Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-13

one leg There are no indications of In
ternal injury. M
At Hopkinsvilie, Ky, d. J Wiles has
confessed the assassination Of Weaver,
and has exonerated his son William.
At Indianapolis Albert Pierce, nine,
was hit in the head with stone by some
unknown person and his skull fractured,
George w. Hobbs, a London builder, and
a solicitor named S. III. Wright have been
arrested, charged with forging a bill for
4197.
Waterman John r, Holiday, in the
Seymour Qnd) butter dish factory, was
fatally scalded by the mud valve in the
boiler giving way.
Springfield and Liberal, two towns in
Seward county, Kan, are engaged in hot
rivalry for the county seat, and there is
danger of bloodshed
At Wilkcsbarre, Pa, Jacob Coles livery
stable, with all its contents, including
twenty-onc horses was entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss, $4,000
NJ r, Blanford, merchant of Clinton,
Ind, has left for parts unknown. He
leaves creditors to mourn his absence to
the extent of about $4,000.
A bursted water main in Chicago shut
off most of the supply to the West Side
Monday. Many factories in that portion
of the city had to shut down
Jack Donehoo was shot and killed by
Adolphus Martin, his brother-in-law, near
Maysville, Ga. Martin says it was acct
dental and has attempted suicide.
The Cave Creek onyx mines have been
indefinitely closed. Work will remain
suspended until it is Known what action
congress will take on tariff duties.
AS Timothy NJ. Healy and other mem
bers of parliament were returning from an
election meeting they were attacked by a
mob near Dublin and several were badly
injured.
James Still, the colored inmate of the
New Jersey reform school at Jamesburg,
has finished the sixty-third day of his fast,
and continues to show remarkable
vitality.
Josephine Madison, of Philadelphia, the
murderer of John Hobbs, whom she shot
on the 10th of last April, was sentenced by
Judge Biddle to twelve years III the east
ern penitentiary.
At Mayfeld, Ky, Albert Colley, young
farmer, was shot and killed near a house
of ill-repute. Dave Sheriff. and two other
negroes with whom Colley had quarreled,
were arrested for the crime.
At Waco, Tex, Tommy Warren, the
former featherweight champion, has been
sentenced to six years in the penitentiary
for numbering negro saloon porter while
trying to shoot fellow gambler.
7. +. Lyons, the Denver anti-Catholic
lecturer, disappeared just after his acquit-
tai on the charge of shooting an officer
at Cheyenne, Wy, is missing, and his
friends fear foul play. He had many enc
mics. @ II
At Greensburg, Ind, Anna Deffner got
$500 damage from Liveryman Frank
Jones, who hired a team of runaway"
horses to Annals fellow. The team ran
away and the girl was thrown out and in
jured
A New -ork evening paper accuses the
state charity authorities of Massachusetts
of sending paupers, idiots and incurables
to the metropolis in order to relieve the
Bay State Of the care and expense of keep
ing them.
A big row has been kicked up in North
Dakota over the question whether prohibi-
ton shall be resubmitted Bishop Shan
ley, of the Catholic church, started the
rumpus by writing letter opposing pro
hibtion.
Fifteen years ago Mrs Mary Porterheld,
of Shelbyville, Ind, was struck on the leg
by an icicle; recently the leg began toswell,
blood poisoning set in and amputation was
necessary. Physicians say the blow
eventually caused the trouble.
At Alexandria, Ind, curiosity led people
to venture into dangerous places among
the ruins of the business portion recently
swept by fire. Saturday evening wall
fell killing two and injuring four others.
The dead are John Fink, forty, and WILDER
Marley, fifteen.
And now the town of Canton, Mimi, de (
MES the innumerable stories they have
sent out in regard TO the great crowds Of
ailing people who have gathered under the
miracle" window and gone back to their
homes cured of chronic diseases. The
stories were sent out by fakirs.
A proprietary cough and cold cure near
ly killed the wife and three children Of
Edward f. Callahan, of Baltimore. They
suffered with a severe cold and all partook
of the medicine. Soon after they all fell
into such profound sleep that physicians
had great difficulty in awakening them.
Father William Walsh, of St. Bridget's 1
Catholic church. st. Louis. is making q
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