Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-04-16
In TWO STATES.
Items of Interest in Tennessee
and Kentucky.
Something That Win Interest the People
of the Great Clarksville Tobacco
District.

John Pedin, an old and highly re-
spected citizen of the Fairview VII
cinity, says the New Era, was tried
yesterday on writ of lunacy and
sent to the asylum. Mr.. Pedin's
mind has been afflicted for many
years, and he has been confined in
the asylum here and at Anchorage
on previous occasions. The officers
who went out to take him yesterday
met with violent resistance, and only
after much difficulty succeeded in
overpowing him. Mr.. Pedin Is a
man of means and has a wife and
several children.
The Judicial Redistricting COM
mittee of the Legislature, says
the Mayfield, Ky. Monitor,
has made another change in
the First District. To the original
district, composed of Fulton, Hick-
man and Carlisle, Ballard has been
added. This change will necessitate
a reconstruction of the Second
District, which will probably now
be composed of McCracken, Marshall
and Galloway. Galloway was joined
to the Third, all the counties of which
are across the river, but she wept,
walled, CRASHED her teeth and rent
her garments to such an extent that
the committee will most likely listen
to her tale of woe, and let her go
where Tilda- McCracken goes.
Later news from the Brownsville
fire is to the effect that it was one of
the most disastrous that has visited
that place for years. AS mentioned
yesterday nine brick storehouses and
the only first-class hotel in the place
were destroyed. One of the finest
drng stores in the city, the
property of @. A. Moorer, was de-
stroyed. In this store there was a
large quantity of powder and ether
explosives, and on the second floor
was the armory of the Petit Rifles,
Brownsville's well-known military
organization. There were many
cartridges in the armory, and when
the fire reached them a general
fusillade was kept up until they we're
all fired. This, coupled with the re-
ports made by the explosives in the
dry goods store, made country people
believe the war had just broken out
afresh. The loss will approximate
$50, 600, with about SAC, 900 insurance.
A special from Knoxville to last
evenings Banner, says that about
10 O'Clock Thursday night a
number of persons supposed to be
miners opened fire on the standing
army. Though the firing was kept
up on both sides for three long hours.
no blood was spilled
Shelby county sent thirteen new
convicts to the penitentiary yester-
day in charge of Capt. 10. Turney,
the High Sheriff of the State.
Speaking of elections and candi-
dates for Circuit Judge and Attorney
General, Third Kentucky Congress
sional district, the "In and About
Kentucky" column OF the Courier
Journal says: 'In the Third dis
trict, Judge Grace, of Trigg, will
probably be candidate for re. elec.
ton, and Galloway will have can
didate in the person of Thomas p.
Cook. II Judge Grace should not
run it is thought that Hon. Fenton
Sims, the present representative
from Trigg, may be candidate.
Hon. j. b. Garnett seems to have
decided not to try his chances for
Congress and to be again in the field
for reelection as Commonwealth
Attorney. Capt. John G. Dabney,
of Trigg; Gilmer Bell, of Chi istian
l.. G. Linn, OF Galloway Il. III.
James. of Lyon, and several others
have also been canvassed as possible
candidates against him."