The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-28

ance, having somewhere secured pistols. Far
reIly was fatally and MCCARTHY dangerously
wounded None OF the posse was injured.
Among the prisoners arrested for the Phoenix
Park conspiracy 1s German named HOhnebien,
who claims 20 have been naturalized as an Amer
loan citizen at Wyandotte, Kas., in 1866
The retail dry goods house of Charles Gossage &c
60, OF Chicago, has been sold TO Carson. Porte,
scott S Co, of Chicago for s., 100000. Charles
6ossage, FOUNDER of the firm, died recently.
At meeting of leading citizens of Cincinnati,
thorough Endorsement was given the scheme
create a street and sanitary commission for Two
years, and place 81 ,o0o,0oo at its disposal
Inc directors of the Albany & Susquehauna
railroad have taken steps for the arrest of the
COMMENTATORS of the second mortgage bonds,
ana TO identity the genuine bonds ana protect
Baron Nordenskiold, the Swedish explorer has
notified the Dutch minister at Stockholm that he
intends to claim the reward of $4,000 euliders
offered In 1916 for the discovery OF the northeast
passage.
The New York brewers have secured the ar
rest of driver and cooper on a charge of selling
their barrels to out-of-town brewers. Fifty
thousand dollars worth OF barrels are thus an
nually sold
Fritz Waite, who is to be hanged at Franklin,
Tex, March IA, has executed a written convey
ance of his body TO Robertson county physicians
for $25, and is said TO be enjoying the
blood money.
Information is received of the failure of the
First National Bank of Peru, H., its financial
CONDITION having been crippled by the failure of
the best1eger Glass Company, who cred
itors Of the bank to the sum of ZOO.
Six of the escaped Arkansas convcts have been
captured. The Others have succeeded In reach
ing the hills OF CrOwley's RIDGE and reported
as travelling northward. Davis, the murderer
OF Major CANT is not among the prisoners.
Noah d. Smith. ex-speeial deputy collector Of
United States customs at Memphis, who was
recently arrested at Chicago. plead guilty yes
terday of embeZzlinG 81 900 of United States
funds. Sentence mas not yet been pronounced.
At Jersey Oity the experts examination of the
Fifth-ward Savings Bank, ruined by the embez-
Elements of President Boyce, is complete, and
deficiency of So, $50 found in the accounts kept
by Robert q Cook, who has been arrested, Jailed
and confessed.
The bill Incorporating the International Rail
road d steamship Company of Florida has been
signed by the Governor General Gorden, of
Georgia, is the leading spirit. trunk railroad
Is to be built down the backbone of the Peninsu-
la to Keywest.
The residence of Samuel Bixer, an old farmer
about five miles north of Zoar, Tuscarawas
masked robbers who overpowered Bixler and
his daughter and stole nearly $1,000 in gold
and silver from chest in the house,
Anderson, a telegraph operator at Ottawa,
Ontario, was recently gazerted as heir to
Scotch estate worth $9,O0O,O00. He purchased
on credit a summer residence at Rockville
valued at 500, 000 but has now been arrested
for obtaining 800 by false pretenses.
woman, who gave her name as Mrs. Elose
Won Rubens of Baltimore, arrived in Nashville
several days ago. and advertised for pupils for
fine-art institute and beneficiary bureau. She
rented rooms for year, furnished them hand
somely, took number of pupils, who paid an
initiation fee of $40. and disappeared ON Mon
day, leaving number of creditors unpaid.
At Staunton, Va, another victim of the West
ern Lnnatic Asylum poisoning died yesterday,
| making six. Two Of the poisoned recovered
Ine cOroner's inqust thus far confirms the early
story that the medicine received the fatal
infusion between leaving the druggist and reach
ing the attendants. 1t Is thought some patient
commissioned to kill got at the medicine.
mysterious murder has been unearthed near
Riverside, Cal. married woman named
OBren, Of Los Angeles, went riding with Mr.
Mcdowell and wife Jan. 81 Sunday the body
of Mrs. OBren found partly buried, bearing
marks of violence. Mcdonald was arrested. 1t
is reported that Mrs. Mcdonald told of the crime
which committed through some motives Of
| jealousy.
A farmer named Terry, in chesterfield county,
South Carolina, few days since perpetrated a
horrible crime, his wife being the victim. He
had not been married year before he fell in
| love with another woman, and, though his wife
was all that love and devotion could be, ne de-
| termined to make himself "A free man. AS the
law VIII not grant "A divorce, be purchased q box
| of 'fRough Rats" mixed it with whisky, and
gave his unsuspecting wife drink at night, and
| the next morning the neighbors found her corpse
| in bed and Terry missing.