The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-06-12
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

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The International military rihe-match fund
amounts to $2,727.
David z. Knowles aged seventy eight years,
hanged himself, yesterday, at Bradford, Mass.
A company has been organized for the purpose
of laying two new cables between this country
and Europe
At Hartford, u. T.. Jake Winter was shot and
killed by his father without warning or for any
known cause.
Samuel H. Long, dealer in boots and shoes at
Lancaster, o. has failed, with $23, 900 liabilities
and 81, 900 assets.
| The three iowa Republican conventions so rar
held all declare for resubmission of the prohibit
ton amendment and statutory legislation.
| A great sale of fine tobacco took place at ST.
Louis yesterday Similar sales are to be held
every alternate Monday during the
The famous Grace Church (DetrOiu muddle
has ended by the enforced resignation of the
pastor, the Rev. DIR. Charles II. W. Stocking.
Colonel j. Lady, of Rockbridge county, Va,
died on Saturday from the effects of a wound
received in the Confederate service at tee Sec
ond battle of Manassas.
At Chicago, yesterday, Charles Rider and
Charles White, while engaged on building,
were thrown TO the ground by an accident to
the scaffOld and both killed.
Catherine NJ Burnham, of New York, brought
suit against Macy IL Co, dry goods merchants,
for $4,000 damage for false imprisonment on q
spurious charge OF shoplifting.
A New York special says Albert Weber the
piano man, has lost 100000 in speculation, and
has disappeared. An attachment has been is
sued against his property at the suit OF a cred
itor.
At Nashville, yesterday. Jesse Thompson a
popular conductor on the Louisville Il Nashville
railroad, seriously cut iii She face and neck
by a fellow named Marlborough because the
former refused tn bet with him.
Mrs. Albert Downs, a New York lady visiting
at Suuantuck, went too near a swarm of bees
and they stung her into unconscousness. The
physician found that she had been stung in over
1000 places. Her face was swollen beyond
recognition;
States bonds, or nearly one quarter of all the
bonds that are out. They said to have in-
vested thus heavily for the reason that the polit
ical and social systems of Europe are in an I'M
certain condition.
Vanderbilt ia still the largest American holder
of United States bonds, though the amount in
his name has decreased during the last year
from $5O,000,00O to 1897, 900, 900 Mrs. A. T.
Stewart has $40, 900, 900, and Mr.. Flood, of Cal.
ifornia, $15 100000.
The pig-iron trade is reported by the secretary
of the American Iron and Steel Association to
be in a very unsatisfactory condition. At tie
beginning OF the present month there were 668
furnaces in the country, of which 351 were in
blast and 1877 out of blast.
At Fort Worth, Tex, in the County Court,
United States Deputy Marshal Woody was found
guilty of criminal libel and fined $500 on
charge of circulating a Grand Army of the Re-
public journal. printed in Washington, contaius
ing an alleged libel on George Burchll, husband
of the Fort Worth pOstmistress Woody appeals.
James O'Meara, aged tweniy-three, went into
a coal car on the Northwestern railway track, in
Chicago with companion, to sleep off the
effects of liQuor. They were heard by Joseph
Pindras "A railroad watchman, who fired several
shots into the Car, one taking effect in OMeara'a
body. iDfiicting IA mortal wound. The Waterman
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