Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-14
NEWS IN RRIEF.
A Condemnation Of Interesting Items ON
various Subjects.

A Condemnation of Interesting Items ON
VarIous Subjects.
j. s. Wise, who unwisely cut his throat
to cure his earthly ills at Columbus, Ind.
will die.
The deadly street car wheel ground the
life out of Baby Allen Harmyer at Fort
Wayne, Ind.
The Aston house, New York, was dam
tent of $4,000
The sundry civil bill in congress pro-
yides for making and preserving the battle
lines at Antietam.
Belva Lockwood owns $4,000 worth of
real estate in Washington, and makes &c.
900 year from her law practice
The National Furniture Manufacturers
association, ii convention at Chicago, de-
cided to advance prices on July l.
Mr.. Murat Halstead and Professor r. V.
N. Myers have received the honorary de-
gree of LII. ID. from Belmont college.
The Warder library, dedicated Thurs
day night at Springfield, speaks volumes
for the liberality and public spirit of the
donor.
Charles Adams, Charles Faulkner and
w, X. Roach, claiming to be from Cincin-
natl, are under arrest in Louisville for
opening gambling resort near that city.
AT the Southern iron works, Louisville,
Thursday, Henry Crawford slipped and
fell while with Others carrying 400-pound
bar, and was caught under the bar and
killed.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught
took their departure from Quebec for Eng
land, Thursday, amid salvos of artillery
and deafening hurrahs and cheers from
loyal Canadians.
West Point sent out another class Of
graduates Thursday. 1t was the anniver-
sary of the fftieth year of Gen. Shermans
graduation, and the old hero was there to
give the boys talk,
During the passage of a severe electrical
storm over Reading, Pa, it is said balls
of fire entered private dwellings, explod-
ing with fearful sounds" and that many
people were stunned,
1t is reported that the house committee
investigat ny the Clayton Breekinridge
election contest has decided to report that
Clayton was elected. AS he is dead it
will necessitate another election.
The aggregate of appropriations by the
present congress for the benefit of soldiers
of the late war and their widows or chill
dren is S167, 419, 731 Last years. appropri-
alton for the homes is increased $6O5, 1893.
Col, Andrew ID. Baird, who was nomi-
mated by President Harrison last week to
be postmaster of Brooklyn, N Y, has de-
clined the Office because the demands of
his business will not permit him to under
take its duties.
The National convention of mutual life
and accident underwriters, in session at
New York, has to allow the chairman of
the executive committee $500 per annum,
as compensation, and also to pay all
travelling expenses of all committees
Near Albany, Ore, Mrs. Aurensbach,
jealous on apparently very convincing
testimony of her husband and sister, put
an end to the trouble by shooting her hus-
band and Immediately making her own
exit from the worlds stage with the same
pistol.
AS the result of repairing steam pipes
at Fulton and Broadway, New York, the
gas leakage apparently from the many
pipes exploded, tearing up several yards
of the street, setting the mains on fire at
that point, and producing novel street
conhagration.
The wife of Fred. Rogers, of Athol, !
Mass, being severely beaten by her hus-
band, Wednesday night, jumped from a
window to escape him, and was badly in
jured. Rogers was visited later by about |
fifty citizens and treated to taste Of |
White Cap justice.
James O'Day, foreman of the Tyler wire |
works, of Cleveland, pointed a revolver at |
the head of the president of the company,
and compelled him to sign a check for |
81 900, payable to O'Day. The robber was
captured at the bank, where detectives on |
telephone orders were awaiting him
Tommy Kelly, of Boston, the sporting
man and ex-champion lightweight pugil- |
ist, who, on Oct. %, last year, cut the |
throat of Tommy Shea during row about |
John L. Sullivan in a barber shop, was ar
rested Wednesday, at Nantasket beach, on
a de fault warrant, Kelly has been miss
ing since his case was called over seven
months ago
The ninth annual convention of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian En-
deayor, assembled at St. Louis Thursday
afternoon with 4 500 delegates present and
more on the way. The society is non-sec-
tartan, and has had wonderful growth.
1t now numbers 100000 members Rev.
Francis E, Clark, president, presides over
the convention.
Eugene II. Cowles exonorates his
brother-in-law, Hale, from all intent to in
jure him, saying that Hale was beside
himself at the time of firing. He says his
wife and her brother are both incapable
of doing an evil act, more especially of
doing him any harm. Yet the Montreal
judge refuses to discharge Hale until
further attempt is made to hold him for
assault