The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-01

geop General Barnes be retired as Major Gene al
lnst his assistant. Major Woodward. be promoted
20 Lie1senant Colonel and that Mrs. Garfield be
Ex-senator conkling has been nominated to
the supreme Be ch by the President and con-
hrnec by the Seuate. All the Ealf breeds and
their newspapers are tearing their hair over this
luck of CO.. king.
The Indians at San Carlos Agency are uneasy
and trouble is apprehended from them. in con.
necton with the execution of three Condemned
indian scouts, fixed for March g. The Agent a Ks
the authorities AZ Washington 70 order delay OF
execution
Early on Sunday morning the building oc.
cupled by Craft, Holmes * Co., 81. Louis, fell ia
with crash and became a mass of ruins. There
was about $1,000 worth of goods buried The
building was insured for $50 O09 and was finished
IN January.
The Ohio is falling from Pittsbnrg to Cairo. and
Inc dangers OF the overflow have passed away.
The Cairo levees still hold, and all is right owing
70 the vigilance Of her citizens. Poor shawnee
town, Ill, being inundated, was the worst suf-
ferer by the flood.
on the Union Pacific Railway, aud stole a regis
tered letter for 81 So has gone TO Poison for
year, the Judge taking into consideration, his
bravery In saving the life of the iSiler when at
tackled by an inmate.
A large party of Nihilists are on trial at st. Pc
tersburg, all but two pleading guilty. They are
not allowed To communicate with each other in
the dock. A woman among them acknowIeoged
her connection with the robbery OF the treasury
atChersan, but refused to give details.
The Greenbackers OF Indiana held a state Con-
vention ON Wednesday, $40 delegates, being in ~
tendance. Hon. Gilbert De La Hutyr presided
Hiram l.. Steward of CaSs County. was nom.
mated Tor Secretary IF State. Jesse Harper aud
General weaver addressed the faithful in the
Among the recent deaths reported are Bishop
Lynch, OF Charleston, S. c.; Rev. Henry Little,
ID. d., Madison. lud; Arthur Cole a pioneer
e Iin;s, OF sprlnsheid; o. Robert II. Pruyn.
ALBANY, n. L., and Doctor Z. ID. Force, of Louis
vile, Ky.
Committee representing the ex-Confederate
soldiers of Cincinnati visited Mrs Garfield re-
Gently, and presented memorial tribute TO the
late President, in the form OF eugrossed resolu-
lions framed in Tennessee marble. The widow
and mother of the Chief Magistrate were both
deeply affected.
AT Eins, Pa, Saturday, while William Becker
and man unknown were disputing in regard to
some work, a German named Wolff, who was
drunk attempted TO interfere, but the parties re-
fused TO notice him, when he became cnraged
and deliberately stabbed Becker 10 the heart
killing him instantly.
In Coryell County. Texas. on Saturday a mob
took from the arresting officers aud lynched
young man suspected of horse stealing Friends
of the victim gathered and demanded the arrest
OF the lynchers, or they would take the law in
their own hands. The Sheriff has arrested some
OF them and is out after the others.
Major Hicks a cOlored man. was executed in
the Jail at Covingtop, KY, on Friday, for the
murder of Henry Williams His confession was
voiced by Father Lambert, who stated 10 the
crowd before the hanging that Hicks took his
death as punishment for his sins White Brown
negro. suffered death az Pine Bluff, Ark. pro
testing his innocence.
Daniel Drawbaugh, of Harrisburg, Pc, whose
claim TO have been the original inventor OF the
telephone is being decided in the Courts, mas de-
cisred his ability and intention to so reduce the
cost Of telephone service (his instruments being
very simple and inexpensiye), that IL promises TO
become formidable competitor of the postal
service of the country.
At indianapolis, Saturday, Judge Gresham over
ruled the motion for . new trial in the case OF
Altred h and William A. Teal, father and SON
counterfeit dollars and half dol
lars: Lace was sentenced TO five years, Alfred
Teal TO three years, and VIM. Teal to two
years in the Northern Prison.
An attempt was made by party of masked
men. carly saturday morning. to destroy the press
and material OF the WahOO (Neb.) independent:
but on being confronted by one OF the publishers
and the EDITORS son, with pistols, the gang beat
a haSty retreat. A number of persons have been
been lnstlgated by saloon keeper who con-
sidered himself Injured by criticisms OF the In
dependent.
The first proof of the new five-eent postage
stamp. coniaiul0e vignette of General Garfield.
ana known as the Garfield stamp, and which is
intended as present TO Queen Victoria from the
American Bank Note Company, reached Washing
ton ON saturday. Ii is an excellent lkey ess. and
VIII be enclosed III magnificent and costly frame
9f ebony. with mating of sterling silver aud Dor
dering Of pure gold IL will be transmitted 10
Queen Victoria through The State ID apartment.
here i a movement on foot to have a duDl;cats
made for dis. Garfield.