Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items ON
Various Subjects.


Various Subjects.
The reduction of the public debt during
June was $40, ,683,725.
John Danbarger was killed by falling
timber at Port Clinton, o.
Gallon, O., has voted to issue $10O, 600
bonds for establishing new factories.
PENNSYLVANIA Democrats nominated
Pattison for governor on the first ballot.
Two boys, sons of Maurice Barrett and
Joseph Hook, were drowned at Lancaster,
Ohio.
Miss Estep and Miss Mary Helmut were
drowned in the Allegheny river at Taren-
tum, Pa.
There were eight fatal cases of sun
stroke in Cincinnati Tuesday, and twenty
prostrations
Severe rain storm, resembling cloud
bursts, did much damage in northern
Ohio, Tuesday.
The National Sulphur company has
been incorporated in Kentucky. Capital
stock S10,000000
The Louisiana senate amended the lot
terry BILL making the annual payments
81 ,250,0O0 and then passed it,
William Pisque fell in front Of a now
ing machine near Georgetown, KY, and
was seriously cut by the knives
C. G. Henderson, of Lincolnton, N. c.,
was shot and killed at McCombe City by
w. F. Parker, railroad contractor.
Basson Til!on, of near Caldwell, o., was
drowned in Duck creek while attempting
to dislodge some brush from bridge,
Severn Skene, inspector at the Standard
pEo iaH nj / ha
burns received by him at the fire Monday.
Mrs. James Williams, living at Whel.
| don, three miles north of Jackson, o., was
killed by lightning during Mondays
| storm
Anthony Jones, mill hand, is under
arrest at Youngstown, o., charged with
| having attempted to ravish colored
woman.
Mr.. Clayton McMichall has purchased
all interests in The Philadelphia North
American and will continue the publ
cation of that newspaper as it's sole pro
prietor
The population of Knoxville, Tenn, IL
estimated at $4,000. The city had 9,693 In
1880, showing gain of 20, ,307 In ten years.
If all the suburbs were added the popula,
tion would be 45, 1000.
A cloud burst at GAINESVILLE. o., Tuesday
evening did considerable damage. Several
buildings were washed away, and railroad
1 tracks undermined in some places and
covered with mud in others.
A statement furnished by Bradstreet'i
agency shows that the number of bushes:
failures during the past six months is As.
less than for the corresponding period oi
1880 The liabilities are S4,743, ,749 less.
l.. C. V. Baker, a prominent farmer
and wife attempted to cross the Wabash
railway at Huntington, Ind, when ths
fast line came along and frightened th'
team Mr. Baker is injured so seriously
that recovery is doubtful.
The carpenters of Cincinnati have de
cided to return to work for those bossei
who have granted their request for Mint
hours work. The men left out will b
provided for by 81 week assessment OF
those who go to work.
Mrs Julia C. Lippincott, the erstwhil,
manager of Haddon Hall, Atlantic City
n. j., whose whereabouts since las
March has been altos stfier conjectural
was arrested in BalhMore. She wa
found at the residence Of TER sister, Mrs
Henry Long.
The trial by court-inartial of Maj
Wham and Maj. Albert Tower. the pay
masters who were implicated in thu
charges against Capt. Miltimore, was con
cluded at Tucson, A. T., yesterday, anC
the findings sent TO Washington without
being made public
A dispatch from Tallahassee, Fla, say
that ON Friday night four negroes. armeC
with shotguns, surrounded the saw mil
of J. f. White. near that place, drov'
off the employees. set fire TO the mil
and stood guard around till it was de
stroyed. The negroes made good their 90
cape.