The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-22
Mrs. sophia L. Young. of Bloomington. died on
TELEGRAPHIC BREvIrrEs.

An explosion of nitro-glycerIne at San Pablo,
Cal caused the death of two Portuguese.
Philip BOnaeker, of Youngstown, o.. saloon
ist, hanged himself, on Friday, at his house.
The body OF Arthur Preston, hanged at Bell
aire, N. j., Friday, was stolen from the grave
yard.
The dye-house and cloth-room of the Boston
Duck Company, at Bondsvile, burned. Loss,
Peter Bannon. a married man thirty-four years
Old, was burned to death in stable at Boston on
Friday night.
An unknown thief extracted from the safe in
the Office OF Rufus Rose, Albany, package con-
Wiibush, the murderer, who was to have been
hanged at Macon, Ga, on Friday, was respited
on that morning.
There are 5S1 entries for the summer races at
the Chicago Driving Park, the books having
closed last Monday.
Early on Friday morning, negro called j. A.
Roberts, of Quitman, Ga, to his door and shO.
him, probably fatally.
John Landberger, the Philadelphia merchant
who, 1t is alleged. defrauded creditors of $780,
000 has been traced to Toronto.
G. f. Adams, OF Madison, Wis, committed sui
CHE on Thursday night. Dissipation and the
loss of bis situation were the causes.
Thomas johnson, paymaster of tho Boynton
Saw and File Company, at Williamsburg, was
knocked down and robbed of $1,000.
Charles f. UPTON, late president of the defunct
City Bank of Rochester, has been indicted by
The grand jury for embezzement and fraud.
Charles Bradley, Canadian burglar, who was
recently discharged from Joliet penitentiary
has been sent back by Judge Tuley, of Chicago,
to serve twenty years,
James Meggett, residing near Sandusky, O.,
was thrown out OF his wagon Friday by the snd-
den starting OF the horse, and fell on his head
receiving injuries which resulted fatally.
The hangman has rid the world of Arthur Pres
ton, Maryland negro. who murdered his para
mour. and of Charles Il. Shaw, cOored man OF
Washington, who stood on Gulteau's scaffOld.
The engine of the Providence express, on the
a Nov tut1p I'D did NnV
folk. The engineer was badly sCalded, the cab
blown to pieces, and the tender seriously dam
aged
Alexander McEwen, an English financier, has
brought suit against the Reading road for $343,-
600 for devising the deferred income bond
scheme and marketing S34,300,0 900 Of that class
of securities
Frank Rose a river pilot of Louisville, died Mt
Mobile, where MS remains were placed i'll 4 cost
~ casket and shipped home by express with IL
c. D. d. bill of 1874. relative sued out writ
of delivery, armed with which a constable took
the corpse from its elaborate receptacle and
gave it Ia friends for burial, leaving the express
! company TO return the oasket.
Tim Mallny laborer who was recently dis
charged BY wealthy farmer near Montreal,
named William Nesbitt, was fonud hiding in the
barn Friday morning. When ordered away
he inflicted a mortal wound on Mr. Nesbtt, then
rushed toward the house and nearly killed son
of the farmer He endeavored to force the door
| OF the residence, but became alarmed and fed
| He was soon captured by the neighburs.
William Catron, or "wild Bn," as he is better
known by the people of Pulaski county, Ken
lucky, was shot on Thursday night by Wash Tut
tie at the latters private residence, near Patts,
and instantly killed. CatrOn had long been "A
terror to that county on account of his desperate
habits. Tuttle, the man who killed him, is a
saoOn-keeper. While Catrun under the iu-
tluence of liquor a dispute arose, which Catron
wTested the pistol from him and shot, killing Ca
| trou instantly.