Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-16

hor house, &nd ppoa being rejected at
tempted TO Kill Eer She used & pistol
She surrendered to the authorities Of
Somerset
John Portens, of Elwood Place, q suburb
of Cincinnati is dead He assisted George
Stephenson in the construction of the first
locomotive ever built. He was ninety.
two and q native of Scotland
Miss Kate Anderson, of Bowling Green,
KY, was assaulted By a worthless Negro
named Walter Henderson, who escaped
with a mob in pursuit He tried TO kill
the girl when she screamed for help.
1t is said Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin,
has received proposal of marriage from a
wealthy Chicago widow whose name is not
stated. The proposal was the result of On
election bet between two Windy City
ladies.
The plan advanced by the chief of the
Cincinnati police of the exchanging of de
tectiyes between st, Louis, Cincinnati and
Chicago, FOR the purpose of rounding up
the crooks who infest these three cities, is
not approved by Chief Harrigan, of st,
Louis.
At Wapakoneta, O., Smith Buckingham,
aged seventy-one, and Sarah Voorhees,,
aged seyenty-seven, were married. They
are as devoted and loverlike as two newly
married young people. They became ac-
quainted with each other only five days
ago, and are both great-grandparents
Julia Phinizy, wealthy colored woman
who died at Athens, Ga, several days ago,
created somewhat of a sensation among
her race by bequeathing all her property
to the son of her late owner. Julia was
born the slave of the late Ferdinand Phin-
Ivy, who died two years ago worth 81, 00O,-
600
At the Hammond street police station,
Cincinnati, gang of vagabonds who had
been given lodging for She night attacked
Turnkey Etter and possibly would have
killed him but for the timely arrival of
several policemen who happened to come
in. All were given work house SEN
fences.
The murder of Deputy United States
Marshal Floyd Wilson, near Wolf Creek,
/. T., by Henry Star, has led TO The equip
ment Of large posse Of deputy marshals
who are under orders to scour the north
ern part of the Cherokee nation and either
capture or eXterminate the Star-Newcome
band of outlaws,
AT Birmingham, Ala, after being out
nineteen hours the jury in the case of j.
Dewitt Booze against Robert w. Long,
for damages for alleged alienation of the
affections of the plaintiffs wife by the de
PENDANT, returned a verdict for 81, 800 dam
ages for the plaintiff. All the parties CON
cerned reside in Walker county.
The 81 COO which, it is stated, is neces-
sary to effect the release of Robert j.
Knox and wife, the Americans who are
incarcerated in Belem prison, Mex, has
been raised, and the amount in gold will
be forwarded at once to Mexico 1t is be
lieved here that settlement will be eff
fected, and Knox and his wife released.
Congressman Paige, of Ohio, of
Paige Carey a. Company the Croton
aqueduct contractors, who forged the
name of John Huntington, of Cleveland,
his brother-in-law, to notes to the amount
of 100000. has been located in Rio Jaaerio,
Brazil, living in princely style. He in
tends to put T. clean million to his credit
in London AID come back and settle up"
Commissioner r. j. Sedge u Texas
member of the Southern Farmers associa-
ton, declares that enough capital has
been secured in the east to carry out the
proposed plan of selling cotton direct from
lilt Htlh W luS SllIiltlt5 tlpiiS away WIN
middlemen and brokers. The managers
meet Jan. 10. The headquarters of the
association will be in Memphis or New
Orleans.
Somewhat of panic has been created
at Ninton. Ia, yer an epidemic of diph-
liberia which has been raging there The
authorities have issued orders that the
homes Of those dying of the disease be
burned In compliance with this order
the house in which Miss Ella Conger died
was bnrned, together with all its con
tents, and more bonlires are in prospect
The officials expect to reimburse the
losers.
The city of Boston may not get the Ben
jamin Franklin fund after all The fund
amounts to over 1893, COO and it has been
generally supposed that the decision of the
Pennsylvania court, given some time ago
disposed of the claims of those in this
state who insisted that the fund should be
dributed among them and not go to this
city. 1t now appears that an appeal has
been taken by the Franklin heirs to the
Pennsylvania supreme court and the APP
pellants profess TO belief that they have
fair chance of winning the case.
In Kansas tha pnnulist stnfe OovArn-