Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.


Condensation of interesting Items On
Various Subjects.
Levi Hubble, pioneer, fell dead at Dam
vile, KY.
Susie Spencer, of Goshen, Ind, tried the
laudanum route
Grindstone of a superior quality has been
discovered in the Sioux country
The store and postofice at Westminster,
O., was robbed of goods valued at $700
Henry Tower and Charles Craven were
terribly injured by a runaway team at Mad
ison, Ind.
The last two contested congressional cleo
ton cases we're decided by the Republicans
in favor of the Democrats.
A. +. Pedigo was arrested at Vincennes,
Ind, on the charge of embezzling funds of a
Cincinnati life insurance company.
Laura Cutter, of Montpelier, Vt, testified
that she had lived in an illicit manner with
the murderer of her husband for nineteen
years.
airs. Mary A. GIBBS, of New York, while
drunk deliberately hacked off her left arm
She is separated from her husband and three
children.
Uncle SANS conscience fund received ST.
500 Tuesday from man in New York, who
states he defrauded the government several
years ago.
President Harrison has issued proclama-
ton announcing that the British extradition
treaty will go into effect ten days hence, or
on April 4 next.
The alleged shortage Of over 5000 in the
accounts of ex-City Treasurer Herman
Hausher of Laporte, Ind, now appears to
be an assured fact
DIR. j. s. Dorsett, superintendent of the
Texas lunatic asylum at Austin, was as
saulted and dangerously injured by lunatic
named McDermott
A young novice escaped from a convent at
Westcheseer Pa, in her night clothes, cry
ing murder but was caught by several
nuns and taken back crying.
At Buffalo, n Y, Stephen F. Sherman,
former manager of the associated elevators,
charged with grand larceny in stealing $3.50
bushels of wheat, was found guilty.
John l.. Sullivan, now that he has settled
his affairs in the Mississippi courts, an
nounces that he is willing to meet jackson
before any reputable club for $4,000 a
side.
tanooga Southern railroad. The citizens
raised $4,000 for the purpose. This gives
Gadsden through trunk line north and
south
Bell Telephone company's report for 1889
is as follows: Earnings, $4,044, 704, against
1866, lis in 1888; expenses, $1,3S5,966,
against s1,45O,913 in 1885, net earnings,
81, 65S, 1888; increase, $24 1888.
William Waldorf Astor has arranged as a
tilial tribute to his father, the late John
Jacob Aston, to place massive bronze doors
at the Broadway entrance of Trinity church
The memorial is to cost 100000
Unless the supply of soda ash is increased
soon it is said that most of the glass works
in the country will be compelled to suspend
operations The price of glass has risen 100
per cent. within the past month.
Nicholas Cantwell, vicar general of the
archdiocese of Philadelphia, has been in
vested with his robes of rank as monsignor
of the first rank, or domestic prelate of the
pope's household, to which dignity he was
recently raised by Pope Leo XIII
j. Bartlett Cooke, who styled himself
president of the American Development
company, and occupied expensive offices at
n
peared, and it is alleged the $1,000 confded
to him by his employees and Others went with
him.
Mrs. Linde, of Dunreith, N. Oak, was one
of the heirs to a fortune of 100000 crowns
left by relative who died some time ago
in Sweden. Inquiries show that she has
been defrauded out of her share by some
one signing her name to power of at
torney.
1t has leaked out that the graves in the
cemetery at the Anchorage asylum for the
insane, near Louisville, KY, have been
robbed right along. An official has ad-
united that he does not believe there are a
dozen bodies under the thousands of
mounds
Mrs Frank Kent, an artist cowhided
United States Commissioner Simon W. King
at Chicago Tuesday, because he ordered her
out of house of which he had bought the
furniture and which she had made rem
devious for Anarchists. Mrs Kent was ar
rested, but was bailed by her Anarchistic
admirers.
Normal E. Lewis, young farmer, was
drowned in Walsh run. Lewis was riding
his horse into the stream to water him. The
animal leaped into the run, throwing Lewis
into the water The young man was drowned
on the banks of the stream and tried to save
him. Lewis parents were lost in the Johns
town food.