.ts
aud We're going to another house for
the same purpose. When within -
short distance OF the house the par
ties under arrest mae signsl
which was UNDERSTOOD by the parties
in the house, aud when the Off err
came within short gunshOt they
were saiutrd from the porch with a
volley from double-harrel gun
loaded with huckshot. Garner Eel
in his tracks with a buckshOt Nv his
brain and four in his breast. Brown
received one In his chin, but not ia
tai. The officers sought protection in
the sdjscrnt woods. THY sent a cit
izeu OF the neighborhooi back to as
certain the damage done, and finding
Garner dead they had his body
brought TO Selmer, where IL arrived
this afternoon, and will be buried
tomorrow at Purdy.
Henry Wilcox aud Pleasant Cooke,
two boys about II years old, were
drowned in CUMBERLAND River, tif-
cen miles above Clarksville, lat
Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock.
Young Wilcox Is a son OF Mrs. James
ClarksviIle. He and John Green
the S-Vta odd SOL MIR. Green, of
DAILY, Pearce & Green, had gone out
to spend the week with Dung Coke.
The three boys were playing down in
lhe river bottom, whore some men
and neighbors were engaged in cut
ting wheat They had expressed u
| desire ami intention OF going in the
river, and the men warned them that
the river Was very deep and the cur
rent swift. The boys decided to try
it, EoweN err, and both wer5 swept
away by the current and drowned.
Young Green, who would not ven
ture in, had to stand by and Sc his
companions drown without being
able to render assistance. FrienOs
and relatives flocked to the fatal spt
As soon ~ the news was learned AMI
began diligent search for the bodies
but at last accounts they had not
been found.
Last Sunusy a fire broke out in the
restaurant Of Henry Cole, colored,
No. sos Main street Nashville.
When the flames, which originated
in the Kitchen OF the re-tsurau', were
discovered they hal gained such
proportions chat the family who slept
above had barely time to grab up
their clothes and get out a. quick
as they could. Coles family and one
or two boarders occupied the rooms
above. The fans cut of the escape
OF one young woman who saved her
life by her great presence OF mind.
Seeing that she coulu not get OUT by
the stairway, she carried mattress
and bedd ng to the second story win
dow and threw them out ON the
ground below the wiDdnw. Then
she Jumped and escaped without be-
ing even badly shaken up.
A man who did not know he was
lost has been found at tie lnn on
Lookout Mountain. Some months
since wealthy broker named Weis-
prod disappeared from Chicago, leav'
ing no clue AZ to his whereabouts
| His friends notified the police IN
cities North aud South, among them
Knoxville. Two officers from there
on the hunt for a diamond thief
ascer tanned the missing ChlcaSoar
had been here, and traced him to the
mountains. He was enjolin
vacation and seemed surprised tt
know that his disapt earapce hac
created sensation.
n. Baxter, Jr., President OF the
Tennessee Coal, Iron Il Railway
Company, paid the State $27 800 las
Thursday on the $4,000 OF lease
money due July l. The contract be
tween the State and the lessees call
for the payment of t25 900 each quar-
ter, but the company has b. EN- trifl
slow in meeting It's obi cations to tn
State. 1t is understood the remain
DER will be paid in few days.
Isaac Mcmahon, q young son o
Col. J. McMahon, living near Dand
ridge, in Jefferson County, WAS cut t
pieces by mower. He was on tn
seat cutting hay and was by som
means thrown Off His family il on
OF the most prominent in the county
Rattlesnakes are reported unusu
. slly numerous in the Cumberlan
Valley this summer Last wee
while mower was ut work in
clover patch on the farm of Esquir
NJ. S. Combs on the Hyde's Ferr
road, just beyond the new bridge
> the driver saw a six-button ra'tler
: the act OF striking one OF the horse
Mailing the machine. The drive