The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-11-05

JNO. w. THOMAS Day was the
banner day of the Centennial Elk
position. The event was celebrated
by $4,000 people.
BUTCHER WEYLER has at last re-
turned 70 Spain, and Gen. Blanco,
the new captain-general, has charge
of the war in Cuba.
GEN. JAMES LoNGsTREET, of Geor-
gia, has been appointed Commission
er of Railroads by President McKin-
ley, to succeed Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton, resigned.
THE Union Pacific road proper,
including the buildings and all that
goes to operate the system, has been
sold to the Recognizing Committee
for the sum of $53 ,528,53276.
THE Meade & Walton Company,
of Granger, Texas, has assigned; as
sets $4,000, liabilities $1,000. S. p.
Meade also made an individual as
signment; assets $4,000, liabilities
5000.
The total attendance at the Cen
tennial for the six months was about
1,676,684. The Centennial has been
officially closed to the public, but
the gates will be open while the eX-
h ibits and buildings are being re-
moved.
THROUGH decision of the Su-
preme Court, sitting at Knoxville
last Wednesday, all merchants
han ding cigars must pay the privi-
lege tax imposed by the last legisla-
ture. TIL is is worth about $4,000 to
the State Treasury.
In the election at Fra nkfort, KY.
tn esday, difficulty took place be-
tween the Democrats and Republi.
cans, as result Of which two white
r epublicans and one white and one
negr Democrat were killed, anC
severa bystanders wounded.
Iris reported that the new con,
stump ton cure, which DR.. Hirsch-
field, Of San Francisco, claims tC
have perfected, is favorably received
by the medical profession Of that
city. Its discoverer insists that il
will certainly cure, and offers the
patients he has treated in evidence
A CREEK Indian under sentence o
death went away and played al
summer w it'll base ball team, one,
getting as far as Kansas City. HI
had ample oppor tunity to escape
but his sense of honor forbade anC
he returned to the Indian Territory
and was executed last week.
JIM and Charley Rhodes assaulted
ex-senator w. G. Dismukes at Gal
latin Monday, because of some state
ments in answer to a law suit. Dis
mukes' son heard of the affair anC
went after his fathers assailant
with a shotgun. He missed hi
mark, however, and shot eX-Mayo
Guthrie in the leg.
WHEN Pullman died, his wealt
was estimated all the way from $25
100000 to $50,0O0,00O. Several of tn
papers stated that Pullman's incom
was $10,000,0O0 a year. The estat
has just been probated at 100000
which is said to represent its flu
value; something less than the n
puted yearly income of the old maj
y MARTIN ENsLEY, who was ARE
ted on charge of assaulting job
G. Collins, the wealthy horsemal
who was slugged and almost killt
near the Meramac Highlands InI
st. Louis, early last summer, wi
not be prosecuted by Collins. TIL
statement, it is said, has been mac
by Collins to a number of his SoutI
ern friends.
THE next Mayor of New York W
be the Chief MAGISTRATE of a city
100000 people, with an assess,
property valuation of nearly $500,
0OO,OOO-eXceeding the total assess,
valuation of any State of the Uni,
excepting the Empire State, viii
includes it. The Mayoralty of Ne
York is unquestionably the most il
pOrtant and powerful executive {
flee in the United States, next to Il
Presidency