Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1896-12-16
FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
Fresh Items Of News CuIIed from GU,
Exchanges.


Union City, Dec. 1O.-Tuesday nigh,
at a negro festival near Mt. Zion
Church, four miles north of this city, a
riot occurred in which four negro men
and one negro woman were shot.
Shelbyville, Dec. 12.-Late yesterday
afternoon John Lloyd struck with an
axe his brother. Ed Lloyd, and the lat,
ter will die. They were saving and
cutting wood, when come trifiny dis.
pute arose and John struck the fatal
blow.
GAINESVILLE, Dec. 10.-Aaron Hunt
and William Smith, rivals, met at the
home OF nellie Rice, this county. last
night. Both begun shooting. Hunt is
shot in the bowels, fatally it is thought,
Smith has been jailed. The parties are
colored.
Tullahoma, Dec. 12.-James G. Ay.
delott Yesterday shipped four hogsheads
OF this years crop of his fine yellow to-
bacco to Greeneville, Tenn. The e.
pertinent of raising the yellow hurley
tobacco in this locality has been very
encouraging.
Cumberland Gap. Dec. 10.-Joe Nc.
vey shot and killed Willard Combs YES.
terday in Hancock County. Combs was
drunk and shot twice at McVey with.
u provocation. Friends uphold Nc.
vey In the act. Both are young men of
good families.
Tullahoma, Dec. IL. -Thenegro high
wayman, James, who robbed two old
ladies on the road near this place sew.
eral weeks ago, submitted his case in
the court Mt Winchester yesterday and
was sentenced by Judge Moon to fit.
teen years In the penitentiary, the full
extent of the law. .
Clinton, Dec. 10.-Willis Reed, a well
to Dc farmer, accidentally shot him
self while hunting. He lived five miles
from Clinton. He blew the back of his
head OIL while getting over a fence
with q gun and was instantly killed.
de was found by u neigbbor.
Nashville, December O.-The comb.
nation baggage, express and mail car
on the Illinois Central was burned 90
miles north of Memphis this morning.
A considerab BILE quantity of baggage.
sixty mail pouches, all full, and six
fine bird dogs were consumed.
Nashville, Dec. 12.-The grand iury
returned two true bills today against
w. U. Shivers, Deputy County Trustee.
charging him with issuing twenty five
blank poll tax receipts for use in the
August election, to Nancy Schwab.
The receipts were issued during w. B.
Clarke's incumbency of the trustee
ship.
Charleston, Dec. 10.-A fatal acci.
dent occurred about ten miles above
this place yesterday afternoon. A man
Dy the name of Andrew Shelton was
hauling saw logs ard let a large log
containing about 800 feet of lumber
roll over him, killing him instantly.
He leaves a large family.
Clinton, Dec. 10.-News has been re-
ceived of the burning of the farm house
OF l.. l.. Brooks, a prosperous farmer
living ten miles west of here. Nearly
all the household goods were lost. to.
gether with 100 bushels of wheat
slowed in a room adjoining the resi-
dence. The fire was caused by a defect.
i've chimney.
Chattanooga, Nov. 10.-An old Time
feud between two neighbors had a
tragic sequel today, when Taylor Mil.
Ter, a well to do farmer of McMinn
County, was fatally stabbed by George
Jack in a quarrel. Miller drew a pis.
tol, but before he could make use of IL.
Jack cut him almost to pieces with 4
pocket knife.
Union City, Dec. 1O.-Seyeral cant.
talists have bought the Bransford fur.
niture factory and are going to start a
banking fixture and refrigerator fac.
tory, with a capital of 800, 900. B. II.
Bransford, OF this city, is Secretary and
treasurer. They will employ about
100 hands at this place. They will also
start a branch factory at Murphysboro.
Ill.
Chattanooga, Dec. 12.-Rufus Will.
llams, Representative from Franklin
County in the General Assembly in
1892, and a candidate for the same
place ever since, became involved in a
quarrel with his brother, j. C. Will
liams, in the Eleventh District of Frank.
lin County. Thursday night. and in the
difficulty j. c. Williams was, it is
thought, was fatally stabbed.
Nashville, Dec. ia very impres.
sive scene was witnessed in the United
States court this morning, when Major
M. A. Spur was sentenced TO two
years and six months imprisonment
Tor falsely certifying checks of the
National Bank. This ia
the last but one of trials which il has
taken three years to dispose of.
Trenton. Dec. 10.-A man with the
name Of Electric Bill STONED
here today, and after getting license
proceeded to sell some electric belts
and tooth powder. By deceiying the
people he succeeded in disposing of
a large amount of his goods, his re.
amounting to about 800. Upon
examination the belts were found to he
A warrant was issued and
he was arrested on the charge of OBJ.
money by fraudulent means.
Memphis, Dec. iO.-Lee McClupp.
went home tonight drunk, beat
nis wife and drove her away home.
She sought refuge at her fathers. He
.ollowed and drove her from there.
.. U. McCarter, the woman's father.
demonstrated. McClung stabbed him
n the left side near the heart. He is