Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-18
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

Crawfordville (Ind.) schools have closed
on account of diphtheria.
The Birmingham (Ala.) Safe and Lock
company had $50 900 fire
Knights of Labor favor keeping the
worlds fair open on Sunday.
There is no indication of a settlement Of
the Indiana miners troubles
A general te-up is threatened on IL e
Lake Erie and Western railroad.
Twelve base bail clubs will be in the
American Association next season.
At Durango, Colo, Maggie Montgo'r,-
cry stabbed John Gross to death. Jei l.
Ousy.
Professor Jason Eckford, of Evansville,
Ind, was arrested for kidnapping his own
child.
Harry Gibson, said to be from Cincin-
natl, was arrested at Indianapolis for bur
glary
Mrs Edgar George, of Bunker Hill,
Ind, gave birth to quadruplets, one of
which died.
New York had big meeting Monday 20
plan for the capture of the Republican
convention.
1t is believed the Farmers Alliance CON
vention in Indianapolis will indorse IA
third party.
At Chandler, Colo, John Cox shot. and
killed John Anderson and j. L. Calhoun.
Cox escaped.
Miss Henrietta r. Crowell, of New
York, worth &2,0O0000, welded a Swedish
man of all work.
Rev, Hachariah Eddy, the well known
Congregationalist,d died at Detroit Mon
day, aged seyenty-siX.
A son of c, n Kutchback, of North Yer
non Ind, fell from train while stealing
ride and was fatally injured.
Private rain producing experiments
were successful in India The govern
mcnt viii now probably take hand
A boiler exploded at the Ashley wire
works Joliet Ills, doing $3.50 damage
Frank McSwain, fireman, was killed.
AT Omaha Captain Hattie Smith, of the
Salvation Army, who was shot Sunday
evening by Nettie Biedler, died Monday
At Moncrieff Springs, Fla, Editors Har-
rison and Sic we're quarreled and were pre-
pairing to fight a duel when they were ar
rested
There are some 1000 cars of wheat and
oats sde-tracked on the Burlington sys-
tenn because of the lack of storage room in
Chicago
Charles Perry, of Newport, KY, suicided
by shooting himself in the bowels with
shot gun. Domestic troubles and drinA
caused it.
Miss Annie Sullivan, of Sheffield, Ala,
famous as teacher of the blind has gone
to New York to receive the Pasteur treat
ment for IA dog bite.
Editor Young, of San Francisco, is visit
ing the national committee and is author
lied to promise anything he wishes in be
half of san Francisco.
San Francisco had a 100000 fire
Spaulding's carpet cleaning wOrl.s,
Dutcher's sausage works and Higg-..
botham's soap works.
Brakeman Hardy was killed and E.
gineer Whitesides and Fireman McFar-
land seriously injured by a Panhandle
rear end collision, near Burgettstown.
The prevalence of diphtheria in Indiana
is due in some instances, Secretary Met
calf. of the state board of health. thinks,
to the lack of observance of sanitary
rules.
The prosecuting committee of the New
York Prcsbytery, in the case of DIR,
Briggs, have issued their appeal to the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the United States of America.
Mrs Phoebe Durand, widow of Cyrus
Durand, former chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing, celebrated her one
hundredth birthday at Irvington, N. j..
among her children grandchildren anG
great-grandchildren
Albert Church, postmaster of Mount
Airy, Ga, was shot in a brothel and fell
over an embankment and died There
was fracas in the house and the daugh
ter of the keeper of the place took a hand
and is supposed to have shot Church.
1t is estimated that McKinley's plural
ity for governor in Ohio will be about 81,
500. Official returns are in from but
eighty-three Of the eighty eight counties.
The Peoples party vote was about %, 800,
while the Prohibition will not exceed
10000
The supreme court of Florida issued
peremptory writ of mandamus against
John l.. Crawford, secretary Of state,
commanding him TO sign and attest with
the great seal of the state the commission
Of r. II. NJ Davidson, appointed United
States senator by Governor Fleming.
st. Louis banks have been offered 800
900 in silver dollars to pay their pension
checks, which, with a good many more
similar checks to be paid will give them
more silver than they can handle. The
sub-treasurer declares he has no pGprr
currency on hand and says Secretary Foa-
Ger will not supply anT