Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-03-17
FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
Fresh Items Of News Culled from IL
Exchanges.

In atlght which occurred at the Knox
county work house, twelve miles from
Knoxville, late Monday afternoon, Hor-
ace Paramount seriously stabbed Miles
Smith in the right breast, with a knife.
Both men were cOnvicts.
Savanna, March 9.-Mrs. Alfred Alex
ander, daughter of Lewis Morris, who
lives two miles south of this place, com
mitted suicide yesterday by hanging
herself to a joist in the stable. She had
been dead some time when found.
Knoxville, March l0.-A special from
DucktOwn says a shooting affair occurr-
ed there IN which John Thomas, Palley
Thomas Dave Haynes were severely but
not fatally wounded. They were at a
shooting match and had been drinking.
Knoxville, March l0.-Powell Greever
u Co., of Rogersville, filed a deed of as
slgnment at that place today. w. X.
Armstrong is named as assignee. The
lrm dld a general business. Liabilities,
$4,000; preferences to home creditors
amounting to $4,000 were made.
Chattanooga, March S.-A fight be-
tween two school boys, Will Brown and
Boyd Thompson, occurred today at noon,
IN the yard of the first district school. In
the alienation, young Thompson Sc
verely stabbed the Brown boy in the
neck, inilicting a wound about three
inches long.
Twelve Claiborne County men were
fined $50 each and given forty five DAYS
sentence by Judge Hicks, of the Circuit
Court, for selling their votes in the No
Yember election. An ~eX-Sheriff has ac-
cepted the same penalty rather than dis
close the names of others who bartered
their suffrage.
= Loudon, March a-Today, while cross
ing the Tennessee River at this place,
Sam Henson, when about the middle of
the stream, saw an object floating which,
when he had gotten ii into his canoe, he
found to be a new born baby girl, in a
perfectly nude condition. He broughtit
ashore and this evening it was buried.
Union City, March l0.-At 80 o'clock
last night II of the most severe wind
and rain storms ever witnessed in this
section passed over this city. The dam
age TO property throughout the country
can not he estimated at this writing.
The wind came from the northwest and
the rained poured in torrents. The
Brackin Hotel roof was blown off and
signs and plate glass windows came in
Tor their share.
Gallatin, March "a horrible case of
fatal buring occurred here this morning,
the victim being CLANCY McGee, an old
paralyzed cOlored woman living within
the corporation. 1t occurred about 6
o'clock when she was alone in the house.
She was sitting before the fire and a
spark ignitcd her dress. Owing to her
afflicted condition she was unable to
help herself, and burned to death before
assistance arrived.
South Pittsburg, March l0.-During a
heavy thunder storm last night light
ming struck an electric light pole in the
northern part of town, burned the cleo
trio light wire in two, run into and set
the residence of j. Lodge on fire and also
slightly damaged Mr.. Gooding's house.
The fire was quickly eXtinguisEcd before
it had gotten under headwAy. The
shock was very severe and walked up |
every body in the town.
Jackson, March l0.-Passenger train
No. 4 on the Illinois Central Railroad,
Thos. Tate, engineer, and r.. j. Spragins,
conductor, had a collision with a freight
train at East Cairo at 40 this morning.
Fireman Walter Rodgers, colored, of this
city, was killed, and the night operator
at East Cairo, was badly hurt by a coach
falling against the small office he occu-
pied. Considering the very high waters
which surrounded the scene of the acct
dent it is miraculous that no greater loss
of life resulted.