The Indianapolis journal., 1883-03-08
TELEGRAPHIO BREvITIEs.

Charles A. Doolittle, Democrat, was elected
mayor of Utica, N. Y, by 600 majority,
The Maine Senate. Is to 9, has passed bill
making the punishment of murder death.
John Leahy was shot dead at New Orleans
Tuesday, by John Kane The murderer was
arrested.
Forty degrees below zero was indicated by
the mercury at Fort Fairfield, Maine, Tuesday
morning.
Andrew J. Hall has declined the nomination of
prison commissioner for Massachusetts in the
place of DR.. Chadbourne.
Louis Halle, retail clother, of Memphis,
Tenn, sgned yesterday morning. Liabilities,
$1,000; assets not stated.
George W. Simpson, formerly banker and
railrohd president, and later "A large manufacture
er at Raleigh, N. c., died yesterday.
A Brantford, Ont, telegram SAYS: L. G. Miller
has been arrested, charged with embezzling $5,-
900 from Murphy & Dole, of Kansas.
The large tannery and felt mills at Watertown,
n. Y, belonging to New FORK parties, burned
yesterday. Loss, $50, 900; partly insured.
All the furnaces, rollng-mills and other works
of the Bethlehem Iron Company, at Allentown,
Pa, employing 5000 men, are In full blast.
Mr.. UpiOn, proprietor of the Central Oil
works. Cincinnati, has assigned to Charles L.
Mitchell. Liabilities $2l 900; assets, $4,000.
The Clepington Spinning Company's ware
house, at Dundee, Mo. burned on Tuesday night,
together with 10000 bales of jute. Loss, $780,
900.
There is a quarrel between Protestants and
Catholics In Milwaukee as to the fund collected
for a monument to the victims OF the Newhall
House fire.
Major Phipps, the absconding superintendent
of the Philadelphia almshouse, will be returned
to the United States by the Dominion authorities
of Toronto.
John Peters, one of the parties engaged in
"belling" newly-married couple few miles
from Fostoria, o., was fatally shot in the head by
unknown person.
On Saturday, at Highland Postof1lce, O.,
Benjamin Cochrane stabbed Thomas H. Rawlin-
SON. Cochrane escaped. Rawlinson died on
Tuesday from his wounds.
Nathaniel Thayer, well-known capitalist of
Boston, and for many years member of the
banking firm of John E. Thayer & Brother, died
yesterday morning, aged rs.
w. ]. French, of New Orleans, q veterinary
surgeon, attempting on Monday to collect bill
from Thomos Mcmahon, received a kick from
Mcmahon, and died on Tuesday MoMahon was
| bailed.
In an assault made by Tom Washington,
colored, on festival party at Ironton Planta-
| tion, La, Henry Milton and Anthony Jones,
colored, were killed The murderer was ar
rested.
The library of the late DIR. Robert ". Landis,
tke bibliophile of Louisville, KY, has been sent,
according to his request, to the Central UNI.
| versity at Richmond, KY, 1t embraces many Old
and rare editions.
Benseoni, editor of FL Tiemgo, at Laredo, was
twice challenged TO fight duel recently. On
| Tuesday night his bed was riddled with bullets.
| Being absent, BenseOni escaped. The perpetrat-
ors were arrested.
Five of the buildings of the ST.. Augustine
/ Normal ScuOOl IOr cOlOF6u students, unttef inc
auspices of the Episcopal church, at Raleigh,
N. G., burned on Tuesday. Loss about SEC, 900;
| insured for $4,000
Two amateur bruisers met at Fennimore, Grant
county, Wisconsin, on TUESDAY, and fought Tor
| $25 side. At the conclusion of the affair, in
which only one of them was badly punished.
officers OF the law appeared and took them and
| a few Of the e.spectators INTO custody.
| Fire at Manistee. Mich, Tuesday morning
| destroyed Seymour Brothers double store and
| two OF three small adjoining buildings. Nothing
was saved Reynolds Brothers lose S45, 900;
| insured for $25,000 other losses, $4,000.
| Gadsden Feltus, prominent citizen of Will
| kinson, Mich, was murdered on Tuesday. Cir
| cumstantial evidence caused the coroaers jury
| to order the arrest of r. Feltus, his brother.
| The family is one of the most widely connected
| in the State.
Noah d. Smith, deputy surveyor of customs at
| Memphis, who pleaded guilty several days ago
TO the charge of embezzling $1,000 of govern
| ment funds, has been sentenced by Judge Ham,
mond to two years in the penitentiary at
| Chester, Ill.,
On Monday evening. James Stanton, son OF a
| farmer, Southport, Pa, went TO the house
of George W. King, neighboring farmer, aud