Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-27
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condemnation of Interesting Items OF
Various Subjects

Various Subjects.
No yellow fever at New York-only ma
laria.
Mrs, Moses Moore was killed by cars
Ripley, o.
Another report says there is no fightinl
at Valparaiso
The color line is being agitated in tn,
Patriotic Order Sons of America.
Seventh Day Adventists are holdinl
camp-meeting at Mount Vernon, o.
The Kentucky state Sunday school con
vention is in session at Middlesboro.
Bradford, O.. had $4,000 flre-th,
hotel and several adjoining buildings.
Albert Woehrle, of Jeffersonville, Ind.
was killed in a runaway at Sellersburg
Thirteen beer saloons in Indian Terri
tory have been closed by federal officers.
Peter Holder, of Columbus, Ind, sui
oided by cutting his throat while drunk.
Samuel j. Clauser, of Windfall, Ind.
suicided with morphine. Financial
troubles
Charles Morgan, of Williamsport, o.
has mysteriously disappeared Foul play
is feared.
President Harrison was at Essex June
tion, Richmond and Waterbury, Vt.
Wednesday.
Joseph II. Weiss fell against circular
saw at Hamilton, o., and was probably
fatally injured.
Nine horses were cremated by the burn
ing of John Simon's barn at Columbus
Ind Incendiaries.
Governor Page, of Vermont, has ap
pointed Secretary Proctor to succeed Sen
ator Edmunds, resigned.
A, G.. Weaver, 80, of townsville, o., SUI
cided by shooting at Ada, where he was
attending college. No cause known.
1t is reported that sixty whalers have
been massacred by the natives at the
mouth of the Mackenzie river in the Arctic
region
At Anderson, Ind, u four-year-old child
of Myrom McDermott, owner of a saw
mill, was decapitated by being caught in
the driving belt.
Minnesota Legislators are largely op-
posed to an extra session of the legislature
for the purpose of increasing the worlds
fair appropriation.
The chamber of commerce at Barcelona
has protested against the treaty with the
United States as injurious to Spain's trade
with the West Indies.
The amount of four-and-a-half per cent.
bonds redeemed to date is $2l 1887, 100, and
Secretary Foster believes that the amount
will run up to $30,0OO,0OO.
At Concord Ga, Miss Bette Mitchell at.
tempted suicide with morphine and razor
and may die. Love of fine dress and fear
of disgrace was the cause.
w. S. Dashiel, Of Richmond, has been
rearrested on two more warrants charging
him with forging the name of J. L. Lud-
wig, of Pittsburg, to certain negotiable
notes.
Because of the refusal to do away with a
sewage nuisance the Altoona (Pa) school
board has had the entire city council and
mayor arrested. They all appeared before
an alderman and were released.
The Swiss federal council has thanked
the American and other consuls for the
congratulations on the sixth centennial OF
Swiss independence, and has ordered com
memorative medals distributed among the
consuls.
A. G. Weaver, of Johnsonville, o., ere.
ated a sensation by shooting himself on
the fair grounds at Ada, O., in full view
of the crowd there assembled. He died in
a few minutes. A love affair was the
cause of the act
Edward J. Bradbury, representative Of a
New York real estate company, has left
Chicago, owing a considerable sum Of bor-
rowed money. He is also said to be in
debted to his firm for money loaned him
1t is said that he has gone to England.
The Fraternity Of Financial Cooperation
of Philadelphia, wild cat insurance com
pany, has gone under. The fraternity has
six branches in Chicago, one in Detroit,
n couple in st. Louis, dozen In Cincin-
natl and score in Cleveland. II is very
strong in the west.
James d. Fish, ex-president OF the
Marine bank of New York, who was sent
TO state prison for wrecking the bank In
connection with the failure of Grant e.
Ward, and pardoned, saved Mrs. J. B.
Browns life at Seagirt, N. j., during a
fire which destroyed the Brown cottage.
At Memphis, Maud Miller, handsome
octaroon, took poison and died. She was
found an hour before she died lying on u
bed, and pressed to her lips was the like
ness Of young druggist of this city who
had been her lover. He ran off with a
young white woman and married her
Saturday night.
The executive officers of the Western
Union company denounce as pure fabrica-
tion an article which appeared in a New
York Sunday newspaper, and which states
that negotiations had been started by the
Anglo,American Telegraph company TO
bring about an increase in cable rates be
tween America and Europe.