Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.
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Cholera is spreading in Asiatic Turkey.
Secretary Foster will stump Ohio for
Mckinley.
Comstock, Wis. was almost wiped out
by forest fires
Last weeks storm did great damage in
the northern part of Maine.
Eight-year-old Joe Davis, of Chillicothe,
o., ate buckeyes and died in great agony.
Jealous Oscar Guncdman, Of Chicago,
shot his wife and then himself. Both
died.
The canton from Elwood, Ind, won first
prize at the Odd Fellow drill at St.
Louis.
George Tire and John Staley were prob
ably fatally crushed by cave-in at Indi-
annapolis.
Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia
negroes celebrated Emancipation day at
Wheeling.
At Independence, Ia. Richard Edger-
toms wife gave him carbolic acid for
whiskey and he died.
The situation among the coal miners at
Raymond, w, Va, is serious. Bloodshed
will probably follow.
1t is now believed that Postmaster Her
ring, of st. Johns, O., was murdered by
some of his bitter enemies.
M. Levi, in Jail at Cleveland, charged
with having stolen the greater part of q
saw mill, suiclded by hanging.
The emancipation proclamation was gen.
orally celebrated Tuesday by the colored
people throughout the country.
Tennessee miners are preparing to
measure forces with the state troops. A
conflict is almost sure to follow.
At New Orleans Cal Mccarthy defeated
Tommy Warren in twenty one rounds for
$500. They are featherweights.
A receiver has been appointed fortthe
Chicago branch of the bursted New York
grain brokerage house of S. V. White &
Company.
Mrs. Dell Rathbun, the wealthy Buffalo
widow, suicided at Cedar Island, Niagara
Falls. She was on her way from Chicago
to Buffalo.
At Cleveland Michael Karofa shot Katy
Rohaly because she would not marry him,
and then himself Both died. They were
lovers in Hungary.
Near Louisville, George Wemes and Joe
Sheffield quarreled and fought Sheffield
landed back Of his ear.
The report that Spain contemplates join
ing Russia and France in their entente
against the rest of the world is semi-ofi-
cially denied at Madrid.
The forty-nilth annual conclave of the
grand commandery knights Templar Of
Ohio has just closed in Cincinnati. About
1,500 visiting knights were present.
At Celina, O., Henry Wehrkamp quar-
relied with his brother Joe, and attempted
to shoot him. The bullet missed Joe and
struck his mother, inflicting fatal
wound.
Thomas Blakeley, railroad brakeman
confined in the Jail at Evansville, Ind. ,
for theft, committed suicide by hanging
himself with blanket rope. His time
was almost up.
Mr.. Thornton and Miss Jewell, who,
posed at Jacksonville, Fla, as ocean cast
aways. have been identified as passengers
on a sleeper from New Orleans to Jackson
vile, on which trip they occupied the same
berth.
General Charles E. Brown, now in
Washington, says that at this stage, he
would mot accept any office from this
of course, could not get such an appoint
ment."
Herr Wermuth, Germany's worlds fair
commissioner, has selected as site for
Germany's official building plat little
north and west Of that selected by Great
Britain and Immediately north of Mexico's
location.
At Vincennes, Ind, a stranger, with two
revolvers, attempted to force A. A. Cox,
the American express agent, to hand over
the contents of the safe. Mr.. Cox drew his
gun and the would-be robber backed out
and escaped.
At Milwaukee William Higgins was held
In the criminal court for murder for caus-
ing the death of Aunt Tillie Hunter, an
aged negress, by setting her clothes on fire
with a lighted match in a saloon on Sun
day night, Sept. ~.
In one precinct of Seneca county, o.,
there is not single Republican. Now
the question is how shall the new election
law be obeyed, as the law requires that in
each precinct there shall be appointed by
the county board of elections four judges
of election, two from each of the leading
political parties.
Paul Wolfe, who, up to three weeks ago,
was Washington correspondent Of the New
York Stats Zeitung, but now is editor of
the Illinois Stats Zeitung, has lived for
eight years in Washington with Marie
Kraemer, who has passed as his wife. At
the same time he supported his real wife
and two children in Chicago, from whom
he had separated Now he hes been re-
conciled again to his wife and has deserted
Miss Kreamer, whom he has offered to
support in Washington as previously he
had supported his wife in Chicago. Miss
Kreamer, on receipt of this letter, suicided
with laudanum.
The organizer Of the priesten verein,
now in session at Buffalo, is Father Tap
pert, of Cincinnati. At the meeting Tues
day, dramatic and passionate address
was delivered from tue Cathedral pulpit
| by Bishop Otto Zarditti, OF St. Cloud,
Mimi. He spoke entirely In German.
Germany he likened to ones father or
mother. America to his bride. They had
/ left Germany and were welded to Amer
/ lea, and TO the latter they should adhere.
He said they should learn the language Of
their new country. They were bound also
+ In gratitude to remember and love the
language Of their mother. The bishop
closed with remarkably eloquent tribute
/ 10 the American haR.