The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1881-01-19

nelghbors, leaving her child alone In the b,,s.,
when she returned she found the child burned h.
shsasp having ia''en into the FIRE during he
Frank Walsh. a convict in the Sing sing \. V
fenltentlary, was shot and killed while atlennt
ing 10 escape, Saturday. by the guard
Senator Bayard was renominated TO the limited
Tel.es senate py the Democratic caucus of the
delaware Legislature on last Thursday
A distribution of over sl7O 600 from the es,a, nj
me late MT. stone, of Boston, has been made TO 4
NUMBER OF colleges principally In the West -
Inc Maine Senate and House have adopted the
majority report OF the Committee on the Guber,
ted. -''''
James q. Fair was elected United States Sen.
stor from Nevada by the Democrats. and John r
Miller was elected Senator from California by the
Republicans y '-''
O'Conner. Honorary Secretary, and O'Neill. Sec.
reiary of the Cork Land League. have been sum
moned ON charges Of intimidation in writing
threatening letters.
Daniel Murphy, switchman at East ST. Louis,
was run over ana torn 10 pieces by train, Satur-
day, while in the discharge OF his duties. He be-
longs IN Columbus, o.
There are already for;y-eight entries for the
" Leary Deit contest, beginning the nth inst.
h0well ana vaughn ere. IN training in England
for the special o'Leary match.
At Delphi, Ind, Saturday evening at \ O'Clock
Deputy sheriff scott arrested Thomas Banks a
cigar maker, who is reported to be an escaped
cOnNlctIrOIn the ONO Beniten tiary.
The allotment OF subscription to the Mexican
Central Railroad securities Is the talk in Boston
financial circles. The amount offered the public
was S. 5ioOo0- The subscription double the
amount.
Boss Cameron succeeded in nominating Henry
W. Oliver 10 the Senate to fill Senator Wallace 5
seat butit is believed that tialusha A. Grow will
be ultimately chosen by the anti-Cameron clan in
the Pennsylvania Legislature.
The trial of the nine year-old boy Longmore for
n ~ pi arafo
begun at MachiaS, Me-, Thursday. he trial
lasted two days, and LoDgmore was sentenced 10
the House If Correction until he was twenty-one.
Billy Lerey. said to be one of a gang who rohhed
Barlow & Sau dsOu's stage al Denver Col. three
times between September - and October 10,
last, was arrested in that city Saturday night On
the last raid they got 81 600 from the mail but the
other times Only small amounts.
The Republican caucus at Albany y. W last
week nominated Thomas {. Platt 10 succeed Mr.
Herman in the United States Senate. Mr.
Crowley, twenty-six; Mr.. Rogers. ten; ex-Vice
President Wheeler, ten; Congressman LApham,
four, and Congressman Levi 2. Morton, one.
In New York. Saturday, Edward P. Parrows one
OF the alleged cOunterfeiters recently captured
by the Secret Service officers. escaped from the
custody OF two United States Marshals who were
taking him TO Court to plead TO the Indictment
found against him 10y the United States Grand
jury.
Saturday, at Fort Wayne, Ind George Astry was
arrested on indictments for the larceny OF some
books from the library of jeremiah HillegaSs, Su-
perntendent OF the Allen County Public schools.
Astry is IA school teacher and personal friend OF
Hillegass. In default of bail he was committed
to Jail.
At Marion Ind. Saturday Lewis Guyen, tele-
graph and water-tank repairer of the Cincinnati
Wabash and Michigan Railroad, while n pairing
the water-tank. was at the top of ladder when
the ladder broke. precipitating him backward
upon the track of the railroad, crushing in his
skull The conclusion caused both his eyes To fly
out from their sockets He lived in North Man
chester, where his remains were taken.
The elegant aud spacious residence oil ex-United
States Senator g. n. Fitch ut Logansport. ind.
burned Saturday morning at O'Clock catching
as is supposed, from a defective hue. The occu-
pants were awakened from sleep by the smoke
filling their rooms and by dint of energy assisted
by neighbors and friends. they succeeded in saw
ing some of the many articles ef art that have as
sisted in making the Fitch manson 80 popular.
Bernard Quincke an aged German printer who
was sentenced on January IL TO fifteen years i'm
prisonment for attempting to rape his little step
daughter, tried to commit suicide in the ST. Louis
City Jail Saturday morning He was found hang
ing by a leather strap. whfh he usually wore
around his waist, and was Almost dead. but wa,
promptly taken in hand and is now out OF danger
Quincke is Spiritualist. lie claims that the
spirits invited him to outrage his stepdaughter
but has made no explanation concerning his al
Iempt at suicide