Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-23


Horner's carpet mill, Philadelphia, was
buddy damaged by fire About 1000 men
are thrown cut Of employment.
waiter b. Earl, of New York, died in
sane after taking the Kelley cure. His
friends will bring suit for 100000 dam
ages.
Aunt Betsy" Mckay, probably the old
est woman in Kentucky, died at the age
of one hundred and six, at Taylorsyille
Friday
The condition of business, according to
Dun q Company, for the past week, has
not been as satisfactory or encouraging
as it has been.
Frank Callen, alias Pat McDermott, a
brakeman, was arrested at Altoona, Pa,
for the murder of Daniel Dougherty at
Edgington, Ills.
At Kokomo, Ind, Ora Byrd, sixteen
year-old colored girl, has been in trance
for several days. The attack was due to
religious excitement.
At Cincinnati John Clifford q tele-
phone inspector, fell from pole and was
killed, Whether he received an electric
shock or not is not known.
Near Ashland, O., Lewis Mason was
assaulted and his house robbed of 800
and watch by masked men. His scape-
grace sonin-law is suspected.
Collections of internal revenue for the
first seven months of the fiscal year ag-
gregate $8S, 200 094, an increase over the
same period of last year of 81, 699 100.
Charles G. Cummings, colored, was
hanged at Savannah for the murder of
David Williams, colored in November,
1890. He died believing he was going
straight to heaven.
At masque party at Fort Wayne, Ind,
James Carter pointed an empty" revolver
at Albert Roth's head and pulled the trig
ger and Roth now has bullet in his
sconce. He can not recover.
At st. Paul, Ind. Jacob Bromm, Jr
cut his wifes throat and then his own,
1t is thought she will die and he recover.
They had been married year. Grip is
believed to have crazed Bromm.
The very latest in the way of trust or
ganization is the meerschaum pipe trust,
with a capital of $500, 900 Kaufman
Brothers & Bondy, Beecher g. Frank ard
William Demuth haveincorporated them
selves in New Jersey, putting in 100000
each
A remarkable gold and silver mine has
been discovered on Verde creek, Bandero
county, Tex, about one hundred miles
northwest of San Antonio. The vein runs
for two miles, and is exceptionally rich
Arrangements will be Immediately made
to work it.
Two young men of Chicago have en-
tered into an agreement to paddle across
Lake Michigan, clad in Paul Boynton
diving suits. There will be a wager on
the race, and it is to come off within ten
days Captain Boynton will accompany
them and act as referee.
Colonel j. B. Simpson, the missing
merchant and banker at Dallas, re
turned home Friday. He was immedi
ately arrested by the sheriff on a charge
on charge ofembezzling $500 from the
Scotch Loan company of Edinburgh. He
was released on s., 900 bond.
Mad dog sensations have been very fire.
quent in GAINESVILLE, Tenn. in the past
bitten several times by mad dog. After
being hi VEN Roacher caught the dog,
and, VII u aid of companion, cut the
animals III off with an AK.
Mrs. Ed, srd Reed, of Belmont county,
o., accused John Daufort, wealthy
farmer, of attempted assault on Feb. 10,
the arrival of her husband defeating the
purpose of Daufort, whose story has not
been heard Opinion is divided on the
case.
a Chicago paper says the whisky
trust is backing a syndicate which will
CndeayOr to secure control of all the
breweries in Chicago not belonging to the
English syndicate. This is done because
the brewers not in the syndicate feel they
must combine in order to successfully
compete with their rival, which, being
better able to stand small profits on its
product is gradually forcing the price
down. The paper further states that the
new deal will be completed within a
couple of weeks, and that the new syn
dictate will have u capital stock of $780,
600
The "Heroine of Castle Loretto" has
just been buried at Detroit. Her
name was Mrs. Rose Peyton, widow of
Patrick Peyton, formerly of the
Second United States artillery. She was
seyenty-fve years old at the time of her
death. She was with her husband in the
Mexican war, and during the siege of
Pueblo for twenty six days regularly car
ricd to him and others of his battery
coffee and refreshments To do this she |
had to pass space swept by sharp |
called 1.-The Death Road" and |
her clothing was often cut by bullets, but |
she never was wounded.
Drilled Recruits Clad only in Shirts.