Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1895-06-19
THE NEWS.


appendicitis early Monday morning
and physicians have been with him
since z o'clock. They have fully de.
termined upon the necessity of an oper.
alton, and it will be made probably be.
fore day break.
Elkins, w. Va, June 16.-Reports
from the interior state that forest fires
are raging with great violence and the
loss OF property thus far has been very
large. Nearly all the property on the
Crawford, Hart and Harrison tracts
has been destroyed and 500 acres of the
Golf tract, part of 1000 acres for which
Mable & Mcclure recently paid $780,
900, are a total loss.
Louisville, June 17.-Arthur Gour.
don, a shoemaker, living at Rowling.
ton, Il suburb, of Pewee Valley, eigh
teen miles from here on the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, shot aad prob.
ably fatally wounded Thomas Murphy
and then stabbed his wife to death at
six O'Clock tonight.
Chicago, ILL.,, June Nv. W. Tay.
lor, the d~efaulting treasurer of South
Dakota, arrived in Chicago last night
and left tonight for Pierre, s. D., to
surrender to the State authorities, to
make restitution for his thefts as far as
possible and accept punishment.
Louisburg, Cape Breton, June H.
Under the auspices of the Society of
the Colonial Wars, ancient Louisburg
is today engaged in celebrating the
loOth anniversary of the capture by
New England troops of what was one
of the most formidable fortresses in
America.
The law enacted by the legislature in
Nashville Saturday cuts down the term
OF office OF back tax attorneys from
four to two years.
Charleston, s. c., June 16.-A head
end collision occurred at 1905 O'Clock
this morning between two passenger
trains on the Charleston & Savannah
Railroad at Yecasse. The engines were
t~elescoped and were completely wreck.
ed, Engineer VIM. Black breaking his
leg. Four unknown colored tramps,
who were stealing rides on the front
trucks, were ground and cut to pieces.
Memphis, June III. s. Melbourne,
a we'll known contractor of this city,
was shot and killed this evening BY
Sam Edgerton, a jealous negro, who
attempted to kill his mistress, Susie
Locker, at Pontotoc and Hadden ave.
nue.. Mr.. Melbourne was passing by at
the time and received two bullets in.
tended for the woman. Edgarton was
captured.
Birmingham, Ala, June 16.-An old
feud between Albert Phillips and Mel.
son Dawson, farmers at billiards, Store,
Marshall County, wound up fatally
yesterday afternoon. Phillips took his
stand on the fence of Daw son 9 corn
field. When Dawson came from dinner
and started blowing he was shot dead
by Phillips. who escaped.
Mt. Sterling, KY, June IS. AT John
ION Station, on the Kentucky & South
Atlantic Railroad, James Whitaker
met Newt. Anderson on the road and
put five bullets in Anderson's body,
killing him instantly. Whitaker gave
himself up and claims Anderson had
repeatedly threatened his life.
Huntington, W. Va, June 16.-At a
country church festival last night there
was a fight. Creed Harvey, q well
known citizen, was shot through the
heart, dying instantly. Mrs. Amy
Lunsford was seriously injured by be.
ing struck on the head by a stone.
Jack Ward and Rhoda Perdue, the
murderers, leaped through the window
and escaped 10 the woods.
Knoxville, Tenn, June 16.-Prof. j.
K. Payne, aged So years, one of the
best known scholars of Tennessee, died
at his home lei Knoxville today. He
was a student of Yale in his early days,
and was for a number of years profes.
sor of mathematics of the University of
Tennessee. Of late years he was fol-
lowing civil engineering, and was one
of the brightest men of his profession.
He was the first civil service officer at
Knoxville, which place he held a mum.
Der of years.
London, June IA dispatch to the
Chronicle from Odessa says that it is
stated there on high authority that the
Russian cereal crop this year will al
most equal in abundance the splendid
crop of 1898.
Jellico, Tenn, June 16.-M. Markum
stabbed John. Vickers this afternoon,
from which he will die. The men had
a quarrel about a year ago. This even
ing they met in Jellico, KY, and after
taking a few drinks they became in
volved in a scrap. Markum is under
arrest.
Huntington, W. Va, June 16.-An-
other one of the Finley children that
disappeared from this city on March 10
last, and whom Chas. Ringo is charged
with numbering, vas found on the
banks of the Ohio river six miles below
this city this evening and was identified
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