Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-04
In TWO STATES.
Items of Interest in Tennessee
and Kentucky.
Something That VIII Interest the Readers
of the Great Clarksville To-
bacco District.

The people of Princeton decide at
the polls to day whether or not public
schools shall continue at that place.
The contest hinges on voting tax to
sustain the schools, and judging from
The character of the people over there
they will vote the tax. Public schools
at Princeton are comparatively new,
but they have given character to the
town that never would have been
given had not the schools been started.
The contest to-day decides their fate.
The Paducah News gives space to
the following: "a few weeks ago
the N. N. d M. V. r.. r. had their
foundry work done here, amounting
to about 1926, 900, and where there are
now five men irregularly employed
there were twenty-five employed ev-
cry day. In consideration of a differ
ence of one-tenth of one per cent. per
pound cut in the bid the road took
the work away from the city of Pa
ducah and put it in the penitentiary
at Eddyville, thereby making di-
rect thrust at the laboring man and
mechanic of Paducah and the general
prosperity of the city, and this right
in the face Of the fact that the road is
suffered by the city of Paducah to pay
no taxes upon 100000 worth of prop
erty here, in the way of car shops,
etc, in direct violation of the consti-
tution.'
One of the most remarkable cases
of youthful atrocity ever heard of
comes from Danville, Ky. A six
year-old colored nurse killed an 49,
months'-old baby by knocking its
brains out and breaking its neck with
a piece of stove wood. Last week |
she took the same baby out of the
house, and sitting it on a rock,
mashed off several of its fingers and
Ioe-nails with a hatchet. She had
threatened to kill the
baby, and since the finger and toe.
nail mashing, has been closely |
watched. A few days since the two
we're watched by a 15-year old girl
while the father was out at work. |
The watcher left the room for a short |
ime, and when in an adjoining room |
she heard the oldest cry out: "Pve
killed the baby; come and get it,"
When she returned the child was
lead.
The famous "Plow Case" says the
Ilopkinsville Kentuckian, was de-
,ided by Judge Mcpherson in favor
If the plaintiffs. This case was suit
~ j. J. Van Cleave, w. II. Campbell
md others to recover their notes given
o man named Etheridge for a pat
mt plow right. About 81, 400 of these
lotes, in 500 shares, were given by
lumber of the best farmers in the
county. Etheridge sold the notes TO
Glbridgo Cayce. 1t was afterwards
developed that several parties got
heir shares free, being taken in to
make up $1,000 for the State right
transferred. Those who gave notes
esisted their payment on the ground
hat they were obtained by fraudu-
ent representations, as they supposed
III the men whose names were used
we're really in the scheme as they
we're. The court ordered the notes
o be returned to their signers. The
plaintiffs are jubilant over their vic
Ory. Mr.. Cayce has recourse on Eth
ridge. Clark & Howell represented
he plaintiffs.
The congregations at the Methodist
hurch are immense, says the Hop
Kentuckian. Mr.. Morrison
s doing some good preaching, and
he indications point TO one OF the
most profound religious awakenings
hat has ever been known in this part
If the State. The people are coming
rom long distances in the country
md from neighboring towns to hear
his celebrated evangelist. Two or
hree hundred failed to get inside the
loor Sunday night. The meeting
will be continued through this week.
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Picnic at the Cave.