Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-11

Bishop Clark got a FIVE hundred dollar mar
rage Zee at Providence Rhode Island. on Christ
m~s so ya ~ -f1-rf- ii.
six Generals. including Grant, we're present
at the Nashville Theatre recently. 70 witness
Edwin Adams Hamlet.
- The ice on the ponds in the vicinity of Bos =
ton. where the ice dealers have rights. is said to
be foot thick, and the work of gathering it had
commenced. ts,s c tset1. slr.s.t.l s.ss
Eleven locomotives from Vicksburg for The
Nashville raiIroad have arrived at Louisville du-
ring the past week. They were all captured
from the rebels. One is called the General
Grant" another" Abraham Lincoln."L r.
Among tie numerous fancy skaters at Bos
ton, no one has attracted more attention than a
young man, who. having lost one leg has learned
to skate with the other alone. With some as
sistance from crutch he propes himself vigor-
ously. - 81 ffaa1io is1 - 1ssf
"a contract has been entered into for a
painting. TO cost $4,000, and to be placed in the
''eye of the dome" of the Capitol at Washington
so far above the spectators that some of the fe-
male figures introduced will be over FIVE yards
high.
-CoSvIcTED.-ln the Harrison county, Ken
lucky. Circuit Court, at Cyathiana a man named
WHITsoS has been convicted of murder in the
FIRST degree. and sentenced TO be hung on the 9Th
of February. GEoRaE SIDELL was convicted, in
the same court. of manslaughter and sentenced
to confinement for a term OF years in the peni-
| tentiary- -s
The ground chosen for the national, Gene
terry at Chattanooga is beautiful knoll, l0315
feet above the level Of the Tennessee, one and
half miles south east Of Chattanooga. and equi-
distant from Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain
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! place national monument. The cemetery will
contain about forty five acres
AT meeting of the Directors of the Cleve-
land, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad Com
pany, held December 22d. 500 900 was appro
priated to be distributed within the counties
through which the road runs, during the wear
1854. for the benefit of the needy families of sol
ders who are. or have been, or may be in the
United States service. The gift is muni6cent
one.
IA heavy robbery took place on the stage
line between La Crosse. Wis. and ST paul, on
the Doth ult Some parties organizing Ma
| tional Bank were sending $35 900 in Unitel
States bonds TO Washington They were placed
in a trunk and strapped on the back of the stage
A fes miles north OF Lake City the trunk was
cut off rom the stage aud DO trace OF il IS yet
been found
ARREST OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT RoBBER
speci, to the Tribune says:
-. ID. Slower general contractor for the
Navy Department has been arrested AID is TO be
tried before military court in Philadelphia ON
the 4th of January. The charges are of an ex-
ceed;ngIy grave character
One magnificent swindler has been brought
10 justice. After two or three weeks trial at
Rochester. n Y, Luther Calvin S,xton has
a
pion out of 500. 600 10y inducing him TO go into
mammoth Union Book Comp,ny hat never
had an existence. hnt used horse shoe
patents sometimes are--to use a local iuStra-
tion-by shrewd rascal 10 enrich himself at the
expense Of his dupes I Providence Journal.
Mr.. Conway writes from England to the
Commonwealth as follows:
'Lately the wife of the very eminent Bishop OF
Exeter, Mrs Philphot died; and there has been
great deal of interest in he Christian world to
know what were the concluding scenes of "A life
so devoted tn Christian work as hers was known
to be When death near she called all her
domesiicS tn her bedside and silently took leave
of them She then said slowly. 'Be sure and see
that the old Bishop has his warm soup every
evening" and died I"
A few dfys ago. we made mention of the
marriage of The armless color sergeant Of Mas.
sachusefts regiment. nsvned Plunkett TO Mss
Nellie Lorrmer- The welding took place in
Worcester. though the parties belong in Leices
ter We have now An additional fact of interest
connected with this incident When he left f,t
the wars, Plunkeit Was engaged to "a Miss Lori
mer Upon his return, he considered his helpless
condition aud uffe ell release To his beirothed
which readily accepted Her sister was "a
enraged at this. that she vOge tie would marry
the brave man herself. ii he was agreeable, and
agreeable he was; ana thew married. Thanks to
the generosity OF the brokers' boards of Boston
and New York. and OF the people he has met
since his return, Plunkett the hero is in ind epei-
ent circumstances pecIurrly.
The Springfield Republican relates that
Arthur SkaldIng of Greenwich received p 600 in
cash, Oh Tuesday, for some property he had sold
and about three o'clork the next morning was
a~-.kened by loui rapPIng at his door. He
suspected attempt ia n b him ard ordered the
intruder t. leave. The man, however demanded
entrance, and threatened TO shoot Skadng un-
less he was speedily grained il SO he opened
the door ard admitted the burgisr. who then
made demand for the 81 0OD He was told il
was deposited in bank. but he cOoly ordered
SHADING ani his wife iAck t. bel while he
searched the They oi,eved aud the villain
explored at his leisure He finally left with y
gold watch. diamond ring. aud every ether valu-
able he could hnd. He told the terrified couple
that they must stay between the sheets until
daylight. "a he should watch the house-and
they did not dare tn do otherwise For frigid
impotence ahd unmi' igate'i check, well uu-
parallelei ccwarlice. this robbery is without
! lrIval o. the records .