Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-03-11

ing. bob" Howell, as he was known
among his associates, was general fa-
vorite.
At Jeffersonville, Ind, Mrs. Eva Gross,
ninety-three, fell down stairs infiicting
fatal injuries.
At Milwaukee Charles Messing shot his
wife and then himself. The woman may
recover Jealousy.
Dread of consumption caused John I'm
derwood, aged twenty-six, to suicide by
taking morphine, at Louisville.
At Noblesville, Ind, Mrs Charles Scott
hanged herself because her husband got
the worst of a real estate trade.
Mrs. Margaret Brent, of Paris. KY, has
fallen heir to 100000 by the death of
nephew, named Page, in New York,
George B. Duncan & Sons glass works
at Pittsburg were burned to the ground
Wednesday afternoon. The loss was
$3.50 900.
Three miners were killed and two
others fatally injured by an explosion of
gas in the Alden mine, at Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania.
A calf perfectly formed in every other
respect, but minus eyes, was born on the
farm of Ephraim Morris, in Adams town
ship, o., few days ago.
Ed Keefe, Hinton Carr and Otto and
Louis Faulkinburg have been put under
$1,000 bond forWhite Gaping John Under
hill in Perry county, Ind, recently.
The Pacific Mail company's steamer
China will be withdrawn after her April
trip. She will be replaced by the Peru,
now being built by the Union iron works.
Some 300 paper hangers went out on
strike Wednesday night at st. Louis be-
cause their employers have disregarded
request made last December for higher
wages
At Cumberland, Ind, William Hupt,
forty-fhree, suicided by shooting. He
was in love with Mrs. John Krigler, had
planned an elopement and was dis
covered
A reward of 81, $50 is offered for the cap
ture of the man who outraged Mrs. Ella
Snider, a young widow of Pittsfeld, Ills,
after he had completely stripped her of
her clothes.
Elias H. Parsons, United States marshal
for Utah, who has been ON trial ON an in
dictment charging him with leasing a
pulluiIlB W ShiHeSe BdluDleTS, udS Deen
found not guilty.
The unknown man killed by the Lake
Erie and Western train at Fostoria, Sun
day, has been identified as Joseph Killion,
of North Baltimore, 0. He leaves a wife
and two children.
John Nagelle, residing seven miles
northwest of Cincinnati, was Instant
killed by attempting to jump from an
eastbound Pttsburg, Cincinnati and ST..
Louis passenger train.
Thursday was the twenty ninth ami
versary of the wedding of the Prince of
Wales Owing to the recent death of the
Duke of Clarence, the princes eldest son,
the event was very quietly observed.
The Cherokee Land company, of Knox
vile, Tenn, went into the hands of re-
eeiver Wednesday. Assets, 5000 900; liza
bilities less than $4,000. The trouble
was caused bya fight among the stock
holders.
A pipe in William Evans mouth ig-
nited keg of powder under his arm, fa-
tally injuring Evans and Mrs. Carlisle,
with whom he was talking, and her two
little children near by, at Petro, near
Coalton, o.
On Wednesday morning in Chicago, an
Italian named Antonio Cribaro, shot and
instantly killed his wife He then shot
himself, and with a large knife gashed his
throat in a horrible manner. Jealousy
was the cause
Another street car strike is probable in
Indianapolis. President Frenzel refuses
to reinstate the discharged men, and dis
charge the new. He agrees to advance
the wages of the motormen only. This is
unsatisfactory
AT Lincoln, Neb, Charles Warner at
tempted to muro Judge Borgelet while
court was il session. Two shots were
fired, one taking effect near the heart,
the other making . flesh wound in the
head He will recover. Warner was
recently fined for stealing.
DR.. Henry Slade, the world renowned
medium and clairivoyant, is sick at Jack
son, Mich, where he has created SEN
sation amonr the doctors attending him,
who declare that he is a woman. Slade
admitted that this is not the first time he
has been accused of being woman.
The biscuit trust, which has some
thirty different establishments in the
combination, will next receive the atten-
tion of the United States district at
torneys. Their methods are being investi-
gated, as 1t is supposed they are in op-
position to the Sherman antitrust law.
The Peabody hotel, Philadelphia, In
which there are some 1875 guests, has had
for long time head cook, a full -fedged
leper, named Charles Wing. On examine
tion at the health office several witnesses
testified that Wings feet and legs have
been so at times that he was COM
PEELED to sit upon the table while mixing
flour.
George Osborne, ticket agent of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad at
Clarksville, Tenn, is the possessor of a
curiosity in the shape of hen. This hen
has laid an egg perfect in every particu-
inside about the size of birds egg, stu
ated in the small end This strange form
alton is attracting much attention. :.
Forty years ago Isaac Rakestraw and
Mrs Catherine Rains were lovers in their
native village in Ohio Since that time
Mrs Rains entered the matrimonial ranks
three times, while Rakestraw took unto
himself four wives The widow and wild
over met in Lincoln, Neb., not long since,
the old spark was rekindled, and they
were married Wednesday.
Frank Strausser, twelve years of age,
living with his parents at Shamokin, Pa,
came home one evening and showed his
father where the initials IF. S." had been
tattooed on his arm by tramp. Next
day the boy was missing and all efforts to