The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-01-20
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs,

the Quebeo Legislature opened on Wednesday.
Two shoe dealers and three grocers have failed
| at Omaha within "a few days.
| The new Philadelphia Gas Trust conssts OF
| seven reformers and five "reguars."
| The anthracite coal shipped from Pennsylva-
MIA the past year was 30, 120,096 tons.
| The Charleston, w. Va, Jail was fired by some
of the prisoners, who came near being smoth-
| cred.
At negro ball in Stewart county, Ca, riot
| broke out In which four men were stabbed to
| death.
The Germans are importing quail from Indian
Territory, with view of stocking their woods
with them.
| At Wartrace, Tenn, the postofflce and three
stores were burned on Thursday, causing loss
! of $4,000.
| The crew of the wrecked ship Endymion has
been brought to New York by the Dutch steam
ship Schiedam
prevent any judge from holding office under q
| railway company.
Three-fourths of the nailmakers of Somerset
| Mass, have accented the reduction of 10 per
cent. in their wages.
Edward W Brown. aged twenty-three years,
was frozen to death on Wednesday night In
| house In Hamilton county, N. Y.
Thursday was founders day at Buchtel Col
lege, Akron, o., and marked by an addition
! OF S125,O00 10 the funds of the institution.
Mrs. Pettengll, a wealthy lady who died on
Wednesday at Bridgeport, Conn, bequathed
| 100000 to public charities and institutions.
| Judge Cowell and Attorney Terry have had
their lives threatened if they do not prose-
] cutting the liquor dealers i'll Waterbury, Conn.
DR., and Mrs. Durham and Mrs, Sharks of
Thompson. Ga, were poisoned on Thursday by
| young colored girl, and are i'll a critical condi-
| tlOn.
Joseph O'Brien, aged eighty years,was choked
| to death on Thursday evening, in Phiiade phia,
| by piece of meat lodging in his throat while
| eating supper.
Within two years Governor Chittenden, of
| Missouri, has pardOned l2l cOnvicts and Lieu
|
| victs at liberty.
Mrs. Robinstein mysreriOusly disappeared
| from Kingston, Ont, recently, and Tuesday
night her two rode off in a cab, and have not
| been seen since.
The German steamship lines will transport at
| reduced rates all exhibits connected with aer
culture intended for the exhibition to be held in
| Hamburg next July.
Robert Ellis went into the postofii ce at Cleve.
| land, where lady clerk was una king up her
| cash at a window ana grabbed package of
| bills amounting to 5000. He was SIP eediy cap
tured.
At Cincinnati William Messing, a blacksmith
| at Emerson & Fishers carriage and buggy
factory, while lacing a belt yesterday, was
| caught around the neck by the belt and crushed
| to death.
Eleven persons on the convict farm Mt Bates
| of homemade sauce. Tom Johnson has died in
terrible agony. Others are suffering terribly.
| bat will probably recover.
| Michael Burns one of the most daring and
fearless surfmen who ever lived on the Atlantic
coast, died in Jersey City, on Wednesday. Ho
has had a hand in recovering all the great
! wrecks for thirty years past.
| A pair of horses valued at 5000 bottled on
| Thursday in Albany, N. Y, and smashed through
| plafe-glass window into "A paper store. Tue
! horses we're very little injured and the owner,
George Vanderburg, can settle for 500.
B F. Young, aged twenty seven, a carpenter
OF Wyandotte, blew out his brains Thursday
morning at his house and fell dead at his wife's
| feet Sickness aud poverty prompted tho deed.
| He left a wife and two small children entirely
| destitute.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce yester-
| day presented Herman +. Strauss the hero of
| the Newhall House fire, watch and chain valued
| at $3.50, and the ladies whom no rescued Will
give him locket with pictures of eleven women
and one child.
The Rochester, N. Y, Post-Express saws: The
| deposit Of the Monroe County Savings Bank in
! the City Bank carried on the books at $40,s
| 600 when it was $4,000, and interest paid
! On tho latter amount. Two days before the fail
! ure UPTON made his note for the discrepancy,
$4,000, and had it entered up to the credit OF
| the Monroe County Savings Bank.
! During the month of December, 1882, %, 1868
| immigrants arrived in the United States, against
| 37,037 in December 1881. For the six months
ended December 81, 1882, 270,479 immigrants
! came to this country, while for the correspond
! ing period OF 1881 immigration amounted to
329,3o7. Total Immigration tn the United States
| for the year ended December 81, 1882, was
| 712,542, and of this number 472, 93S arrived au
| Nav nr eft