The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-07-14

Eleven building permits were il
sued at Indianapolis last week. aggr,
eating SO, $50.
Hon. John Coburn is building
twelve thousand dollar residence 9
Indianapolis this season.
Kosciusko county is now agitatin
the question of building a new cou,
house.
It is said that Arkansas City, vii
gather 100000 of wild plumbs thi
season.
James s. Wright has been appoint
ed Internal Revenue Storekeeper 70
the first district Of Indiana.
The funeral Of Chief j Justice Wood
ward, of Pennsylvania. took place a
Wilkesbarre, on Sunday, the 1Otl
inst.
Mrs. v. NJ. Beamer was granted
divorce in the Marion Circuit Court
last week. Mr.. Beamer made no re
sistance to the application whatever.
A recent census of New Orleans
carefully taken by the local authori
ties, shows the population to be 204,.
5H, an increase of nearly 1900 in
Eve years.
The trial of the negro Monroe, 70,
the murder of his wife short time
ago, was commenced at indianapolis
last week. tits the prevailing opin.
ion that he will be hung.
Gen. Francis P. Blair, jr., died al
his home in st. Louis. Mo-, Thursday
evening last, Of his old disease, the
apoplexy. He was little past 6fty-
four years Of age.
The Ohio Democratic State Com
mittee have decided to formally open
the campaign at Gallipolis, July 81,
with speeches by Thurman and AL
len.
Gen. Tom Brady. of Muncie, as
sumed the duties of Supervisor of In
ternal Revenue, in this district, on
the first of this month, vice Simon 7.
Powell.
Gov. Hendricks has released the
sureties who were on the bail bond
of the late Isaac E. Burson, from the
amount they were required to pay by
the Wayne Circuit Court.
Il. Nutting & Co.'s staveaAnd barrel
heading factory at Indianapolis, was
burned on Monday morning. The
loss is estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000. The origin of the fire is sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
At a meeting Of the pew holders of
Plymouth Church, on Wednesday
evening, aud by an unanimus vote. the
salary of the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher was raised to 500. Co., for
the current year.
A young lady in Jefferson county
was married on Wednesday of last
week, and on Saturday burned to
death. in the usual way of kindling a
fire with coal oil. Her name was
Mrs. j. T. Burton.
The jury in the Monroe monkey
wrench wife-murder case. of Indiana
polls, on Sunday last. returned YER
dict of guilty, aud sentenced him to
confinement in the penitentiary for
life. Hanging in this State by author
ity of law is about played out.
The Indianapolis Herald asks !:
"What has the city ever done to Hon.
Franklin Landers that he should
conspire to infiict Hon. W. D. Kelly
on us? We have Buchanan and con-
slant rain, and it seems that these are
enough to punish US for our SINS
The students at Purdue University
have an "onpleasantness" on hand
just now. Trouble with their teach
ers-that's all. They have petitioned
for the removal of President Short
ridge and Prof. Brown assigning as a
reason for their action, because they
don't know enough
We noticed by the indianapolis pa
pers that Judge Perkins, with his
wife and daughter accompanying him,
has gone on an eastern tour, expect
ing to be absent several weeks.
Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo are
among the places he intends to visit,
together with a ride down the ST.
Lawrence.
Heavy Failures.
The suspension is announced of the
firm of Tyler, Frost & Co., of New
Haven. Conn, wholesale grocery and
liquor dealers. with liabilities between
$3.50, 600 and 500, 600: and of w. H.
Bradley & Co., of the same place,
carriage manufacturers, with liabil-
tiles of about $225, 900.
Under the act of July. 1874, pro-