Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-24
NEWS M BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items Of
Various Subjects.

street cars shall not run on Sunday
Rev Milton Lee, near Danville, ILL.,, has
been driven crazy by White Cap notice
St Bernhard's Catholic church, New
York, was burned Monday. Loss, SIS, ,0C0
Charlie Reed and Charlie Hendrickfon,
of Colorado Springs, drowned while skat.
ing.
The Georgia Central has acquired the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus rail
road
Eddie Cole went through the thin ice
on Yellow river, at Plymouth Ind, and
drowned
Charles Lovetz, jealous cigarmaker, Of
New York, murdered his wife, and made a
feint at suicide.
Harley Crews forged his fathers name
for $4,000 at Vincennes, Ind, and fitted
to other scenes.
James G. McGregor, of Terre Haute,
Ind, was killed 10y the accidental dis
charge of his gun.
AT Charlottesville, Ind, John Hummel
and Kittie Wasson loved, eloped, returned
and were forgiven.
Young George Alexander, of Martins
vile, Ind, succeeded in his second attempt
at suicide with morphine
w. II. Mccullough Democrat, pleads
guilty at Brazil, Ind, of very crooked pro-
| ceedings in the late election.
Charles Ennise, OF Muncie, Ind,
was acquitted of the charge of criminal
assault, on Myrtle Leslie, aged g.
Bee Eubanks, Of Mitchell, Ind, who
beat mis- sister to death with club, has
been sentenced to life Imprisonment
Mrs Timothy Callahan, 20, of Martins
Ferry, O., lia> kept active and healthy on
a diet Of tea II milk Tor four months.
A counterteit IS gold piece has been dis
covered by the authorities Of the Philadei-
phia mint that is intrinsically worth $3.50.
Jennie and Lillian Allen, sisters who live
in Toledo, o., met with serious injuries in
a runaway III Chicago Neither will die
Herman Lempke fell from the roof Of
the Hoilender b )tel, Cleveland, O., n dis
tance of seventy feet, and was instantly
killed
Walbridge, @ six miles from Toledo
had disastrous fire Tuesday A stave
mill ard Il number of residences were
destroyed.
Ed Spear, a young Toledo broker
swindled three banks ont OF g., 600 to raise
loan Of his mothers. lie went to Jail t.
-
save her credit.
Governor Shoup, of Idaho, who has iu
been elected United senator, has resigned
and Lieutenant Governor Wiley has been
sworn in as governor.
Mr.. Long a consumptive who went
from Philadelphia to Berlin to be treated
by the Koch system, died, after six nice
tions, OF hemmorhage.
Tnp1gc Gro Hmm I oaf.,,r,. ia
sneak, tried - get even with Ed. Branna.
gle for rcfusi ~ to treat by stabbing Bran
nagle's valuable horse
The United States supreme court hi
decided that the wife of Mormon is not
competent witness against her husband
where polygamy is charged.
crazy man at Cope, ind, knocked
senseless the sheriff who came to take him
to Jail, jumped into the sheriff's buggy
and drove away. He is still at large
Conrad Kellar was found at Keller
Vile Ind, with his skull crushed, and his
enemy, James Cain, is accused OF imitat-
ing his biblical namesake for revenge
The Hennessey murder suspects in New
Orleans pleaded not guilty, and were re-
manded without bail to await trial, which
will take place some time next month
The greenies of Columbus, Ind, were
victimi2cd to the extent of about $500 by
q sharper who sold them watches, the
cases of which he represented as good as
gold.
A man representing himself to be son
of Charles Kellogg, formerly of that
county, asserts his title to 100 acres of land
on which is located part of Bloomington,
Illinois
Seven mysterious fires occurred in Jane
McGowans boarding house at Springfield,
O., in one day. and now the boarders are
firing themselves. 1t looks some like
"gobberlins."
J. G. Anderson, farmer near Louis
vile, KY, reported to the police yesterday
that his wife had sold his farm for $4,000
cash and eloped with John Doke, black
smith She is 65.
An engine collided with street car at
Thirty-frst and Emerald avenue, Chicago,
knocking the car from the track and dam
gerously injuring Jennie Ward, IS years
old, who was passenger on the car
A fire which started at 12 o'clock Mon
day night in the building, four floors of
which are occupied by the Frantz Notion
company, and the other by Stark Brothers,
st. Louis, caused n total damage of about
10000
James Harris, wood chopper. was shot
and instantly killed in saloon in Santa
Cruz Cal, by Robert II. Majors, foreman
of the bituminous-rock mine, who also re
ceived three wounds one of which is likely
TO prove fatal
The ice broke in Indian creek, on the
Ohio side Of the river opposite Wheeling,
w. Va, while party of young men were
skating william Kosenstein and Will
lam Taylor were drowned. Several others
had very narrow escapes.
Near South Louisville. KY, Lille Van
Arsdale, a girl l6 years old, was struck by
a train and killed. She was on hc- way to
school walking the track, " hlch is double,
and when she heard the train coming
stepped on the wrong track.
The 3year-old son Of Edward I.ennett. a
carpenter, was burned to death at Hawar-
den, IosFa. The child was in a tool house
where Gil and waste were kept, and in
some manner set fire to the waste Before
he could be taken ont he was deal
John Watson, head bookkeeper and
confidential man Of the Meriden, Conn,
Silver-plats company, is short in his ac-
counts and has left the city for parts un-
known. Mr.. Watson had been trusted
employe Of the company for eleven years.
A number Of United States senators
have been taken in by a Baltimore
sharper, who represented 10 them indivld-
nallY that he had named his first-born son
after them, and soliciting The purchase of
five tickets. at 81 each, for his benefit, he
ha~ing broken leg and being dependent
on his daily labor for support. -
Many 81 theeounties of the northwestern
part Of Kant1s have offered extraordinary
bounties in wolf, rabbit and gopher scsiRs.