Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Condensation of Interesting Items of
Various Subjects.

Various Subjects.
Black death is raging IN western Siberia
Peoria, Ill.,. had ~ OCO0 fire in the
Dickson block
}, f. Fellows was killed by falling
tree near Peru, Ind
Indiana printers propose to have a state
organization of their own.
Fire destroyed the Prussing vinegar
works at Chicago. Loss $4,000,
United Mine Workers of America are
called to meet in Columbus, o., Feb. 10.
The trial Of Ethel Towne, the girl
forger, has commenced at Terre Haute,
Indiana
Capt James NJ. Williams and Mason NJ.
MaXon, L. :. A., have been placed upon
the retired list.
AT Cincinnati, John Turrer, for the
murder Of Schmidt, was sentenced to the
pcnitentiary for life.
Rebecca Gates, of Xenia, O., has found
sister from whom she has been sepa-
rated siXty-tive years.
John w. Root, consulting architect of
the worlds fair, die at Chicago Thursday
night, of pneumonia.
John Garrty, prominent man of Fort
Wayne, Ind, sought death as refuge
from torturing disease
John Frazer and Charles Darville, paint
ers, fell from scaifold at Iliawatha, Kan,
and were fatally injured.
Marion, Ind, has an oil we'll so big that
it refuses to be harnessed and is greasing
the surrounding country
Two small children of Frank Riggs were
cremated in the burning of his home at
Minslatl, Parke county, Ind
The wife of Governor Steele, of Okla
homa, fell on the ice at Marion, Ind, and
it is feared she is fatally hurt
Part Of the telegraph operators and sta
tion agents of the Chicago, Michigan and
st. Paul railroad are on q strike
Professor Koch, of Berlin, describes his
lymph as a glyCerine extract derived from
the pure cultivation of the tubercle
bacilli
VIII. Wagner, of Steubenville o., a
society man, is charged with emhezzling
$1,000 from the lumber firm of Prior 81
lowellS.
The Republicans of the Illinois legisla-
ture in caucus decided on Ex-Governor
Oglesby to succeed United States senator
Farwel.
Edward b. Horner, New York banker
representing foreign lottery schemes, is
under arrest for violating the new anti
lottery law.
The Republicans of the legislature of
New Hampshire nominated Jacob II. Gal
linger for United States senator, retiring
Senator Blair.
The wife of Henry b. PieifIer of Gin
nsp In nr
performed an operation on herself that re-
suited in death
The marriage ceremony # runaway
couple who We're married in n dry goods
store at Peru, Ind, consisted of only
twenty-siX words.
TIL board of trade and Farmers Alli-
ance of Palouse City, Wash, have sent n
carload of flour to the destitute farmers in
Cheyenne county, Neb.
Miss Dora Marcum, of Danville Ky,
broke the neck of her illegitimate babe
and herself died few days later This
occurred last September, and her crime
only became public Thursday.
John and Frank Schwartz were found in
their farm house, four miles south Of Mar
seilles, Ill.,, j ohm dead and Frank delirious
from whisky. Johns neck was broken.
Both men had been drinking heavily for
weeks.
At Iron Mountain Mich, policeman
arrested Stephen A jack This disgrace
preyed on Jacks mind, and at p. m.
Thursday he was found hanging in his cell
dead. lie used his handkerchief for the
suspension
The Gloucester, Mass, schooner William
DaisIey, before reported overdue, has been
given up for lost by her owners. with all
on board She sailed for Fortune bay, Nov
81, and has not been heard from since. Her
crew numbered seven.
Miss Jennie Scherry, sensible colored
beauty of Springfield o., did not faint
and cry when treacherous Tom Payne
failed to appear at the marriage altar, but
stayed right on deck and had n jolly good
time with the guests.
Charges of corruption in Office and mis-
management and private immortality are
made against Warden Dyer, OF the Ohio
penitentiary, and bin is being prepared
to provide for full investigation and u
reorganization of the penitentiary man
agement.
The Kentucky constitutional convention
has adopted that section OF the revenue
and taxation report exempting from taxa
tion property used for religious purposes,
growing crops and personally TO the
amount of $3.50. The section gives
cities and towns right to exempt manufac-
turing establishments for five years.
CONGRESS,
Thirty-SeveDth Day.