The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-08-15

at Nashville Monday at noon.
John Harmon, bricklayer, was
shot dead by Charles Plicque, a
butcher, on the streets Of Nash
vile Saturday afternoon. AS Han
non had threatened violence to-
ward Plicque, the coroner held
that the killing was justifiable.
A bold attempt was made Friday
of last week to rob the Adams Ex-
press Company on the Chesapeake
and Nashville train near Gallatin,
Tenn. Nothing was taken and no
arrests have been made in connec-
ton with the attempted robbery.
While slaughtering a bullock in
Weakley County, Tenn, Saturday,
Erastus Webb was instantly killed
by a stroke of lightning. George
McWhirter, who was assisting in
the work, was severely shocked,
and has lost his mind completely.
Grand chief Arthur, Of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers,
says that it is the intention Of the
order to extend its organization to
Great Britain at an early date, and
afterward to European countries,
so that the railway engineers of
the world may be united in the
near future.
The Secretary of the Interior
has received a telegram from Mr..
Bennett, Indian agent at Musco-
gee, Ind. T., saying that the Chick
asaw situation is serious and that
there is danger of an outbreak to-
morrow, the day of election, on
account of the Acknowledgement of
the women.
Secretary of the Worlds Fair
Directory and Congressman Butter
worth will attempt to induce Con
gress to so amend the Worlds Fail
law as to permit the President tc
issue his proclamation withoutwait-
ing for the assurance that $40, 000,-
600 has been pledged and ground
and buildings provided for
The August returns of the De
nartment of Agriculture. show 2
Slight advance in the average con.
dition of crops in the South as fol
lows: Virginia, SO; Georgia, "a
North Carolina, Sc; Alabama, SO
South Carolina, 95; Florida, 90
Mississippi, 80; Texas, 81; Louis,
ian, SO; Arkansas, IS; Tennessee, SO
There was a negro convention
at Morrillton, Ark, last Saturday
to protest against the action of the
white Republicans in failing tC
give them proper representation
on their county ticket, and full
negro ticket was put in the field
and an executive committee wa,
appointed to conduct the campaign
For several years a half-crazy
house painter, named Ward, ha'
been a feature of st. Louis life. H,
slept in engine houses and neve.
missed fire. He was known a
"Crazy Ward" and in his time ha
saved severallives in burning build
ings. By the death of a relativ,
in New Orleans, Ward has inner
| tied 100000.
The new cruiser Philadelphia i
believed to be the fastest cruise
; in the world. The Baltimore i
: nearly as speedy. The San Fran
cisco, Just finished at San Francis
co, will make a third equal in al
= respects to the other two. TIL
l Newark will shortly be added, com
: pleting a quadruplet of cruiser
among the fastest and finest nov
: afoat
: Representative Enloe has intro
duced a resolution in the House
= which was referred to the Commit
= tee on Rules to further extend tn
investigation of the charges agains
Q Commissioner of Pensions Raum
g so as to inquire into the bushes
relations existing between the Com
: missioner and his son, John Raun
g who is engaged in the prosecutio
of pension claims.
t Marshall & Bruce have compile
: ted their census of the city of Nasl
e vile, Tenn. They took 1872
q names. They reported about 500
J. persons omitted from the Unite
States census, but the Governmer
S has allowed only 3,081 of these q
: actual omissions. If these are a
WI -, 81 =. IL