Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items Oh
Various Subjects.

A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various subjects.
The Omaha Republican, the Oldest daily
there, has quit
Congressman Breckenridge. of Arkan-
sas, has been renominated.
The Michigan Prohibitionists have put
Partridge at the head of their ticket.
A meteor of extraordinary brilliancy
was seen by many people of Chicago Tues
day night.
Premier Mercier will leave for France
in September to negotiate the conversion
of the Quebec debt.
Advices from North Carolina and Vir-
ginia indicate that the tobacco crop will
be large and of fine quality.
Hon. James b. Reilly was renominated
for congress by the Democrats of the Thir-
teenth Pennsylvania district.
Laporte, Ind, will set up the entertain
ment for the Republican state editorial
convention Aug. 26, q and %
Mrs. Graves, of Mt. 0livet, Tenn, is the
grandmother and great-grandmother of
ITO living people. She is 81 years old
Demented Farmer Van Blaricum at
Martinsviile, Ind, cured his diseased
brain by blowing it out with n shotgun.
The steamship Majestic has crossed the
Atlantic in 6 days, - hours, So minutes,
the third ship to cross in less than seven
days.
The Socialist Kruger, at Guben, has
Leen sentenced to six months imprison-
ment for defuming the institution OF mar
riage.
In the burning of the house of Joseph
Hutto, living some twelve miles from
Lincoln, Neb,, his 4-year-old daughter per-
ished.
At Mechanicsburg, Pa, Jeremiah Mil
Ter, a woodchopper, fatally SHOT his wife
and then killed himself with the same
gun. Jealousy.
Mrs. Percic Marsh found life not worth
living since her husbands DEATH jumped
into the Olentangy river at Columbus o.,
and followed him.
Local option ordinance of Coalition, o.,
has been torn out of the council records
of that city; $50 for you if you will catch
and convict the fellow who did it.
Drill engine at Sand Greek limestone
quarry, two miles south of Greensburg,
Ind, exploded, killing John Paul and
wounding several others, some fatally.
A house in course of erection a t Frank
fort collapsed Wednesday, burying four
teen workmen in the RUNS. Two OF the
men We're killed and several badly ill
jured.
At Nashville, Tenn, Hon Lewis II.
Baxter, OF Davidson county, was nomi-
mated for governor by acclamation He is
capitalist and president OF the Nashville
Commercial CLUB.
Chemical analysis of the contents of the
stomach OF Elmer Bradford, the J-yearold
boy found in a vpodoo doctors vault at
Columbus, proves that the child was pois-
oned before being put there.
The Eleventh district Democratic con
vention at Hillsboro, o., took 105 ballots
without choice. At Washington G.. H.,
the Republicans continued balloting until
the 35%d, without material change
Sworn statements of the superintend-
ent, filed with the county assessor show
that the total ore yield of the Comstock
lode mines during the quarter ended June
80, 1880, aggregated SS,993 tons, yielding
Sl,3OJ,U2S III Uulilon.
The next series of games scheduled at
PittsLurg between the PlItsburg National
League club and the Brooklyn, Cincinnati
and Chicago National League clubs have
been transferred to the latter cities Poor
patronage is given as the cause.
DaViu Randall, a Decatur, Ind, car
riage dealer, got on IL wild drunk, and,
with yearning to do something humor-
Gus, broke into Mrs. JENNIE Phelps resi-
dence, gathered up her entire wardrobe
and drove about scattering pieces of femi-
nine attire from his buggy il broad day
light until arrested