Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-31


broke it, The oil ignited from the stove
and Mrs. Reed was burned to DEATH
A building at Twenty-ninth street and
First avenue, New York, which was be-
ing rebuilt Tuesday afternoon collapsed
killing four people and injuring six.
Joseph Deamude, William Ioar and
Mike McKenna were arrested and fined for
fighting in a gambling room at Newark.
o. The proprietor was not molested.
H. H. Curtis, a Baltimore and Ohio
brakeman, mysteriously disappeared from
a train, after leaving Bellaire, and all
search for him so far has been in vain.
Judge Horton, of the Chicago circuit
court, decided that the ordinance granting
a franchise for an elevated railroad on
Randolph street was invalid. The case
will be appealed
The constable of Brown county Ind,
has shivered all his teeth loose since his
head missed by half-inch the ball aimed
at it by Sarah Boohler upon whom he
tried to serve writ.
At Newark, O., Monday, on the hearing
Of the case against the actor, Harry Lewis,
for obtaining money under false pretenses
from j. II. Laine, of the Agatha-Singleton
company, he was discharged.
| A Camden, Me, man named Helliott.
who had been in Boston selling horses,
was robbed of 81, 400 while asleep on the
night Pullman train on the Boston and
Maine railway Saturday night
The farmers of the Pleasant Ridge
| neighborhood, in Platt county, Mo, are
searching for the bodies of a young man
| named w Porter and his mother They
disappeared about three weeks ago.
Three men entered the Merchants Ex-
change bank, Of Chicago, when no one
but Assistant Cashier Frank LYNN was
present, and by terrorizing him with re-
volvers robbed the bank of about 81 800.
A rockslide occurred at the mouth of the
new tunnel, at Niagara Falls, instantly
killing William Anger, of Bertie, Ont
and breaking the leg and fracturing the
skull of Peter Scanlon of Niagara Falls.
Both were workmen.
Adolph Nerdugo, under sentence Of
death at Tucson, Ariz., struck taller
Pedro Pellon three times on the neck,
through the grating, with a dirk then
forced the door open, beat the jailor, took
the keys and escaped
At Springfield O., girl named Pope
gave birth to an illsgitimate child on the
2lst OF December The child died and the
relatives being refused permit to bury it
kept it in the room with the mother until
the 2Sth, when it was buried
One hundred and forty-eight Of the busi-
ness firms in Kansas City have formed a
league, the object of which is to effect q
reduction of the rates of fire insurance
which the Underwriters union, known as
commission No, 4, is now maintaining.
The Chicago Presbytery, having forced
Rev. FL. S. Williams, OF the Englewood
church, to resign, a majority of the CON
gregation have taken steps to contest the
action by law; and passed resolution
continuing the PASTORS salary until May
sensational report from Pine Bluff,
Ark, has been received to the effect that
the negroes of Swan Lake and Greenback,
in the southern part of the state, were up
in arms. This was unfounded The report
was caused by a fight between two negroes
in which one of them was killed.
The Chicago city council was instructed
by vote OF the aldermen, to take steps to-
ward quo warranto proceedings against
the several gas companies that have gone
into the Chicago gas trust. The order en-
powers the council to confer with the at
torney general of the state, and act with
him in the after.
Harry j. Atkinson, a railroad brake
man, whose home is in Auburn, Ky, chose
two routes two commit suicide at the
Globe hotel st. Louis He first tried NOR
phine, which had no effect on his organ
ism. He then took dose of laudanum,
and getting into bed, sent bullet crash
ing through his brain.
The American ship Rappahannock ar
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Hiogo, Japan, with 400 tons of coal.
During the trip from Philadelphia to
Hiogo two seamen, John Baur and Thomas
McGee were killed. Herman Granz, an
other sailor, was also killed on the way
from Hiogo TO San Francisco
AtLebanon, Ind, Farmer Randall's wife,
Plebee, who was fred upon during prayer
meeting at her home one year ago, is still
unable to leave her bed The ball struck
her just above the eye, and is still em-
bedded in her head, causing almost con-
stant pain. The would-be murderer,
although persistent efforts have been
made, has not been located
The Chicago Union League club has
taken the initiative step toward securing
improvements in the citys appearance
during the worlds fair and the removal of
unsightly landmarks. An attempt will
probably be made to enforce the ordinance
against obtrusive signs and encroachments
on the sidewalks. Clean streets, no smoke, |
unbroken pavements and the like will be !
the objects sought by the club and it's asso-
ciates.
George Henckle, while in the regular
army quartered in the Black Hills, was
hit by falling tree and his mind affected. |
He has been in the government hospital at |
Washington for the past six years, at
times violently insane He was brought
to Canton, o., by his mother, hoping the |
change would do him good He became
violent, attacked the family and had to be |
put in Jail. He win be sent back to WASH |
ington.
Suit was burned in the United State cir !
cult court, In San Francisco, by the United !
States government against the Southern |
Pacific Railroal company, the Atlantic |
and Pacific Railroad company, and West |
ern Union Telegraph company TO compel
the several corporations to operate lines
under their own franchise, and TO set aside |
leases alleged % have been made in viola
tion Of the terms agreed upon with the
government.
CONGRESS.
Twenty-Fourth Day.
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