Clarksville evening tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

various Subjects.
Burglars burned the Emmett house, at
| Wheatland, Pa.
Indiana Grand Army encamps at Indian
! apolis this week.
| Mary Gallagher died at Cleveland, O.,
Sunday, at the age of 102 years
Investigation of the fire department scan
dial is in progress at indianapolis.
A preacher named Fritch was arrested
near Reading, Pa, on charge of larceny.
The United States gunboat Concordia
was successfully launched at Chester, Pa,
Saturday.
The executive mansion at Washington has
been filed with a perfect system of fire.
alarm boxes,
The senate committee on elections has de-
cided in favor Of the republican contestants
from Montana.
Frank Mingus, of Lagrange, Ind, killed
his mother-in-lAw because she refused to let
him see his child
George Avery was drowned at Youngs-
town, O., while trying to save the life of a
man named Lovitz
Mr.. McComas, Of Maryland, has completed
his bill to prohibit partisan reapportionment
of congressional districts, and it will be de-
bated in congress this week.
Bishop Fink has consented to have his re-
cent letter prohibiting Catholics from join
ing the Farmers Alliance modified so that
Catholics may now join the order
A man supposed to be John Thompson
Gardner, and thought to be of Philadelphia,
died at Alexandria, Va, Of a pistol shot
wound He was picked up in gully
Eruif &c anti tiValxy yaI
Ind, and wheat arises to remark that it will
be compelled to throw up the sponge if this
cold weather comes in for another round.
George H. Abbey and William George at
tempted TO cross tire river on the ice, at
Youngstown, Saturday, The ice gave way,
and George was swept under and drowned
George II. Hill, a young man living near
Sandusixy, o., was thrown from wagon by
q runaway horse Friday night. The lines
caught about his neck and he was dragged
to death.
It is announced with positiveness that
makes it almost indisputable, that Attorney
General Trowbridge, Of Michigan, will be
compelled to resign his office, owing to mem
tai impairment
1t has cost the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road $3.50 in the Georgetown, Ky, court to
tell I. j. BsTkley he was on the right train
and then find that the train was special
and fire him OF
John N. Hodgson, the young man who shot
himself at his boarding house at Cleveland
last Thursday night four hours after his
marriage to Miss Addie May Bishop, was
buried Sunday afternoon
A meeting of citizens of San Francisco was
held in the rooms of the chamber of com
merce to devise means for aiding unimployed
workingmen. 1t was resolved to put them
at work on Golden Gate park
Officer Brisco, Of Chicago, shot Friday
evening by. Patrick Grove the desperate
young diamond thief whom he was trying to
arrest, may die. Officer Linnville, the other
victim, is in fair way of recovering.
The squadron of evolution has been ex-
perimenting with the torpedo apparatus in
vented by Capt. Howell, commander of the
Atlanta, of that squadron. The results show
it to be superior to anything heretofore ex-
isting.
Henry Eckerlie learns not to interfere
with Xenia, o., officer by receiving a
probably fatal bullet from the revolver of
a colored policeman, Lewis Clay, while try
ing to keep him from arrestiRg George
Mansfield.
The family of George H. Corliss, builder
Of the Centennial engine, will soon erect a
$50, 900 Young Mems Christian association
memorial building at Rewburyport, Mass
Among the features will be an amateur
photograph gallery.
Cigar dealers have been giving away
lately, instead of pictures and other useless
things, patent safety matches in little
book, one OF the leaves of which is pre-
pared with the composition upon which the
match may be ignited
Fire in Gray e. BafRy's six-story brick
furniture factory, 9s, 100 and 102 Congress
street, Detroit, destroyed the building, to-
gether with the Carol & Hunt Chair COM
panys establishment, on the west Loss,
S250, 600; only partially insured.
At San Diego, Cal, Judge Aitkin has
rendered a decision in the case of John
Welfshill against John G. Downey ct al,
directing the partition of the Rancho San
Jacinto Nuevo among ten persons. The
ranch contains over 45, 900 acres.
Drunken hoodlums named Sellers. True,
Sweeney and Cook met Messrs. Robinson
and Bailey returning from protracted meet
ing at Muddy Ford KY, shot and instantly
killed Robinson and badly wounding Bailey;
drunken meanness; no quarrel: wanted to
shoot somebody.
At prize fight near Wilkesbarre, Pa,
Saturday, between Jack Hefferman and Jack
Carter, Hefferman was seconded by his
mother, Bridget Ward, over CO. When her
son finally came off victorious, she clasped
him in her arms exelaiming: well done,
me beg. Yer mithir didn't raise ye for
nothing