Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1897-08-11
FROM THE STATE AT LARGE.
Fresh Items Of News CulIed from our
Exchanges.

ped 1900 baskets Of Niagara grapes this
week.
Nashville. Aug. Moses Vance fell
from the top OF a fifty foot telephone
pole this afternoon and was horribly
mangled. He died in q few minutes.
Memphis. Aug. John Park, six
times mayor of Memphis, died tonight,
aged s. years. He surrendered the city
to the federals in 1862. Mr.. Park was
born in County Tyrone, Ireland.
Hillary Cant, colored, has been at
liberty since February. 1896, when he
stabbed his wife to death at Chatta.
nooga. He was captured at Pittsbure
a few days ago and has been taken
back to Chattanooga.
Bristol, Aug. 7.-Thos. Carol aged
2S, murdered Wythe Taylor, aged %,
at Peltier. this county, at 8 CLOCK to-
night. Jealousy over a woman led to
the murder. Carroll used a knife, stab
bipg Taylor to the heart.
Knoxville, Aug. &C. A. Wyrick &
Sons, retail grocery merchants, made
an assignment today for the benefit Of
their creditors. The liabilities are fully
covered by the assets and amount to
less than $1,000.
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Dayton, August 8.-News has Just
reached here of a wholesale Jail de.
livery at Decatur, Meigs County. The
prisoners succeeded In cutting their
way to the main corridor, from which
escape was easily effected. This is the
second delivery within the past three
months.
Jasper, August Mai. Sherman has
shipped several tons OF grapes from his
vineyard and will be kept busy for the
next few weeks packing and shipping.
He sold 400 baskets at South Pittsburg
and Whitwell one day this week. Mai.
Sherman has proven beyond a doubt
that grape culture will pay In this val.
ley.
Nashville, August County Judge
Ferriss entered suit today In Chancery
Court against David Crutchfeld, back
tax attorney, for $4,000. Ferriss claims
Crutchfeld paid this money to news.
papers for advertising delinquent prop.
erty which has not yet been sold and
that he had no right to do it.
Chattanooga, August III. Hood,
travelling piano salesman, forged a
check for $40 on Glenn 6 Shaw, cloth
ing men, yesterday and escaped. An
unknown nan passed a forged check
for $50 on Miller Bros, dry goods mer.
chants. and escaped. Some clever
work was done by both swindlers in
getting their money.
Riceville, Aug. GA severe wind and
electrical storm passed over this placs
today about noon. Part Of the steel
roof of the store of j. NJ. Wears & Son
was blown off. Shade trees and fences
were blown down promiscuously.
Lightning struck several telephone
poles and did considerable damage to
the telephone office.
Bristol, Aug. 5.-Oficers are still
after the counterfieiters at Dufiield,
Va, A man named Maness was ar
rested yesterday on the charge of being
implicated with the gang and was
taken to Jail at Gate City. Bill Glen.
dennen, a ring leader, was seen, but
made his escape.
Bristol, Aug. IA shocking murder
occurred in the western suburbs of
Bristol tonight. John jackson, a farm
hand, stabbed Watson Leonard, a well
to do farmer. The knife entered Leon
ards left breast and penetrated his
heart. The two men were on friendly
terms when they mounted their horses
to leave for home, but fell out about q
piece of farm machinery. Leonard
leaves a wife and six children. Off.
GERS are searching for the murderer.
Chattanooga, Aug. THE Nash
vile and Chattanooga train due here
at 9:S5 A. M. ran into a buggy contain
ing prominent farmers and killed two
of them at Estill Springs this after
noon. The buggy was crossing the
road just in front of the train and not
seeing it's approach was hit square in
the middle. The horses and mar driv.
ing were hurled to one side and not
hurt but John King and another man
were caught on the COW catcher and
instantly killed. All parties lived near
Winchester,
Bristol, Aug. 8.-Miss Sadie Tadlock,
the accomplished young daughter Of
Rev. j. d, Tadlock, DID,, of Columbia,
S. c., died in Holston Valley Friday
evening of typhoid fever. The family
was summering in the valley. Inter.
ment was made here in the city Gene.
terry. y
Loudon, Aug. 81. F. Cureton, one
of our prominent and greatly respected
citizens, died at his home here today,
after a protracted illness. He was sixty
five years of age and leaves two sons,
b. FL. Cureton, OF Knoxville and Frank
Cureton, of this place and two daugh.
ters' at home, his wife having died a
short time since.
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