Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
various subject.

Senator ingalls,, of Kansas, expresses
confidence Of his reelection.
Another crisis was passed Saturday in
the New York Stock Exchange.
AtMansfield, o., James Keller tried to
shoot a chicken aud killed himself.
The mayor of Findlay, o., has ordered all
ganlblers to leave town. Fifty have left.
At Altoona, Pa, Boyd Gilmore killed
his uncle, Hugh Stewart, with a base ball
bat.
The Dutch parliament has by unani-
nous vote approved the regency Of Queen
Emma
Youngstown, o., gets corporation with
q lot of soles in the new Goodrich shoe
factory.
The municipal coucil of Paris has voted
! 5000 francs toward fund for a monument
of Garibaldi
w w. Astor has leased the Lansdowne
house, in London, and win take up his
residence there.
A Republican manifesto, signed by 121
students of Coimbra university, has been
issued in Lisbon.
In a freight wreck on the Panhandle,
near Westvive, Ind, tventy-six cars were
smashed to Sieces
The Farmers Alliance headers Of Kansas
| have decided to establish an assessment
| life insurance association.
Frank M. Irion, ex-clerk of the city
court of Birmingham, Ala, has been con-
victed of embezzEng $4,000
Gail Wright was accidentally shot and
killed by his father, Knox Wright, while
out hunting near Newark, O.
Indiana state board of agriculture ask
the Legislature for permission TO occupy
100 acres of ground with the next fair ex-
hibit.
| j. H. Burns, a Cincinnati safe seller, is
in trouble at Brazil, Ind. charged with
| funny business in dealing with money
orders.
Shortly after Christmas, Minister Lin
coin will sail for Europe, to resumeshis
duties in England as the representative of
this country.
The Anglo-Portuguese agreement es-
tablishing a modus vivendi pending the
settlement of the East African dispute has
been ratified by both governments.
Five hundred Liverpool dockers, mem
bers of the dockers' union, have refused to
work at unloading the White Star line
steamer Germanic, from New York.
was found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree. She poisoned her paramour with
whom she had lived a number of years
A hurricane at Newry, ireland, stopped
work in the Dromalane spinning mills,
making 1,5O0 persons idle. At Kilkeel
pier in course Of erection was destroyed.
James McNeal hired horse and buggy
of John Fuselman, at Martinsville, Ind,
and after driving around for six years is
arrested for the settlement of the livery
bill
The business men Of Cuba have been
asked to send committee TO Madrid, to
confer with the Spanish government
officials on the question Of reciprocity with
the United States
The National League Of base ball clubs,
at its meeting in New York, declared the
Red-Stoeking franchise forfeited and
granted new one to Brush, of Indian
apolis and his syndicate.
Mrs, Lizzie Daughters, of Felicity, O.,
was seriously shot by her son, and small
boy was instantly killed at Xenia. Both
victims of the unloaded revolver and its
empty-headed manipulation.
The Irish delegates, O'Brien and O'Con-
nor, arrived in Lowell, Mass, Friday after
noon and spoke at Huntington hall
Fifteen hundred dollars was contributed
to the cause by the audience.
Premier Munroe has announced his in
tention to convoke a conference Of dele
gates from all the Australasian govern
ments and peoples to consider measures
for the prevention of strikes.
Jay Gould has written letter to The
New York Sun, in which he expresses a
hope that railroad presidents may be
brought together again in agreement ON
the question of western roads
Nora Green, H. is accused in Fountain
City, Ind, of sending rank letters through
the mails to the agent of the Grand Rapid
and Indiana road and will be taken to In.
dianapolis to learn better ways.
A regard of $500 has been offered by the
commission of Adams county, o., and
Treasurer Wickerham for the arrest and
conviction of the sneak thief who stole 5000
from the county treasury Oct 2.
Charles L. Terry, ex-United States Gus
tom inspector, charged with attempt to
smuggle while engaged in the custom
service, returned to Seattle, and surren-
dered He was released on $500 bond.
Judge David Mclean, ex-president of |
the Savannah, Mo, National bank. was |
sentenced to two years in the penitentsary
for defrauding his depositors out Of $780, |
600, which he diverted to his personal use
The Dublin Express says that several of |
the most prominent gentlemen in the Irish |
parliamentary party have been informed |
by Mr. Parnell that he will not lead the |
party in parliament during the approach
ing session.
Lexington, KY, wants to become the |
capital of the state, and a special election |
will be held on the question of the in
Identifying the state to an amount not to
exceed S250,O00 for loss In moving the
capital from Frankfort.
A meeting in the interest of unihcation
Of liberal Christian movements In the |
form of a Christian Alliance was held in |
Chicago. The idea is gathering the chasch !
members Of various denominations In
small towns into one church.
A train from Asl<ub crowded with Turk |
ish soldiers, whose time had expired, was
derailed. Thirty Of the soldiers were
killed, and forty wounded. The accident
was caused by heavy rains having sapped
the foundotion of the roadway
The trial of Michael Eyraud the strane- |
Ter, who, with Gabrielle Bompard as his |
accomplice, is charged with having muir
dered M. Gouffe, a notary, in Paris, on
July ~, 1889, and who was subsequently |
captured in Havana, has been postponed
until Dec. IS.
r. H. Mccormack, Of Columbus, Ind, |
says that while he was running from treas |
urer Of state on the DENNY side that Pat. |
Sweeney tsgirled his tongue around his |
private character. doing theressifh S5O600 |