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

A negro in the Choctaw Nation
last year killed his mOtLer-in-law and
was punished according to Choctaw
law with 500 lasbes on The bare back.
H has nov killed his wife. He win
probably be punished by United
Ststes law tais time.
Mr.. Vanderbit's butler, Mich aeI
Heslin, has committed suicide. He
WAS In the Newport mansion when ii,
was destroyed by fire, and seemed to
think he was held RESP Ohsible and
lost his mind.
The New York Recorder offered
prize of 81 900 some time ago to- any
one who would get up cure for con-
sumption. The prize has just been
awarded to w. r.. Amick, Nj. D., for
seventeen years professor III the
Cincinnati College of Medicine and
surgery. The Recorder invites physi-
cans everywhere to verify this result
of its three months invitation and
says that the medicines for this pur-
pose will be cent frt e OF cost to those
who write direct to DR., Amick, at
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The New York World gives an
account OF most remarkable swim
die that took place recently in q
small town in Hungary. A man
died there recently leaving his wife
few hundred dollars. A few weeks
after his death knock at the door
was heard one night by the widow.
She found on opening II, venerable
looking man with flowing white,
beard who told her he was Saint.
He said that her husband had been
standing at the door ever since his
death and could not enter till his sins
were washed away. The poor wO-.
man at once gave him $500, all the
money she had, and he left. Warn
ing was given but the thief escaped.
There is danger of serious OUT
break Of the Navajo Indians on their
reservation in Northern New Mex
leo; already several battles have been
fought by the Indians and cowboys,
aud the people OF Durango, in
southern Colorado, fear that the In
dians may extend their operations,
through the whole valley. The first
trouble began with the stealing of q
lot of cattle by Il InGi,n, :, who droN o
them into the reservation. A band
OF cowboys was organized, who re-
covered the cattle aid started back
with them, when they were am
pushed and five Of their number
killed; since then several more set
tiers have been killeL The Indians
have captured Que or two trading
posts and other settlements and are
threatening to murder all the whites.
The reservation is about 10000 square
miles lying in New Mexico and
Arizona, south of Colorado, and eX-
tending to the line. There are many
thousand Indians there and some OF
them are bad men. They are all well
Supplied with arms and ammuni-
ton.
A thief who was in the BUILDING
where the Columbus relics are kept
at the Worlds Fair, one evening re-
Gently stole the urn which contains
the ashes of the DiscOverer. Fortu-
naJely jsnitOr saw him take the
urn aud hide it under his coat. He
at once attacked the thief, aud in the
scuffle the urn dropped on the floor,
and The thief bounded out of the door
and escaped.
The most disastrous cyclones ever
, known ia the Southwest passed over
! portions of Texas aud Oklahoma; in
Oklahoma two cyclones came together
and swept over a large portion of the
territory with inconceivable fury
and destroyed everything within its
range. The number OF people killed
|, is put at about one hundred and the
injured at still greater number. In
! Texas the town of Cisco in the West
ern part of the State was almost
| totally destroyed. The population
is about 5000, and almost all of them
had their homes destroyed. The
number of both killed and injured
is very large.
Ex-bsnk president, e. L. Harper, of
Cincinnati, who has spent the last
few years in the penitentiary for
, wrecking his bank, has finished his
term and opened brokers Office in
Cincinnati. He has had fitted up a
very handsome office, which he took
possession Of as coon as he got out Of
prison and says he intends to make
: another fortune.