The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-08-14
TELEGRAPHIO BREvITIEs.

Lord Chief Justice Coleridge sails for America
the present month.
The boy preacher Harrison is holding success
full meetings near Lancaster, o.
Half dozen stores in the business part OF
600.
Gerre Knox shot and killed Tom Gill, at Hick-
man, KY, for refusing to lend him his buggy.
Both are coored
Judge John stotsenberg, of indianapolis and
New Albany, and his family, left Washington
for Cape May tonight.
Cigar-makers of Dayton, o., will strike, to-day.
on account of the introduction of non union men
and girls In the factories
The sum of $4,000 and 100 acres Of land have
been pledged by the people of Mitchell TO estab-
lish the University OF Dakota.
Governor Patrick discharged two more in
mates of the Soldiers Home, yesterday, and will
discharge eighteen more on Wednesday.
Major George H. Chandler, of Baltimore,
brother of Secretary Chandler, died at Canter-
bury, N. H, on Sunday, of Brlght's disease.
At Fargo, d. T., on Saturday night the large
planning mill of Johnson and Nelson was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000.
A fatal disease resembling cholera is prevail
ing among the hogs near Reading, Pa. Some
fifty have already died, and sixty more are IA
tally sick.
The New York Republican State Central Com
nittee viii meet on Wednesday to issue a call
Tor State convention. The Democratic COM
mittee meets week later.
Official returns from 80 of the III counties in
Kentucky show Knotts's majority for Governor
burns majority was 5000.
The Socialists held picnic at Ogden's Grove.
near Chicago, on Sunday, which was attended by
fuly 10000. There was a display of banners
and red flags and a parade, but no speaking.
The battle-fag of the Third Iowa volunteers,
which was captured before Atlanta by General
Pat. Cleburne, has been sent by Georgia lady
to Adjutantgeneral Alexander, at Des Moines
Advance sheets of the annual report of the
board of trade of Cincinnati show that the total
product of the manufacturers of the city for the
year was $194.572, 600 This is an excess of
$S,O0O,O00 over the value Of the product of last
year.
Gloomy reports come from the cotton crop In
Mississippi. Around Greenville, Washington
county, the largest cottOn-prOdueing county in
the United States, the worms have destroy ed
whole fields. The drouth. is also doing great
damage.
1t is reported that an independent daily news.
paper is to be started in Cincinnati, by ''POicy
BilI' Smith, and that John Cockerill, of the st.
Louis Post Dispatch, is to be the managing edl-
tor, with Allen o. Myers associate editor.
At Cincinnati, on Sunday evening a young
widow named Lizzie Weaver called at the home
of young woman named Katie Husman. who
didn't care to entertain Mrs. Weaver, so she
threw her down stairs, fraeturing her skull. She
remained unconscious until she died.
At Denver, on Saturday night, Frank McDon-
aid cut the throat of his Mistress Irene Ray, in
ficting mortal wound. He then killed himself
nearly severing his head from his body with the
same razor. The woman's refusal to longer sup
port Mcdonald was the cause of the crime.
Charles Fisher, of Brooklyn, eighteen years of
age, who had been on spree, was caught by his
father and brought home. His father thought
he would lock him up in the house until he be-
came sober. The young man ran up to the roof
and jumped Off As the house three stories
high, he was seriously injured, having his thigh
broken ana receiving internal injuries.