Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-24

new water works for st. Louis was at.
tackled by American laborers and the Ital
ians driven away. One was fatally
stabbed.
Two brothers, John and Ben Denning,
of near Sidney o., settled quarrel by
Ben shooting John in the forehead with a
revolver. Ben is under arrest, and John
may die.
The Rev. Mr.. Cleveland resigned from
the Boston Baptist Minister'S conference
on account of denunciation of Masonry,
which the conference approved by vote
of 50to7
Mrs. Barbara Weideminn, widow of a
Chicago tobacconist, is under arrest on
charge of poisoning her husband, who died
in May last with symptoms of arsenical
poisoning,
Sells Brothers showmen engaged in a
row at Omaha. A negro attache fatally
injured S. II. Goodman, an acrobat by
clubbing his head to a jelly with an enor.
nous iron pin.
L. T. Welsh telegraph operator at
Mount Vernon Furnace, o., lost leg be
low the knee while attempting to beard a
freight train on the Dayton and Fort
Wayne railroad.
The flood in the Missouri river is wash
ing away the Kansas point, opposite ST.
Joseph, Mo-, so rapidly as to threaten the
cutting of new channel two miles away
from st. Joseph.
At Wheeling Lafe Woodson, bar.
tender is under is under arrest for throw
ing Thomas Fleming outdoors on his head,
killing him by cracking the skull at the
base of the brain.
The Kickapoo Indians refuse to dispose
of their land, giving as reason that they
fear the wrath of the Great Spirit. The
Cherokee commission has pleaded with
them three times
Bishop Chatard, of indianapolis, ex
communicated thirty eight members, all
of the New Albany Qnd.) Roman Knights
of st. Edward, for allowing beer to be sold
on Sunday excursion.
The available cash balance in the United
States treasury, Monday, June go was
nearly $4s,000,O00, including deposits in
National banks and subsidiary silver. The
net surplus is "A 664,S
John McKeown, Walter Jones and John
Chanlis, boys, ranging in age from to 19
years, were drowned while bathing in
pond at Washington, Pa The McKeown
boy was helr 10 S4OUO,UO0.
BY the collision of passenger and
gravel train at White Plains, N. Y, sev-
eral trainmen were seriously injured and
a number of passengers severely shaken.
Both engineers blame the faglnan.
The finding of the court martial, as ap.
proved by Governor Campbell, gives all
the officers of the First regiment, O. N. g.,
except Lieutenant Colonel Whitney, five
days in which to resign or be discharged.
Noah Stanbrook and Sylvia Miller, of
Muncie, Ind, were about to be made one
when Nora Fudge stepped in with prior
claim-a 5-week's-old baby, which Nora
claims is the child of Noah. He married
the mother.
Tsudolqtsudo Sango, the police officer,
who attempted the life of the czarewich
was tried in the district court, Mt Otsu
Japan, on the 18th ult, found guilty of an
attempt to commit wilful murder and
sentenced to imprisonment for life at hard
labor
At the conclusion of the testimony in
the trial of ex-City Treasurer Bardsley
of Philadelphia, Mr.. Bardsley cad state
ment to show that the city had not lost
dollar His lawyer moved for an un
limited suspension of sentence, which was
granted.
Thomas Mcdonald of Bellefontaine, O.
and Mrs. George Moss, of Lima, o., regis
tered at Sidney hotel as r. Hodge and
wife, of Cincinnati The woman paid
fine of $50 for going astray, and the man
$50 and is in Jail. The woman's husband
paid her fine.
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of Rev n. A. Barr, of Adamstown
Pa, who is charged with sending an
abusive postal card to Rev. Mr.. Spreng, OF
Cleveland, O. The prosecution is the out.
growth Of the Bowman fight in the Evan.
gelical church.
Hog cholera has broken out with un
usual severity in several localities in Black |
Hawk county, la. In Eagle township one
farmer has lost his entire herd of l50 Tho |
disease seems to affect the young animals |
mostly, and Is made worse by the long
continued cold rains.
AT Keywest, Fla, Joseph Demeritt |
aged 10, plunged knife into his fathers
heart, death resulting Instantly The
father, George w. Demeritt, accused his
son of stealing $40, which the latter denied,
and while being chastised by his father,
committed the crime.
Joseph Arthur Stafford was arrested at
New York on n telegram from the police
authorities of Columbus, o. Stafford is an
actor under the stage name of Jack Ash |
ton. He was employed as book keeper by |
Perry r. Smythe, a picture frame dealer |
at Columbus, and on the 18th inst, be |
robbed his employer of $780, No money
was found on him and he claimed to have |
spent 1t all on wine and women.
On Sunday $1,000 people witnessed the
in Cote des Niegos cemetery, |
in honor of the rebels Of 1897 -3s |
Three professions Of French Canadian so
cieties marched to the cemetery. The mon
Gment TO the rebels and the monument t. |
Duvernay, founder Of the st. Jean Bap |
tiste society were decorated The orators
euiogisssi the rebels as heroes. The cure
Of Notre Dame cathedral blessed the deco
rations and intoned liberia for the souls
Of the victims.
Attorney General Hunt has begun quo
proceedings against the Chicago
Live Stock exchange He sets forth that
the act under which the company was or.
zanized restricts ;t from doing business for
profit and that its legitimate
objects are to adjust business disputes,
guard against the sale Of unwholesome
meat, etc The attorney general alleges
that the company is trying 20 fix the mini
mum rate OF sale on the yard market aud
20 prohibit is members from purchasing
.ts,ek from any person not member Of the
exchange.