Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-05
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Items of Interest Gathered from All Parts
of the World

of the World.
Big forest fires In New Jersey.
Charles Robinson was killed by an cleo
| trio car at Evansville, Ind.
Marshall S. Rhodes was killed by run.
away horse at Vincennes, Ind.
Rev. j. V. Mummery, the oldest Congre
! tional minister in London, is dead.
The National Association Of Chief Fire
Engineers is in session at Louisville.
Cincinnati street railway employees
threaten to strike on account of reduc-
ton of wages of the linemen.
At Williamsburg, L. L., David Altman
| was crushed to death by two-ton block
granite. The derrick gave way.
A number of dead bodies have been
washed ashore on the coast of South Caro-
lima indicating disaster at sea.
Ed Winkley, noted desperate, was shot
and killed by officers at New Fort, in the
Big Horn mountains, Wyoming
Secretary Charles Foster has consented
to make an address at the Columbian fes-
tivities in New York Oct 10.
Edward S. Damn, the Buffalo bank
wrecker, died from the effects of heavy
dose of poison taken with suicidal intent
Rev. e. S. Crocker's horse ran away at
High Point, N. g. AT a crossing the buggy
was struck by a train and the minister
killed
Near Oskaloosa, Ia, Guy Helm waylaid
and shot two of his nephews named Clark.
One is dead and the other will die. Old
family feud
Near Pari KY, two freight trains col
lided on the Kentucky Central and Head
Brakeman G. S. Vaughn, Of Gun Powder,
KY, was killed.
At Terrell /. IT,, five children of J. B.
Bailey were poisoned in some unknown
manner. Two are dead and the other may
die. Indications of strychnine.
James Hughes. master workman Of
the garment workers assembly, Knights
of Labor, has received a sentence of one
year for extortion. at Rochester
William Duffy c'Billy the Kid'D died
from the result of five-round contest
with Jack Keefe at Covington, Neb. Keefe
and the seconds are under arrest,
Rev. Samuel Longfellow, brother of the
late poet, Henry w. Longfellow, died at
Portland, Me-, Monday, aged seventy
three. He had been in feeble health for
some time.
Joseph Greaves and William Camel,
Canadians, quarreled while at work on
scoffold over Niagara Falls, painting the
cantilever bridge, and Camel laid open
Greaves' scalp with Ratchet
Few of the exposition officials at Chicago
will be able to attend the Columbian cele-
bration at New York. Half score, per
haps, of The directors have thus far found
it practicable to leave Chicago at the time
indicated.
The United States steamer Bennington,
with the caravels Santa Marie, Nina and
Pinta in tow, has arrived at Gibraltar. The
warslnp will take the caravels to Huelva.
where they will take part In the Columbus
celebrations there.
The factory of the Cary Ogden company,
paints, oils and varnishes, Chicago,
burned. Los $155,00o; insured. Henry
Walbaum, an engine driver, was fatally
injured by being struck by locomotive at
a crossing en- route to the fire.
j. b. Moorehead, a New York theatrical
manager, was found dead in his room with
bullet in his heart A note addressed to
the coroner stated the dead man had taken
his own life according to the agreement of
club to which he belonged.
John f. Newman a leader in the switch
mems strike at Buffalo, is in Jail, raving
maniac. Since the strike he has been I'M
able to obtain employment and constantly
brooding over his misfortunes led to the
unbalancing of his mind Monday he at
tempted to cut his wife's throat with a
piece of glass and afterward his own.
Rome r. Richmond, Of Decatur, Ills,
has established small pearl button fac
tory, and, with machinery operated by an
electric motor, he has already made sew
eral gross of buttons and put them on
cards for the trade. He uses imported
shells principally, but is doing something
with shells picked up along the Sangamon
river.
-Four young men made bold but unsuc-
cessful attempt TO rob the Keystone Ma
tional bank, Erie, Pa Treasurer Kepler
and Bookkeeper Liebel -zere covered with
revolvers and ordered to hold up their
hands. Kepler attempted to drop behind
the counter and was shot in the face. The
wopIdrbe robbsrs then fled, but were pur-
sued and captured