Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-10
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items on
Various Subjects.

Governor Boyd, of Nebraska, has been
seated.
Kentucky's direct tax-$6 CG,G4-- has
been paid.
An unknown man suicided by hanging
in Central City, Ky.
Larned, Kan, had 1925, 900 fire in the
business portion.
John Romsport, fourteen, of Hunting
ton, Pa, died from cigarette smoking.
At Pottsville Pa, Mrs. Jane Redcoy
was cremated in her burning residence.
Robert Malone, a prominent Trigg
county (Ky) citizen, cut his throat and
died.
AT Vincennes, Ind, John W. Smith
was killed by a freight train. Indications
point to suicide.
The National Union company of Farm
ers' Alliance have fifteen stores in opera
tion in Kentucky.
The chamber of commerce of Stockholm
has declared that all Germany is afflicted
with the rinderpest
At Bangor, Me-, the grand jury has in
dicted every rum-seller in the city. There
are over 200 of them.
A. H. Leonard, the Republican nominee
for governor Of Louisiana, is out in a long
letter of acceptance.
David Boyle, earl of Glasgow, has been
appointed governor of Zealand in the
place of the Earl of Orslow, resigned.
David Kirby, a farmer of Waynesville,
Ohio, ate hearty Sunday dinner, and
then went out to the barn and hanged
himself.
Charles w. Harris, the young New
York wife poisoner, has been sentenced
to die within the week beginning
March 81.
A clerk in the war department named
Markle wants to marry Miss Hattie
Blaine, daughter of the secretary of state.
Markle is insane.
Mr.. John Norris, for many years man
aging editor of the Philadelphia Record
has assumed the business management of
the New York World.
In a Baltim ore saloon John 7. Duncan,
a ward politician, was shot and killed by
Charles Goodman, ward heeler and all
round tough. Both drunk.
The Baroness de Steures, of the Astor
family, took he witness stand on Monday
at Sioux Falls, S. D., in an action for di-
vorce against her noble lord.
Clifford Romig, of Nicholasville, O.,
had trouble with his teacher. His father
ordered him to apologize. Clifford re
fused to do 50, and is now missing.
At Muncie, Ind, John O'Herren, alias
Hamilton Tweedy, while drunk fell into
a vault, where he remained seven hours
before being rescued He died shortly
after.
Near New Philadelphia, O., Charles
Smith, fifteen, while fooling with q gun
he supposed was not loaded, shot and in
stantly killed August Gunderbeim,
fifteen.
On Monday at Memphis, Tenn, counsel
for Lille johnson, who is held as acces-
sorry to the murder of Freda Ward hy
Alice Mitchell, sued out writ of habeas
corpus.
At Chicago Andrew Anderson, in a. fit
of jealous race, shot and fatally wounded
his wife. After trying to kill Police Cap
tain Couch he shot himself, inflicting a
slight wound.
At Westerville, O., David Schaf was
probably fatally stabbed by his neighbor,
Monroe Cock knrell, because he offered pro-
lection to Cockerell's housekeeper, Cock
erell was drunk.
Whitelaw Reid, the American minister
in Paris, who was apparently recovering
from an attack of influenza, has had a
relapse. No fears as to his condition seem
to be entertained.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, member of
Parliament for Birmingham, was selected
to succeed Lord Harrington, now Duke of
Devonshire, as Liberal Unionist leader in
the house of commons.
A Tilted lover named Peter Gratz, of
Chicago, accosted his one-time sweetheart,
Katie Baumg. rten, on Monday and threw
a vial of vitriCl in her face. The girl will
lose both eyes and is now insane
A Philadelphia and Reading locomotive
exploded between Wayne junction all
Nicotine, Pa. killing two trainmen and
an unknown man and injuring four
others, two of whom will probably die.
John C. Reeves, president of the Ian
caster and Hamden Railroad, has sued
Squire Pohteus, of Tarlton, o., for
81 900 for damages, alleged to have been
caused by malfeasance in the discharge of
the squire's duties.
Rev. George w. Kildow, a student at
the Southern Presbyterian Theological
seminary in Columbia, S. c., committed
suicide in the presence of his young wife
by cutting his throat with razor. 1t is
thought he was insane
A glass jar, containing the stomach and
intestines of Charles Petri who was pois
oned at Erie. Pa, exploded in the safe at
police headquarters Buffalo, filling the
room with o horrible stencil. An analysis
of the bits VIII be made
The Brotherhood Locomotive Engineers
has issued "blue book" which places
upon the black list all the senators and
representatives of the last Legislature who
refused to advocate certain laws de-
manded by the Brotherhood.
On Monday the little town Of Month
cello, Ark, had necktie party, colored
man named Henry Beavers taking the
leading role He had outraged the four
teen-year-old daughter of Jackson Wright
as the child was going to school.
At Union Furnace, near Logan, o.,
Louis Beckal while drunk, seized large
knife and threatened to kill his family.
He was going to begin with his son John,
aged twenty-one, but the son drew re-
volver and sent bullet through his
parents brain.
The regular Democratic executive com
mittee of Louisiana, whose gubernatorial
candidate is s. ID. McEnery, have sug-
gested to the anti-lottery Democratic
committee that in the interests of
harmony, both factions withdraw their
candidates and hold a third state con-
vention.
The Russian government has officially
notified the Denver chief of police,
through its consular agent at San Fran
cisco, that one of its treasury vaults in
Siberia has been despoiled by robbers.
Gold roubles to the amount of 1896, 900