Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects,


Various Subjects.
Rev. Richard S. Martin, of Valparaiso
| Ind. has fallen heir to great fortune in
England.
| There is terrible Indignation at Hamp
ton, Va, over the verdict acquitting young
| Haines of Hannegan's murder.
Albert Thompson's little daughter was
decapitated by corncutter near Redwood
.. The team ran away in the field.
Randolph Smith, aged eighty-three, was
beaten and robbed in his melon patch near
Stanford, Ky. His assalant is unknown.
John Mason,a miser, at Wauseon, O., died
and left $4,000 to a nephew-his only heir.
He was supposed to be poor by all who
knew him.
At Rico, Col, Dennis Sullivan was lodged
in Jail for being drunk. He set fire to the
building, which was destroyed. He was
burned to a crisp.
A young lady of Alexandria, Ind, has
broken her engagement to a young man of
Greenville, o., when she found that be
was bitter Democrat
The second day of the reunion of Nor
gan's men and the commingling of the
blue and the gray at Middlesboro, KY,
was stupendous success.
Anna Brown sued Nate Keiser, in
Shelby county, o., for 5000, claiming
that Nate jiltsd her. In his answer he
says that he does not refuse to marry
her
The belief is current in New Orleans
that the grand jury of that city will call
on the officers to prevent the prize fight be-
tween Mccarthy and Warren next Tues,
day night.
Burglar Anderson, in Jail at c incinnati
has confessed ~ concerning his recent es-
cape, He duplicates l.. II. Hadden assist
ant county solicitor, and Cal Tucker, a
guard at the Jail.
Charles j. Kirschner, of Toledo, has
been elected supreme treasurer of the
Catholic Knights of America to succeed
defauting Treasurer O'Brien, who was
short in accounts $1l 1913
Thomas w. Harper, the Terre Haute
criminal lawyer, bit off the thumb of
Elmer Marshall, an Indianapolis attorney,
in a fight which Harper provoked. The
Terre Haute bar will disbar Harper.
Captain Mullens, of the fire insurance
patrol, Chicago, died from the effects of in
haling muriatic acid fumes at a small fire
in printing office. Three or four iiremen
are critically i'll from the same cause.
Slossen and Schaefer have been matched
to play match game of billiards for $500 a
side at 14-inch bolk line 500 points up The
match is to take place not later than Oct
26, in New York city, and the winner is to
take all the gate receipts. Each player
has deposited $3.50 as preliminary forfeit
S. Gallvotti, superintendent of the Der
bee Drift mine, near Nevada, Cal, was
murdered by highwaymen while going to
Nevada with 5000 in gold bars just
cleaned up at the mine. The highwaymen,
from ambush, shot him dead, but his at
tendant whipped up the horses and got off
safely with the money.
At Williamantic Conn, while at target
practice, John Peterson killed Richard
Bobbington and perhaps fatally wounded
William Malone with rife he did not
think was loaded, and which he was
foolishly pointing mt his comrades. The
ball went through both men and lodged
in fence. Peterson was arrested.
Ex Senator Tabor, of Colorado, has re-
ceived an order from the supreme court
or Mexico giving him possession of the
Santa Ediwige gold mine, over which he
mas hau JhTte years Ailbhtloh' Inc mine
is located at Jesus Maria, and has pro-
duced already from $4,000, 900 to $4,000
900 of gold The ore assays 500 to the ton,
and is still good for millions.
Judge Kohlsaat, of Chicago, has admit
ted TO probate the will Of the California
millionaire, Joseph Rosenberg, and issued
letters testamentary to his father, Jacob
Rosenberg Among the bequests made in
the will are $4,000 to the Jewish hospital
Of New York, $4,000 to the Jewish orphan
asylum Of New York city, and $4,000 to
us Jewish orphan asvlum ut Cleveland