The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-05-19
GENERAL NEWS.

While it has been 50 wet in Tea
nessee ard IN most OF the country
east of the mississippi river, it has
been very dry in the West. In
Kansas the wheat crop has been very
seriously damaged by continued
Groutn. This is also true Of Europe
In Southern Russia aud sOms other
Countries of southern Europe fam
inc il feared on account of the dam
age to crops from the continued dry
weather; in England and France the
injury to crops Is very great.
At Chicago the national executive
commit ee Of the Prohibition party
held meeting Saturday. Tne party
intends to begin work for the next
presidential campaign ut Oucs, aud
this MEETING was called for the pur-
pose Of devising and perrectinga plan
of State work, which will, wheU
completed, be submitted to the State
central committee for their approval.
At Lancaster, Pa strange pest
has appeared i'll the shape OF new
kind 81 insect or vermin which s@ems
to attack every one Who comes into
contact with them. AS q cOn-e
queuce people all avoid each other
AID even the merchants Tear that
their goods will be invaded by them.
Edward 0. Leech, the Director of
the Mint, whose five years term
would not have been up until next
year, gratiti'd the applicants TO" his
place, hits 5000 salary, by resign
ing to- accept the position Of Cashier
of the National Union Bank OF New
York, which is 10 open Juue az ths
same salary which ia has been lie.
ceiving rs Director OF the Mint.
A Washington correspondent
mentions among the weaithie-t
colored men Of tho capital John f.
Cook. estimated to he worth from
$4,000 to $500 900; Fred Do1glas-,
$l50,00O; the two sous OF the lale
James Wormley, 100000; John r.
Lynch, $75 600; ?. B, >. Piuchb Ack,
$4,000; Dr5 G. b Purvis aud john
A. Fraucis, $75, 900 each, and the chill
dren of the rich feed store man, lie +,
$500, 600.
James Gordon Bennett ia said to lie
no longer the sole owner of the New
York Herald Color is given to thu
report by the fact that Tor the fir t
time since Jarucs Gordon Bennett IN
herited the editOrship and proprie-
torship of the paper from hi4 father,
his name did not appear at the head
Of the editorial page Of the paper.
For some months past reports have
been in circulation that john w.
Mackay, the California bonanza
king, had advanced large SUNS of
money to Bennett, and ihat as security
be had taken mortgage on the plant
OF the Herald The loans, iC is said,
were advanced TO cover the 10 'ses il
connection with the MackaY- Bennett
cable and the loss sustained by Ben
nett's European papers.
A Pennsylvania man named Jane,
Gillespie, who had once been vim.
died by some "greeD goods" or cOun
terfeit money sharpers in New YORK
succeeded the other day in beating
the ra7cais at their own game He auC
FREUD, in reply to letter writtel
them went on there and took their
pistols with them When the greer
goods men took them iutO private
rOum aud showed them big bundle
OF good money, which they pretended
was the kind they were to get, the
Pennsylvania men grabbed the none,
and pulled their pistols, aud the
swinilers thinking they hal fsle.
into the hands Of de,ective,, ran Of
and LETT the money.
Rev. Thomas c. Hall, son of D.
John Hall, OF New York, who was
student of the theological sem uar,
uuder Dc. Briggs, says that if tn
General Assembly does not acqui
DIR. Briggs of the charges on whIcl
ne was Tried before the PresbyIerry
that he will leave the PresbyteriAl
Church
Pope Leo's family il very lon
lived. With the exception OF hi
father, the cardinal, who died fey
years ago at the aye of 81, all his in
media'e relatives have lived TO /
more than 80 years old.
A San Francisco pap9r says that
young Dane OF the name Of Swe
Wren has arrived there on tri
around the world, which he has Ut
dertaken to make on a bet of thirt
thousand dollars, without cen
He carries letter of credit for $l2
winch he VIII Olly pe dlIOheu 10 us
to keep from being put in Jail as
Vagrant. He has now travelled OF
fourth Of the way, and has had
pretty tough time on part Of it bl
he says he will get through all RICH
Ee does not beg for money, but TAX,
anything offered him, aud frequent
has had tn work pretty hard 81
sometimes has gone hungry.
There is bad splitfn the Farmer
Alliance in Minnesota. This hi
grown out OF a charge made by Igu
fius DOnnelly one Of the leaders III
\ new spaper which posed as an o
ran of the Alliance was really su
porting the Republican party. NJ