Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-01


Amanda Crockett was murdered near
Pine Bluff, Ark, by some unknown per
son, who assaulted her and then cut her
throat
Farmers in the vicinity of Munce, Ind,
are taking preliminary steps toward the
building or purchasing of large mill and
warehouse.
A man answering the description of Il.
G, Boalen the escaped letter box robber
of Nashville, has been arrested at Carter's
Creek, Tenn.
At Skeele Cross Roads, O., gang of
tramps intimidated Hotel Keeper Hicke
and his wife, robbed the house and escaped
into Indiana.
Abraham Barker, the New York dealer
in commercial paper who failed last Au-
! gust for 81, ,000,000 has been indicted for
grand larceny.
Impressive funeral ceremonies were
held in Paris over the Right Hon Edward
Bulwer Lytton, author and late embas-
sador to France.
AT Georgetown, KY, Albert Simms shot
and killed Eugene Fitzgerald in quarrel
about cigar. Simms surrendered. He
acted in self-defense.
suspended and may be ''sent up' for bru-
tally assaulting "Aunty," harmless old
| lunatic news-wOman.
The elevator ana docks of the 500 rail
road at Gladstone, Mich, burned. Loss
at least $3.50, 600 Over 100000 bushels of
wheat were destroyed.
| The names of Captains Boileau and
Butcher have been removed from the rolls
of the British army for neglect of duty at
the Manipur massacre.
At Ceredo, w. Va, Vinton McFann was
fatally stabbed by George Webb because
the former tried to prevent the latter
from beating Mrs Webb.
Near Crown Point, Ind, hundreds of
acres of land were deluged with oil by
break in pipe line The oil caught fire,
and the scene was grand one.
Chinese rebels are marching on Pekin
for thepurpose of overthrowing the ruling
dynasty and putting native on the
throne. A battle is imminent,
Farmer Isaac Simons and wife, living
near Winchester, O., were bound al
gagged by robbers who took $1,000 hard
earned money from its hiding place.
At MarshalltOwn, Ia, ID. G. Thomas shot
and killed John Hackridge and then sui
cided. Thomas was undoubtedly insane,
as no cause is known for the deed.
A Paris newspaper says that ex-King
Milan of Servia will shortly leave for
Teheran, the Shah of Persia having APP
pointed him to command Persia cavalry.
st. Paul and Minneapolis Republicans
and Democrats are raising $4,000 to get
the Democratic national convention
nffaF To h1i win To
600 persons.
The kidnapers of the Beals child at Kan
sas City might have been lynched had not
the sheriff taken them secretly to indie
pendenoe. Their trial is set for next
Wednesday,
Near Lynehburg, o., Il. S. Pulse, wife
and three daughters were thrown over a
twent-foot embankment by the horse be-
coming frightened All were more or less
injured and one of the girls may die.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
murder Rev. DIR. John Hall, of the Fifth
avenue Presbyterian church, New York
city. Three shots were fired by John
George Roth all missing their mark.
Roth is undoubtedly crazy.
At Botseum, near Akron, o., William
Noble and John Springer on a wager sat
on rail fence for twenty-nine hours
when Springer came off his perch" and
admitted he was beaten. Both are sick
and may die from the exposure.
On the South Carolina railroad, near
Charleston, four cars were thrown down
an embankment. The fireman was killed
The baggage master and express me 8
senger and three passengers were injured,
somewhat seriously. 1t was the work of
wreckers.
James G. Wyman, mayor of Allegheny
City, was arrested Saturday on warrant
sworn out by City Comptroller Brown.
The charges are embezzlement and extor-
tion, based upon report of a subcom-
mittee of the investigating committee of
the city council.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis has, through her
attorney, Governor Hoadly, brought suit
against the Belford Publishing company,
of New York, to recover royalties on the
sales of her book, Jefferson Davis, Ex-
President of the Confederate States;
Memoir by His Wife,
Near Miffiin, Ind. Lewis Galen while
hauling a load of sulphuric acid and dy-
Mantle lost a bundle and went back to
look for It, The team became frightened
and ran away. The explosion which re-
suited shook the town like an earthquake
Fragments of the team aud wagon were
found in all directions for hundreds of
yards
Rev. James Spaulding the celebrated
Episcopalian divine, of Cambridge, Mass
has withdrawn from his church, and de
clared his intention of becoming a Catho-
lie. In his last talk to his congregation
he claimed general tendency of Protest |
antism toward deism, its zeal of irrever- |
ency and its doom. The congregation
shed tears as he left the pulpit
Henry NJ Munroe has brought two
damage suits against DR.. Leslie f.
Kelley and his Inebriate company, of |
Dwight, Ills. Munroe was patient of
the institution, and the first suit is TO re
the drink habit, they guaranteeing cure |
but failing. The second is for Sl2,0 600 /
damages for injury to his health sus-
tained by reason of taking his gold-cure |
treatment.
Foreign diplomats and Europeans at |
Pekin are much excited over the reported |
horrors of the recent Chinese massacres |
Some Of the deeds enacted are absolutely |
fiendish. Children are butchered and /
then roasted at great fires; nuns outraged /
and then Drained with clubs; priests /
cruelty tortured before being put to death, |
one having had his tongue and heart torn |
out and then burned with savage ferocity. |
The news from the revolt in Mongolia
shows that the seriousness of the situa-
tion is rapidly increasing, and that the
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