The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs,

The Boston aldermen have voted to erect
statute to Paul Revere.
The JndsOn sisters, recently burned in their
house at Hartford, Conn, were first murdered
In a Paris Crexasl gambling house Monday,
negro named Irvine was killed in dispute
about five cents.
John i. Beaverton died at Clinton, Ia, Mon
day from the effects of losing limb in the rail-
way-yard Saturday.
The children of William Harris lcoloredl were
consumed by the burning OF their fathers house,
on Monday, at Atlanta, Ga.
The Canadian government is negotiating for
an international pOstotfice money order arrange
hent with Germany and France.
Christian YOder, farmer living one mile from
wooster, o., while moving hay in a barn, fell
from the NOW and broke his neck.
Ell Sachs was fatally shot in store at Balt-
more, on Monday night by Samuel Flieschman,
from whom he was buying a pistol.
The capital punishment bill recently passed
by the Maine Legislature failed to specify
ihode OF execution, and is therefore imperative,
Unknown parties fired into Austin Johnsons
house, al Houston Tex, where officer Snow was
hllieu on Saturday night, and killed Mrs. John
son.
Tom Darlington, an old-time rancbman, living
near Helena, Montana, was killed on Tuesday by
neck.
Jane Williamson ana her little girl are missing
from Raleigh, N. G., and the w0man's husband
and his mother have been arrested, charged
with their murder.
William Trezevant, through jealousy, beat out
the brains OF Frank Mitchell, at Orangeburg, s.
c., and buried the body. Irrelevant was arrested
on Sunday, and confessed.
The only coin of the United States that strictly
conforms 10 the law is the $50 gold piece. Other
COINS either lack something prescribed or bear
some device unauthorized by law.
1t is probable that General Halderman, United
states minister to Siam will be selected one
or the commissioners to arbtrate in the LoochoO
dispute between China and Japan.
aft 1un
Bloom and Calvin Perry had difficulty, in
which Bloom shot Perry three times, inflicting
tatal wound. Bloom was arrested
There were three suicides in Chicago on Mon
day afternoon, Abraham Pritzka, aged twenty
seven; Samuel Upton, married nan with SIX
children, and Mrs. Emile Sehwendel.
The bill in the Michigan Legislature making it
mlsdemeanor punishable by fine or murisOn
ment, for judges, State officers or Legislators to
accept free railroad passes, has been defeated
The decision of the Secretary of the Interior
IN the backbone" land grant case, Saturday,
gives the New orleans Pacific Railroad Com
pany about 1,64OO00 acres Of land in Lou-
siana.
Five cars ola freight train on the Canada Pa
enc railway left the rails on Range bridge, near
Calumet station and fell sxty-ive feet to the
river below, breaking through the ice and going
to the bottom. The train hands escaped. Loss
$4,000.
At Santa Barbara, CAL yesterday, Mrs. Mile
f. Walkinshaw, of New York, lady guest at
the Arlington Hotel, was found dead in her bed,
uncertain, but circumstances favor the theory
of suicide
Christian FRANKIE was killed by an engine on a
Manitoba train at St. Paul on Monday after
noon. FRANKIE was in wagon, and jumped from
II as the engine struck it, but was caught by the
locomotive and the train passed over him, sew
ing the head from the body.
special from ST. Vincent, Mimi, says Caspar
Haulte, a German farmer living three miles
from this place, was frozen TO death on Monday
afternoon about fifteen rods from his house. He
left here about p NJ. Saturday for home, and
stopped at a neighbours house until after dark.
He leaves wife and ten children.
Timothy AIiloy, pensioned veteran of the
British army, who was on trial at Montreal for
week past on a charge OF shooting his late en-
ployer, Adam Nesbit, farmer of Tongue Point,
about seven miles from that city, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree by jury at
the asszes late Monday night. Judge Ramsay,
who presided, sentenced the convict to be hanged
on the 9th of April.
girl shot herself yesterday at noon in the
room of Daniel Kaag, 145 West Fifth street,
Cincinnati She had called for Kaag, who was
out. Tie proprietor of the house was about to
eject her, when she shot herself In the temple.
On the way to the hospital when told she would
die, she said her name Mabel Beverage, of
ThomastOwn, Me-; that she had sister living in
Milford, Me-, one in Massachusetts, and one in
California.