Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-12

A. G. Buckner of Fort Worth, Tex, who
had family troubles, big roll OF money,
and numerous polices ON his life, disap-
peared at Amarillo, Tex.
Last Saturday a gang of st. Louis
sharps beat New York bookmakers out of
about $500, COO by ringing in an unknown
flyer at Monmouth Park
Water from Lake Pontchartrain is over
flowing the outlying district of New Or
leans in the rear of the city, and is causing
much grave apprehension.
Hon. Samuel Fessenden, of Connecticut.
has. been invned TO <he chairman of
the Republican natio n committee but he
sent reply declining the honor.
1t is expected that 100000 strangers will
{ be in Washington during the Grand Army
encampment. How to accommodate them
is what is worrying the Washingtonians
now.
The completion of the million dollar sub
scription for the Chicago university by
July 10, on which conditional eontribu-
tions of large amounts depended, was ac-
complished
The schooner III. r. Tilden was sunk
three miles off Sandy Hook by shot from
the United States proving grounds. The
captain and six men were rescued by a
steam launch.
Josephine Woods of Tarl1io, Mo-, who
has lived as a female since birth, twenty
one years ago, has by the skillful efforts OF
surgeon been proven to be a man and
will in the future wear male attire
Two jumps were made Saturday at st.
Louis from the highest point of the Eads
bridge into the Mississippi One vas sue
cessful the other fatal. Kearney Speedy,
local swimming school teacher jumped
from the center of the bridge.
Cholera is still raging at Kashin in the
eastern part of European Russia. 1t is
rumored that it has also reached Moscow
One death and five new cases are reported
at Saint Ouen. four miles north of Paris
The situation at Astrakhan is serious
Thomas LitLenberger, the nephew of
Thomas A. hendricks, extradited from
Canada for burglary, was released from
custody at Chicago ON the ground that his
indictment was not in accordance with the
specifications Of the extradition papers
At Little Rock $4,000 of the $4,000 OF
scrip that mysteriously disappeared from
the state treasurer's Office in October, were
discovered in possession of a saloonist to
whom they had been sold by J. l.. Bay, an
expert employed to count the securities in
the state treasury
4 General Stevenson, Democratic nominee
for vice president, has received an invita-
ton from ex-President Cleveland to bring
his family to Gray Gables to spend a week
or SO, and accompany him to New York
where both will receive formal notification
of their nomination July 20.
The eruption of Mount Etna has as
sumed alarming proportions, the lave
forming a double stream and advancing
rapidly toward Nicolosi and Belpasso
Great damage has already been done The
people of Nicolosi were afraid to enter the
| cathedral, and held services on the outside
Saturday MI hit when Charles Padgett, {
conductor on the Big Four railroad, stepped
out of the city depot at Danville, Ills, hi
was stopped by Asa Zones, tough loafer
and asked to axe a drink. Padgett re
| fused This so enraged Zones that h,
pulled his knife and severely cut the con
ductor
| Robert Lincoln O'Bren, of the reporters
staff of the Boston Transcript, has just re
ceived an appointment as private secretary
| President Cleveland, and will at once
enter upon the performance of his duties
at Gray Gables, Buzzards bay. He was
! graduated from Harvard university, ii
1891, with high honors.
| Wood Porter, who was shot two weeks
ago at Florence, A. T., by Frank G. Kibby
died Saturday. Excitement ran so higl
and fear of lynching so intense that Kibby
was put in charge of officers and taken tt
Tucson and ! cked up for safety. Kibby
is brother of Judge Joseph Kibby, of tn,
Fourth Indiana judicial district,
Rev. John Joseph Nouri, d. d., LII D.,
the Chaldean Hrchdeacon of Babylon and
Jerusalem, who arrived at San francisco
the other day on the steamer China
makes the statement that some months
ago while exploring on Mount Ararat with
a small party of companions, he discovered
/ the remains of Noah's ark perched on tn,
highest point of the mountain, partially
covered with snow and ice. He was un
able to approach nearer than 1000 feet Of
it and closely examined it with fielt
glass 1t is in fair state of preservation
and is more than a hundred feet high ant
300 feet long. The wood seemed very
peculiar and was very dark red.
Kate Castleton. reported Dead.
NEW YORK, July 12.-The death O.
Kate Castleton is reported from Provi