The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-10-31

tions Of Dallas, Tex, and Memphis 70
visit those places on the occasion Of the
State fair at the former place.
A frightfu state of starvation exists in
Oklahoma Men, women, and children
are without food and clothing, and can get
no work Unless they get immediate re-
lief they will die Of starvation.
1t is stated that Kansas doctor IT,
Gently reported to his medical society
case of lead poisoning which heatlributed
to the patients habit of putting the end
of his lead pencil in his mouth,
Mrs. Brannon, the St. Louis lady who
jumped from train and fed into the
hills in Pennsylvania about two weeks
ago has been found When found she
was almost dead from exposure
L, L. Polk, president of the National
Farmers Alliance, stated in a speech at
Columbus, Ohio, Saturday, that there
were $4,000 lodges in this country, with
a total membership Of 2,5O0,0OO.
The first bridal tour in balloon ever
made, took place at the State fair at Birm-
ingham, Ala, last Saturday. The bridal
couple were Mr.. Thomas Minis and
Miss Gertrude Pitman, of Brewton, Ala.
United States troops have been pursu-
ing band OF Apache Indians who muir
dered two sheep herders near Silver City,
N. NJ The troops were repulsed, losing
two men. Reinforcements have been
sent.
! R. L. Cochran, prominent member Of
the Young Mems Christion Association,
of Birmingham, Ala, has been arrested
for embezzlement. He was employed to
sell tickets for the State fair, and used
the money, aboat $4OO.
Oneof the mos. disastrous fires ever
witnessed at Mobile, Ala, occurred at
that city last Sunday. Several thousand
bales OF cotton. three steam boats, and
number of mills we're destroyed. The
loss is estimated at$700, 900.
A Knoxville special says that consid-
cradle quantity Of snowfell in the mount
' aims Sunday night. Two to four inches
are reported at Cranbury. Thisis about
three weeks earlier than usual TOR snow
{ in the mountains. In some places snow
! fell on green leaves.
A bale of cotton weighing 475 pounds
that was picked by machine made for
: the purpose, was exhibited in Memphis
+ Saturday. The machine picked the cot
ton in two hours. The work being equiv
/. alent to that done by fifteen men, though
much cleaner than hand-picked.
Sol Tharpe, colored, aged about eigh-
teen years, accidently shot and killed
himself near Mansfield, Henry County,
last week. He was sitting on fence
- holding gun and by some means the
gun was discharged and the contents en-
tered the boys bowels killing him in
stantly.
q special train with Governor Hill Of
/ New York aboard was run into by heavy
T. express train on the Baltimore and Ohio
a, Railroad at Moundsville, W. Va, Satur-
m day morning. Fortunately no damage
70 was done to the passengers on the Gov
$. erner's train or the express. Both en-
gines were demolished.
10 Steamboatmen Of packets leaving Mem
nt phis have been putto considerable trouble
r. by the negro rousteTs who would demand
higher wages just as boats would be get
ting ready to leave port. A number O
- boats have decided to employ only white
= hands hereafter, and thus avoid future
:, trouble. They pay $40 and board.
United States Consul Henry Gilman
at Jerusalem, reports to the Department
=. ~ OF State under date September %, tha
= three American locomotives made in Phi!
adelphia and intended for the new rail
way from Jerusalem to Jaffa, have arrive,
at Jaffa. The consul says tmust interes
u our citizens TO know that the first loco
ne motives ever used in this ancient lam
nu were made III the newfSorld
'y DR. s. B. Brooks.a prominent phys
elan of Houston County, was attacke
81 by fit OF insanity Sunday night Abor
ne , o'clock he rushed from his room an
ISL took to the fields. A large number
es citizens joined in the search for the mis-.
ing man, and Monday morning they su,
ng eeeded in finding him and induced him /
ly, ote the house of neighbor, where me,
he ical aid was summoned. He was labo
ID. ing under the delusion that he was goir
to be robbed, and had to flee for safet,