Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-03-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Condensation of Interesting items on
Various Subjects.
Atlanta entained Mrs. Harrison and party
Monday.
Rev. r. F. Shinn fell dead in the pulpit at
Norris, ILL.,
Jacob Din fell into an old we'll at Ogden,
Ind, and was killed
new bill in congress imposes a heavy
tax ON adulteT ated beer.
The American cotton oil trust has been
reorganized at New York
Prince Benner was fatally kicked by a
horse near Versailles, KY.
David Fish was accidentally killed while
hunting at Vincennes, Ind.
}. Wesley West, well known banker Of
Lancaster, KY, died Monday
The Grand Army has bought Cedar Greek
battle ground, near Winchester Va.
Fire destroyed the botanical building of
the Michigan Agricultural college.
The Kentucky legislature passed the bill
calling constitutional convention.
Cincinnati Democrats Tuesday nominated
Samuel F. Hunt for supreme court Judge.
Levi Hedge has been appointed general
superintendent of the Kentucky Union rail-
road.
Harrison Smell was assaulted by man
named Passwater, near Anderson, Ind, and
seriously injured
An effort will be made this week to have
ex-senator Jones, of Florida, sent to the
Kalamazoo asylum.
1t is now claimed that the killing of Eli
Ladd, colored near New Castle, Ind, was
the result of an old feud
A Baltimore doctor removed a shirt but
ton from Capt. Resfar's nose, where it had
remained for twenty-five years.
Levi Moore fell from the roof of build
ing at Hopkinsville KY, and sustained in
juries which are supposed to be fatal
Mary Haworth became Mrs. Allen Love
at TOWNSVILLE, Ind, in wedding gown
woven, cut, and made up by herself.
The United States supreme court mas de-
cided that witness in a congressional con-
test case is not amenable to state laws
The torpedo boat Cushing had successful
final trial Monday, making the required
twenty-five knots per hour during three
hours run.
George L. Baker, the ex-police commits
sioner who killed himself at Minneapolis.
left an estate of 100000 There is no expla-
nation of his act.
The Massachusetts house refused to adopt
resolution protesting against the imposi-
tion Of duty on raw hides. The resolution
was adopted by rising vote, but on roll
call was defeated-99 to 81.
G. w. H. Harrison, of Walker county,
Ala, is in Jail at Birmingham, on a charge
of swindlng the United States government
out of $4,000 by forging pension papers for
bogus widows of Mexican war veterans
The bodies found in the ruins of FRIDAYS
fra at Seattle, Wash, have been identified
as those Of j. George Jones, and N. Mays
ana wife, who arrived there from Arkansas
Friday night and took rooms in the build
ing.
Frank Brooks, the young man who shot
and killed his mother, in Williamsburg, N.
Y, on the 2Sth of last December, died in
Richmond street jail Brooklyn, where he
was awaiting trial for murder in she first
degree.
The reports of the committee on commu-
nication on the Atlantic and on the Pacific,
of the Pan American congress, which recon-
mended the granting of governmental aid to
lines of steamers have been adopted by the
congress.
Leroy Pritchett was killed and three
companions dangerously injured by the ex-
plosion of can Of nitro-glycerine at
Sweetser, Ind. 1t was left by gas well
drillers, and they fooled with it out of
curiosity.
The Midway hotel at Kearney, Neb.
burned Monday, and one of the guests,
Henry Deming, theatrical man, lost his
life by jumping from the fourth-story win
dow. The loss is estimated at Sl50,000;
fully insured
Lieut.. Cotton, wealthy aud prominent
member of the New Orleans Continental
guards, has been expelled from that organi-
zation for refusing to publish a card exoner
ating the colored armorer of the command |
from a charge of theft after the real culprit |
had been ascertained and the property re-
covered.
The remain of Gustave Carl and his wife |
were recently found in the ruins of their
house near Lansing, Mimi The couple were
supposed to have perished while asleep 1t
has since transpired that daughter, living |
at distance, received a letter informing
her that il anything should happen TO her |
parents she would find considerable money |
in a certain place. The money |
was found 1t is now thought the old man |
set fire to the house and then killed himself |
and his wife.