The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1898-01-21
STATE PRESS NEWS AND COMMENT

At Colorado wake two men got
on al jag by drinking embalming
fluid. Their friends only had to
bury them, they did the rest
Johnson City Comet.
In 'olden time an Irish witness was
required to take three separate
oaths, the first standing, the second
sitting and the third lying. In our
court3we swear the witness stand
ing and he lies sitting. Johnson
City Comet.
Rev. DR.. E. A. Ramsey, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church,
Memphis, died at Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, last Thursday night of Bright s
disease. He was greatly beloved
by his congregation and was lib
eral, generous-hearted man.
Mr.. W. S. fairfield, of Brazil,
this county, killed last week hog
that weighed 944 pounds net. No
man in Brazil could carry one OF
the hams into the meat house. This
hog was two years old last August
and is supposed to have been the
largest hog ever killed in West Ten
nessee. Trenton Herald Democrat.
Mr.. Francis Fentres, who was
called to preside over the circuit
court of Hardeman at its last term,
was compelled to leave for his Mem
phis home before the completion OF
the docket, and our popular fellow
townsman and able member of the
Bolivar bar. Capt. R. II. Wood, was
unanimously elected in his place
Bolivar Bulletin.
We are reliably informed
that a child with two heads was
born Friday morning to Mr.. and
Mrs. G. N. Taylor, who live in Ches-
ter county, just across the Harde-
man line Both heads were perfect
ly formed. There was sufficient
space between the two heads to in
sert the open hand. The child lived
about twelve hOurs.-Bolivar BULL
| ten
There has been a company organ
lied and charter applied for for the
purpose of erecting a Confederate
monument for Dyer county. The
indications are that this highly pa
triotic project will move to accom-
plishment in a reasonable length of
time. The good ladies of Dyers-
burg have now on hand a consider
able sum of money, which we under
stand they are willing to expend for
this purpose. Dyer County Herald.
Probably the largest tree that
ever grew in Lauderdale county
stood on the street between the
houses of J. W. Wilson and 7. F..
Hall. The tree was hollow and
was A feet in circumference at the
ground. Mr.. ]. S. Stephen, prom
inent citizen of Halls rode into the
hollow of the tree on horseback with
an umbrella hoisted over him and
had ample room to turn his horse
and ride out without lowering his
umbrella. The stump was standing
until few years ago when it was
burned down.-Halls Correspon-
dence Lauderdale County Enter
prise.
Mystery surrounds the attempted
wholesale poisoning of the family of
a man named Wilson, who resides in
Binghampton, suburb of Memphis,
four miles east of the city. Miss
Florence Wilson, 16 yeays of age,
and Mrs. Sowell, a next-door neigh
Dor of the Wilson's, are in critical
condition from eating of the candy.
Other members of the Wilson family
and Mr.. Sowell were also poisoned,
but are out of danger. The candy
was sent through the mails Thurs
day afternoon Wr. Wilson received
notice from the postmaster to call
at the postoffice and pay twenty
cents postage on package address
ed to him. He secured the package
and took it home, ignorant of the ma
ture of it's contents. When the
package was opened and found to
contain candy the members of the
family divided it. All the persons
who partook of it were shortly after
ward seized with symptoms of poi
soning and were given emetics.
Promptness in the administration of
the emetics doubtless saved
the lives of the entire family, as
well as those of Mr.. and Mrs. So
well.--Sunday s Commercial-Appeal.