Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-11

4 per cent Of the total.
/ Both engines OF he Evansville O., WAGER
/ works broke down, and the city is threat
ened VITA water famine.
Good by bois, I'll meet you in hell
were Bob v ,res 1T words ut Knoxville
Tenn. ; ille. Gambler.
Hon j w Yerkes says ne would not nc.
cept nomination for governor of Ken.
lucky if it were offered him.
Benjamin Horton retired dry goods
merchant Of Brooklyn, committed suicide
to escaI his sutlerings from grip.
James Markham, 'gd 60 years, killed
his wife near Ashland, o., aud then tried
TO suicide because she wanted divorce.
The president has appointed ex-Con-
| gresham AlonzO Nrounse, Of Nebraska,
third assistant secretary of the treasury.
Mrs. JOIN Oliver, living near Martins
Vile, Ind, {, nun tied suicide on account
OF the shame Of a 6yelrold grand
daughter.
At Madison station, Ala, on the Mem
phis ,d Charleston RAILROAD, Mrs. Nancy
Martin was uck b. n train and seri-
ously injured.
Two shots were fired by an unknown
assassin at Judge j. r. Carvin, of Coying-
ton, Ky, through the rear door OF his
Office, without effect.
The rely to the last dispatch from
Premier Rudini, Of Italy, is beiI pre-
pareI with great care by the president
and Secretary Blaine.
The secretary of the treasury has opened
bids for sites for public buildings at Port.
land, Ore, Pueblo, Col, Sioux Falls, s.
OAK, and Stockton, Cal,
Mrs. Andrew Doll, of Herman, Neb,
who had been discharged from an asylum
as cured, killed her two young children
and then committed suicide
Anna Dickinson is in New York, gu
route to Goshen, N. Y, for treatment.
She will prosecute her sister for false i'm
prisonment in DanviIle ylum.
At Henderson, Ky, Lem Wilson came
out OF saloon, and, remarking that he
wanted to xiii somebody, turne upon
Abe Jones and shot him dead
Milton and Henry Kaufman, brothers,
died at Philadelphia of arsenic poisoning.
They stated that tfey wanted to die
together, but gave no re tson for the act
AT New Orleans Bowen and Myer
posted ~ o. forfeit each to guarantee their
appearance in the Olympic ring in that
city May 10, weighing rot over 13t
pounds.
Over 400 immigrants landed at New
York Thursday Of which more than half
were Italians. Over 200 are considered I'M
fit to be admitted 10 thecCuntry, and must
be returned.
Frank w. Fitzhuga, dissipated, but
brilliant attorney OF New Castle, Ind,
was found deal in his onc, Thursday
night, H. was seated at table and held
pen in his hand.
About ten res of the Cincinnati stock
yards were burned Thursday night. Loss
about $4,000 fully insured. Cause Of fire
unknown, but supposed to be from sparks
from passing train.
Charles Wilson, "A trump, working for
Jacob Werd eek, near Ashland. Pa. has
disappeared taking with him $1,000
which hal g n hidden in an old coat in
the attic OF the house
Samuel Gompers, president Of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, says that the
labor organizations of the whole country
will support the miners in their demand
for an eight-hour day.
Henry SaigchriSt, an employe of the
Harter mill, Fostoria, O., while walking
along platform missed his footing and
fell distance Of forty five feet, escaping
without a broken bone.
The first train to pass through the
Grand Trunk railroad tunnel under the
st. Clair river, at Sarnia, Ont, made the
trip Thursday afternoon, carrying mum
Der OF the roads officials.
The United States steamer Mohican,
has arrived from Honolulu and is now
IL. n ut ,ig
Capt. shepherd states that when he left
the istnds everything was quiet.
At Austin, Tex, a jury in the case of
Radam vs. AIN returned verdict giving
All the defendant, 1900 damages The
case was about n patent microbe eXter-
which both parties claim to have
Invented,
The officers of the militia company that |
fired on the rioting strikers at Scottd IL, !
Pa, were arrested on warrants sworn out |
by labor Leaders. They are under guard !
at reg III ntal headquarters to prevent
their being mobbed
John Jones, of Dale county, Ala, who |
tied up his 9-ycal-)ld boy by the thumbs, !
him terribly and left him hang |
until, when found by u passer by, he was |
almost dead, has been arrested for assault !
with intent to murder
Henry Hoffman and Bert Braymer have |
been arrested in St Louis for swindling. |
A wealthy san Francisco pawn broker and |
r. j. Ne t.r, an Oklahoma attorney are
involved The scheme was to dispose of .
bogus pawn tickets calling for valuable .
articles
st. Paul reports a corner on hay, the re-
suit of a hay famine in Iowa, Nebraska .
and Missouri The stock in the north
west has been bought up at s. to SIS,
and commands 81 per ton in st, LOUIS.
In 81. Joseph and Kansas City there is a
howl for hay at any price.
a requtsl recently reached the Canadian
customs department from Washington
that steps be taken to prevent the migra-
ten of Chinese from Canada to the United
States. The department answered that
after tie Crltstials pay the poll-taX they
are at liberty to come and 80 the same as
any other people in Canada,
The confession Of David Nicely has be en-
made public at Somerset, Pa. 1t was
dated April t. He says that he was pres
cnt at the murder but did not fire the
fatal shot. lie fails 10 say who else wac
present 1t will be remembered that he
and his brother were hanged April for
the murder of Herman Umberger
\ suicides Last Words.
KNOXVILLE, April blob Moore,
well known character about the city,