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

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County, Tenn, had 2 tons of clover
hay destroyed by lightning last
during what was pro-
by observers to be one of
the heaviest rains they ever wit
uessed.
News has been received at Vic
toria, b. c., of the seizure of the
Seattle schooner, George S. White,
by the United States customs agent
at Ounalaska. The White neg
lected to keep a copy Of the bond
that she would not take firearms
into Alaska
Millions of cotton caterpillers
have invaded the fields in sections
of Texas, and planters and farmers
are busy poisoning them. They
are reported in greatnumbers along
the Brazos River, and it may be
that the cotton crop will be seri-
ously injured.
Among the immigrants who ar
rived at New York one day last
week, was a male infant sixteen
months old, sent from Ireland to
his mother in this country, in
charge of an Irish immigrant. The
passengers on the steamer raised a
purse Of 500 for him.
The Slavonia, German steam
ship, recently encountered a small
iceberg in latitude 48 degrees SO
minutes north, longitude "a degrees
II minutes west, which is said to
be the furthest east that ice has
ever been encountered in the trans
atlantic steamship routes.
At Sand Greek stone quarry, 2
miles south of Greensburgh, Ind,
12-horse power engine boiler
exploded. John Pugh was killed
instantly, and engineer Ed, Wal
lace was badly scalded and bruised
and can not recover. Five other
men, cutters, We're more or less in
jured.
The Senate Committee on Judi.
ciary has practically concluded its
consideration of the bill for the re.
lief of the Supreme Court, and viii
report it to the Senate shortly
The committee Will recommend &
substitute for the House bill ere.
ating an intermediate appellate
court
A report comes from Mississippi
City, Miss, that Abner Breeland
a well-known resident Of that coun
ty, was shot and killed at his home
near the above place, last Saturda!
by his son. tits reported that Mr.
Breeland was beating his wife, tn,
boys mother, at the time Of tn,
shooting.
Late Thursday evening of las
week as Jesse Knight tried t,
climb on a swift moving freigh
train at Tracy City, Tenn, h,
slipped and fell between thewheels
The entire train passed over hi
head, crushing it horribly ant
killing him instantly. He was
miner and only seventeen year
old.
The term Of the criminal cour
in Davidson County, Tenn, whicl
ended last week was PARTICULAR
severe on all methods OF gambling
and the proprietors of the man
crap and poker rooms in Nashvill
breathed more freely when th
grand jury was discharged, but til
city authoritiesare taking a hand i
the matter and a number of tn
most public games have been raide
several times during the past weel
A terrible wreck occurred g
: Obion Station, Tenn, on the New
port News and Mississippi Vale
| RailroadlastFriday A passenge
train at full speed ran into a switc
5 on which stood a freight train, dc
: molishing both engines and tea
r ing the cars from the trucks. Th
/. conductor, mail agent, enginee
Q and brakeman were injured, til
e conductor seriously, and the porte
Of the Pullman car is thought
Y be fatally injured.
:, The vote cast throughout Mi
e sissippi was very light and IL
Z, election was quiet. There was
Z. opposition to the fourteen DEM
: cratic nominees to the constitr
tional convention for the State