Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.
More shakes in California

| A Condensation of Interesting Items OI
Various Subjects.
More shakes in California.
Upton, Ind, is to be lighted with elec
tricity.
A monument to Red Jacket was un
veiled at Canoga, N. Y.
Sixteen arrests in all have been made il
the Omaha lynching case.
A cable car collision in Chicago resulted
in two persons being fatally hurt
The stories of damage from wet weather
in the northwest have been greatly exager
ated.
| Scarlet fever is so prevalent at Celina
O., it is feared the schools will have to bf
closed.
Fire destroyed the heading factory al
Upton, Ind. Loss, $4,000; insurance
$4,000.
Joel B. Weddell, formerly of Seymour
Ind, was kicked to death by a mule al
' Marysville, Mo.
Raleigh witnessed the largest procession
ever seen there Wednesday-colored day
at the exposition.
Near Middletown, Conn, Mrs Amelia
Gregory was murdered and the house
fODDeu DY unKnOWnS,
Over 5000 votes in Indiana were rejected
on account of trifing technicalites in vot-
ing the new Australian ballot
Thieves got away with 81. 100 worth OF
diamonds and jewelry from the residence OF
Simon Straus, at Ligonier, Ind.
There is a movement to build street car
line from Seymour, Ind, to Brownstown,
eleven miles. 1t will cost So, ,000
Mrs. Emma Gaines, of Vincennes, Ind,
who killed her adopted son, will probably
escape through flaw in the indictment.
C. f. Heinrichs, electrician and inventc r
of New York, sucided with chloroform,
because of inability to complete an inver-
tion.
John Savin, farmer of Daviess
county, Ind. while out hunting, acci.
dentally shot himself, and died from the
wounds
The Canadian and United States author.
tiles will make it uncomfortable for the
lottery agents now sending letters into the
states from over the border.
j. w. Blivers, of Chattanooga, jumped
from the second story window of his burn
ing home with child under each arm.
They were uninj red. Property total
loss.
Richard jackson, whose wife was Grim
inally intimate with Rev. Z. II. Bowers, mt
Kansas City, will probably sue fordivorce
1t is reported that Bowers attempted sui
eide.
Miss Blanche Faller, Columbus (O.)
Catholic, has been prohibited taking part
in dramatic entertainments for the bene
fit of an Episcopal church by the priest of
her church
An eleven-year old son Of d. B. Myers,
Millersburg, Ind, was riding pony at
full speed, when the saddle girth broke,
and the boy was thrown violently to the
ground. He is not expected to live.
The city of st. Louis has finally decided
to establish twenty three miles Of boule.
wards, from 100 TO 300 feet wide, orna-
mented on the Partisan plan. The cost is
estimated from s., ,00O, coo TO $40, ,000,O00
At Findleyville, Pa, bad boy shot
Miss Bird Howell, his school teacher, in
the eye with bean shooter, destroying
the sight. Miss Howell will bring suit
to recover damages from the boys father.
The boiler in the shops Of the Chicago,
st. Paul and Kansas City, at South Park,
St. Paul, exploded, injuring eleven men,
three Of whom will die. The locomotive
had just been repaired and test of the
boiler was being made.
1t is now proposed to dam the Niagara
river and thus increase the depth Of water
in the great lakes. The level Of the water
has been falling for several years and is
very detrimental to navigation. II Is pro
posed 70 raise 1t several feet
Five colored men attempted to rob the
house Of an aged white couple named
Jones, near Clarksville, Tenn. In the
struggle to defend their property Mrs.
Jones was fatally shot and Mr.. Jones was
badly beaten. The robbers II caught will
be lYnchsd