Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensation OF Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

CONDENSATION OF Interesting Items On
Various Subjects.
Rhode Island Republicans nominated Her.
bert w. Ladd, of Providence, for governor.
The Massachusetts, house has passed the
bill forbidding the sale Of oleomargarine as
butter.
Mack HammeI1y accidently shot himself
while handling a revolver, near Upper San
duslIy, o.
The Pennsylvania company has secured
CONTROL Of the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago railroad.
Willis Mcknight will work twelve years
for the state for the murder of Edward
Torian at Hopkinsville, KY, dance.
Austin Dick, sweet youth of Smyrna,
O., leased the baby and tried to pulyerize
his stepfather with poker because he repri-
manded him.
1t is rumored that a scheme is on foot to
consolidate the Pittsburg and League clubs,
and drop Washington, thus reducing the cir
cult to eight clubs.
Contractor on city hall at Cambridge,
Mass, has given in, and freestone cutters
have returned to work, Boston locked out
cutters are hopeful.
The 4-year-old daughter of farmer
named William Kaderly, living near New
Philadelphia, O., fell into the fireplace,
Tuesday evening, and was burned to death.
Aaron Bean, injured in the Columbus,
o., gas explosion, has brought suit for
$4,000 damages. 1t looks as if Columbus
baked Beans come higher than the Boston
variety.
The bodies of the Misses Adele and Han
nah Povre, two sisters, aged SO and 50, who
lived on a farm four miles north of Con-
cordia, were found in Lake Dibley where
they had drowned themselves
The Kentucky legislature has passed the
bill calling constitutional convention.
This was in response to a vote of the people
last August. The time and place of holding
the convention are yet to be fixed.
Buck" hurry, who shot and killed q
Detroit police officer last week, having been
surprised by the officer while engaged in
drilling a safe in wholesale gracery store
was arrested at Cleveland Wednesday,
At meeting OF the executive committee
of fire chiefs, at Cincinnati, it was decided
to hold the National convention at Detroit,
Aug. 10, 1890. Electric light wires and
their danger to fremen will be special sub
ject for discussion.
A new assessment of real and personal
property in ST. Louis, inst made by the
board of assessors, foots up $245, 0SS, no, an
increase over that of tive years ago of $751;
O84, 720. This adds about $1,000 900 to the
city and state taxes.
Gen. Crook gives as the reason for SO
many assertions from the army that inme-
diately man has enlisted he loses social
caste, being instantly ostracized by the pub
lie. The same cause, he declares, operates to
fill the military prisons.
Harry Phillips, on trial at Montreal for
obtaining by gambling from Won Reinholtz,
travelling salesman for p. w. Ellis a. Com
pany, of Toronto, $l4, 900 worth of jewelry
knowing it not to be the property of Rein
holtz, was acquitted by jury
The adjourned trial of Isaac Sawtelle, for
the murder of his brother Hiram, was be-
gun at Rochester N. H., Thursday. 1t is
estimated that 1000 people were present at
the opening of court. Sawtelle was brought
into court amid great excitement, and some
trouble was had in keeping the crowd in
check.
A Canadian passenger train went oyer an
ShlDullhhlSl1b l4Sttl buDIOhS1 OuG. "A uul1-
Der of passengers were hurt, two of them,
Mrs. M. Monroe and cook, name I'M
known, fatally. A convict chained to a seat
freed himself and rescued the bailiff in
charge.
lgnatz Smith, Brooklyn, N. Y, grocer,
while drunk, Wednesday, attempted to
shoot his wife. The woman grappled with
him and succeeded in defending herself until
policeman was summoned. On seeing the
officer approaching, Smith released his wife
and shot himself dead.
Caldwell, Kan, has local company or
ganized to invade the Cherokee strip in the
near future and locate several town sites.
Promoters of the scheme say they will not
wait for the presidents message, and that
they are confident that once there the presi-
dent will not eject them.
By comparison of the League and Brother
hood schedules it is found that there are
many conflicting dates, especially in New
York and Brooklyn. In the former city
there are thirty-two clashes and in the latter
forty-one, This will mean financial disaster
for the Brotherhood or League in those
cities.
Mrs Sarah w. Ennis, deceased, of Chi
cago, left her property to her husband, Rob
ert b., on condition that he did not marry
again. He remained unmarried for years,
sold the property and then married. Mary
A and Harriet Tower and Kate Wells were
to have the property if Ennis married, and
now sue for it.
The 2-year-old child of John Blunt,
farmer, near Stockton, Kan, found a bottle
of laudanum and drank a quantity of it, and
died The next day Mrs. Blunt, crazed by
the death of her child, drank the rest of the
poison. She cannot recover. Mr.. Blunt's
friends are watching him lest he, too, may
commit suicide
At the coroner's inquest, at Council
Bluffs Iowa, in the murder case of old Mr..
and Mrs Jones, Joe Shellenberger made a
full confession He says that Neal commit
ted the murder and forced him to aid in con-
cealing the bodies When he tried to es-
cape before the old people were killed, he
says Neal shot at him, the bullet entering
his hat. Lynching is feared.
Rev. DIR. David j. Burrell, pastor of West
minister Presbyterian church, at Minneapo-
lis, has received a call to the Associated Re-
form church, of New York, at salary of
$4,000, with preliminary six months trip
to Palestine DR. Burrells church at Min
neapolis has membership of 100, and is
one Of the most influential in the west. He
has gone to New York to look over the
field.
CONGRESS