Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-08-21
THE NEWS.

Az Miacls springs, va, Jeff Harper
killed his brother.
Two negroes were arrested for firing
A. G. Deakins' store in Pikeville, Tenn.
Gold is said to have been found in one
of the Alaskan islands in wonderful
quantities.
The bank of Shelby, Memphis, Tenn,
failed last week, with only fifty six dol
lars in bank.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Nelson shot and
killed Will Mckay at Brookwood, mines,
Ala, Tuesday.
VIII Harris, a young negro rapist, was
shot to pieces by a mob in Colquit Coun-
ty, Ga, last week.
1t is confidently claimed that the yield
of corn in Kansas this year will be more
than 3Oo,OOO,OOO bushels.
An attempt was made to blow up the
Church Grocery Company's building in
Atlanta, Ga, last week.
A hotel was wrecked in Denver, Col,
last Sunday by the explosion of a boiler,
and sixty persons killed.
Mrs. James Gordon was instantly kill
ed by being thrown from a buggy near
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, last Friday.
VIM. Grendstaff, postmaster at Tom
Dean, Texas, was arrested for embez-
cling postal money order funds.
Johnson Scott, q noted m%oonshiner,
was again captured by United States
Marshals, in Middle Tennessee.
During a storm near Dunlap, Tenn.
last Saturday, lightning killed six horses
that had taken shelter under a tree.
In Shelby, Ia, Herman Kohanf blew
out the brains of the wife of his employ
er and suicided by cutting his throat.
Chas. McGonigle shot and killed his
father near North Yakima, Wash, and
fatally wounded a man named Eaves.
Dora Holman, wife of Tom Holman, a
colored barber, of Dayton, Tenn, shot
and killed him last Sunday afternoon.
By the explosion Of a boiler in a saw
mill near Cedar Grove, KY, John Hines.
his son, and Engineer Smith were kill
ed.
A gang of counterfeiters were discoy-
ered and arrested near Chattanooga, last
Friday. They were engaged in making
nickles. -
Mrs. Baird, of Monroe, Mo-, shot and
killed Sam Elston because he sold her
husband whisky after she had notified
him not to do so.
More than thirty arrests have been
made of the Italian miners who drove
the negro miners from their homes in
Spring Valley, Ill.
F1ev desperate outlaws were captured
in E~ufalfa, l. T., last week. They are
charged with almost all the crimes
known in the calendar.
Considerable damage was done in
Hickman County, Tenn, last Saturday
night by a waterspout, washing away
corn anu other produce.
The town Of Pikeville, Tenn, was al
most destroyed by fire Tuesday night;
but n store escaped the flames. One
man was overcome by heat.
Zebulon Whit, a deputy marshal, was
waylaid and murdered in Madison Coun-
ty, N. c., by jeff Mace, John Flasher,
Newt Mace and Len Malone.
While a storm was raging in Finnis
County, Kany lightning struck a wire
fence against which a herd of cattle
were crowded, and killed fifty head.
John Smith,an old residento of Anderson
County, Tenn, was murdered in cold
blood by Jas. Warwick, a neighbor. The
shooting was the result of an old feud.
1t is reported that a seven foot vein of
tin ore has been discovered in the Cas-
cade Mountains, Tacoma. 1t is said to
contain enough tin to supply the world.
The grand jury of jefferson County,
Tenn, has indicted d. C. Hill, county
school superintendent, w. M. EIedge,
county trustee, for raising county war
rants.
X. S. Phillips, postmaster of Georgiana,
Ala, has been ordered to leave town by
the citizens for sending an obscene let
ter to a respectable young of the
place.
Governor Morrill,, of Kansas, has been
interviewed and expresses the opinion
that his State prefers Gov. Mckinley as
the Republican nominee for the Presi-
dency.
Annie Holden, of Springville, Tenn,
saturated her clothing with coal oil and
set fire to them, burning herself to death.
Disappointment in a love affair was the
supposed cause.
III hrst twelve months of the Wilson
tariff law there has been exported from
Manchester, England, goods to the value
ne of $l2,439,OO2, as against $7y349,659 dur
ing the last twelve months under the
Mckinley law.
A recently pardoned inmate Of the
Georgia State pe%nitentiary has entered
suit for heavy damages against the peni-
tertiary company. He states that horri-
bic cruelties are inflicted on the inmates
of the penitentiary.