Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-07
NEWS In BRlEE.
A Condensation of Interesting Items of
Various Subjects.

Various Subjects.
The Peru, Ind, glass works are in the
hands of a receiver.
The estate OF Emma Abbott is esti-
mated to be worth 100000.
Haste is made to get the Mississippi
levees ready for another flood.
Capt. T. S. Paddock, one of Cleveland's
pioneers, died Monday, aged 76.
Twelve men were killed in California
mine by fall Of $50 feet down a shaft
A vast ice gorge has formed above Johns
town, Pa, and the people are nervous
Thieves stood up the Joplin, Mo, ticket
agent in his Office and robbed the office.
The Olympic club, of New Orleans,
offered IS Coz for fight between McAuliife
and Carroll.
The creditors of Decker, Howell e. Com
| pany, of New York will be paid cash in
full on their claims.
The election of officers of the Chicago
| board Of trade was carried by the anti
bucket shop faction.
Jacob Obley and his wife, each about so
| years old, died suddenly about the same
hour at Metamora, Ind
Jack Manning of Cleveland, bestCd
]
! Lit,l Rock, in ten rounds.
William Mansfield aged CT, o. Ashland,
| o., has been senteuC d to the ptntentiary
FIR one year for perjury and forgery,
Tom McQuery has challenged any
cltch-as-catch-can wrestler in America to
meet barring only stranger Lewis.
The whit = wheat crop of Kansas is in
| fine condition The heavy snow of the
past week came just in the right time.
A company has been organized in
Jamaica for the purpose Of cultivatirg
If Iits and vegetables for the United States
| market.
John Stuard, a race-horso trainer, had a
at Evansville, Ind, and the latter shot and
killed him
1t is said thas a row about money mat
tiers between Mackey and Bennett is liable
to end in the latter returning to Western
Union operations.
In a dispute at San Jacinto, Tex, Mr..
Zorro, railroad contractor, was killed by
a negro named Tom Gwynne, who struck
him on the head with club.
j. +. Smith, of Mason county, Ky. and
Miss Maude IIeebner, OF Port Carbon. Pa,
were married Dec 90 They first met and
loved on the top Of the Washington monu-
ment
y desperate riot occurred in Glasgow.
Scotland, Tuesday morning, between the
striking railroaders and the police and
military. Many arrests were made. More
trouble is looked for.
The enormous increase of 81. 49,, 500 de-
posits reported in last weeks New York
bank statement is partly accounted for
by the extraordinary number Of coupons
that had been deposited for collection and
reported rs reg liar cash deposits
The indictments charging Joseph Pu-
liter, John c. Chambers and James F.
Graham, editors of The New York World,
with criminal libel in publishing articles
dCfauatory to the character Of the late
Alex. I. Stewart were dismissed at New
York.
j. c. Haines, as attorney for the Farm
ers Loan and Trust company of New
York has filed a bond in the United States
district court at Seattle to foreclose the
mortgage held by that company against
he Oregon Improvement company for
Sl50O0lo.
one Charles Dearman, claiming to have
been colonel of the Fifth Missouri rifles in
the late war, has been declared guilty of
fraud in a real estate transaction with a
Washington lady in Jersey City. The real
commander of the Fifth Missouri rifles was
shown to lie Alfred de Armand, now of
Hot Springs, Ark.
Coroner Han,ey, Of New York. has noti- |
fed all institutions aud hospitals in that |
city wherein DR. koch's lymph is being |
used that in case any Of the patients
should die, The cJToner's Office should be /.
notified at once. The coroner said that all /
such would lie treated as coroner's cases, |
and inquests would be held.
The worlds fair grounds and buildings I.
committee after a long session at Chi |
clgo, agreed on the selection Of the board !
of expert architects. but refused to give
out the names. The members of the |
board were increased to ten in number.
Five are from Chicago and the remainder
from New York, Boston and phiiadel-
phia.
The suit Of II. +. Gillig, former manager
Of the American exchange in EuroIe,
against Lawrence Barrett and Edwin
Booth, to recover money loaned to Barrett
in is 8 who was then associated with
Booth, has been dismissed by vie supreme
court of New York. Judge Lawrence
holds that the money was loaned to pro-
mote GAHg's interest, and without any
from the company and in viola
ton Of his trust. The sum involved wa
about $50 90