The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-04-24
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs,

A young lad in Dayton fell into bonfire some
children had built, on Saturday, and was SO
burne that he died.
Summons has been served on Sir John Mac
Donald for perjury by General Butt Hewson. 1t
arises out of litigation.
Three and three-quarters inches of rain fell at
Knoxville, Tenn, on Sunday night, the largest
rainfall in one day In five years.
Matthew Lewis, coored, was sentenced in the
Criminal Court to-day to be hanged on June 8
for the murder of his wife five years ago.
| The Ohio prohiOtionists will hold a conference
| in Columbus on Saturday next. Their State con-
vention has been appointed for June ID and IL
William Sanders, New York saloon-keeper.
was yesterday, probably fatally beaten by Mike
Ceary, pugllist, and James Freeman, IA wres5-
ler
John Taylor, the murderer of Colonel Ingram,
| prominent citizen of Mason county, Ark, was
convicted Saturday and sentenced to be hanged
May %.
Two freight trains cOllided on the Grand Trunk
near Wales, Ont, Saturday. Thirty and
two locomotives were smashed, causing a loss
OF 100000.
draf for 1900. IL was found cashed at DelmOn-
ico's, New York, by one B. b. Nlswander, who
cannot be found.
Colonel Andrew Talcott the oldest living
graduate of West Point, and a well-known rail-
road engineer. died at the age of eighty-seyen at
Rich mond, yesterday.
A landslide on Black Oak ridge near Knox
vile, Tenn, stopped through trains on the
Knox vile & Ohio lway. The track VIII not
be cleared for three days.
John and Casper Kunde, immigrants, arrived
at New YORK, on Saturday, with their mother,
aged eghty-seven, and started for their destina-
ton, Oshkosh, leaving the old lady behind and
pennilesS.
A Gore, o., special saws the Thomas Iron
works closed account OF the strike of
coal haulers against reduction OF wages The
Bessemer Steel works at Straitsville are closed
for the same reason.
The main building of the Lansing Wagon
works. at Lansing, Mich,, including all the ma
chinery and large amount of work in process
of manufacture, burned yesterday afternoon,
The loss is $50, 900, fully insured.
Superintendent of Insurance Mccall was sworn
into Office at A lbany, N, Y, yesterday. He i'm
mediately informed seventeen employees That
their names would be dropped from the rolls on
April 30, reducing expenses S2S,OOO.
A check for 50 500, 900. the first of three in
stallments for the purchase of the Morgan Steam
ship Line, passed through the New York clear
ing-house on Saturday. IL was drawn by &. p.
Huntington in favor of the heirs of the Charles
Morgan estate.
The Rev. Henry Joseph Richter, lately of Gin
cinnati was cOnsecrated bisnOp of the diocese of
Grand Rapids, Mich. Sunday, at st. Andre W 8
Church, Grand Rapids the ceremony being CON
Quoted with all the pOmp incident to the ritual
OF the Catholic church.
Information has been received from Williams
burg, Whitley county, of tragedy which oc-
CURED there on Sunday morning, in which John
ID. Clark was shot and killed by James T. Frank.
The two are said to have been Old acquaint-
ances, and the killing uBprovoked
An important reduction in the price of foundry
pig-iron was announced at New York on Satur-
day by one of the largest companies engaged in
the business. The Thomas Iron Company put
down its nominal asking prices So ton. from
S24022, according TO tine brand, to $22020 per
ton, delivered in Hoboken.
The body of the woman found in cellar at
Dayton, whore 1t had lain for two or three
months, is said to have been identified as that
OF Mrs. HOman, wife of wealthy merchant of
Wilmington, o. Several years ago Mrs. Homan
took to drinking and taking opium and lauda-
mum. The habit grow so strong that she could
not live without it, She disgraced herself by its