Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-16


The president and Mrs Harrison gave
private dinner party TO few personal
friends Wednesday night. Hon. Ben. But
terworth and wife were present.
Jacob Gilbert was arrested, at Youngs-
town, o., for beating his wife when she
found him occupying the same room with
a girl who was visiting the family.
At Gallusburg, Ind, Tuesday, the jury
In the case Of Elizabeth Critser charged
with poisoning her mother-in-law, Martha
Critser, returned a verdict OF not guilty.
John jackson, alias Richard A. Arthur.
was arrested at Muskegon, Mich, yester-
day He is wanted for the murder of
Mamie Murphy, in New York, three weeks
ago.
During q fight at Hillsboro, o., between
Ed. Mcfarland and Amos Medley, colored,
the former stabbed the latter four times.
Medley's injuries will probably prove
fatal.
Mr.. G. T. Jones, who Is at the head Of
the Harper Brothers educational depart
ment, says there is no truth In the story
that the firm is about to join the book
| trust
James C. Slaton, a prominent and
wealthy farmer living near Harrisburg,
Ill, shot and killed Hugh Norris one OF
his tenants. Slaton claims the killing was
done in selfdefense
The great forest fires which have been
raging in northern Wisconsin at intervals
for two weeks past are gaining ground.
| The greatest loss has been in the vicinity
of Kings Bridge.
| Negotiations are In progress for the es-
tablishment Of a parcel post between Can
ada and Japan, on the lines of the present
parcel post service between the Dominion
and the mother country.
White Caps visited the house of a man
named Rhodes, in Wyoming county, West
Virginia, and, after advising him to get
rid of a woman who was living with him,
gave him a sound hogging.
The Doran & Wright Company, bucket
shop keepers, of New York, have notified
its correspondents that it would suspend
payments The liabilities are from $780,
600 to $400,0OO, with no assets
A cloud-burst near Elmira, N. ", raised
many of the small streams, washed
bridges away and did much other damage
The same report is made by Utica, North
Brookfield, Knoxboro and other places.
A man named Jordan was arrested at
Tuesday, to answer.a charge of criminal
assault on an s-year-old girl. Officers
have been looking for him for more than q
year,
The notorious adventures of New York,
Princess Ann Odelia Dis Debar, Is in
prison In Rome on the charge of swindllng
the Hotel Bristol with false draft, and Is
probably in for long term Of imprison-
ment.
An unknown young man was found
dead In ditch by the railroad, at Van
Vert, o., Tuesday. IL is supposed he was
taken with fit and fell into the water,
which was only six inches deep, and was
drowned.
Judge jackson overruled the motion for
new trial in the case of DR.. Walter X.
Reid, the spirit" postmaster convicted In
the United States court at Grand Rapids,
Mich, for using the mails for fraudulent
purposes.
At Guthrie, KY, a tramp who WIS steal.
ing ride on a freight train fired at the
conductor, the bali passing through bis
clothes and lodging in the side OF boy
near by, inficting a dangerous wound
The tramp escaped.
j. B. Howard, the walking delegate Of
the carpenters union, who has beer
swindling unions at indianapolis, Del
phos, Defiance and other places, was sen
0 fenced at Fort Wayne, Ind, to two yearI
in the penitentiary
j. Sir Julian Pauncefote planted IN oal
near the tomb of Washington Wednesday
;, 1t supplants the one set by the Prince O
! Wales on his first visit TO the UniteC
I States which died This one was growr
: from an English acorn.
The execution of the murderers of LoTt
0 Cavendish and Secretary Burk, in Phuni'
r park, Dublin, was commemorated by |
meeting of United Irishmen and Irish vol
y unteers. in New York, Wednesday night
l. Parnell was denounced.
The supreme court of Nebraska has de
;, dided that farmers alliances have rtgh
e to build elevators near railway stations
and that railroads cannot discriminRt
n against them, but must accord all person
, equal shipping facilities.
A bill has been reported TO the senat
e by the judiciary committee subtecting I'm
v ported liquors to the laws Of the severa
states II Is designed to prevent "origina
n package" importation and sale under th
o late supreme court decision.
The directors Of the Chicago board Q
"a trade have adopted memorial to con
. gress asking that a modern high-clas
war vessel be substituted for the oil
, steamer Michigan, the only United State
n man-of-war ON the great lakes.
, City Chamberlain Crane, OF New York
!. alleges that q, 600 of the sinking fun
y of that city is in banks drawing 2x pc
i cent. interest, and that the comptroller
borrowing money from the same institT
= tions, paying per cent for its use.
The description OF Reason Myers, VIII
suddenly disappeared from Sandyville, o
April 10, tallies so. closely with that
Y the young man murdered at Terre Haut'
= Ind, that the mayor of that city has bee
!" asked to send more definite descriI
ton.
'e Six Italian laborers and a contractC
=, =, named Cofrey were seriously injured b
!" a blast on the Richmond, Nicholasvill
Irwin and Beatyville railroad nhar Nich'
- lasville, KY, Tuesday. One OF the labo
y, ~ ers will die, and two Others and COTE
:" were seriously hurt. The names OF Cl
lAborers could not be learned
~ The danger Of giving away playthinl
- received a sad and pathetic illustration
70 indianapolis, Saturday. Mr.. JoseE
Adams removed to that city few weel
ge ago with his family from Evanssill
IN just before their removal the child Of
'i- neighbor died of diphtheria, and a whist
of the dead child was given 10 the son
q Mr.. Adams. He died Of the same disem
n Saturday.
no At the village Of Bentleyville, Pa, u
bodies of John Crouch, a wealthy farwe
on his wife and son Andrew were found
X, their home with their throats cut. Al
let so,s,a hood was terribly battef;a., eyideh