Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-24
e attention of the authorities was called

to her.
For March our exports exceed imports
$22,OOO,OOO.
Fire destroyed the business portion Of
Grannon, Ind,
Yellow fever on board the British shin
Curlew at Chandeleur
The funeral of Congressman Ford was
the largest ever held in Grand Rapids
Judge G. d, Camden, brother of Senator
Camden, of West Virginia, died Wednes-
day at Hot Springs.
Gen, Greely, chief of the signal service
of the United States, has arrived at san
| Francisco ON a tour of inspection.
Charles Sweasy, telephone lineman,
touched an electric wire while at work at
Denver, Col, and was killed instantly.
The Sandusky court house was damaged
to the extent of $4,000 by fire, .aused by
the illumination of the town clock In
! surance, $4,000
Dennis Crow was given two years in the
! penitentiary for holding up Robert Breeze
and robbing him Of Sl45 at Maysville KY
Pella, Iowa, has been suffering from a
disease called the grip 1t has been dis
covered that the trouble was caused by in
fected water, and half the town is quaran-
| tined.
Mrs, Mary Sullivan, aged 65 living in
Pittsburg, assaulted her husband in his
sleep, cutting him severely with knife
She then attempted to kill herself with u
razor, She is demented.
The tobacco factories of Marhurg Broth
ers and &. w, Gail & An of Baltimore,
have been bought by the American To
bacco company of New York, and will
hereafter be operated by that company
Max Hunger, aged 35, shot his former
sweetheart, Martha Marasky, and himself
at Newark, n. J. Martha had discarded
Max, her parents obiecting to their
marriage on account Of his drinking
habits.
Montgomery, Ala, is in the throes of one
OF the hottest campaigns for mayor in its
history. The contest is between Col w.
;. Reese, eX-mayor, and John G. Cromme-
lin. 1t is estimated that over $4,000 will
change hands ON the result.
A declaration was filed in the United
States circuit court at Trenton, n. j., in
S3OOO00O suit for damages for breach of
contract brought by Mr.. Jewett against
Robert Garrett, Henry Frck and Mr.. La
trobe. The suit is the outcome of a trans
action in London
The attorney for Charles Ford. who is
under sentence of death for the murder of
David Moore, of Omaha, in June last, ar
nounces that he will let the law take its
course and not attempt TO carry the case
to the supreme court, as his client has
made certain admissions which convince
him that he is guilty.
A special legislative committee recon-
mends the discharge of Deputy Warden
Lemon, of saltwater prison, for inhuman-
ity. Among punishments administered is
cited the case of three men who were sus-
pended by being handcuffed through the
bars of their cell for a period of liny-one
out of siXty-seven hours
At Cleveland, Miss Rhoda j. Pratt,
formerly private secretary to the adjutant
general of the state Of Michigan, was given
Il verdict of $500 against Professor J
Clegg Wright of Cincinnati. Wright is
lecturer and spiritualist, and, it is charged,
promised to marry Miss Pratt, but failed
t. do so. Wright made no defense
George f. Ormsby, an officer of the navy,
has begun n suit in the supreme court
against eX-Secretary of the Navy Whitney
to recover $4,000 damages for false arrest
and Imprisonment. He claims to have
been detained on Mare Island from
Jan. 26 TO March :, 1889, on an order
of the secretary without cause known TO
him