Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation Of interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

IeAaS IeNcf mas appeared IN ASntaDllh
county o. Three DEATHS have occurred
The handsome residenc4 of A. r. Brat
tin was burned by incendiaries at Green
castle, Ind.
Near Akron, O., the clothing Of a a-year-
old child Of Frank Myers caught fire and
it WIS burned to death
A "blue grass palace" was opened at
Creston, Iowa. Governor Boies and Roger
Q. Mills were the chief speakers.
Moses Decker 35, and Alonzo Preston
II, were both run over by Big Four
train and killed at Anderson, Ind.
The long continued drouth in Indiana
has at last been broken, and the rains
have put new face on the markets.
Nobody wants Indiana bonds at per
cent. and the scheme of the authorities to
unload the state debt at that price fell
through.
At Columbus Ind, Marion Dubson and
Charles Krans quarreled over woman,
and the former stabbed the latter 50 badly
that he will die
One of the highest flowing wells ever
seen in Ohio is interesting the citizens of
London, O. il was bored by the water
works company.
Alex. Humphrey living near Terre
Hautc, Ind, hats been arrested on the
charge made by his 13-year-old daughter,
of criminal assault.
a detective claims to have located
Craven Il. Sicott, the absconding assist
ant sergcant-at-arms of the United States
senate, in Silverton, Col.
Miss Sarah McKaig, loyesick girl, liv-
iptF | nsrunSnnpt Ind Il
suicide by taking morphine because of
being deserted by her lover
Jerry Cleveland was murdered in the
eastern part of Sawyer county, Wis, on
Tuesday lie was worth about $4,000,
and was killed for his money
Hcrs,of Edward Smith, deceased living
at Washington G. H., O., find after care
full examination that they own S2,OOO,OJO
worth Of property at Pittsburg.
Michael Shelly, m aged farmer living
near Wooster, o., was visited by masked
men, Thursday morning, and robbed of
between 5000 and $1,000 in cash.
NJ McCrsty, n farmer, living near Fort
Recovery, o., fell from the top of his hay
NOW, a distance OF thirty feet and was
killed instantly by striking the ground
John Smith, of Avilla, Ind, fireman
ON the Grand Rapids and Indiana rail
road, fell through n railroad bridge at
Decatur Ind, ana sustained fatal in
iuries.
Emery Shields, Marion Ind, drug
gist, is repairing his show cases, etc. He
sold liquor to Emmett Sizcloyc and Mrs
Sizelove cleaned out the establishment
with an AK.
A human brute, Alex Humphrey, of
Terre Haute, Ind, is locked up on he
charge of criminally assaulting his IS
year-old daughter. The girl ma es com
plant tn the officials
Mr.. Miller, Of Finday, O., sold all the
furniture and left on the train with hor
children while her husband was at work.
Mr. Miller can assign no cause for her
sudden departure
At Fort Wayne, Ind, Lyman Needham
was arrested, charged with impersonating
pOstollice inspectors and swindlng post
masters 10y figuring them short small
sums, which he accepted in settlement.
George Wallace, aged 81, burglarized
the residence of Christian Pence, near
Muncic, Ind. He pleaded guilty. and in
twelve hours was on his way TO the pen
ltentiary to serve tWo-yedrs' sentence.
The executive committee of the New
York Grant Monument association
adopted resolutions protesting against the
proposed removal of the generals re
mains from erside park to Washing
ton.
NJ. Warren Garnet, of San Antonio.
Tex, now in Cincinnati, says small pox is
ravaging the northern states of Mexico,
rhut hUIp.lpnIl Id i
that no attempt is made TO check the dis
ease.
People at Dresden Junction, o., mean
have suddenly discovered that
$50 acres of land ut that place, covering
the towns location, valued at SlOOOIJ.
belongs to two dead men who bought il
from the state.
Chicago has an ex.alderman who re
fused to he briled while in Office. His
name is Badenoch, and lie says the pro
moters of the elevated railway offered him
Z large block of stock if Inc would vote to |
give the company a franchise.
There was a rumor to the effect that an
early morning tornado had caused great |
damage at rostoria, O. Later reports |
showed wind storm had carried away |
the roof of the county fair building and |
leveiled Il few trees,
Mrs Robert Gray is under arrest at |
Frederickstown, Mo, charged with the |
murder of her husband, in whose stomach |
arsenic was found. She denies the
charge A young farmer who is sup
posed to be implicated cannot be found.
The Virginia Farmers Alliance, in state
convention, adopted resolutions condemn
ing the attempt 20 pass a Federal election
bill They say il will revive the old sec
-ional war feeling at a time when the
farmers, north and soath, are grisping /
hands across the bloody chasmn
William Rowlands, Of Placervlle, Cal.
killed his wife by shooting her twice in
hc head with pistol Wednesday night
lie then placed the weapon in his mouth
md fired, killing himself instantly. The
tragedy was the result of domestic
roubles which caused their separation
wo months ago.
The treasury department has called for
wenty millions of four and-a half per
ent. bonds, 10 he accepted any time b.
ore Sept. /, and interest paid in advance
Up to that date. The object is to relieve
he stringenCy OF the money market caused
" the great demand for cash i'm moving
reps aud To pay foI foreign good being
rought over in great quantities in antici-
atiun of the pas age OF the tariff bill.