Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-08-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.

suffering from the ravages of the az
my worm.
| The revolt in Spain was more Sc
rious than was at first expected, but
was soon quelled.
Locomotive works with q capital
stock of 5000 are to be establish
ed mt Lexington, KY.
A Philadelphia bar tender reports
that butter milk is becoming IA
vorite drink in that city.
| Drought prevails in all the Gulf
States and crops have been greatly
damaged in consequence.
The Sunday school assembly at
Chautaugua, N. Y, has been in ses-
sion during the past week.
Returns from the Kentucky cleo
tions indicate Democratic gains
over Blackburn's majority two
years ago.
Charleston, S. c., celebrated the
Centennial of her incorporation
Monday. Paul Hayne contributed
a poem.
A negro boy at Lexington, Ky.
bet he cuold cross the track before
the engine could catch him and was
killed in the attempt.
The wife of U. s. Senator w. B.
Allison OF Iowa drowned herself in
the Mississippi at Dubuque Sunday
night. She was insane.
The second annual military en-
campment at indianapolis was
opened Monday. y large number
OftrOops have been in attendance.
George Alfred Townsend (Gath)
has been showing some cOgent reas-
Ons why the rascals must 90.
George is an independent republi-
can.
There has been some disturbance
among prominent banks in Indiana
during the past week and Tuesday
the bank of BallOu IL Co. of New
York, failed.
The Republicans, of Hamilton
county Ohio, the county in which
Cincinnati is situated, nominated
their legislative ticket, Thursday.
The Democrats in the same county
hold their convention to-day:
The Senate sub committee on ed
ucatiOn and labor met in the post
office building in New York, Mon
day. The committee will investi.
gate the labor troubles and the cause
of the telegraphers strike.
Oscar Wilde arrived in New York
last Saturday. He has had his hair
shingled and looks like rational
being. He comes to New York to
witness the rehearsal of his new
play "Vera' and will remain only
few weeks
Atlanta suffered considerable loss
from fire Sunday night. The Kim
ball house was destroyed and the
Gate City National Bank and sever
al business houses were also con-
sumed. The hotel was only insur-
ed for about one fourth of its value. |
Gen. BoytOn, the Washington
correspondent of the Commercial
Gazette, treated one Fitzgerald,
pension swindler, to a genteel kick
ing last Monday. Fitzgerald at
tackled BOyton for dispatching his
paper some news of his swindling
Ope ratiOns.
The next General Assembly of
Kentucky will be made up as fol-
lows: Senate-Thirty-three Demo-
Gratis, five Republicans. House
Eighty-siX Democrats, eleven Re
publicans, two independents, and
one tie in Hancock county between
Madden (Dem.) and Smith (Ind.)
to be decided.
Mr.. Thompson Manson the veal
thiest citizen in Allen county, KY,
disappeared from his home Sunday
night and is supposed TO have COM
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tempt to kill himself in Louisville
recently.
The report from twenty-eight
clearing houses of the United States
gives the clearances for the week
ended August 18th and the percent
age of increase or decrease cOmpar-
ed with the corresponding week of
of 1882. Large increases are noted
at all Southern points, notably at
Memphis, where the percentage
was 5S. l the largest increase at any
point in the Union.
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. IA most
horrible and atrOciOus triple muir
der was committed yesterday near
Point Burnside. KY, on the Gin
cinnati Southern railway. Three
men, named JOsph Claiborne and
James and Joseph Randall, drew
their months pay the day before,
and it was reported that the Ran
dalls, had large sum from bank.
They worked on the road and camp
ed in the woods. Last night Frank
Stagle and an accomplish crept into
the camp and cut of the heads OF
two the sleeping men, and riddled
their bodies with bullets, and par
TALLY cut the head off Claiborne.
They then robbed them and threw
the Randall brothers over a cliff 100
feet high, and while about to throw
Claiborne over were frightened off.
He lived long enough to give
Stagle's name. The murderers fled
and separated. Stagle was captured
to-day at Monticello, Ky, and re-
turned to Point Burnside. 1t is