Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

| 1etu Is Sdlu TO nave Deen discovered DN
n berrying party near English, Ind
David Plake, of Upton, attempted tC
get off a moving train and was killed.
The population of Mexico, according tc
official statistics, is stated to be II 1886, 1924
Christian Swain, wealthy farmer, was
robbed of 81 900 while attending circus al
Muncie, Ind.
Five people from Austin are in New
York being treated for mad dog bite at the
Pasteur institute.
At Brandenburg, KY, Miss Cynthia Du-
gan was killed and George Bonner seri-
ously injured in a runaway.
The new city directory of Cleveland con-
tains 3d. ,825 names, showing apopulation of
299, ,475, against 277 ,496 last year.
At Sadieville, Ky, Miss Bette Connel-
lee was struck by a train on bridge.
She fell about 100 feet and was Instantly
killed.
AT a picnic near Ottawa, ILL.,, Gustave
Draining, of Peru, was killed and George
Seedler, also of Peru, seriously injured by
lightning.
A seven-year-old daughter of David
Marshall of Canton. o., was fatally
burned by her clothing becoming ignited
Two wrecks occurred on the Wheeling
and Lake Erie railroad, Sunday night, one
at Brighton and the other at the yards in
Norwalk. Nobody hurt.
At Bedford, Pa, Farmer Jacob May was
crcmated. lie was subject TO fits and fell
on his lantern, exploding it. His house
and contents were destroyed.
Attorney General Smith, of Ind, has de-
cided that school teacher who has held
firstclass licenses for six years continu-
ously does not need a license to teach.
The commissioners of Champaign county,
o., have increased the reward to $500 for
the arrest of John Potts, who killed Ora
Neer, at MechaniCsburg, two years ago.
There is no truth in the report of the
resignation of the minister of finance of
Mexico although what may happen in
connection with that Office is unknown.
Fireman Thomas Brown and Engineer
Dan Dick were killed at Portland, Ind. A
through passenger train crashed into a
freight. Several passengers were injured
AT Cincinnati the rear car of Big Four
commuters train was struck by another
train of the same road The coach was
wrecked and three ladies injured, one seri-
ously.
The bureau of American republics has
information which indicates that the re-
cent change in the Brazilian ministry will
not involve any important change in
policy.
1t is proposed to mark the grave of Will
lam d. Robinson, founder of the Brother
hood of Railway Engineers, with $4,000
monument, He is buried at Washington,
Indiana.
Two firemen were killed and two deck
hands and one passenger seriously injured
by the bursting of steampipe on board
the steamer Idlewild, near St. Genevieve
Missouri.
A windstorm at Leon, Ia, crushed a
camp meeting tabernacle by blowing a
tree upon it. Several cottages were blown
down. Several people were injured, but
none seriously
At Cincinnati Adam Strach and Peter
Dornbecker, brothers-in-iaw, quarreled.
Dornbecker struck Strach with poker,
and Strach responded by fatally stabbing
Dornbecker in the groin.
A good sized gathering of farmers at
Urbana, o., to consider the proposition of
securing the location of the experimental
station, decided it would be inexpedient
for the commissioners to make an offer.
At Galveston Miss Jennie Anderson dis
covered a negro in her room. She secured
a revolver, but was so excited she shot
herself in the thigh. Undaunted, she fol-
lowed the negro and fatally wounded him.
Frank Marvin was shot and killed and
several others wounded at charivari
party near Joliet, Ills. John Schamberger
had been charivaried twice and the third
time he fired a load Of buckshot into the
party, with the result stated.
REPORTS from North Stonington, Conn, |
and the eastern part of Preston state that
a slight earthquake shock was felt Satur-
day about p. IN. Windows ratified and
houses shook Two loud reports were
heard but no damage was done.
The Chicago News says: John NJ. Sam
uels, of Kentucky, will probably be nom
mated as chief of the horticultural depart
ment of the worlds fair The division of
the Pacific slope horticulturists made it
impossible to take man frc ii there.
A special from Findlay, O., says: The
Model flint glass works, of this place, has
resumed work with full compliment of
men, The other factories will start next
Monday, when 1900 persons, who have
been idle since last May, will resume work.
Archer, Fla, is in state of great ex-
over the presence there of Har-
mon Murray, a bloodthirsty negro. lie |
has held up and robbed scores of people
and is now in hiding in the swamps near
by. A reward of $500 is offered for his |
head.
At Norfolk Landing, Miss, d. b. WALL |
white, and n negro named Reed, quarreled
about the time the latter had worked on a
of which Wall was manager.
Reed shot Wall with a shotgun, inficting
q wound from which he died, but not until
he had fatally wounded the negro with a
revolver.
In the woods near Hanover, Ind, John !
Lynch, 2s, formerly prominent Philadel- I
phia butcher, was married to Jennie Van
Sicklen, 10, queen of band of Gypsies.
Lynch became enamorcd of the Gypsy girl
some two yeas ago and deserted his bust
ness to follow her. lie will in the future
live with the band.
During a negro picnic at Hunts Grove,
given by Cincinnati people, number of
bloody fights occurred Razors, revolvers
and knives were used. One man had a
brick smashed on his head, two more were
stabbed and another shot in the leg. Two
women fought with knlfe ana razor, cary
ing each other considerably. One arrest,
w. ]. Elliott, of Columbus, convicted of
A. G. Osborn, Feb. %, and |
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ohio
was transferred to that in
stitution Monday and assigned TO labor in
one of the Wood manufacturing depart
ments. He was offered less arduous
position, but preferred hard, steady work.