The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-05-19
STATE NEWS.

Last Saturday ce-President
Stevenson passed through Clarks-
vile on his way TO Stewart County,
Tenn, whore he j. interested with
others in Mineral lands.
A Tennessee farmer, named Josiah
Copeland, of Livingston, Overton
County, went deranged last week un-
der peculiar circumstances. H.
shipped lot OF stock from Nashville
via Memphis to Vernon, Texas.
When he got to Memphis, he sudden.
w lost his miud aud knocked down
the conductor OF the freight train
and then ran away. He wondered
about III the sAamps several days,
but finally got back to Memphis,
where fo'mer resident of Overt IL
County took charge of him. HIS
stock went on to Texas, but he has
! been sent back home. lie has son |
in the insane a-ylum.
In view Of the possibility that
Governor Turney NAV not again be "a
caud date for the St1ice, the Nash
vile American speaking OF probable
candidates say: Rutherford has
young Horace Palmer, who il the
peer Of any OF his fell0w-citizens.
Lillard Thompson, of Wilson, Con-
gressmau Jos. +. Washington, of
Robertson, Judge G. w. Tyler, OF
Montgomery, Frank Bond, OF Hay
wood, Luke Wright, of Shelby,
Senator Bullock, OF Madison, Barton,
OF Hamilton, Houston, OF Cannon,
! DtlIAny ,f NTnruholI Dnrl
Marshall, OF Williamson, and II. w.
Ewing, of Giles, are all names pleas
ing to the people who make Govern
Ors. And there are manv others
whom it is unnecessary to r. f,r to"
A dispatch Of last week Gays:
Senators Harris and Bate both ex-
poet to leave Washington Monday
night. Senator Harris will go to his
Texas ranch and Senator Bate W
Nashville. Congressman EnlOe, Nc
Dearmou, Cox and SnOdgrss alaso
expect to leave by that time. C"u-
gres4men McMillin aud Richardson
7 will remaina while longer.
MurIreesboro hotels did a land
office business last week. Congress
mau Richardson was at home and
Oflice-seekers sWarmed to that
= borough.
1t ia semi-Of1icially and announced
that Mrs. Cyrus w. Mccormick
y widow of the millionaire moving
= machine manufacturer, Will build q
y palatial residence near Maryville
= Blount County, Tenn.
3. Gov. Turney has filled all thu
n offices and not a single newspaper
n man WAS appointed. But then Al
r editor has no right to be III app icant
d His business is to whoop 'em mp 70
j. his man aud if ne is elected som,
n DISCOUNTED fellow might iutimat,
j. that he had subsidized the press il h'
v shoult show his gratitude by remem
o boring the edltor.-Fayettevilie OBJ
d server.
X The Tennessee Importing Com
l pany, of Nashville, have just won
Z $4,000 law suit rom the Missouri
v Kan -as & Texas Railway, CROWN
II out of the burning of number o
q lacks in transit from ST. Louis I
H. Paris, Tex, IN OcrOner, 1891. Tn
ID case was tried at Paris last week, AN
u though the railroad company made
u sUrorg fight, they lost. The Jack
, buried had only been imported troI
- Spain short time before, aud WEI
lu on Their way to Paris To be sole
We Seven Of them were burned to deaf
IT and number badly injured. Th
III Importing Company sued for $500
Va l.. B. Bnsa, merchant, OF Ne
M Middleton, Tenn, committed suCid
lp Wednesday mOrning by shOotin
90 himself through the heat. He Ia
fh last remrned from Nashville, whel
nd ne failed to make satisfactory a
70. rangemeuts with his creditors.
i'll Owing to the failures OF banks 1
ep other places, the Peoples Bank ;
Lewisburg became last week Il
victim of rumOrs as to its sOundnes
and there was reason 10 believe thel
was going to be run on II. In ord,
80 to rtassure the depOsitOrs and Il
au public, n large number of the stocI
he holders signed paper guaranteeiE
ne depositors against loss. This SCENE
iiI9 to satisfy the public.
90 Louis Sells, IA years of age, who r
i'm sides mt No. 5 Mulberry street, Mer
pms, was arrested by deputy SneT
Richardson and taken to jail. +
assaulted his father with an ugl
looking butcher knife and chas
ew him from the premises, and VIII,
,se Deputy Richardson arrested him
tn drew the KIN fe on the officer.
ld- Last Monday Willie Smith W
OF driving home couple of yearlrn
eSS and "a hen crossing the stone bri,i
no one of them jumped the wall a
ew Isndsd ON lts hack i'm the water
of fset bslow II swan, out uninIur
In by its daring leap.-FayetteviIle c
81 server.