The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-21
T-ELEGRApHIo BREvIrIEs.

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Fire 10 the Cheshire House block. at Keene,
N. H.. Yesterday, damaged property to the
amount of 1913 600.
Mr.. Charles Gill, a prominent lawyer Of Louis
Vile. and prosecuting attorney of the City
court, died last evening at z O'Clock.
At Richmond, Me-, the Lincoln House and sta
bies, owned by j. L. Robinson, burned yesterday
morning, with contents. The guests narrowly
$4,000.
Mr.. Wizards German visitors, a most dis
tinguished party, will arrive by The Elbe next
saturday. and tine progress of Lord ChIefjnstice
COleridge. on his star TOUT, will be followed with
interest.
]. B. Vondyne, lately connected with the
Texas d st. Louis railway, has been amounted
superintendent of the Kansas & Texas division
OF the Missouri Pacific railway, with ~headquar-
tiers at Parsons, Kas.
The yacht Mystery, from New Haven for Nan
tncket, Is missing. she sailed on the 10Th INST,
anu had on board Leicester Sargent, OF New
Haven; Rupert Sargent, of Newport; Mr.. Hawk
ms, OF New Haven, and Mr.. Bartlett, of New
York.
Baptist Church, Louisville, surprised his cOngre-
CATION on Sunday by resigning, The Doctor
stated that the health of his family was such as
TO fGTSid their continued residence N the ell
mate of Louisville.
Charges of misnanagement anG gross immol
allty are made aE tin5t the managers of the West
Nlr"inia Insane Asylum at Weston. Access IL
The records aud accounts of the institution is
refused. The amount Of liquor required for the
INSTITUTION mas quadrupled.
The farmers about Paris, KY, complain of a
list prepared by the merchants and indiscreetly
shown TO others, III which they are rated as
good medium, or bad pay. and the amount OF
their property given. They threaten to go to
other towns to do their trading.
Another bank. the Exchange OF Ada, o.. has
beeu compelled to close it's doors, because of I'M
fortunate speculation in mining stocks and flu
tures by Its president. The depositors will get
about Twenty-Five cents on the dollar. Luckily
there are not very many or them.
MIR. Charles schmidlapp writes from Naples
that he has been able to recover only n portion
of the baggage of himself, wife and daughter,
which WAS buried in the debris OF the falling
house on the Island of Ischia, from which they
80 fortunately escaped with their lives.
The Western Union telegraph line has been
completed To Cinnsbar, M. T., fifty miles south
or Livingston, NJ. T., on the Northern Pacific
railroad, from which point messages to the Hot
Springs Hotel, Yellowstone Park, are delivered
free by pony express. The President and his
party Will be the first to use the line.
The New Orleans arrived at New
York yesterday, from New Orleans, and re-
ported that, twenty miles south of Long Branch,
she saw a British steamer ashore, with a rug
alongside. The forward half OF a ~cOasting
schooner was passed off Hog Island. the vessel
having evidently been cut in two by "A steamer.
A sunkeu three-masted schooner was also pass
ed. The "black flag" was not attached 10
any visible part of these wrecks.
Andrew J. Chaphe, mechanical engineer of the
st. Bauis water-works, has brought suit for
$4,000 damages against the Post Dispatch and
Z. C. Slevin, a member of the lower house OF the
municipal assembly, and chairman of a COM
mittee which recently investigated the MANAGE
ment of the watrr-wOrks. The publication upo1
which the suit is based was simply an interview
with Mr.. Slevtn, in which he fOreshadowed the
report he made to the House of Delegates.
j. F. Long, alias Dugan, was arrested at Law
renee, Kas, yesterday, while attempting to dis
pose of n lot of goods, evidently stolen. He had
nbont fifty reVolvers, fifty watch chains and
other property IN n box that showed evidence of
having been buried. The box was expressed by
Long to Lawrence from Dakota CITY, Neb., Aug.
IL. He has been in Iowa and Nebraska for some
time. The police will hotd him for identifica-
tion, as he can give no account of himself.