The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-10
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The Minnesota Republican State convention is
called to meet at St. Paul on June 27.
number of the members of the Dakota Legis-
lature have been indicted for bribery
C. B Hickman, late receiver of the Lake City,
Col, land Office, Ia a defaulter for $4,000.
There are forty indictments for forgery against
Charles Lehman, the Circuit Court clerk of
Vicksburg.
been indicted for the murder of Eta q. Garlic
ton, at WATERFOWL, Mass.
An effort is being made to drive ont the Chi
nese residents Of Mott street, New York, on &C
count of their immoral practices.
VIM. Hughes colOred, found guilty on his own
confession, of numbering his wife, was hung on
Tuesday morning at St. Johns, N. b.
Reports from Texas say the sheep shearing is
about finished, and that the total clip of the
State will he much lighter this year than last.
The Dominion Minister of Justice declined to
recommend mitigation OF tile sentence of Chebot
and he was hanged at ADMINISTRATION on Friday
At Cuero. Tex John Coggins was murdered.
and his face horribly mutilated to prevent re-
cogntion. One Mitowich " as arrested on sus-
picion.
AtNorwood. Ont, Angelo Carmino and Do
m1nico Ottawa, railroad labOrers, Quarreled
about cooking breakfast Carmino fatally stab
bed Ottawa.
The young nun in Horchalega Convent,
Canada. who appealed to the Pope TO he Released
from her vows, has had her prayer granted, and
returned to her family.
In southwestern Georgia, within a radius OF
forty miles In sphrsely settled country, over
200 cases OF smallpox exist. The authorities
seem powerless TO stop It,
The members OF the Cincinnati Dramatic Fes-
tival Association are all IN favor of another fes
tival. Voluntary subscriptions to the guarantee
fund are being received by mail.
1t is announced that the North Chicar On rolling.
mills, which have been idle for the past ak
months. and which furnish employment to 1000
men, Will resume early next week.
The Georgia Legislature yesterday opened Tho
election returns for Governor. The vote stond
Henry ID. Mcdaniel, 23,6S0; scattering, 1874
The Inauguration will occur Tomorrow.
John Schmetzer, n Louisville boy of eight
years, started to school n week sinre and was
not seen again until, yesterday, his body was
found in the canal. Accidental drowning.
The sheriff of Grimes county passed through
New Beaumont, Tex, with two desperadu-s
captured in Newton county, after u desperate
barte, In which desperate named Perkins was
killed.
The mail and passenger train on the Atlantic
q Raleigh railroad wrecked last night
Eleven passengers were aboard, but none were
seriously injured. The cars are a complete
wreck.
On Monday, a ChattahOocbie county (Georgia)
housewife washed the dishes, set the table Tor
snpner. wrote a letter dispensing of her effects
swallowed dose OF morphine, and went TO bed
and died.
The Young Mems Catholic Union, at Column
hus, Ga, went 0n picnic yesterday. Returning
on the train, Herschel Lyon. drunk, shot and
dangerously wounded James Alexander and
David Johnston.
Georgiania @. Gunther, doing wholesale
iiqIor business under the name of Henry r.
Gett IL Sons, at Buffalo, Unsigned for the benefit
OF creditors Yesterday. The preferred creditors
aggregate about $4,000
Ex-Speaker OF Assembly John Egan, of Eliza
beth, v. was lodged in the Essex equity jnil on
Tuesday night, having been arrested on an in
dictment Of the grand jury, charging him with
an attempt 10 bribe an assemblynan.
IL Is understood TINT at Tie forthcoming meet
Ing of the Army OF the Potomac rhe Society of
the Army OF the James Is invited TO cooperate
and VIII, In pursuance with the action Ht De-
trnit III June last, consider proposition TO dis
band.
Jacob Becker, a Cincinnati labnrer, who has
been suffering from some unknown malHdy for
seventeen years, has found relief through a
powerful emetie, which caused him tn throw up
q snake eighteen Inches long aud live small
lizards
Two nttempta were made dnring Monday
night 10 fire the tenement house In New York in
which llavier who was murdered by Pat Mo
GlOn, had resided. The theory s that frienda Of
the murderer desire To aveDge his execution up.
on The friends of his victiln.
AZ the foundry OF the Henry 4 Bonnard
Br0nHe Manufacturing Company, New York,
yesterday, the statute OF General Bolivar, by
La Covo, was east IN the presence ,of dstn-