Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condemnation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.


Joseph Ashbaugh was killed by cars at
Greenfield o.
The orange incorporation, bill has bO-
come law in Canada. "a
Missing S, H. Stephenson, of Covington,
KY, is found floating in the Ohio at Law
renceburg.
A majority of the Presbyteries have de-
cided in favor of revision of the confess
sion of faith.
The Maumee river at Toledo has given
up the body Of William Hoffman, missing
since last November.
Carpenters union at Fort Wayne, Ind,
has demanded and will receive $225 per
day for nine hours work.
The $4,000 of bonds supposed lost
through Maryland's state treasurer,
Archer, have been found.
The ST. Paul distillery has been purl
chased by the whisky trust for S150,000
cash and bonds of $3.50, 600
Mexican authorities deny the correct
ness of reckoning of heights of mountains
by the Philadelphia professors.
Ed. Berry, of White Grocery, o., is Q
blue Berry, because of the falling due
Berry debts for 5000. Assigned.
James Wells goes from Henderson, KY,
for a twelve years penance in the peniteh-
tiary for the murder of Eugene CARMEL.
David Sullivan, 70 years of age, residing
three miles west of Dayton, Wis, was
burned to death while burning grass and
brush pasture.
The defense in the Jones murder trial at
Painesville, O., is trying to blacken the
character of Jones' wife, in order to save
the murderer's neck.
Miss Harriet K. Coffin, who is SO insane
ly struck on Kyrle Bellew, the actor, is to
be released from the Amityville asylum
and taken abroad by her mother.
Noah Palmer, gypsy, 70 years of age,
shot his wife, attempted to kill his daugh-
ter, and then put bullet into his own
head, at Morrisville, N. j., Thursday.
Father Anglers, provincial superior of
the Order of Oblates in Canada, has been
promoted to the position of assistant gen
eral of the order, and will leave shortly for
Rome.
John Litmer was badly hurt at New
port, Ind, while coupling the cars on Put
MANS switch. His oollarbone was broken
and he was otherwise injured about the
breast.
Leading manufacturers of New York
have purchased 81 $50, 900 worth of rubber.
1t is in the nature of corner with view
to force up the price of manufactured rub
Der goods. ..
The widow of President Garfield is in
Washington visiting her daughter, Mrs,
j. Stanley Brown. Mrs. Garfield has
changed very little in appearance since she
left the capital.
Frank Phillips, Pike county, KY, des-
perado, is not dead as reported, but is alive
to the pleasure of perusing the general
newspaper rejoicing over his supposed I'M
timely taking off.
The man found dead at Terre Haute,
Ind, is not yet identified, but the story of
his last appearance in a sNloon with
strangers and all-arOund treats points to
the usual sequel of murder.
There is now on exhibition at the Third
National bank in Scranton, Pa, check
bearing the signature of George Wash
ington 1t was drawn just three months
and one day before his death.
The Kentucky encampinent of the Grand
Army of the Republic is holding its an
nual session at Louisville 1t has 1853
posts, numbering nearly 1900 members in
Kentucky, and nearly every post is repre-
sented.
Joseph Boucher, representing himself as
a carpenter living on Vine street, Cincin-
natl, tried to leave the world which had
stranded him in Louisville, deserted by
money and wife, by the morphine method
but was saved
Mrs. Samuel Gaddis, a well known and
popular young married lady of Roanoke,
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probably die. A week ago she gave birth
to a child, and has been delirious nearly
the entire time since.
Michael Lane, a San Francisco stonecut-
ter shot and fatally wounded his wife, at
their home, and then blew out his own
brains, The couple had always lived hap
PLY together, and the only cause that can
be assigned for the tragedy is insanity
Chicago policemen yesterday arrested
two men who were circulating the bogus
$40 silver certificates with which for some
months the country has been flooded.
Over 500 of the stuff was fornd on them.
A third party, supposed to have satchel
full of it, escaped.
Someone came pretty near getting even
with the Indianapolis baggage smasher
by packing loaded navy revolver in
trunk. AS the trunk was dropped with
the usual dull sickening thud, the re-
volver went off, sending bullet within
two inches of the smashers head. ..
Mary O'Brien, of Boston, has brought
suit for $4,000 against the Cunard Steam
ship company, alleging that while pas
senger on the Catalonia she was vaccin-
ated by the steamship surgeon against her
own and her parents consent, causing
blood poisoning, humors and sores.
A dispatch from Helena, Mont, says
that the only hope of the creditors of the
state is an extra session of the legislature.
The supreme court has decided an action
brought against the state auditor, to re-
cover money for the state printing adj
versely to The Journal Publishing COM
pany.
The President of Mexico.