Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
:. Condensation of Interesting Items Or
Various Subjects.

Various Subjects.
Chicago walters have struck.
Herman Ritter suicided with poison at
Akron, o.
Clayton Bishop, a merchant of Mt. Yer
non, O.. is missing.
J. B. Robbins was fatally kicked by a
colt near Celina o.
Extensive coal mines at North Law
renee, o., are ON fire
Mrs. Jefferson Davis writes she cannot
attend the Lee statue unveiling.
A guard in the Kentucky penitentiary
was assaulted by three convicts.
Powderly was acquitted of the charge
of conspiracy made by Callaghan.
Frank Dering was bound over at Sidney,
o., for stealing horse and buggy
Mitchell, Mayor Cottrell's confederate,
has been released on bail at Cedar Keys.
Mary Anderson will have for one of her
bridesmaids a daughter of Lord Lytton.
Senator-elect Carlisle will remain in the
house long enough to vote on the tariff
bill
Kain Coon, a wealthy farmer. of Marion
county D., was killed by the kick of a
horse.
James III. McClain committed suicide
near Celina, 0. He was unfortunate in
business.
r. T. Owens fell from the steamer Van
metre, near Catlettsburg, KY, and was
drowned.
Congressional persimmon poles are
ready for the convention at Brookville,
Ind. June H.
The United States supreme court has
decided that Green River Island belongs
to Kentucky.
Rosanna Rosita fatally stabbed Millarde
l.. Cindue, at New York, in defense of her
wifely honor.
Frank Buckley, of Portland, Ind, didn't
have his arm talked off, but he lost it In a
spoke machine
Hon Henry Kahlo, of Toledo, deserted
his wife and twelve children for saloon
keepers widow.
The Presbyterian general assembly voted
to recommit the revision report to an en-
larged committee.
Elem Richardson, negro, fell from
moving train near Catlettsburg, KY, and
was fatally injured.
Half million will be invested in a til,
plate plant near Pittsburg If the MeKin-
ley tariff bill passes
M. II. De Young and William Forsyth
have been appointed worlds fair o minis
sioners for California
1t is alleged that the will of the late Mrs
Louisa A. Jerome, of Chicago, disposing
of $l50,000 was forged.
Jefferson Davis will has been probated
in New York in order to bring suit against
ID. Appleton & Company.
Capt. Melvern Grindle and his brother
Frederick were drowned off Castine, Me.
while going to their vessel.
The subscription is completed for the
great Charter Oak park, Conn. stake of
10000 The race is 2;90 horses.
Blackleg has appeared among cattle in
Schoharie county, n. Y. The rapid spresd
of the disease caus great alarm.
George Francis Train expects to be in
Tacoma on Saturday, completing his trip
around the world in sixty-five days
A daughter of Charles Black, living
near North Hampton, o., was accidently
shot by girl white hunting weasel.
jam r. McKlure, who tried to com
nit suicide at Cairo, ILL.,, turns out to
have been forger to the amount of 500.
f. A. I4ehr, wealthy citizen of Indian
lpolis, died suddenly Circumstances in
iicate that he killed himself with poison.
Ex-senator Sawyer, Of Alabama. now
earns his daily bread as second-class
clerk in the war department 1t Washing
| ton.
The Cook county, Ill, board Of commis-
sioners have at last decided to pay the
lawyers who assisted In the Cronin prose
cution.
Bob Wallace, of Pittsburg, who Is said
to have stolen 5000 from his uncle, John
| H., of New York, has been arrested In
Havana.
II is announced that John A. Creighton,
the Omaha millionaire, is to be married TO
/ the widow of Gen. Thomas Francis
| Meagher.'
Coniscation of Mormon church proper
| ty under the Edmunds act has been de-
clared constitutional by the United States
supreme court.
William Thompson, who has been at
tending meetings aeld by Adventists In
Eldorado. Kan, became violently insane.