The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-03-24
STATE NEWS.

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depot in Nashville. 1t will be To-
Gated on Broad street, and from the
design of it, which has been pub
! lished, will evidently he the finest in
the South and one Of the finest in the
whole country. Surveyors have al
ready gone To work aud the con-
structiOn will be begun at once.
| Gov. Turney'a determination not to
int fere with the Judgment of the
courts in pistol cases, will, 1t Is
! thought, have the effect of making
pocket artillery somewhat unpopu-
lar during the next two years at least
! A fine Of $50 and six months in the
county jail is not very inviting
| finale to the violation OF pistol law
| The other day near SweetM alter,
| Mrs. Aunir Gift was walking with a
party of little girls, and When cross
ing n creek on foot log her little
daughter, Annie, fell into the swift
running stream. Mrs. Gift immedi-
ately spraug into the water to save
/ her chlld. TIL current swept them
! both under twice, but the mother
| fortunately caught hold of some
brush in drift aud held herself and
daughter above water until rescued
by Capt. w. l.. Clarke. Neither
suffered serious consequences from
the dangerous plunge.
The Legislative Committee, in
charge of the DubOse matter, has re-
ported in favor o. trying him by inn
parchment and suggested that q COM
mittee be appointed To hear the tes-
timOny aud determine upon the facts
in the case.
Mrs. Katie Carnes, the wife of
General sam Carnes, of Memphis,
under the stage name CT Miss Katie
Bourke, appeared in concert in
New York a few nights ago ana
scored decided success. She was
applauded frequently aud eucored
several tim s.
Last week a terrible TRACED oc-
Cured on the Knoxvill IL Ohio Rail-
road at q place called Hells Point, in
Campbell Comfy Tennessee. Sheriff
Burnett. OF Campbell County, was
killed, Deputy Sher fl John Daily
fatally wounded, Chris Smith NOR
tally wounded AM Jesse Jones
seriously wounded. The sheriff aud
deputy arrested the man Jones on tn,
Tennessee side OF the line for carrying
concealed weapons. Jones' friends,
a lot OF miners, came over from Ken.
lucky and rescued HIM aud took him
to Kentucky. Afterwards they ar.
rested Jones on thu train on which q
lot of Jones' friends happened to be
They immedia' ely undertook to res.
cue Jones, and general fighl
occurred. In the melee that toll
lowed, in which pistols and winches-
ters were used, the sheriff WAS
killed and the deputy was rushed
back to The rear platform aud thrown
off the IN wing train, his assaiants
jumping OFT after him. Several OF
them were knocked sen seless by the
fall, but rec vrred after q time
When the ira n stopped and ran back
the casualties were found to be as
above. On the next night after the
tragedy mob gathered at Jacksboro
and compelling the jailer to give up
the keys, took Jones out and hung
him,
Mr.. Bart Parks, 20 y:ars old, who
lived five miles south of Lyhchburg,
Moore County, drank carbolic aciO
by mistake one even ny last week
aud died within an hOur after swal.
lowing the fatal drug. He com
planned of collie and drank what he
thought was app,e brandy, with the
result stated.
A late report from Milan, Tenn.
says: There is mucI excitement in
t the community Of Marshsll's Chape
l over the death of Robert Bell. He
apparently died after short illness
OF typhoid fever. HIS body was pre-
{ pared for burial, and preparation
8 mad for the funeral. In the midst o
! the services noise Was heard in tn,
=, coffin. Qu:cSly bursting the lid Mr.
Bell sat up was removed to his home
Il aud in few hours was feeling mucl
e better. He claimed to have been t
4 heaven and saw many friends. Hi
3 wonderful stories draw many people
u to the house. The next night he be-
! came sick aud suddenly called out
e They are coming for me-" and fel
Il back dead. His physician claim
that he WAS in ra ce, and awaken
ing in the coffiu his mind wa
a wrecked.
% A young man named Edgar Re e.
1t died at his home miles from Pu
b laski, few days ago, who had nc
r been able to move a muscle TO
:, months. Four years ago while il
" The field, he became very warm an
II was taken sick. In few minutes h
Il was stricken down and since tina
j. tiule has been unable to move an
:. part OF his body. He could nc
~ swallow anything for some time bt
e Ia his death and starved to deatt
sc Fox q. year he haI been kept allv
l. by such liquid food as was placed i
i, his mouth and ran down his thrOs
mechanically.
Sam Wick ware aid FletchC
SwearingOn, the two Negroes VIII
were brought To Franklin from Louis
E. Vile and tried for the murder
m James Ford, were acquitted. The
~ were guarded to the depot to prevel
y mob violence and left for Indiana.
Id ADVICE TO WOMEN