Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-30

OF commons Monday night.
A negro named Evers was hanged by
mob near Woodbury., Tenn, for assaulting
white woman named Summers
William Black, negro, was hanged at
Pine Bluff, Ark, for killing the seven
year-old daughter of his paramount.
w II. Lytle shot an eagle near South
Charleston, o., while carrying off lamb
1t measured six feet six inches from tip to
tip.
The laying of the cornerstone of the
Ohio Masonic home at Springfield, O.,
will take place Oct 10, when the grand
lodge meets
most momentous conference of Catholic
dignitaries ever held in America. The
thirteen archbishops of the United States
will be present.
The apartments of Joseph Bateman a
Marion 90 saloon keeper, were robbed Of
S2W in money, gold watch, clothing and
other articles Of value, Monday night.
OnTuesday private letters were received
In Omaha from an intimate friend of Judge
Gresham, which settled all doubt about
Gresham's candidacy. Gresham will not
allow his name to be used.
Stephen Duffey fell hundred feet and
ers of the Niagara suspension bridge, by
the scalIoid giving way Charles Johnson
caught guy rope and saved himself
Samuel Hickman, of Frankton, Ind, was
struck and killed by a Panhandle special
train. He was thrown twenty feet into
the air, alighting eighty feet away. The
train was going sixty miles an hour.
An unknown man was picked up on the
road near Wooster o., suffering from
pneumonia. He was taken to Hotel Gar
den Dalton When asked his name his
only reply was George, of New York"
The coroner's jury in the recent railroad
disaster, finds the Steelton operator, the
brakeman who was sent back to flag the
train, the engineer of the second section
and the railroad guilty of gross neglect
and Carelessness.
United States District Attorney Allen,
OF Boston, said Tuesday of the whisky
trust matter 81 propose to push the case
md present the law and facts to the court,
whose duty it will be to pass upon them
ana render the decision"
While playing in the haymow the eight
yearold daughter of Skillman Heaton,
living near South Charleston, o., one of
the men pitching hay accidentally drove
one of the tines of pitchfork through tho
child s leg near the ankle.
John Rock, of Defiance, O., agent for
the Union Central Life Insurance com
pany, of Cincinnati, secured $4,000, which
he said he wanted to loan from the main
Michigan Office in Detroit, and fled to Can
ada with courtesan. He leaves wife
and child.
AT Alpine, Tex, Jordan Bennett and
John Good were rivals for the hands of
Josie DaSinger She married Bennett.
The next day Good shot Bennett, inaicting
fatal wound Bennett returned the fire,
hitting Good in the hip But two shots
were fired.
Drs Irwin, Ferguson and Hance, who
on Mny Ii, 1889, performed the hasty
autopsy on Mind Reader Bisop, are now
on trial charged with murder. 1t Is
claimed by the prosecution that Bishop
was not dead, but was in cataleptic fit.
us he had often been before.
Herbert Sullivan, nineteen, went into
the National Bank of Commerce, Denver,
and, presenting pistol to the head of the
paying teller, d. A. Barton, demanded
5000 Mr. Barton reached for his re
volyer and fired Mt the man, who dropped
his pistol and ran out of the bank He
was pursued and arrested.
f. It. Cromwell, Of Suffolk, Ills, Is col
Letting evidence in suit to determine the
disposition Of n 100000 estate left by
Thomas G. Dean, who died several years
ago in Bowman, Tex. The property was
secured by alleged Relatives In Virginia
and some people in Mafhe have turned up
and are claiming to be the real heirs
i'hurlpa ha al % DO Lott
millionaire distiller, Charles Nelson, Of
Nashville, has filed notice Of contest of
his fathers will Young Nelson Is the
only child of his fathers first marriage
| The will dev!scs the entire estate of some
thing over ri 100000 to Mrs. Louisa Nelson,
the second wife, young Nelson being cut off
| with %D0 per annum.
WNIiam German disappeared from Pitts
burg forty three years ago. At the time 1t
was supposed he was murdered by a rival
lover, A few days ago his brothers, who
live in pittsbUTg, received word from their
missing brother, who stated that he was q
wealthy resident Of Montana, and inviting
his relatives, WHO are workingmen, to
come and share his fortune.
At Columbus, O., Dents confectionery
store filled with natural gas during the
| ing Daniel s. Kramer struck q match to
light IA gas jet and was blown into the
yard Robert Dent, Jr., son of the pro
prietor was also injured The explosion
iguitcd n quantity of fireworks, which
were destroyed. The loss was not much
Judge Lacombc, In the United States
circuit court of the southern district Of
New York, Tuesday handed down the DO
cision discharging Herbert L. Terrell,
who was arrested I'm New York on an In
dictment found in Massachusetts, against
him us n member Of the whisky trust
Judge Lncombc concurred In the opinion
of Judge Rckc, Of Ohio, on application for
removal in the cascs of Cooney and
| French. Judge Lacombe also finds that,
conccding n contract had been made be
tween dealers and purchasers 1t was not
in restraint Of trade.
At Magnolia, Ills, Eve masked men
forced an entrance into the Magnolia
House. After gagging and binding the
landlord and his wife and the hired man,
securing their valuables, and frightening
che woman servants into silence, the rob
bcrs aroused the guests, marched them out
in line in the hall, and while two dcspera,
does stood guard over them, the other rob
bcrs rnnsacked the rooms, securing 81 ,20
worth OF plumber. The robbers then es
capped. One Of the victims gave chase and
overlook the gang In raEne A skirmish
followed in which no one was hurt.
WHO WAS THE VlCTiMY
4 Supposed Lynched Man Turns VI
Alive, but Not Kicking.
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