Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-07
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Spicy Manner.
Marion, o., is now illuminated with cleo.
trio lights.
Louis Miller was killed by the cars al
Lakeville, o.
Four new cases of yellow fever at jackson
vile, Fla, Wednesday.
Dr. d. Hayes Agnew has resigned his posi-.
ton as professor in the University of Penn
sylvania.
Contractor Jacob Seifert was fatally in.
jured by falling from a building at Shelby.
vile, Ind.
The explosion of coal oil lamp at Isat ella
de Sagua, Cuba, caused the destruction Of
forty two houses.
Fritz Miller, miner, was instantly killed
by fall of soapstone in a coal mine near
Wheeling, W. Va.
Canonchet, Governor Sprague's mansion al
Narragansett Pier, has been sold. 1t will be
used for hotel purposes
A lad named Farmer, living near Milan,
o., was sentenced to ten days in jail, for
tearing down a sign board.
Hanfon I. Nail committed suicide at Syca.
more, o., by taking strychnine. Domestic
trouble caused him to do it.
Tue joint session of the National and
Southern Forestry congresses convened al
Atlanta, Ga, on the 9th inst.
The reward for Tascott, the Chicago muir.
derer of Smell, has been increased to $50, 900
by the murdered mans friends.
A switch engine ran into and compile tely
demolished a street car at Detroit Mich
Two passengers we're fatally injured.
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the oldest citizen in Athens, o., died after q
brief illness, aged nearly ninety three
J. A. Buch, of Lancaster. Pa, member of
a firm which recently failed, has been ar.
rested on charge of fraud preferred by d
bank.
DOVE Bell pleaded guilty, at Greenville,
o., to the charge of aiding and abettng ex'
Treasurer Smons in roobing the DArke
county treasury.
Jesse Anderson, William Pease and B.
Van Wells, the Belleville, w. Va, burglars,
were sentenced at Parkersburg to three
years imprisonment
Josephine Denomic, aged fifteen, and her
sister Frances, aged nine, broke through the
ice covered surface of Bad river, near Oda-
nah, Wis, and were drowned.
President L. II. Capen, of Tufts college,
has been nominated by Governor Ames tG
succeed the late f. o. Corrigan as member
of the state board of education OF Massachu.
sets.
An old man named Downing, living near
Winchester, Ind, was found dead, lying IN
pool OK water, supposed to have resulted
from exposure anu the excessive use Of
liquor.
Thomas Lyons, a prominent Mason, OF
Montcse, N. Y, died last Friday, and a few
hours before he died he renounced Masonry
to the priest that he might be buried in con-
secraJed grounds.
DR.. Eugene II. Wood, who set fire to his
brother-in-law's residence because he would
not give him $1,000 was sentenced at
Hershey, Mich, to sixteen years imprison.
ment IN the penitentiary.
The Standard Oil company is making ar.
raneements to build pipe line from the
ONO oil field to st. Louis where OF! will be
transported for distribution througn tho
southern ami southwestern states
The body OF Ellis Y johns, who di4ap-
peared last Saturday, was found in a creek
near Waynesuurg, Pa, with the skull frgc-
tured. Two men named Mason nave been
arrested on suspicion OF being the muir.
derers.
Harvey Draper, farmer, has brought suit
against Frank Butter formerly deputy
sheriff Of Peru, Ind, for 5000 damages for
pistol shot wound inflicted in his foot by
Butler while thu latter was arresting pick.
pocket at the Democratic barbecue last DC.
tober.
In fight among lot of tramps az Deca.
tur, Ind, John Stull was sho5 in the back
and Edward Clarity in the left breast The
latter was formerly an employe in Jne Day.
ton, o., car works. They are both seriously
hurt The shootist was a stranger. lie es-
capped.
The Central Trust company, If New I orll,
has commenced proceedings In the circuit;
court 10 fo-ec.ose mortgages aegreyatins
S3J,OJO given by Joan T.. Burton aud his
vie, Luc:etla b. Bur,ol A feS yeass ago
Barton WAS c,nidc5l- IN Wisconsin By
q !uc.sv sp-culition in Gyge1-c 3n,nin: prop.
erty he made fortuna ne Is again poor
man.