Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-27
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Topics Of the Times Given In Tsrss AMI
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for week The gasworks burned.
George w. Christian, inventor Of the nat
ural gas system, died at Norfolk, 0.
Cashier Barker, OF the Argentine, Kas.,
bank, was robbed Of 81, 900 on a street car
A two-y ear-old child OF John Howden, OF
New Philadelphia, o., was burned to death.
A. l. Conger, Of Akron, is spoken of as
next Republican nominee for governor Of
Ohio.
George Littlswood leads in the walking
match at Madison Square garden, New
York -
The United States court in Indiana is
likely to be busy with cases Of election
frauds.
Bert Essry, aged fifteen, was killed while
trying to board moving freight train at
Huntingbarg, Ind.
The three Cincinnati banks robbed of
$4,000 by young Tinker, the forger, will
recover about 5000.
Pleuro-pneumonia among the cattle in
Orange county, New York, has assumed
alarming proportions
The New York Sun sees trouble for Har-
rison in the triangular rivalry between
Sherman, Mckinley aud Foraker.
Francis Norton was killed at Spottsville,
KY He was sliding down a rope and was
caught on a hook and disembowled.
There is talk of an extra session Of con-
gress next April, If so be there be Repub-
lican majority, to discuss patronage.
No new cases of yellow fever have devel-
oped on the United States steamer Boston,
quarantined at New York since Novem-
Der IL.
Garrison Pratt, coored, was arrested and
fined at Xsnia, o., for stealing the Grape off
the door of house where colored friend
lay a corpse.
1t is believed that during the coming SEES.
sion OF the Canadian parliament the govern
nent will enact legislation restriction Chinese
immigration.
Charles G. Corbett, editor of the Provi-
dence, r. l., Dispatch, has been arrested
upon a civil suit for libel, brought by ]. +.
Moore, for $4,000.
Richardson. chief of the Cassadoga coun.
terfeiters, pleaded guilty at Auburn, N. Y.
He was sentenced to four years in the peni-
Tertiary and fined $50
Yellow fever has almost disappeared at
Jacksonville, Fla. Only one new case and
one DEATH both in the suburbs Of the city,
were reported Sunday.
At Lawrence, Mass. John Roche and Pat
rick Cavanngh, at work on a chimney. fell
40 feet with the elevator. Neither was killed
but both are seriously injured.
Patrick A. Coffey, of Brooklyn, who was
convicted Of murder i'll the first degree for
killing Agnes Smith, was sentenced to be
hanged on the 231 of January next.
Philadelphia detectives have captured
John Williams, alias Charles Dunn, charged
with the killing of Benjamin Batchelor,
colored, in that city in January, 1887.
At Aurora, Ind, the boiler in the works
of the Cochrom Chair company, exploded,
killing John Brinke and badly injuring Fred.
Bruce, William Matthias and Lytle Stark.
Owing to a grievance of the engineers
against Master Mechanic J. J. Ryan, there
are prospects of strike on the Southern Pa
ciflc railway system, from ocean to ocean.
Tho American section OF Socialists at Chi
cago have instructed delegates to vote for
the eight-hour NOV ement at the Federation
of Labor convention at st. Louis ON Decsm-
ber II.
Albert Haunstine, the man who muir
dered School Directors Rotten and Ashley,
at Cozad, Neb, has, been captured at Co
lumbus, Neb. The prisoner admitted his
guilt.
Deacon" Richardson has given notice that
hereafter only American citizens, native or
naturalized, will be employed on his street
car lines in Brooklyn as conductors or
drivers.
The Mccarthy and Williams factions, near
Omaha, Nsb., settled two-yerrs' feud at
dance Saturday night, and George Williams
was fatally shot and two others were famed
by buet5.
The supreme officers of the Knights of the
Golden Rule are inspecting the books OF Su
preme Treasurer Adams, OF Macon, Ga, who
as treasurer of Macon, is short in his ao.
counts some SEQ 900.
President Bradford Raymond of Lawrence
university, Appleton, Wis, has been ten.
dered the presidency of Wesleyan university,
at Middietown, Corn. 1t is believed the
offer will be accepted.
At youngstown, O., Sheriff Walker was
assaulted by thieves while walking home at
8 a. m. His right arm and leg were broken
and be was knocked senseless. His diamond
pin and other jewelry was stolen.
Three white and one negro convict were
whipped at Newcastle, Del. for larcenies and
burglares They took from five to twenty
lashes each, lightly laid. About two hun
bred and fifty spectators were present.
The Hendricks club, of indianapolis, Sun
day held memorial services at the grave OF
the late Vice President Hendricks. 1t was
the third anniversary of his death. Gov
ernor Gray delivered tho address. Mrs
Hendricks was present.
Several Ohio, Indiana & Western rail.
road engineers have been discharged for re-
fusng TO handle engines when 'Scabsn were
working the switches. The employees gener.
ally evince n disposition to make common
cause with the strikers.
Application will be made to the supreme
court for a mandamus to restrain Governsr
Wilson, of West Virginia, from issuing GER
tiflcates Of election to the Republican con.
gresSrnen elect in the First, Third and Fourth
districts on the claim of frauds
At Waterbury, Conn. Judge Andrews
overruci the demurrers Of the defendnu, in
the celebrated Bridgeport Hotehkiss will
case, involving an estate OF Sl2, 900 This
removes all the technical detenses, ami al.
lows the case to SO before the superior court
on its merits.
A second suit within q week for 81 900
damages has been instituted against the Chi.
cago Times company by the Consolidated
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