Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-02-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Condensation of Interesting Items ON
various Subjects.


Winnipeg, Man, has Jack the
Slasher. Several people have been cut.
The New York State Medical Society ad
vocates the abolition of the death penalty
The Cleveland element in Minnesota is
organizing to crush out the Hill senti-
ment.
George w. Lyons, twelve, fell from q
street car in Cincinnati and had both legs
crushed.
Chicago will build wigwam capable
of seating 5000 people for the Democratic
convention.
G. Marsicano, q fruit dealer at Evans.
vile, Ind, was bitten by tarantula He
may recover
The business portion of Spiceland, Ind.
was destroyed by fire starting from al
overheated store.
The Nova Scotia legislature has been
summoned to meet on March for the dis
patch of business
At Canton, O., Sample C. George has
sued G. ID, Saxton for $50, 900 for alienat-
ing his wife's affections.
Alex 7. Broadus was instantly killed at
Paducah, KY, by fall off porch not
more than four feet high.
Colonel John Withers, cashier of the
San Antonio National bank, suicided by
shooting He was worth $500, 900
The Ohio penitentiary board Of man
ayers resigned in a body. They did it to
keep from being legislated out of office.
Furious storm ON the Baltic sea did
great damage to shipping interests.
Many lives were lost and scores of vessels
wrecked.
John Swimm, the aged miser, beggar
and tramp, known all over Ohio, has had
a guardian appointed. He is worth, it is
supposed, over 100000.
An outbreak of prisoners occurred at
Deer island, on which the city prison of
Boston is located. A detail of police soon
quelled the disturbance.
Thirteen is an unlucky number. AT
Seymour, Ind, Flora Barth, young
woman, stole $13 and was sentenced to
eighteen months in the reform farm.
In New York Frank Zenner shot and
Tiled his sweetheart, Maggie Weinmuel-
Ter, while embracing her. Jealousy. He
escaped, and is believed to have suicided
Irish and Italian street cleaners had q
bloody contest in New York Wedneso. =
night, The dagos were victorious. Sti-
lettos were too much for sticks and
stones
Count Catalan, the Italian minister ut
Copenhagen, is making his preparations
TO proceed to Washington in the place of
Baron Fava. The count is general
favorite in Copenhagen.
1t is stated that Judge, Green of the
United States district court of Nc.
Jersey, will be appointed to succeed the
late Associate Justice Bradley of the
United States supreme court.
When the sentence of thirty-six yea
for burglary was read to Frank w. New
berg, the colored crook, at Grand Rapids,
Mich, he attempted to brain Detective
Joe Smith, but was overpowered.
While drilling for gas near Richmond,
Ind, vein of lead was struck which
shows 300 ounces to the ton. There is
great excitement, and the price of land IN
the vicinity has increased five fold.
Two families, Watkins and McGuffv,
who started to Oklahoma from Cedar
Gales, Ark, were frozen to death in the
recent blizzard. The bodies were found
ON the prairie near the Arkansas line
The trial of Maurice b. Curtis, known
L
sen, for the murder of Police Officer
Alexander Grant began before Superior
Judge Trout Wednesday in San Fran
cisco.
Springfield and Dayton, O., will ask
that the natural gas supply be discontin-
ued unless the full pressure is maintained.
The gas company wants to increase the
price, and the people believe the low press
ure is fake"
Senator Sawyer has introduced bill to
construe the act of Feb /, 1877, allowing a
pension of S36 month to soldiers who
have lost both arm and leg, so as to allow
to those persons the same rate of pension
for each of the disabilities described.
The rice trust, which has been on foot
at New Orleans for some time, has been
cOnsummated and all the rice mills of the
city, thirteen in number, passed into the
hands of syndicate, the capital of
which is contributed mainly by English
men.
There was a report Wednesday that the
federal grand jury of Boston had indicted
the officers of the whisky trust, Mr. Hor.
ton, of the department of justice, has been
in and about Boston for several weeks in
connection with proceedings against the
trust.
The National Association of Crockery
and Glassware Jobbers met in Pittsburg
Wednesday, with representatives from
fifty of the seventy members in the asso-
citation. Reports received indicate trade
to be flourishing. No changes in prices
We're made
The preliminary trial of Charles Nor
gan, accused of the murder of l.. w.
Marsh, took place at Seymour, Ind, and
the prisoner was acquitted. Not one bit
of evidence was adduced against him.
But the evidence showed that his wife
was anxious to get rid of him.
A severe earthquake shock occurred at
Portland, Or, at $50 o'clock Wednesday
night, Brick buildings shook and win
dows ratified, terrifying the inmates, who
in many instances rushed into the street.
The shock lasted about thirty seconds.
No damage was done beyond the cracking
of n few windowglasses.
A crank with two empty sachels and
black bag who has been hang
ing around Jay Gould's office for several
days. was induced to leave by the messen-
ger boys He gave his name as Ephraim
Pine of Melville, n. J. He promised to
call again, rs he wants 81 100000, and says
he has a persuader in the black bag.
Mayor Washburne, of Chicago, disposed
of 100000 of bonds issued by the city
of Chicago for Columbian fair purposes.
Blair 4 Company, of New York, and
Brewster, Cohn & Esterbrook, of Boston,
were the purchasers,
A saloon war is threatened at Charles
town, Ind. The proprietor of the only
saloon there was warned to leave or be
cleaned out by mob He left. Now
annfhrr man will mike the attemnt to