The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-13
TELEGRAPHIo BREvITIEs.

The French cable is reported broken 225 miles
from Duxbury, Mass
The iourneymen tailOrs of Denver, Col, are on
a strike for higher wages.
There were 1856 deaths in Cincinnati for the
week ending Saturday night,
Griffin Sc Co., New York merchants, have as
signed. Liabilities, $125,000.
The Republicans OF Columbus, o., have NOM
mated General e. c. WolcuGt for mayor.
The Allentown, Pa, rolling mills have resumed
work, giving employ ment to 400 hands.
Asa Kingsbury president of the First Nation
al Bank OF Cassopohs, Mich, died Saturday,
aged seventy-seven.
Miss Elvira Duncan, the daughter of prom
lnent farmer OF Wayne county, KY, is very
mysteriorsly missing.
Senator Pond, of the Ohio Legislature, yester-
day introduced a tax bill on the liquor traffic,
with the bond feature left out, the to be uni
form at $3.50.
Favorable weather for operations continues in
the Wisconsin pineries. The estimated cut OF
the season on the Black river and its tributaries
is 200,00o,000 feet.
Mrs. McQuarter and her child were burned to
death Saturday night in their house at New
Richmond, p. Q. Pierre Parent, eighty-three
years old, died after being taken out.
George Hosmer, the Boston oarsman, issues a
challenge to Courtney, Riley and Lee to row in a
sweepstakes with him for $4,000 or singly for
81 900 side, three miles with turn in July.
The motion for new trial in the case of ]. D.
Watson, convicted of Offering brides to Repre-
sentative Bloch, of The Ohio Legislature, was
overrued yesterday, and the accused sentenced
TO one year in the penitentlary.
Joseph Chabot was found guilty of being ao-
cessory to the murder of farmer named Ayotte,
for which crime Robam Cbabot has already been
condemned TO be hanged, was sentenced at Mon
treal Saturday to ten years imprisonment.
President Lawrence, of the New York Stock
Exchange, refuses to answer questions and pro-
duee the minutes of the meeting of the govern
ing committee at which they voted TO expei
William j. Hutchinson, and who seeks to regain
his seat.
While party of Italians were playing cards
in New York ON Sunday night GaetanO Capo-
blaeo tried to get Antonio Siege TO drink more
beer. dispute arose, aud the former handled
his pistol, but Siege killed him with thrust OF a
shoemaker's knife through the heart
Simon B. Paige, of Davenport, Ia, killed him
self on Sunday while his family we're at church,
Troubles growing out of the death of his first
wife through "a fire in a hotel at Oshkosh, where
they were stopping in 1881, are supposed to
have prompted his actions. He was very
wealthy.
A cold-blooded murder occurred on Sunday at
the mines, six miles east of Central Col. Israel
POnQuette, miner, was returning from hunting
with rifle on his shoulder, when ne met Thomas
joining mine, the owner of which had some
trouble some time ago with POnQuette's en-
ployeI, which had engendered i-feeling between
the men. Sheehan walked ND to Ponquette and
asked him TO put away his rife, so that the dis
pute might be settled by fight. POnquette pro-
ceeded to lay down the rifle, and while doing so
Sheehan DIRE a heavy revolver, with which he
shot POnquette, the ball taking effect in the lat
ters stomach. He lived only fifteen minutes.