Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-05-19
FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
Fresh Items of News CulIed from our
Exchanges.

1t is estimated that stock to the value
OF $4,000 has been killed by buffalo
gnats in Hardeman County.
Cleveland, May l2-Norman Hays, son
Of G. w. Hays, Of Walker Valley, was
kicked by horse yesterday and danger
ously injured.
Kyle's Ford, May l2.-Miss Hattie
Trent, daughter of the Postmaster at
Spartsburg, eloped with DIR. John Tenn
pleton and was married.
Six thousand five hundred crates of
strawberries, the heaviest shipmentever
made from the Chattanooga district in
one day, were forwarded Thursday.
The farmers of Marshall Count y are
suffering multiplied Affections. Crops
and orchards are being devastated by
caterpillars, grubworms, cutworms and
bollworms.
Tazewell May l3.-Mrs. Mary l.. Tur-
ner, of Scott County, gave birth to two
boys and two girls, all well developed.
The mother is only q years old, the
father is a miner.
Nashville, May l4-At $50 this after
noon within a few steps of the most
frequented street in the city, +. Il. Cart
Boyle, of Atlanta, Texas.
GAINESVILLE, May I'D. E. Gold, a
member of the tobacco board of trade,
committed suicide here this afternoon
by firing a bullet through his head. LII
health is assigned as the cause.
The REPUBLICANS carried the munich
pal election dTs GIeeneyille, and w. G..
Brown, the successful candidate for
Mayor, wasj elected by a majority of los
votes. Thelusual majority is As.
Knnxyilia Nov 10 A. IoIIi,o 4olo.,
the coal operators terminated their con-
ference and announced that all the COM
panies had gone into n big combine
and would hereafter buy all the output
Of the Jellico district.
Nashville, May l4-Wiliiam Miles, a
we'll to do resident of Mansfield, Texas,
fell dead in the depot here Just after
having alighted from the train. lie had
$1,000 in his pocket. The remains will be
shipped back to Texas.
Murfreesboro, May l5.-Ben Hicks, a
farmer residing six miles from here, lost
his residence and all his household effcts
by fire. His loss was total, as he carried
no insurance. This is the third time MI.
Hicks has been burned out.
Knoxville, May 13.-There was the al
most phenomenal rainfall Of three inches
here last night and several manufacture
ing plants are under water. The river
is rising six inches an hour. Reports
from upper East Tennessee show a gen.
eral storm.
jacksonville, May l4.-The new court
house has been accepted by the building
committee and the officials have moved
into their different offices. The building
inside and out is a model of convenience
and neatness and reflects credit upon
the country.
Jasper, May 15.-The recent heavy
rains rave greatly swollen the water
courses of this valley. The Seuuachee
River and Battle Creek are out of their
banks, and have inundated all the low
lands, doing considerable damage to
growing crops.
GAINESVILLE, May I'D. L. Gold, the
young tobacconist, committed suicide
with a shotgun, instead of revolver. All
yesterday, he acted as though his mind
was unbalanced. Funeral services oc-
Cured this morning, the Tobacco Board
of Trade attending in q body.
Chattanooga, May 12.-At noon today
on Oak, one of the main residence streets,
a hurley negro jumped out of a street car
waiting shed and grabbed the purse of
Mrs. G. r. MCGEE, a prominent lady, and
ran. Several persons who saw the act
pursued the negro and caught him.
M~adisonville, May l5.-James L. Har-
rison was shot down from ambush in
Monroe County, thirty miles from here.
Charles Jones, who lives heal where
the killing occurred, is suspected of the
murder, as he and Harrison had quar-
relied. A possee is in pursuit of Jones.
Nashville, May IA horrible disaster
occurred at the Pinkney (Tenn.) ore
mines, thirty miles from here, yester-
day evening ut three o'clock. The new
tipple, or ore dump. sixty feet high, fell,
killing ten white men and boys outright,
and seriously wounding several others.
Springfield, May l2-Sam Pass, of Ma
con, Ga, suicided here by taking NOR
phine and then cutting his throat. He
recently lost a lawsuit at Birmingham,
Ala, involving $4,000, and it is supposed
dependency ove this caused him to
suicide. He was an insurance agent and
was q member of the Knights of Pyth-
las.
Nashville, May 12-Gov. Taylor today
pardoned Jimmie Craig, colored, aged 10
years, sent up for one year for house
breaking and larceny. The Governor
also pardoned Will Frazier, Andrew
Jackson and Will PEBBLES, Shelby
County convicts. Several other parties
NSio icllcNSu VI hucs anu W"oIhHOuSe
sentences.
Crossville, May AS. C. Bishop, while
fishing along Byrd's Creek yesterday,
discovered a den of r~attlesnakes. With
the aid of a stick of dynamite he made
an assault upon their stronghold, and
succeeded in killing forty three of the
reptiles. Five of the number killed are
very large specimens, and Mr.. Bishop
will stuff their skins for the Cumberland
County Centennial exhibit.
Cleveland, May l3.-Enoch Lauterdale
and Neil Browder, two young men
working at the Cleveland Wooden Mills,
had an alteration and fight at the mills
last night at II o'clock. They were sep.
arated by friends. They agreed to fight
1t out at daylight this morning and
about 80 went at ii. Lauterdale had
Browder down and was beating him up,
when Browder drew a knife and with