The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-09-19
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

John Coffelt, OF Northwood. O., was caught by
caving bank in gravel pit and crushed to
death.
Laycock, the Australian oarsman, has broken
a leg, and negotiations for a match with Hanan
off.
Minnie Kesley, a beautiful young lady of Som
ersef, KY, committed suic ide on Monday. Cause
unknown.
was entered by thieves, on Monday night, and
800 worth of jewelry stolen
The four white camels presented to President
Garrett, of the Baltimore G. Ohio railroad, by
the King of Italy, have arrived at New York.
The Ford brothers. murderers of Jesse James,
were sOundly Kissed during the performance at
the Buckingham Theater, Louisville, on Monday
night.
train sn the Texas & St. Louis railway, was
killed on Monday by a locomotive running into
a caboose.
An old German of st. Louis. named Henry
Lipphardt, desponden5 over financial troubles
committed suicide yesterday by shooting him
self through the head.
The dead body OF the man found near Abilene
Kan, turns out TO be John Fogle, of Franklin
county. The circumstances show that he was
murdered for his money.
Augustus F. Schneider, who has been in the
employment of o. W. Thomas & Co, OF Louis
ville for nearly twenty years, has been missing
since last Saturday night
Yesterday forenoon, just outside the city of
Little Rock, Miss Orrie Lewis, aged sixteen.
horse and instantly k:.ad.
Henry Holingsworth and Richard Holt fought
near Pulaski Tenn, aud the Turner received a
blow upon the head from which he died. The
two had been enemies for long time.
The Postal Railway Mail-service Mutual Bene-
fit Association is in session at st. Paul. MINI.
Election of officers will take place tomorrow.
The next meeting VIII be held at Buffalo
James McEwen, a fourteen year old boy, en-
ployed in the Otis iron and steel works, at Cleve-
land, was crushed into shameless mass on Mon
day by half ton OF iron falling on him.
Surgeon Charles t, Gibson, of the United
States army, of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Gibson,
of Piqua, o., died at Fort Wingate, N. NJ, on
Monday, after an illness of several weeks.
In fight. on last FRIDAY night, at Little Mis-
souri,, over game of cards, ]. A. Pruden, mail
carrier, and Jack Harris stock tender, killed
one cowboy and MORALLY wounded another.
The official report of anthracite coal tonnage
of all carrying companies for August shows a
total tonnage of 1924 III, an increase of 900
tons as compared with the corresponding month
last year,
T. L. Shields. for the murder of one stton, has
been sentenced TO he hanged October H. at
Charleston, s. G. An appeal was taken. Shields
shot Sitton for seducing his sister and refusing
TO marry her.
An insane man, supposed to be D. P. Lin
enstine, of Frankfort, KY. was placed in the
Taunton, Mass, insane asylum, on Monday. He
was captured in East Bridgewater, where he
was delivering disconnected harangues on the
street.
Ex-senator Upton, of Nebraska, renegade Re-
publican, is preparing to take the stump for his
felow-apostate Hoadly. He at one time lived
i'll Dayton. When quite young man he was
member of the Ohio Legislature with Clement
l.. Vallandigham.
A special from Cheyenne says Harry
| Nosher the man who so hrutally attacked his
| companions in a wagon. few nights ago, kill
| ing Wengel and woundlng Knight, was taken
! from Jail here last night by masked men and
hanged to a telegraph pole in the heart of the
! city.
negro named Manuel Montana, living In
! Norwich, Conn, shot some time ago by a
policeman, the 32-calibre bali OF the revolver
passing through his liver and intestines. The
! physicians pronounced the wound mortal, but
! he is up, and walks and talks as If nothing mad
happened.
! Charles Bayer. an inmate OF the DAYTON Sol
diers Home, aged over sixty years, commit ed
| suicide on Monday by shooting himself through
! the heart. The deceased was member OF the
Thirty-second Indiana volunteer infantry, and
was admitted to the home on tine Both of Sep
| TENDER, 1882.
The Kentucky Methodist Episcopal conference
| elected Rev, G. j. Howes aud Amos Shinkle del
! egates to the general conference. Rev Mr..
| HOwes was made presiding elder of the Coving-
ton and Naysville district; B. Lane, pastor OF