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

President Cleveland was ffty-six
years old on last Saturday.
a four year-Old boy in Georgia is
said to weigh 80 pounds, wear No.
hat and No. -hOe.
Gorge Gould is taking his fathers
old place as the leader of Wsll Strte ct.
HE recent winnings are placed at
IS 100000.
An ounce OF pure gold is worth
$40 81 there fore, ton Of pure gold,
which contains 100000 ounces, is
worth $495 $50.
Ia Denmark it is the law that all
drunken persons shall be taken to
their homes in carriages provided at
the expense Of the publican who sold
them the last glass,
The safest lake in the world is
Lake Urumia, in Persia, situated at
more than 1000 feet above the level
Of the sea. 1t contains % per cent
Of salt against SO per cent. in the
Dead Sea.
A newspaper has Just been started
in London, which is printed on
postal card. The first number has
ionr illustrations, a comic tragedy, d
few Jokes and puzzles and some
advertisements.
Mrs. Lease has an article in Frank
Leslie's reviewing the situation in
the South. A Populist orator from
the boundless West, she declares, be-
comes In the untutored South a
walking omelette,
The President has appointed Jas
b. Eustis of LOuisiana, Minister to
France; Theodore Runyon of New
Jersey, Minister to Germany, and
Ex-senator Wade Hampton Com
missioner of Railroads.
AT Pittsburgh a few days ago, Mrs.
Frank Sternbergery aged 90 years,
dropped dead While praying by the
bedside of her dying mother. The
latter was SO years cid. The cause
OF the lady's death was heat failure.
The White Star freight steamship
NArOnic has been given up as lost,
some OF her life boats having been
sighted by other steamers, floating
bottom upward. 1t is supposed that
the crew was rescued. She had crew
62 men and a heavy load of freight.
Princess Kauilani, having called
unofficially upon the President and
Mrs. Cleveland, and made the bast
impression she could, has sailed with
her English guardians back to ELg-
land. She hopes that the United
States will rot annex the Sandwich
Islands.
A. l.. Kendall blew out his brains
last week in Atlanta, In the prest nee
OF his son, and only ten minutes
after he had kissed his wife TO well
come her nome from New YOrf
Kendall! had been addicted to gel tins
on sprees and had just returned from
a Kelley Institute, where he had
taken treatment for the cure of the
drinking habit.
AT Phss Christian, Miss, last week
n young nan named Miller and n
young lady, Alma Nunnemacher
both Of Milwaukee, were found dead
with bullets in their brains. 1t i.
supposed that Miller killed the
young lady and then himself. Miller
! was poor and Miss Nunnemachel
rich, and her parents objected to theil
marrying, which WAS supposed to bt
the cause Of the tragedy.
Miss Annie Jones, the daughter o.
Rev. Sam Jones, was married for the
second time, last week, 10 Mr.. w. M
Graham, formerly Mr.. Jones' privat,
secretary. Graham and Miss JOne,
, elOped and were married about foul
; years ago, but could not live happily
together 30 they separated and were
finally divorced. But being co!
stantly thrown together again, tn,
old feeling was revived aud the,
were again married.
There is in Spain river called
! TintO, which has very extraordinary
qualities Its wate S, which are NJ
3 yellow rs the topaz, harden the sane
J and petrity it in most surprising
manner, If a stOne falls INTO thu
river and rests upon another they
both become perfectly united al
conglutinsled In u year. 1t withelt
all the plants on its banks, as we'll al
the IOOts OF trees, which 1t dyes o
} the same hue as its waters. No fist
live IN it,
The largest pure silver statue eve
known Was cast last week in Chicago
Sixteen hundred pounds OF silveI
were used in making the statue. L
was a statue of Justice aud was cast
for the State Of Montana, for exhibi.
ton in the Worlds Fair The fac,
and figure are au exact reproduction
of those Of Miss Ada Rehan, tn,
well known actress of Daly's theatr,
In New York City, and Is full lii,
size. 1t will stand upon silveI
J globe two feet in diameter. Tn,
whole cost is $4,000.
A Dung Engllsnman named Aiding
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