The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-08-21
STATE NEWS.

The Populists of the Eighth Congress
sional District have nominated j. +.
Leule, of Carroll county, for Congress.
The Democrats of Hickman have
nominated w. r. Walker as their candi-
date for the Lower House of the Gen
eral Assembly.
Irenus Beckwith, Esq, who for years
has been chairman of the County Court
of Smith County, died at his home, near
Alexandria, last week.
a receiver has been asked for in the
Moore-ShTp contest at Nashville, to
take charge of and protect the returns
of the election for Sheriff of Davidson
County.
Coffee County has gone into the tobac-
co business. The first crop ever raised
in that county is being cured. 1t is of
very high grade quality and the yield
is very good.
Five thousand people attended the
Confederate Reunion at Perryville last
week Rev. DR.. Martin of Jackson, and
Judge John w. Taylor of Lexington,
were the speakers.
John Bonner, clerk about % years of
age was shot and fatally wonded last
Monday night, while trying to enter the
residence of Henry H. Miller on Russell
Street in Nashville.
Two negroes are under arrest at Union
City, charged with burning Lake county
court house. Both of them admit their
guilt, but claim that they were hired by
prominent men of Tiptonville to do the
job.
An ugly street car wreck occurred at
the corner of Cherry and Washington
streets, in Nashville early Tuesday
morning. A trolly car ran into an ex-
press wagon, injuring two men, one
dangerously.
Ii. H. LOFTS, who was defeated for
Trustee of Jackson county by John p.
Gailbreath, will contest the election.
Charges of fraud in general and of bogus
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grounds of his contest.
|, Company G, First Regiment, N. G. S.
T., has gone into encampment at Glen
dale Park, Nashville, for two weeks,
under command of Capt. Edward B.
Johns. Arrangements have been made
for several military balls and exhibi-
tory drills.
4 Last week the New York Times was
sold by order of court, and bid in by a
reorganization company. Mr.. A. s.
Oclis, the present Mayor of Chatta-
nooga, and owner of the Chattanooga
Times, will become the publisher and
general manager of the New York
Times.
William H. Whitlock was hanged
last week at Somerville, in the presence
of large crowd of people. The crime
for which Whitlock was hanged wa:
the murder of Constable w. d. Holiday
near La Grange, Tenn, on August 8
1895. Whitlock died proclaiming his
innocence.
Hessie Corbett, 10 years old, accident
ally shot and probably fatally wounded
Sam Derrickson, 9 years old, Saturday
evening at Nashville. 1t was only al
air-gun, plaything, but the ball from
it went through the boys body. Hessie
is son of conductor Andrew j. Corbett
who formerly lived in Columbia.
Monday night at the Coliseum tracl
in Nashville, William Pearson, the wei
known bicycle rider, while training fo
the races, ran into another rider anC
was thrown, violently against pos
with probably fatal results. He wa
picked up in an unconscious condition
and the physician has no hope of his re
cOvery.
Mr.. Albert S. Williams, who was con
testing Mr.. Len X. Hart's election t,
the Office OF Trustee for Davidson Coun
ty, has withdrawn the bill filed by hin
enjoining the coroner of Davidson
: from issuing a certificate of election t.
, Hart. 1t is thought that this will ent
the contest and that Mr.. Hart will b
/ allowed to take his oath of Office in Sep
tember without further hindranee.
? The Sims -Enloe contest in the Eight
| Congressional district resulted in t. W
2 Sims being declared the nominee fOl
Congress by the Congressional Com
7 mittee. The committee, consisting o
10 members, met at Lexington Monda!
= and did the work. 1t stood to 70
Sims, and by a vote of to they re
fused to go behind the returns and in
vestigate the frauds, and by 6 to the!
decided everything else for Sims.
All returns showing the vote TO
Judges of the Chancery Court of Appeal
= in the State have been received excep
for the Counties of Carter, Cooke, Dye
Grundy, Henderson, McNairy, Morgan
, and Sewer. The returns so far show tn
Democrats received 131, ,65s votes and tn
j. Republicans $3.50. The counties yet
be heard from gave an aggregate Re
publican majority in the last guberna
torial election of 4,674. 1t is estimate
= however, that the Republican majorit
for this year in these counties will no
: exceed $500. This will make the Demo
cratic majority in the State abou
$4,000.
Particulars of case Of UNUSUAL.
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