Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-27

dred dollars reward was offered for his
capture. He passed under She name of G.
A. Smith
H. o. West has been indicted at Ray
mond, Miss, for killing his brother, Maj.
West, of Savannah.
Forty-one head of fine cattle were
burned in Jacob Woodyard's barn near
Parkersburg, w. Va.
Valuable deposits Of manganese, sui
phur, iron copper, lead and salt have been
discovered in Mississippi
Lawrenceburg, Ind, says her levee is
good enough, what there is of it, but not
enough of it, such as it is
At Chicago May Hanley tried to prevent
her father and brother from fighting and
was herself fatally stabbed.
Miss Minnie Neiveiter, of Wabash, Ind,
was awarded $1,000 for seduction in her
suit against Charles Lower.
Three new factories will enable Muncie,
Ind, to see carpet warp, pulp and artif-
cial ice growing in her midst.
Wheeling, w. Va, News advises it's
law builders to quit business and arise
and flee to their respective tents.
A purse of $4,000 is offered for a finish
fight between Hall and Fitzsimmons at
San Antonio, Tex, next October.
The circuit court of Wabash, Ind, has
| given Minnie Neireiter verdict for $1,000
against Charles Lower for seduction.
The house silver pool investigation COM
mittee has reported that they found no
evidence of the existence of a silver pool
st. Louis will build monument to
Gen. Sherman and will put it in the
grounds of the $2,C0JO00 city hall, now
building.
Joseph Pruhs, a Cincinnati carpenter,
out of work. committed suicide by hang
ing himself from the frame of door in
his home.
James Mustard, of PEBBLES, o., stabbed
his wife to death, and then ended his own
life with dose OF rough-on-rats. Domes-
tic quarrels.
The lower house of the Minnesota legis-
lature has refused to submit prohibitory
amendment to the constitution ia a vote
of the people.
| j, H. Moll, Of Defiance, O., in his efforts
to commit suicide, cut his throat, stabbed
himself, and then threw himself before
railway train.
The man under the bed came out while
the young ladies of the Delaware, o., col
lege were at supper, and sneaked $500
worth of jewelry.
Harry Wright, of the Philadelphia
League club, has withdrawn his resigna-
ton and has signed a contract as manager
of the club for three years.
Hon. John d. Miller, of Greensburg
Ind, has been appointed to fill the vacancy
on the Indiana supreme bench, coused by
the death of Judge Berkshire.
Nice young man of Lagro Ind, took
sudden spasm Of virtue, and tried to run q
disreputable woman out of town by white
cap methods, but did not succeed.
William Gillespie, an old engineer, was
fatally scalded by the cylinder-head blow
ing off an engine at one of the fire clay
company's works at East Liverpool, O.
At Sharpsburg, KY, Tom Fletcher col
ored, assaulted Eugene O'Donovan, white
the latter retaliating by shooting Fletcher
in the neck dangerously wounding him.
The investigating committee of the Ma
tional house on the alleged congressional
silver pool has reported that it had
searched diligently, but couldn't find any.
Hon. II. c. Ayres, prominent member
of the board OF trustees of the University
of South Dakota fell dead after delivering
speech, exactly as did Secretary Win
dom.
A man giving the name of Henry f.
Sterry was arrested in Cincinnati on
suspicion OF being Harry Snow, who shot
and killed his wife in Eden park nine
years ago
La grippe has taken possession of Fort
Logan, Col. and is playing havoc with
the soldiers. Eighty are in the hospital.
and four deaths have occurred this week
from the disease.
Hon. A. G. Riddle, in speech in Wash
ing, d. c., advised the colored voters of
the country to divide between the political
parties as tlsc most certain way of securing
their political rights.
William ID. Shepp, fireman on the
Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad, fell
from his engins at Bellaire, O., and had
both legs cut off, and was SO badly
mangled that he died.
At Lancaster, KY, indignation meetings
have been held protesting against the pro
position in the Kentucky constitutional
convention to consolidate the counties of
Garrard and Rockcastle.
The Etpa powder works, located near
Millers west of Laporte, Ind, blew up.
No one was hurt, but half dozen build
ings were badly shattered. The shock was
plainly felt at Lapolte thirty miles dis
tant.
Officers of the treasury department are
investigating the case of foreigner, at
Lima, Pa, suffering with leprosy, with
view of preventing tine spread of the dis
ease, and of sending to the country where
he belongs,
Monday n mptp0F lu
the size of full moon, fell near Madison,
Me. bursting when near the earth with
report like heavy thunder and shaking
houses as though by an earthquake. The
meteor was visible all over the state
c. Rudd Smith, under arrest at Mem
phis, Tenn, on the charge of passing
bogus checks in New Orleans, is member
of a prominent New York family, and is
supposed to have weakened his mind by
the almost incessant use of cigarettes.
The barkeeper of Gilroy's swell saloon
at Springfield, was discharged for drunk
enness, and he Immediately burst into
tears and called the boss NASTY mean
thing" Then it dawned upon the es-
tablishment that its barkeeper was
woman.
Blanchester, o., claims that its colored
wonder, William King, can flop his heart
from one side to the other and stop his
pulse and feel no inconvenience Then
he pulls his bowels up into his neck, stutfs
his ribs around his stomach and puts
them back as good as new.
John Snyder, farmer living at Dykes |
Vile, Wis, attempted to ford a small |
stream on his way to town Tuesday. The
sleigh was overturned, and Snyder's |