Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

Various Subjects.
A Nebraska laborer who was pardoned
by the governor is threatened with lynch
! ing.
e. c. Lyle, of Bridgeport, O., says he
will wager any man living that he can eat
the most
William Green, colored was executed
Friday in the yard of the parish jail at
Gretnn, La
Governor Merriam has signed the bill
which gives Minnesota seven congress-
ional d. trcts
Canada is excited over Secretary Fosters
intention to stop the shipping of bonded
goods through the United States.
Lewis Williams, of Granville, O., vet
eran of the war, was found dead in bis
bed. Death caused by excessive indul-
genco in intoX cunts.
William Denny, II r1acher of the Cum
| berland Presbyterian church. died from
wounds received at Sorrento, H., at the
hands Of Bud Thacher
Miss Addie Duncan, living near ALI
ancc, O., fell from a fence and broke her
neck, and when ioIud her body had been
| partially deyourld by hogs,
Mrs. Newton .Ncsbit, of Davenport,
Iowa, resented a remark of her husband
by shooting him in the back of the head,
She then shot herself inficting two
wounds.
During q thunderstorm at Trenton,
Mo William Huffman and William Fer
guson were struck by lightning. The
| former was instantly killed and the latter
fatally injured.
Mother Stewart Ct Springfield, O., "A
prominent crusader of 1874, now over 81
years old will sail for England May II as
a delegate to a Good Templars' convention
o be held there
Grape growers of Santa Clara county,
Cal, are dissatisfied with the prices oh
tanned for wines, and have decided TO in
corporate and conduct the business on the
cooperative plan
| A mess meeting of colored citizens of
Columbus pIoJe ted against the proposed
division of the congressional grant b.
tween the Ohio State university and w |.
| her,orce university.
Pert L. Antwatcr has been arrested at
| Peoria, H., charged with embezzling over
$50 from his employers the America
Glucose company. His parents at Iowa
City are people Of high standing.
Enos V. Garrett, wealthy retired m r.
chant of West Chester, Pa, killed hius If
in his bed room. He had sold his hand.
some residence and had since so regretted
his action that it affect ID his mind.
The Ohio Farmers Alliance declares for
a uniform system of school books, the
| Australian system of ballot, reduction Of
railroad rates to two cents mile and the
! taxation of real estate at its assessed
value less mortgage n iebtedness.
S indy Wilson, of Greensburg, Pa, and
| Constable Mcdonald, who had him in
charge, leaped from speeding express
train just as a freight rushed up on thu
other track. Wilson was killed and Nc
! Donald is unconscious and badly injured.
The Kawcah colony in Tulare county
Cal, ostensbly on the BelIamy plan, has
developed as simple swindle upon the
part of Burnett G. Haskell, James Martin
and others, who are said to have realized
| $1,000 per month on their scheme, All
Colouists who are able to leave are doing
so.
Ten feet square of the flooring near the
main iron stairway on the fifth floor Of the
/ Shoreham, Vice President Morton's apart
ment house. Mt Washington, crushed
/ through to the floor below. This m 81 OF
stone tagging plaster and timbefS
/ punched hole through each succeeding
/ floor to the basement, piling a tremendous
mass Of debris at the bottom, but tortS'
nately injuring no one