The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-14
STATE NEWS.

A GAINESVILLE correspondent to the
Nashville American says: "Ihe
sensational story that appeared ia
the LOUiFville Tunes under date of
April is most outrageous fElse-
hood. The story goes that DR..
Fonreuoy rec -ntly died here and left
among his valuable papers confess
sion OF murder. 1t says that twenty
eight years ago Rev. DIR. Feltner, at
that time rector OF Trinity Church
hert, mysteri"usly disappeared and
was never discovered. DIR. FOntenoy
WAS the rector's family physician.
The wife of thu rector was affected
with strang disease similar TO con-
sumption. DR.. FOntenOy had made
a special study Of consumption end
resolved that when tie woman died
he would hold IN autopsy and fur
Dish science with some remarkable
diecoVely the woman died. The
Doctor went at night to get the corpse.
Just as be diHInte. red the corpse the
srief-stri1ken husband appeared on
The scene aud attempted to assault
he physician. The physician struck
him and To his utter amazement
killed him. He buried the husband
in the empty ca+het from which he
had taken the wife. Thus eoes the
story. No parties by the names ever
lived in Clark+ville. The whole
thing il a lie and reflection on
Clarksville
A colt belonging to Coke Barham
at Milan was bitten by n rabid dog
about four weeks ago Last week ii
died from weIl-developed case Of
hydrophObia. 1t is thought other
animals in the neighhornOod were
nitten Aud for that do the people
year after year elect Legislature to
protsct dogs.
There wa a hal storm in Gibson
County last week and At Dyer and
Milan, it ~ said, the earth was COW
cred with hail stOLe as large az hen
eggs. Az Dyer II NUMBER of people
wsr, slig llly injdred and stock was
,urced to seek slalte
A ponr widow lady on Coco Creek,
East I. nuesse has h ID the privilege
OF AL the < I'd she could mine in one
OF The old tunnels, which she entered
by WY OF the shaft by meaus OF an
I'M an ladder. She carried the vein
rock an casing some nal! IN lie from
he mine III a flour poke to her home
md pounded it 10 win hammer
ami t'en wa'ued 1t, often making
irom 50 TO 81 per day.
Some wholesale stealing has been
going on in Marshall ,uuty. Ten
thOuSan d)llars OF railroad bonds,
after being paiI aud cancelled, are
nut upon the market again and sold.
The name- O. the guilty phrties are
known bat uhG yeS given TO the pub
lie. A rO'nmittee has been appointed
} to examine the mater fully but 1t Is
gAner4l'y feared they Will make a
white-Wash report.
The Northern Tenues4ean says that
$4,000 dozens egg, have been ship.
,, ped from that town withil the pas
few weeks.
? A lag. c"pp Of English peas have
been planted by the farmers OF Obion
-, County. The crop is SAID to be- larger
th~n ever before.
, The cotton growers are making
, strenuous eifOrjS t. reduce the
acreage Ot that staple aud raise pro-
ducts for no ne cOu|nmp,i ion.
Over seveutse hundret hogs were
sold a. Bradshaw Giles County the
past season.
The ink had h rdly gotten dry on
the bill creating the new chancery
- division out of the twelfth Division,
which passed both houses Monday
evening, before Gov. Turney haG
named the new Chancellor in the
> person OF Hon. JOhu K Shields, Of
!. Beams Station, one OF the best law.
yers and beat d 'mOcr4ts on the Other
-. side Of the Cumberland Mountains
: Early Sunday morning the barn o
4 Mr. It. W,nn, OF LsscassSs, Ruth
II erford County burned. Besides tn
% barn and It's contents, twelve fnt
2 horses persisted in the flames. TIT
9 fire was inuehdisry, and caused
p total loss OF 81 400, on which Their
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