Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-26
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Topics Of the Times Given In a Torse nj
Spicy Manner.

Four new cases and two deaths from yell
low fever at Jacksonville
John Greeb was run over and killed at
Jacobsburg, o., by a train.
John Petit feii down the shaft of a mine
at Newburg, w. Va, and broke his neck
John Holmes, a negro, was hung at
Marion, Ala, for the murder OF Celia John
son.
James McIane, building contractor, of St
Louis has disappeared and left good many
creditors
Duresmuir, the coal king Of British Co
lumbia, has an income OF from $2 900 to
$1,000 day.
Secretary Whitney will 20 to Europe in
the spring, and will remain several years on
that continent.
The indianapolis Journal, Harrison
organ, declares that the civil service law
must be obeyed.
Floyd Dingess was shot and killed in Logan
county, West Virginia, by man named
Hall, during quarrel
The executive committee Of the Republi-
can National committee is called to meet De-
cember in Washington.
Chief William Printup. grand sacbem Of
the Tuscarora Indians, died on the reservn-
tion, aged seventy-siX years
The trial Of Miss Beechler, the slayer Of H.
w. King, Jr., at Omaha will not be had un-
til the February term Of court.
AT Newark, O., William Weakley, aged
seventy, while trimming tree, fell a dis
tance of forty feet, breaking his leg.
William d. Kelley, the "father OF the
house," will have served in congress thirty
years il he lives TO complete his term.
Among the many politicians now al In
dianapolis is Senator j. N. Husten, who, II Is
thought, has his eye on the postmaster gem
eralship
The two months old baby of Mrs Annie
Whistner, of Bellefontaine, o., was smoth'
cred to death by being too closely wrapped,
while buggy riding.
j. w. Pence, engaged in the saw mill busi-
ness at Fairmount, Ind, was struck with a
flying bar and sustained probably fatal
fracture of the skull.
Professor John Hancock, Of Chillicoths,
has been appointed commissioner OF common
schools in Ohio, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Professor Eli .Tappan.
The Gate City guard, Of Atlanta, have
sent handsome bale OF new cotton to the
governors foot guard, Of Hartford Conn,
for the benefit Of their armory fair
w. H. Green and Sarah Thomas, both Of
Mount Sterling KY, we're welded at Iron
ton, o., having preceded an irate father half
an hour The fair bride is only sixteen.
While returning from Elwood to Curtis.
vile, Ind, Charles Brown was knocked from
the railroad track by Panhandle train
and received injuries from which he will
die.
A P,qua, O., boy named Sweezy had both
feet cut off at Bradford, O., by Pan Handle
| passenger train. SweezY jumped from the
train while 1t was in motion. He may sur
vive.
Brig Gen. Nelson A. Miles has assumed
command of the division of the Pacific.
Gen. o. o. Howard, the retiring com
mander, and Lieut.. Greble have started for
New York.
Lucy A. Todd, of Ansonia, Conn, is an
attractive woman of thirty Ave, and last
Monday she went through the marriage GER
enony for the ninth time. Who says mar
riage is failurel
The breaking of natural gas main at
Murrayville, Pa, caused n total suspension
of work in the mills and factories on the
south side, Pittsburg. There Is sufficient gas,
however, to supply the private dwellings
MT. JOuH AuuSOn OhVcl1 AoA mCtAJ
New Haven and Washington, has bought
interest in the Hartford Evening Post,
been elected vice president, aud will assn
| editorial connection with the paper no
month.
Charles L. Parsons was given hearing at
Holyoke, Mass, upon the double charge OF
false imprisonment and assault upon Vincent
Zaoncastis, the Pole who was found chained
/ l. Da haId for
the grand jury in $4,000 bail
Solomon Scheu, a leading Democratic pol
| itician and friend OF President Cleveland,
died at Buffalo Mr. Scheu contributed
many thousands of dollars to Clevelhnd's
campaign fund, and was 50 sure of his cleo
! ton that he bet 81 900 to $500 the day before
election.
The trial of the burglars who broke into
the Bellevlle, w. Va, express Office began
Friday at Parkersburg. While one of thela,
William Pease, was being tried, another one
| of the number, John Whitehead, turned
states evidence and gave the whole band oi
five away.
An explosion took place in the stone quar-.
ries near Fairview, KY, hurting Charles
Combs, white, and Jake Brown, and Bill
Tandy, colored, against a stone wall at some
|
Christian, white, lad an eye blown out and
hand torn off.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of the president-el elect.
receives many letters begging Ter to use her
influence to procure appointments, but all
such go into the waste basket and are not
answered She says she Is not In politics,
and, besides, shs is not disposed to use her
influence to procure appointments
The following have been appointed by the
governor to represent Ohio ct the centennial
celebration of Washngtons inauguration, TO
be held at New York, April 30. 1850: X b.
Hayes, Asa S. Bushnell, John NJ Heron,
w. s. Groesbeck, c. ID. Firestone, Edwin
Cowles and Judge Selwyn N. Owens.
The new president OF the Central high
school of Philadelphia, Professor Henry
Clarke johnson, late Of Lehigh university,
made a very eloquent inaugural address II
is now charged TO have been plagiarism. al
most identical with an address made by the
late President Garfield at Hiram college in
1867.
Felex Harris, Of Utica, o., while driving
In hrs buggy attempted 10 cross a railroad