Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condemnation of Interesting Items o.
Various Subjects.


A Condemnation of Interesting Items OF
Various Subjects.
Fred Rettemeyer fell off house at La
fayette, Ind, and broke his neck.
Robert Kennard of Princeton, Ind, wa
fatally mangled by o vicious hog.
Partridge, the Chicago grain bear, made
$4,000 by his transactions Wednesday.
Members of the Salvation Army havt
sued the city of Youngstown, o., for falst
arrest.
City officials of indianapolis are threat
ened with arrest for oyerdrawing appro
priations in violation of the city charter.
William Howard Miller, of Johns Hop
kins university, has been appointed in
structor in mathematics in the Lelant
Stanford, Jr,, university.
Officials of the Great Northern railroad
refuse to allow North Dakota inspectors t.
open cars and inspect grain. The employees
of the road will be prosecuted under the
state law.
The committee having the matter il
charge has issued call for the next meet
ing of transmississippi commercial con
gress to meet In Omaha, Neb., Oct. 10, foI
a five days session.
John w. Bridges postmaster and West
ern Union manager at Grand Junction
Colo, has been missing for over two
weeks, 1t is stated that his account with
the government is over $1,000 short.
The Morgan Line Steamship company
of New York, announces that a demand
will be made upon the British government
for indemnity for the cargo stolen from
the stranded steamer Eldorado by the
Bahama wreckers.
The masters and pilots of boats engaged
in trade in the Yazoo, Sunflower and ITALIA
hatchie rivers have written to the secretary
of war, complaining that the levee work
on those rivers is being done in an incom
petent manner.
Adolph Schmidt, president Of the First
National bank Of Louisville, resigned
Tuesday as the result Of disagreement
with some of the directors. Dr. g. w
Lewman, president of the Citizens Ma
tional bank of Jacksonville, Ind, was
chosen successor.
The minister of agriculture announced
in the Canadian house of commons that
the government, after full consideration
had decided to refuse the application of q
syndicate of American and Canadian cap,
italists to slaughter American cattle in
bond in Canada for export.
A large number of wealthy farmers met
in St. Paul and incorporated the Grain
growers association, with capital stock
of 100000. One of the farmers present at
the meeting stated they had determined to
upset the monopoly of elevator companies
by building and operating their own eleva-
tors.
The conservation of Very Rev. Father
Meerschaert as bishop of Indian Territory
took place at St. Mary's cathedral, Nat.
chez, Miss, which was crowded with the
members of the congregation, citizens and
visiting bishops and priests. Archbishop
Jansen, of New Orleans, was the conse-
orator and celebrant of the pontffical high
mass.
Suit was eutered by United States Dis
trict Attorney Lyon IN the United States
circuit court at Pittshurg, against the
Pittsburg Terra Gotta Lumber company
for violation of the contract labor law.
District Attorney Lyon alleges that the
defendant contracted with Robert Brooks,
of Toronto, Canada, to come to Pittsburg
and engage In their employ as R brick
layer.