The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-07
GENERAL NEWS.

April 80 the New York Central will |
inaugurate its fast train service to
the Worlds Fair.
~ am going to smash them" is re-
ported to have been President Clcve-
lands frank reply to the question
of Congressman as to what ne was
going to do with the states fixed up
by Congressional delegations for the |
distribution of local patronage.
The long talked of type writer tiust
has bee formed and incorporated at
Trenton, n. j., with capital OF 500,
100000 Among the companies inter-
e-ted are the Remington, Hammond,
Caligraph, American and Yost.
1t is gwen out that when the W.
cancy occurs, President CLEVELAND
will appoint the widow OF Senator
Kenns Postmistress at Charleston,
West Virginia.
Sam Jones is doing up Bowling
Green.
Congressman Hooker of Missis-
sippi, was knocked down and seri.
Ou-ly Injured in Washington Satur-
| uay lShI Wy oil OlOSlllO OhI'
Postmaster General Bissell is
very large man, and he weighs about
three hundred pounds. Representa-
tive John Allen, of Mississippi, re-
marked some time ago that large
bodies move slowly, and this is
doubly true in the case OF the Post
master General. Mr.. Blssell has
haa,, In Otfioa orlu Ona month ond
up to date he has made only one APP
pniltment, and that Republican
the promotion OF Nathan Smith to be
J Chief OF the bond division. Smith
has had charge Of the Presidential
. pOst-vtfice-, and has been an emplye
of the Post-office Department for a
number of years. The pressure for
promotions Of Post office Inspectors,
. Chief of Divisions, Chief Clerks and
. number Of other prominent pos
tiOns known as personal appoint
| ments has been by no means light,
, and there has not been a day since
3 the 4th of March but that from three
, to four delegations have called on the
l Postmaster General and urged the
= appointment OF some worthy Demo-
t crat to the positions referred to.
; Several minor places in the depart
; ment, such as laborers and watch
3 men have been filled with Demo.
P Gratis, but not more than half dozen
} such appointments have been made
8 However, it is believed that when
/ Mr.. Bissell does get move on him
he will let the Toys know it. They
are all anxiously waiting for the
3 move to msterialiZe.
= Louisville, Ky has offered a site
o and million dollars to have the
! capitol changed from Frankfort to
. Louisville. This same old fight has
been going on for years and years.
/, Secretary Gresham has decided not
Q to send the original copies of the
g Declaration of Independence and the
5 United States Constitution to the
d Worlds Fair, considering that the
= valuable and time-wOrn papers would
3 be subjected to too great a risk.
;, The beautiful summer home Of
Joseph Jefferson, at Buzzard's Bay
i was destroyed by fire last week. His
intimate personal friend Grover
Cleveland Immediately telegrapheC
words of sympathy.
u American who have tackled the
tiger at Monte Carlo, will find the
- statement of the Casinos business
l. last year very interesting. The re-
l. ceipts were 100000 francs, largel
l. than ever before, and paid dividend
II of POS francs on stock, the par value
i of when is 500 francs, or over 40 pei
u y cent. The number of American gam
4 blers is said to have increased con
d siderably during the year.
u Three hundred painters employed
= on the Worlds Fair buildings have
l. struck for an advance in wages, anC
y the union carpenters threaten t
8 strike unless the nOn-uniOn men b
discharged. Efforts will be made t
adjust the differences, so that pre-
paratiOns for the opening may not b
delayed.
lie The Rev. s. H. Buchanan has bee
IS placed in Jail at Little Rock, Ark
es having been found short in his &C
counts az Treasurer of the Arkanss
. Insane Asylum. A few years ago b
. was prominent az the pastor of tn
W Cumberland Presbyterian Church q
III Little Rock,